Decision details

Select Committee Inquiry to assess the effectiveness of community organisation grants during the Covid-19 pandemic

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

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