Decision details
Use of Contain Outbreak Management Fund to strengthen emergency energy support in Derbyshire
Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Health and Communities
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Approve use of funding
Decision:
That the Cabinet Member for Health and Communities
Approves the use of Contain Outbreak Management Funding to strengthen emergency energy support within Derbyshire until 31 March 2023 via a grant of £0.100m to Marches Energy Advice.
Reasons for the decision:
Offer longer term capacity to provide emergency energy support that will enable 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 other providers: Providing funding to other non-specialist providers via a different procurement route carries the risk that individuals living in complex situations who require expert advice and support may not be managed by sufficiently experienced providers.
Publication date: 22/09/2022
Date of decision: 21/09/2022
Effective from: 30/09/2022
Accompanying Documents:
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