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Community Resilience Fund – Capacity building and resilience of the Voluntary and Community Sector
The community and voluntary sector is vital to
Bristol’s wellbeing, health and economy. The sector is also
vital in supporting the council to meet its obligations and
strategic objectives. The context of
current funding is one of growing inequity exacerbated by
austerity, cost of living, the climate crisis
and other complex factors.
In February 2022 Cabinet approved a community-led decision-making
approach to allocate £4million capital funding for the
Community Resilience Fund and established a reserve of £600k
for the duration of the programme. The Community Resilience Fund is
a one-off capital grant fund established in response to
recommendations of the Bristol VCSE Strategy Group and VCSE report
‘Designing and New Social Reality’ as part of an
overall goal to build city resilience by growing the power of
communities experiencing the greatest inequality.
In addition, in February 2021 Cabinet approved £2,351,995
revenue funding to support the delivery of a Voluntary, Community
and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector recovery strategy and enabling
a proposed new Communities Resilience Fund (CRF) commencing
2021/22.
Cabinet?authorised the Executive Director for People in
consultation with the Cabinet member for Communities now Chair of
the PH
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Result in expenditure of £500,000 or over;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 30/07/2024
Decision due: 26 Jul 2024 by Executive Director: Adult & Communities
Lead member: Councillor Stephen Williams, Chair of the Public Health and Communities Committee Cllr.Stephen.Williams@bristol.gov.uk
Contact: Hugh Evans, Executive Director: Adults and Communities Email: hugh.evans@bristol.gov.uk.
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