Verbal Update on the Community Wellbeing Covid Recovery Plan
To receive an update on the Community Wellbeing COVID-19 Recovery Plan from the Joint Head of Community and Wellbeing, Deborah Ashman.
Minutes:
The Committee received an update on the Community Wellbeing COVID recovery plan from the Joint Head of Community and Wellbeing, Deborah Ashman.
The Committee were advised that there were currently 20 Community Champions in the Borough who had helped the residents with queries relating to services offered by the Council during the pandemic. COVID Outreach volunteers would also be targeting areas where the take up of vaccinations had been low in comparison to the rest of the Borough.
Community Centres across the Borough had opened up but were not operating fully and COVID figures and Government guidelines were monitored carefully to ensure that it was safe to leave the centres open. All practicable measures had been put in place to prevent the spread of the virus such as staff vaccinations, wearing of masks and social distancing.
Positive feedback had been received from vulnerable residents attending the centres for the first time sincere re-opening after the lockdowns.
Deborah advised the Committee that a grant of £126k had been received from Central Government that was to be used to assist residents within the Borough that currently rented private properties; £14k of this was to be used to assist ex-offenders with their rent and £36k was to be used to assist residents that had been affected by domestic violence. The remaining £76k was to help families living in private rented properties.
The Committee resolved to note the update.