Purpose

Grant Award to Peabody to
support Smoke Free Grant

Content

1.   
Agreed a grant award of £25,800 to Peabody
Trust (Company number RS007741) from the Local Stop Smoking
Services and Support Grant 2024-2025, to provide a Tobacco
Dependence Advisor.
 

2.   
Authorised a partnership agreement with the London
Borough of Bexley (LBB) and Peabody Trust to develop a joint
approach to address health inequalities with local stakeholders, to
target priority groups that smoke in wards of Thamesmead
Moorings/Thamesmead West.
 

3.   
Noted that this grant will go towards funding a 1.0
Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Tobacco Dependence Advisor (TDAs) for a
period of 12 months between Peabody the Royal Borough of Greenwich
and London Borough of Bexley. This award would contribute towards
0.5 FTE of the post and Bexley LBB have already agreed to fund the
other 0.5 FTE of this post.
 

4.   
Noted that it will also support the timing of the
allocation of the Smoke Free grant.
 

5.   
Noted that the aim for service start is 24 March
2025.