That the Household
Support Fund (HSF5) for 6 months from 1 October 2024 be allocated
as follows:
1. Fuel support
£240,000.
2. Food vouchers
issued through Family Hub £30,000.
3. Care
experienced young people £63,600.
4.
Financial support for households with acute financial challenges
(All household types, applications via partners)
£145,000.
5.
Households, who are liable for Council Tax and entitled to Working
Age Council Tax Support at 1 October
2024: £450,000 (a £75 payment credited to their Council
Tax account).
6.
Essentials linked to energy and water e.g., warm clothing, ovens,
for those in receipt of a disability benefit or children under 5-
now funded from Welfare Support as an alternative to HSF funding,
which is needed for Pensioners (para 1).
7. Provision of
additional debt and benefit advice £63,750.
8. Food banks
£94,000.
9. Social
supermarkets £77,000.
10.
Housing costs
– rent in advance, where required to households who are
excluded the Discretionary Housing Payments scheme as they are not
in receipt of welfare benefits – now funded from Welfare Support as
an alternative to HSF funding, which is needed for Pensioners (para
1).
11.
Funding for a Torbay
Food Alliance Coordinator Post (up to 31 March 2025)
£15,000.
12.
Contingency budget
(will be allocated after a review of demand in December 2024)
£4,707.
