MORE than £250,0000 will be spent on voluntary, community and faith organisations by the borough council this spring.
The investment is part of the council’s adult social care prevention programme which aims to prevent, reduce and delay the need for formal care and support.
By April, the council intends to award some 28 contracts to these organisations.
Services include wellbeing and mental health support, dementia support, social isolation, emergency respite, home from hospital, gardening and handyperson services and advocacy services.
Cllr Charles Margetts, executive member for health and wellbeing and adults services at the borough council said that one of the borough’s key strengths is its rich and vibrant voluntary sector.
“I am very proud of the partnership we have and look forward to building on from the positive work that’s taken place in recent years to improve the lives of so many of our residents,” he said.
