The Executive RESOLVED that
(i) the Community Fund Grant Scheme be retained, the application process be simplified, and new applications continue to be accepted twice a year;
(ii) a further £50,000 be allocated from the Community Fund Grant Scheme to be used to provide as an emergency food poverty grant scheme to extend this until 31 March 2022;
(iii) a review of the Council’s range of Community Grant schemes to ensure local needs and priorities continue to be met beyond the pandemic be carried out by November 2021;
(iv) the Poverty Working Group Terms of Reference, as set out Annex B to the agenda report, be adopted; and
(v) the outcome from the consultation event in December 2020, as set out Annex B to the agenda report, be noted.