Decision details

Well Doncaster is a community based project seeking to improve health. We have trialled generalist advice over the last 12 months through an existing service with Citizens Advice and activity shows there is a clear need in the community and would be a step to mitigate the effects of welfare reform in one of our most vulnerable communities.

To add to the core grant for Mexborough Citizen Advice in order to continue provision of generalist advice in Denaby through 2017/18. An ODR was approved last week with the rationale that the Denaby outreach would be phased into the Borough wide tender that was to be in place this year. This tender has now been delayed to 2018/19 so provision in Denaby will continue through the grant with a reduction in the contract hours from 8 hours per week to 5. The on-going costs per quarter come to £2048.56 and the cost for the year will be £8194.24 which will be added to the core grant. The funding to bridge to March 2018 will be provided from the budget for Well Doncaster.

The project could discontinue generalist advice and signpost people to the provision in Mexborough. However, we know that the majority of people accessing the new provision did not previously access this in Mexborough.