Issue - meetings
Council Support For The Starfish Winter Nightshelter For The Homeless
Meeting: 02/11/2017 - Cabinet (Item 60)
60 Council Support For The Starfish Winter Nightshelter For The Homeless 
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(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Housing Services)
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 Starfish Report On Pilot Scheme, item 60
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- Appendix 2 Formal Scheme Proposal, item 60
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Minutes:
Report of the Portfolio Holder for Housing Services to outline arrangements for the provision of a Winter Night Shelter for homeless people for 3 months from December 2017 to February 2018 and to request that Council support be given to the setting up and running of the scheme. This includes releasing £6,000.00 of Homelessness Prevention Grant via a grant to the Starfish Project Trustees and the Tamworth Covenanting Churches to support the employment of a part time project co-ordinator. The co-ordinator will oversee the setting up and operation of the project until March 2018.
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That Cabinet |
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Agreed to the Council supporting the provision of a Winter Night Shelter for homeless people for 3 months from December 2017 to February 2018.
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Agreed that £6,000.00 Homelessness Prevention Grant be provided as a grant to support the setting up and operation of the project to March 2018.
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Recommended that outcomes from the project are reported to the Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee following the close of the scheme in March 2018. |
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(Moved by Councillor M Thurgood and seconded by Councillor R Pritchard) |
