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Financial Hardship Action Plan and Household Support Fund (Phase 3) distribution

Meeting: 18/10/2022 - Executive (Item 51)

51 Financial Hardship Action Plan and Household Support Fund (Phase 3) distribution pdf icon PDF 110 KB

To seek approval on the distribution plans for the third phase of the Household Support Fund grant, provided by the Department for Work and Pensions. To brief the Executive on the operational action plan for reducing the longer term impact of financial hardship for residents.

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Minutes:

RESOLVED that:

 

       i.         the distribution of the Household Support Fund (Phase three)

through the following routes be approved.

                                a.         Supermarket vouchers to Free School Meal pupils at Bracknell Forest schools, ages 5-16.

                                b.         Offering the local foodbanks additional funding, including to provide fuel vouchers and fresh food.

                                c.         Purchase supermarket vouchers to distribute to low-income households receiving income based council tax reduction or housing benefit but not the benefits, such as universal credit, which would qualify them for the £650 national cost of living payment.

                                d.         Enhancing the Local Welfare Scheme provision, allowing applications from households in hardship who would not otherwise automatically qualify for support.

 

     ii.         the financial hardship action plan (2022-2024) for operational implementation is endorsed.


 

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