To gain approval to accept and spend the Re-Opening of the High Street Safely Fund (RHSSF) Covid 19 grant funding amounting to £172,188 from the Ministry of Home, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG). 

The Fund will provide the council with additional funding to support measures that enable Covid 19 safe trading in public places. The fund will particularly focus on high streets, as well as other public places that are at the heart of the market towns and Hereford, enabling them to safely re-open following the current lockdown.  As per the Action Plan included in the grant funding agreement (Appendix A), the funds will be utilised for enhancements to the public realm and signage, and a communications campaign to encourage people to buy locally whilst following government guidance.