Agenda item

8.1

The cost-of-living crisis is having a profound impact on the people of Sheffield. SCC and partners in the public and voluntary and community sector have developed an incident management response with an action plan to provide support and advice to those who are being most impacted.

This paper seeks to propose a one-off grant investment from the Public Health grant reserve of £300,000 in Citizens Advice Sheffield to increase capacity and support to people with their money at such a challenging time.

8.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Finance Sub-Committee:-

1.     notes the proposal as part of the Council’s incident management response action plan to the Cost of Living; and

2.     approves a one-off grant investment from the Public Health grant reserve of £300,000 to Sheffield Citizen’s Advice for the proposal, as detailed in this report.

8.3

Reasons for decisions

8.3.1

The recommendations build on the commitments made by the Strategy and Resources Committee on 31st May and 5th July 2022 to support Sheffielders through the cost-of-living crisis.

8.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

8.4.1

Do nothing – this was rejected as communities across Sheffield are being impacted on by the cost-of-living crisis. Working with CAS, we hope we will help mitigate impacts of the cost-of-living crisis on communities and co-ordinate support and interventions around those that need it the most.

8.1

The Strategic Commissioning Manager submitted a report seeking approval for a one-off grant investment of £300,000 from the Public Health grant reserve to Citizens Advice Sheffield (CAS) to increase their capacity to support people with managing their money at such a challenging time.

8.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Finance Sub-Committee:-

1.     notes the proposal as part of the Council’s incident management response action plan to the Cost of Living; and

2.     approves a one-off grant investment from the Public Health grant reserve of £300,000 to Sheffield Citizen’s Advice for the proposal, as detailed in this report.

8.3

Reasons for decisions

8.3.1

The recommendations build on the commitments made by the Strategy and Resources Committee on 31st May and 5th July 2022 to support Sheffielders through the cost-of-living crisis.

8.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

8.4.1

Do nothing – this was rejected as communities across Sheffield were being impacted on by the cost-of-living crisis. It was hoped that, by working with CAS, the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis on communities would be mitigated and support and interventions would be co-ordinated around those that needed it the most.