COVID Winter Grant Data

<p>The Covid Winter Grant (CWG) was a fund provided by the Department for Work and Pensions and administered by local authorities in England.</p><p>The purpose of the grant was to support those households which had been economically affected by the COVID pandemic and sought to provide immediate short term relief in the form of awards to these people.</p><p>The criteria for allocation of funds was dictated by the DWP and awards could be given to support the provision of food, payments of energy and water bills and other essential items required during the winter period.</p><p>The scheme ran from the 1st December 2020 through to 31st March 2021.</p><p>The data provided in this set highlights how Leicester City Council distributed the grant received showing the number of awards made, number of rejections and spend under the DWP categories.</p><p>This grant was also used to directly fund the provision of Free School Meals during the school holidays (Christmas break and February half term break) and this is highlighted in the dataset under "Direct Awards".</p><p>The dataset also shows a map detailing how the fund was distributed across the wards of Leicester and  there is also a supporting data set named "COVID Winter Grant Ward Data" which also provides this more granular information.</p>

《新冠冬季补助金》（Covid Winter Grant，简称CWG）是由英国就业与养老金部提供并由地方当局管理的资金。该补助金的宗旨在于支持那些因COVID大流行而遭受经济损失的家庭，并旨在向这些人提供即时短期救济，形式为发放奖励。资金分配的标准由DWP制定，奖励可用于支持食物供应、能源和水费支付以及其他在冬季期间所需的必需品。该计划自2020年12月1日起至2021年3月31日结束。本数据集所提供的信息突显了莱斯特市政当局如何分配所收到的补助金，包括发放的奖励数量、拒绝的数量以及DWP各类别的支出情况。此外，该补助金还直接用于资助学校假期（圣诞节假期和二月半学期假期）期间的免费学校餐食，这一点在数据集中的“直接奖励”部分有所体现。数据集还展示了一张地图，详细说明了资金如何在莱斯特的各个区域进行分配，并且还有一个名为“新冠冬季补助金区域数据”的辅助数据集，它提供了更为细致的信息。