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There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to progress with actions in the Council's social renewal plan (the Plan) which was approved in March 2021.
The report indicated that officers were working with partners to progress all actions in the Plan, with a specific focus on income, poverty and financial insecurity and provided details of proposals to allocate additional funding of £848,000 received from the Scottish Government in response to a local needs assessment.
The report highlighted that in addition to these newer streams of funding, work had continued in Renfrewshire to deliver the Tackling Poverty Programme and outlined the funding required to support existing initiatives.
The report also outlined the next steps for social renewal including a repeated Public Services Panel Survey; the Get Heard programme; working with the Corra Foundation and Participatory City Foundation to explore the feasibility of a Participatory Scotland pilot in Renfrewshire; a refresh of the Community and Council plans and distribution of external funding.
DECIDED:
(a) That the work undertaken to progress the social renewal plan in Renfrewshire be noted;
(b) That the allocation of £848,000 Scottish Government funding to support individuals and families in need in Renfrewshire through the routes outlined in section 5 of the report be noted;
(c) That the allocation of a Tackling Poverty Programme budget for 2022/23 as detailed in section 6 of the report be approved; and
(d) That the plan to revisit the Covid community impact assessment in 2022, including another Public Services Panel exercise to gather views of the Renfrewshire public on the effects of the continuing pandemic be noted.