Issue - meetings

To receive and comment on a report regarding support to those who are Financially Vulnerable or in Financial Crisis:  Amendment to Partnership Arrangements with Citizen’s Advice Rural Cambridgeshire.

Executive Councillor: B Pitt

By means of a report by the Interim Corporate Director, (a copy of which was appended in the Minute Book), a report on Support to the Financially Vulnerable was presented to the Panel.

Following an enquiry from Councillor Alban, it was clarified to the Panel that some agencies such as Citizens Advice and Department of Work and Pensions were already based at Pathfinder House, in addition to this the report specifies opportunities to make agencies more accessible to communities across the district. Work was being undertaken to see which communities would benefit most from this outreach work and trials would begin once this had been established. It was acknowledged that there is a demand for appointments to be held via the telephone however, this work recognises that there is still a need for face to face appointments within the community.