Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

Tender description

Provide recycled furniture and electrical goods to identified service users under the Council's HELP scheme. Help in Emergencies for Local People (HELP) The HELP scheme is a discretionary scheme offering a range of local welfare assistance including but not limited to: — support for exceptional needs, — limited payments for emergency funding in a crisis or, — help people moving out of care. Any awards which are made, are conditional. All awards are subject to a means test, which means the Council will look at an applicant's income and expenditure. This means income that is available, including income usually ignored when considering a claim for Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Reduction. Funding will be made on a one off basis, and will be restricted to one award in any 12 month period. Who can apply? — a resident in the Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council area, — an applicant leaving care or experiencing an emergency requires help, — the applicant must agree to accept any support which is offered, — the applicant will normally be in receipt of housing related financial support, for example Housing Benefit or Universal Credit, — the applicant is also classed as vulnerable. The exact nature of the scheme and goods covered may change over the lifetime of the contract.