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Business Item
Acceptance of Grant Funding
Date of Decision
Tue 7 Jan 2020
Description
Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Housing
Matter for Decision (to consider...)
To accept grant funding to deliver a pilot scheme working with the voluntary sector to pilot a new approach to hoarding and self-neglect.
Service Area
Housing Operations & Landlord Services
Service Area 2
Environmental Services & Port Health
Is Decision District Wide
Yes
Decision Made
1. That the award of £62,000 for the West Suffolk Stepping Home project be accepted retrospectively.
2. That the Private Rented Sector Enforcement and Innovation Award of £56,950 be accepted.
Reason for Decision
The acceptance of funding from West Suffolk Hospital will enable the service, developed in Ipswich and East CCG, area to be rolled out to other hospital patients in Suffolk at no direct costs to local authorities.
Funding to support resolution of complex hoarding and self-neglect cases is welcomed at a time of increasing need. The ability to develop a pilot study using voluntary sector means this proposal is deliverable in the short-timescale imposed by the funder.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected
The Council could have decided not to extend the Stepping Home service to West Suffolk but having developed a working model it was not a difficult service to replicate.
The Council could also have decided not to apply for funding from MHCLG but, the problem of self- neglect and de-cluttering is a growing one with limited funding to support solutions. The opportunity to a bid with Voluntary sector as delivery partners makes it possible to develop as scheme that can have some impact in the short time scales required.
Any Declarations of Interest Declared
None.
Any Dispensation Granted
None.
Decision Criteria
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Wards
Aldeburgh and Leiston; Beccles and Worlingham; Bungay and Wainford; Carlford and Fynn Valley; Carlton and Whitton; Carlton Colville; Deben; Eastern Felixstowe; Framlingham; Gunton and St Margarets; Halesworth and Blything; Harbour and Normanston; Kelsale and Yoxford; Kesgrave; Kessingland; Kirkley and Pakefield; Lothingland; Martlesham and Purdis Farm; Melton; Orwell and Villages; Oulton Broad; Rendlesham and Orford; Rushmere St Andrew; Saxmundham; Southwold; Western Felixstowe; Wickham Market; Woodbridge; Wrentham, Wangford and Westleton
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Decision History
| 20/12/2019 10:23:26 | Matt Makin | Business Item Created | |
| 20/12/2019 10:23:26 | Matt Makin | Committee Added | Cabinet |
| 20/12/2019 10:23:26 | Matt Makin | Meeting Added | 07/01/2020 6:30PM |
| 20/12/2019 10:27:12 | Matt Makin | Ward Added | Aldeburgh and Leiston |
| 20/12/2019 10:27:12 | Matt Makin | Ward Added | Beccles and Worlingham |
| 20/12/2019 10:27:12 | Matt Makin | Ward Added | Bungay and Wainford |
| 20/12/2019 10:27:12 | Matt Makin | Ward Added | Carlford and Fynn Valley |
| 20/12/2019 10:27:12 | Matt Makin | Ward Added | Carlton and Whitton |
| 20/12/2019 10:27:12 | Matt Makin | Ward Added | Carlton Colville |
| 20/12/2019 10:27:12 | Matt Makin | Ward Added | Deben |
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