Decision - Financial Inclusion

(1)               That the progress so far achieved on the co-production of advice outcomes as part of a community-led commissioning programme between the Council and the Advice Partnership be noted;

(2)                That the development of the intelligent commissioning process for financial inclusion be supported, and the Strategic Director; Communities lead the development of the work across the partnership;

(3)               That the pivotal role of local advice services in promoting financial inclusion, the acute challenges faced by those services and that the support the work of the advice partnership in supporting those services to transition to a sustainable footing be acknowledged;

(4)               That the integrated approach to commissioning Financial Inclusion outcomes illustrated by the proposals from the Housing and Social Inclusion Delivery Unit (see Report, Appendix 1) be supported;    

(5)               That the linkages between this work and similar work underway across the Council to deal with the impact of the Welfare Reform changes and the potential introduction of new ways of dealing with “wraparound” services for “troubled families” be noted.