Agenda and decisions

Neighbourhood Services and Community Safety - Homelessness Prevention Trailblazer Funding for Complex Needs Support and Tenancy Training, Portfolio Holder Decisions - Monday, 11th June, 2018 12.00 pm

Contact: Duncan Jowitt  Democratic Services and Councillor Development Officer

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Homelessness Prevention Trailblazer Funding for Complex Needs Support and Tenancy Training pdf icon PDF 115 KB

Report of Service Director Health and Wellbeing

Decision:

The Service Director Health and Wellbeing submitted a report to the Neighbourhood Services and Community Safety Portfolio Holder seeking approval to commission services from Creative Support and The Salvation Army using funding awarded from a successful Fylde Coast Homelessness Prevention Trailblazer bid awarded by The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) (now Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).

 

Decision taken

 

The Portfolio Holder agreed that Homelessness Prevention Trailblazer funding be used to fund

 

·         two full time support workers (via Creative Support) within our Housing Options Team.

·         a tenancy training scheme run from George Williams House in Fleetwood (Salvation Army) to assist those in need of assistance with sustaining a tenancy.