Umbrella Crisis Payment Provider

As part of the scheme guidance for the Crisis and Resilience Fund, there is a requirement to assess and administer crisis payments. Recommendation is to use an umbrella payment approach to enable the Local Welfare Provision and Crisis Payments Team to quickly support residents experiencing financial crisis. It ensures access to a range of payment options including energy vouchers, supermarket vouchers, goods in kind and other types of payments so that residents can be supported when experiencing different types of crises.