Issue details
Household Support Fund 6 October 2024 to March 2025
The council's Household Support Fund (HSF)
allocation for the period 1st of October 2024 to the 31st of March
2025 is £967,000.00. This Department for Work and Pensions
grant is to be used to help households in Bath and North East
Somerset with living costs.
The grant will fund the continuation of Free School Meal vouchers
for school holiday periods up to the February 2025 half term
holiday, payments to low income Pensioner households to help with
energy costs, grants to partner organisations to disburse to
residents and small grants to be paid direct to residents in
financial crisis, to assist with the acquisition of essential items
and payment of bills and living costs.
All funding must be disbursed by the 31st of March 2025.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 28/10/2024
Decision due: 28 Oct 2024 by Chief Finance Officer (S151)
Contact: Andy Rothery, Chief Finance Officer (S151) Email: andy_rothery@bathnes.gov.uk Tel: 01225 477103.
Decisions
- 28/10/2024 - Household Support Fund 6 October 2024 to March 2025
Background papers
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