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Outbreak Management (Test and Trace) Funding: Community Engagement and Community Hubs
Decision Maker: Director: Communities & Public Health
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The Director of Public Health has identified
community engagement, including the network of volunteer hubs as
having an important role in local preparedness and resilience in
response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The network of engagement will
support and coordinate volunteering, including local welfare
support, amplify campaign messaging and support outbreak
management. The network will further strengthen our local eyes and
ears for prevention and response, Consistent and regular public
communication is essential in both preventing and managing local
outbreaks of Covid -19. The engagement network will work closely
with the Director of Public Health and the Bristol Public Health
Team.
Funding is from the ring fenced Outbreak Management (Test and Trace
Fund) and will pay for communications, campaigns and public
messaging to support outbreak prevention and outbreak
control.
The Outbreak Management Fund is a ring fenced grant to be used for
the specific purpose of managing the local response to Covid-19, as
described in the Local Outbreak Management Plan
The Director of Public Health, with the Chief Executive Officer, is
responsible for advising the authority in relation to the Outbreak
Management Plan and associated funding.
Decision:
To use funding from the ring fenced Outbreak
Management (Test and Trace Fund) to pay for communications,
campaigns and public messaging to support outbreak prevention and
outbreak control.
Alternative options considered:
Consideration was given as to whether or not
to invest in community engagement and volunteer hubs. However it is
widely recognised that community response is essential to privation
and response. Investing now will support the excellent work which
has been developed over the past few months during lockdown, and to
build on and strengthen this
Publication date: 10/08/2020
Date of decision: 30/07/2020