Summer Covid Fund

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made available a grant that is to provide support to upper tier authorities in England to support from 21 June 2021 – 30 September 2021 children and households who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing poverty due to COVID 19.

Members are able to make recommendations as to how the money is spent. The minimum nomination is £500 and each member can recommend spending up to £2000.

Please note, the deadline for Member Proposals has now passed. You can still find details of the fund below:

• You can find the published decision and guidance online.
• To watch the Zoom recording of the Member Induction session click here.
• To view the slides used in the Member Induction session, click here.

If you have any queries regarding the fund, please email Democratic.Services@essex.gov.uk in the first instance.