Council gives green light to £360k support measures

COUNCILLORS have approved more than £360,000 of measures to help some of Inverclyde’s most vulnerable residents with the cost of living crisis this winter. it’s important that when finite resources do become available that we use the money wisely, and that is what’s happening in this instance.

“I know how difficult it is already for so many people and that the situation will only get worse but hopefully these one-off antipoverty interventions will help children and young people, families and our older population with some of the financial challenges they are facing and see them through this winter.”

Additional funding for all the initiatives has become available due to underspends on other projects.

This is the latest in a series of anti-poverty policies rolled out by the council this year to support households, businesses and third sector organisations, including a one-off £350 grant paid to around 10,000 low-income families back in March.