Decision details
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
At the onset of the covid-19 pandemic local
people were really engaged in participating in a community
response. Many organised themselves into groups or partnered with
established groups to provide assistance and support to their
neighbours. In the absence of community boards being established a
Councillor Crisis fund was initiated, utilising £250K of
public health money allocated to the community boards, with a
further £50k received from the Rothschild. The funding had to
be issued quickly. It is helpful to review the distribution and
effectiveness of this funding.
Decision:
Cabinet was asked to consider the recommendations of the Communities and Localism Select Committee Inquiry into the effectiveness of covid-19 grants.
RESOLVED -
Cabinet agreed responses to the Select Committee Inquiry and its recommendations, a complete breakdown of which can be found here
Details of any conflict of interest declared: None
Contact: Kelly Sutherland, Scrutiny Manager Email: Kelly.Sutherland@buckinghamshire.gov.uk.
Report author: Clare Gray
Publication date: 02/03/2021
Date of decision: 02/03/2021
Decided at meeting: 02/03/2021 - Cabinet
Effective from: 10/03/2021
Accompanying Documents:
- Report for Scrutiny Inquiry to assess the effectiveness of community organisation grants during the Covid-19 pandemic PDF 751 KB
- Appendix 1 for Scrutiny Inquiry to assess the effectiveness of community organisation grants during the Covid-19 pandemic PDF 2 MB
- Recommendation response table final PDF 585 KB