Issue - meetings

To update members on the work undertaken in response to the cost-of-living crisis through the Warm Welcome project and the key achievements attained during the winter season 2024/25.

Members were presented with a report which detailed work undertaken in response to the cost-of-living crisis through the Warm Welcome project and the key achievements undertaken during the winter season 2024/25.

Members congratulated officers and thanked them for their work on this initiative, that had culminated in work undertaken right across the Borough.

It was moved by Councillor Mullaney, seconded by Councillor Bray and

                        RESOLVED –

(i)            That members acknowledged and endorsed the contents of the report.

(ii)          That members acknowledged the extensive work undertaken to co-ordinate the work across the Borough in relation to Warm Welcomes.

(iii)         That members noted the recent submission to the Association of Safety and Compliance Professionals, Safety & Compliance Awards, which culminated in the Warm Welcome work being highly commended in the category ‘Best Initiative to Combat Fuel Poverty Crisis.’