Purpose

Our residents
continue to be affected by the Welfare Reform agenda and the rising
cost of living, so co-ordination of information and advice is key
to responding to the challenging range of issues facing our
residents.

The Domestic Relief Furniture Packages provision forms part
of Wigan’s wider Welfare Offer and along with the Welfare
Benefits, Information and Debt Advice Service will support our
codesigned Financial Wellbeing Plan as such they are intrinsically
linked.

We would like to identify one or multiple organisations to
deliver and sustain a furniture service for crisis furniture
referrals without the reliance of future funding. Delivering a
service through this contract which seeks to be not reliant on
Council funding in the future will form part of the evaluation and
scoring criteria of submissions.
 

Decision

The Portfolio Holder –
Housing and Welfare authorises:-

 

(1)         
the appointment of the successful
provider(s) identified in the report; and

(2)         
the delegation of authority to the
Assistant Director – Legal Governance and Elections to enter
into any agreements on behalf of the Council necessary to
facilitate the above.