DECISION

1.    To approve the Residents Support Scheme policy, as attached to the report, to go out to consultation.

2.    To agree the commissioning of a short term pilot to provide support immediately pending the outcome of the consultation.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, RESOURCES (Z. COOKE)

(Tackling Poverty Programme Manager (E. Kershaw)

Councillor Sirajul Islam, Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Housing, introduced the report. He explained that it followed on from work examining existing support schemes which would be replaced by these proposals. He noted a particular recommendation was to bring school uniform grants into this scheme.

He thanked officers for their hard work on this issue, in particular Ellie Kershaw, Tackling Poverty Programme Manager.

The Mayor welcomed the report as a good news story, highlighting this as an area where many authorities were cutting their funding. He agreed the recommendations and thanked everyone for their work on the report.

RESOLVED

1.    To approve the attached Residents Support Scheme policy to go out to consultation.

2.    To agree the commissioning of a short term pilot to provide support immediately pending the outcome of the consultation.