Decision details
USE OF THE CONTAIN OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT FUND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO DERBYSHIRE LAW CENTRE AND DERBY LAW CENTRE FOR SPECIALIST ADVICE
Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Health and Communities
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
"The purpose of this report is to seek
approval from the Cabinet Member for Health and Communities to
utilise Contain Outbreak Management Funding to provide three grants
as follows:
a) Strengthen specialist eviction and housing advice work provided
by Derbyshire Law Centre (to support residents in High Peak,
Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire, Bolsover, and Derbyshire
Dales) for an additional 6 months from October 2021 to March 2022
at a cost of £42,000.
b) Strengthen specialist eviction and housing advice work provided
by Derby Law Centre (to support residents in Erewash, Amber Valley
and South Derbyshire) for an additional 6 months from October 2021
to March 2022 at a cost of £22,000.
c) Strengthen specialist employment advice support across the
County provided by Derbyshire Law Centre for a period of up to 2
years at a cost of £80,000 from October 2021. "
Decision:
"a) Strengthen specialist eviction and housing
advice work provided by Derbyshire Law Centre (to support residents
in High Peak, Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire, Bolsover and
Derbyshire Dales) for an additional 6 months at a cost of
£42,000
b) Strengthen specialist eviction and housing advice work provided
by Derby Law Centre (to support residents in Erewash, Amber Valley
and South Derbyshire) for an additional 6 months at a cost of
£22,000
c) Strengthen specialist employment advice across the County
provided by Derbyshire Law Centre for a period of up to 2 years at
a cost of £80,000"
Reasons for the decision:
Offer longer term capacity to specialist
advisory services that will support people in Derbyshire to have
the confidence or resources to self-isolate effectively.
Alternative options considered:
"Do nothing: Risk that demand will outstrip
resources, once existing funding runs out, or that staff will leave
the organisation as contracts come to an end.
Consider strengthening generalist advice providers. This carries
the risk that complex situations requiring legal intervention will
not be addressed. "
Publication date: 02/12/2021
Date of decision: 02/12/2021
Effective from: 10/12/2021
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