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Around £1m is to be shared among Wirral's voluntary and community groups to help residents facing financial hardship.
Wirral Council's Director of Public Health has approved the Wirral Resilience Grants Programme, which will be run by Wirral CVS on the council's behalf.
Up to £1,021,000 from the government's Crisis and Resilience Fund will go to voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations over one year.
The council says the aim is to move beyond emergency help alone, towards support that builds people's resilience and stops them falling back into hardship.
The grants are expected to fund work including:
- Help for residents to improve their financial resilience.
- Better access to advice and support.
- Stronger community connections and local support networks.
- Early help and longer-term community projects.
The programme has been developed by the council, Wirral CVS and the voluntary sector together.
The council considered carrying on with the previous Household Support Fund approach, but said this would not meet the prevention focus of the new fund.
It has also declined to run the work itself, as the programme depends on community groups and their local relationships.
The decision was published on 6 November and comes into force today, Thursday 12 November, after its call-in period expired.
Advice services in the borough received a boost earlier this month when Ask Us Wirral was funded to continue until March 2028.
Details of how groups can apply are expected to be published by Wirral CVS.
