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Appendix A
Recovery and Renewal Actions for Communities, Housing and Environment Committee
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Resilient Communities |
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Action |
Resources |
Target start and end |
Committee and Senior Responsible Officer |
Build Back Better Principle |
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Establish Community Compact and working arrangements with the Voluntary and Community Sector – as agreed by the Communities, Housing and Environment Committee in November 2021. |
Already Funded from Contain Outbreak Management Fund (COMF) |
May 2021 – ongoing |
CHE/AW |
Strengthening Community Resilience |
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Support and Encourage Volunteering in the Borough.
A joint project with the voluntary and community sector to develop a system/approach/support to enable and encourage volunteering. This will then be supported through changes to the Service Level Agreement with Involve.
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£25,000 |
June 2021-June 2022 |
CHE/AW |
Strengthening Community Resilience |
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Equip Trinity Foyer to be a Community Hub
Supply and fit of IT and office equipment to create a hub which will allow training and meetings and other services to be provided.
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£30,000 |
June 2021 – October 2021 |
CHE/JL |
Strengthening Community Resilience |
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Love Where You Live and Get Involved.
Community environmental projects to encourage a sense of civic pride across communities; meeting a desire not only to live in a clean and attractive place but also to actively contribute to transforming, enhancing and maintaining those spaces. Funding at this scale would enable work with up to 8 local groups, providing support to enable them to set up and get going.
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£35,000 |
September 2021-2023 |
CHE/JE |
Strengthening Community Resilience |
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Community Resilience Fund
The Community Resilience Fund offers a one-off support payment of up to £5,000 for projects that benefit the residents of Maidstone, centred on the impact of the pandemic and for the purpose of the recovery in the coming months. Eligible projects could include but are not limited to: · Befriending schemes to tackle loneliness · Youth groups providing recreation opportunities for young people · Grassroots sports clubs who need funding to purchase kit and equipment for children to encourage increased fitness and mental wellbeing · Support schemes targeting residents whose mental health has suffered because of loneliness or isolation due to the pandemic · Schemes to support employability schemes for residents that have faced unemployment caused by the pandemic · Projects designed to encourage residents to access nature for exercise and wellbeing. |
£150,000 |
October 2021 |
CHE/AW |
Strengthening Community Resilience |
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Total |
£240,000 |
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