Issue - meetings

To endorse the Worcestershire Supporting People Strategy 2010 to 2013 which informs and embeds the commissioning intentions and priorities for helping the most vulnerable and excluded to contribute to the wider society within Worcestershire.

(Report attached – Appendix available on the Council’s website and in the Group rooms)

RECOMMENDED that

1)         the Supporting People Strategy 2010/13 attached at Appendix 1 to the report be approved; and

RESOLVED that

2)         Officers bring a report to a future Executive Committee on the financial impact to the Council of any possible future Supporting People funding cuts

Members considered a new Supporting People Strategy for the three year period 2010-13. Officers highlighted changes that were being made nationally to the Programme over the life of the Strategy, such as the removal of ring-fencing of funding for grants and administration. There were a number of contracts through Supporting People operated by the Council and the risk to the Council’s financial resources and service provision from possible future funding cuts was drawn to Members’ attention.

RECOMMENDED that

1)         the Supporting People Strategy 2010/13 attached at Appendix 1 to the report be approved; and

RESOLVED that

2)         Officers bring a report to a future Executive Committee on the financial impact to the Council of any possible future Supporting People funding cuts.