Decision

1.         
To approve Advice Service grant awards for the
Lambeth Advice Services, with an overall award of £1,503,300
for a two-year period from April 2024 to March 2026, to be funded
as follows:
 
Table
1: Proposed Grant Awards
 

Category

Proposed Grant Awards

Baseline overall output

Category 1: Telephone
Adviceline

One
award:
£250,000 to Citizen Advice Merton and Lambeth
(CAML)

25,000
residents

Category 2:Basic advice, information
and guidance

Six
awards:
£48,000 to Norwood and Brixton Food Bank
£47,798 to Age UK Lambeth
£45,946 to Katakata
£45,915 to Lambeth and Southwark Mind
£37,200 to Citizen Advice Merton and Lambeth
£15,441 to The Spires Centre

15,000
residents

Category 3: Generalist and Specialist
Advice

Four
awards:
£266,750 to CAML
£266,750 to Brixton Advice Centre
£266,750 to Centre 70
£72,750 to Indoamerican Refugee and Migrant Organization
(IRMO)

Generalist: 22,400 residents
 
Specialist: 8,000 residents

Category 4:Specialist Advice (Legal
only)

One
award:
£140,000 to Cambridge House Law Centre

75  
residents