Decision Maker: Interim Executive Director for Customers and Communities
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Applications for financial support for Voluntary, Community & Faith sector organisations are being received by the Council. These requests for support are a direct result of financial hardship felt as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, due to either additional costs being incurred by these organisations to meet increased demand for their services or enable remote working, or as a result of reductions in their usual funding sources (eg donations and fund raising events).
Applications are submitted on a standard request from and are being considered initially by a panel made up of Strategy and Finance colleagues. The panel is assessing requests against the following criteria:
In addition, applications must also demonstrate that:
The following applications were recommended by the Panel and approved by the Executive Director for Transformation, Partnership & Prosperity & the Cabinet Member for Community Safety, Fire & Resilience.
Name |
Amount awarded |
Reason |
The Richmond Fellowship |
£16,773 |
The applicant was able to demonstrate hardship as a result of loss of income and ongoing costs associated with service provision. They originally asked for the panel to make a recommendation on how much funding they should apply for but after reviewing the application, they asked for £22,784.80. The panel is recommending hardship funding to the organisation for £16,773 which is the cost of running the service for one month, in line with the criteria and recognising they are an important service, providing mental health support which is a priority area for the county council. |
Decision made:
It was AGREED that:
The following applications met the agreed criteria for financial support during the COVID-19 pandemic:
The Richmond Fellowship |
£16,773.00 |
A one-off payment of £16,773.00 will be made to support the above organisations.
Reasons for Decision:
To ensure the sustainability of the organisations and the continued provision of their services to the residents of Surrey during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
To ensure the sustainability of the organisations and the continued provision of their services to the residents of Surrey during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
The alternative is to not provide financial support and leave the organisations to try to find alternative means of financing additional costs incurred and loss of income due to COVID-19. This could put the continued delivery of the services they provide to residents of Surrey at risk.
None.
Publication date: 23/07/2020
Date of decision: 14/07/2020