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Grant Funding for Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) services
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
•A significant amount of work was done to
reshape the IAG Grant in 2019 implementing a
‘step-change’ towards a ‘whole system’
model of integrated advice services, a referrer/citizen friendly
system (see Appendix A and Ab)
•The Cabinet meeting on 3rd March 2020 approved the extension
of the grant funding plan for one year to provide an opportunity to
review the grant arrangement and align it with the city council
strategic approach to advice and ethical debt (see Appendix
B)
•This wider council project has not progressed due to Covid
-19 and limited resource
•Current grant arrangements are working well, delivering
benefits to Bristol Citizens and driving strategic improvements in
the advice sector (see Appendix C)
•The Cabinet meeting on 3rd March approved the option to
extend the current grant for a further two and a half years to 30th
April 2024
•Extension of the current grant will provide stability to the
advice sector at a time of high demand and allow time for Bristol
City Council time to consider the strategic fit of the grant in the
future.
Decision:
Extension of the IAG Grant for IAG services
from 1st November 2021- 30th April 2024
Alternative options considered:
•Running new grant process- requires
resources we do not have available due to BIF, resource intensive
for the sector and would leave advice services in flux at a time of
high need
•Stop/ cut advice grant – Advice services support some
of the councils most vulnerable citizens at a time where demand for
advice services is high. Advice services leverage against Bristol
City Council grant monies any cut therefore has a significant
cumulative impact
Publication date: 16/07/2021
Date of decision: 06/07/2021