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This Council recognises and
acknowledges:
1.
The
challenging financial, social, wellbeing and educational impacts
the pandemic has brought to children, young people and households
city-wide;
2.
That
additional Government funding (Emergency Assistance Grant) expires
31 March;
3.
The
significant support the city’s services and community groups
have provided to alleviate these impacts, including
commissioning of
money advice services, third sector funding, welfare support and
housing benefit teams, to ensure families and individuals are
supported;
Council
therefore resolves to:
1)
Join
the Children’s Society ‘Funding local crisis
support,’ campaign by asking the Chief Executive to detail to
government our support and concerns regarding funding ending 31
March;
2)
Request the Chief
Executive writes to Robert Jenrick MP, calling for
long-term,
dedicated Treasury funding to
enable councils
to provide a safety-net for the most
vulnerable;
3)
Request a report
to a CYPS committee in this council year to outline the impacts of
Covid-19 and lockdown on children and young people, and further
support to mitigate these impacts including:
a)
Mental health and
wellbeing support;
b)
Rebuilding young
people’s community support networks;
c)
Ensuring every
child on Free School Meals has access to nutritional food through
School Holidays, not just term time;
d)
Enabling greater
access to existing council services through increased concessionary
fees;
e)
Enabling free
travel for young people across the city and learners with
disabilities who attend college;
f)
Broadening
out-of-school and after-hours educational support long-term, to
address new and entrenched disadvantage.
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