LABOUR GROUP AMENDMENT

COVID Winter Grant

To amend recommendations 2.1 and 2.2 and add a further recommendation 2.5 with the insertion and deletion of text as shown below in bold italics.

2.1    That the Committee agrees to allocate approximately £0.320m £0.533m of grant funding to ensure the provision of a £15 £25 supermarket food voucher per week over the winter 2020 and February 2021 half term holiday periods for families whose children are entitled to free school meals or similar circumstances.

2.2    That the Committee agrees to allocate approximately £0.060m £0.100m of grant funding to ensure the provision of a £15 £25 supermarket food voucher per week over the winter 2020 and February 2021 half term holiday periods for families whose children qualify for free childcare places for two year olds, Early Years Pupil Premium and using the children centres’ food bank.

2.3    That the Committee note the proposal to explore how families who do not meet the above eligibility criteria but need support can be supported via existing mechanisms and the use of targeted services in the city such as Amaze, Allsorts and Voices in Exile.

2.4    That the Committee note the proposal to explore how the grant can support specific initiatives over the 2020 festive period such as gifts.

2.5    That the Committee receives an update on progress in rolling out the grant on 21 January with specific emphasis on how families who do not meet the above eligibility criteria are being supported.

Proposed by: Cllr Allcock                                    Seconded by: Cllr Williams

Recommendations if carried to read:

2.1    That the Committee agrees to allocate approximately £0.533m of grant funding to ensure the provision of a £25 supermarket food voucher per week over the winter 2020 and February 2021 half term holiday periods for families whose children are entitled to free school meals or similar circumstances.

2.2    That the Committee agrees to allocate approximately £0.100m of grant funding to ensure the provision of a £25 supermarket food voucher per week over the winter 2020 and February 2021 half term holiday periods for families whose children qualify for free childcare places for two year olds, Early Years Pupil Premium and using the children centres’ food bank.

2.3    That the Committee note the proposal to explore how families who do not meet the above eligibility criteria but need support can be supported via existing mechanisms and the use of targeted services in the city such as Amaze, Allsorts and Voices in Exile.

2.4    That the Committee note the proposal to explore how the grant can support specific initiatives over the 2020 festive period such as gifts.

2.5    That the Committee receives an update on progress in rolling out the grant on 21 January with specific emphasis on how families who do not meet the above eligibility criteria are being supported.