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Welcome and apologies (Chair) - Grant Manders Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillor Dick Walsh, Argyll and Bute Council Christina West, Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care
Partnership Cleland Sneddon, Argyll and Bute Council Douglas Cowan, HIE Gail McClymont, Police Scotland Neil Francis, Scottish Enterprise Jane Jarvie, Argyll and Bute Council |
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Minute of the CPP Management Committee meeting on the 30th September 2015 PDF 96 KB Minutes: The minutes of the meeting of the CPP Management Committee of the 30th September 2015 were approved as a correct record. |
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Minutes: The Action Tracker was updated and approved as an accurate
reflection of current actions. |
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Papers for noting |
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Review of SOA delivery plans - update PDF 87 KB Minutes: Rona Gold updated the Management
Committee on the progress to date in reviewing the Single Outcome Agreement (SOA)
delivery plans. The Management Committee agreed to note current progress on the
review. |
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Internal Audit of CPP PDF 117 KB Minutes: Rona updated the Management Committee on the actions
required of the Community Planning team that arose from the recent report by
Internal Audit into the monitoring of the SOA delivery plans. The Management Committee agreed to 1) Note
that the Internal Audit review took place earlier in 2015 2) Note
the content of the report 3) Note
that a procedural document about roles and responsibilities will not be
provided until the delivery plans have been re-issued. |
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Community Empowerment Act: Membership of CPP PDF 95 KB Minutes: The report outlined which public sector organisations were
required to participate in Community Planning through the forthcoming Community
Empowerment Act. The Management Committee were advised that the Scottish
Sports Council was Sport Scotland and should be referred to as such. It was unanimously agreed that Historic Environment
Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Sport Scotland and Visit
Scotland would be part of the Full Partnership. The attendance and input of Scottish Water at Area Community
Planning Groups was also discussed and it was agreed that a letter would be
sent to them from the Chair of the Management Committee. Action: Send letter
to Scottish Water from Grant Manders regarding
attendance and input to Area Community Planning Groups. Rona to draft. |
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Items for discussion |
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Area Community Planning Groups, paper, Shirley MacLeod PDF 107 KB Minutes: Shirley MacLeod introduced Margaret Adams, Chair of the Oban,
Lorn and the Isles Area Community Planning Group, who
was attending the Management Committee meeting today and advised that it was
this group that had asked whether the Management Committee was a public
meeting. Shirley provided a positive update on the Area Community
Planning Groups and it was noted that three of the groups are now chaired by
members of the community. Discussion was held on appropriate responses to the points
raised in 4.2 of the report. The decisions of the Management Committee are : a) In
relation to coordinating consultation responses, it was noted that
consultations are currently included in the CPP fortnightly bulletin which goes
to the Area Community Planning Groups. It was agreed that this topic be
included in the discussion with Jane Jarvie and concern over the plethora of
consultations was noted. b) Following
discussion on ensuring a consistent approach to including items within the SOA:Locals and the Community Led Initiatives Appendices, it
was agreed that the process needed to be reviewed with the role of the Outcome
Lead in this process to be clear. Shirley to review and bring back to next
Management Committee meeting. There was also discussion on managing the
potential number of local groups who may wish to be included and ensuring the
process covered our equalities obligations. It was agreed that Rona, Shirley
and Lorna Elliott would discuss this further. c) The
Management Committee were advised that approximately 20 young people attended
the November meeting of the Oban, Lorn and the Isles
Community Planning Group and feedback was positive. It was agreed that the
possibility of routine inclusion of young people and agenda items relating to
issues for them be extended to all the area community planning groups. d) The
Management Committee were advised that the Mid Argyll, Kintyre and Islands
Community Planning Group wanted the Single Outcome Agreement to recognise the
difficulties that islanders face and to ensure that islanders have parity of
service. Rona advised that the review of the delivery plans included a sense
check on vulnerabilities looking at who is impacted and that vulnerability and
isolation were a recurrent theme across the outcomes. e) The
criteria for Integrated Care Funding was discussed and it was noted that this was
set by the Scottish Government and outwith the
control of the Management Committee. f) This
was covered under 4c with a letter to be sent to Scottish Water Actions: Shirley MacLeod to
review process to ensure consistency of approach to including items within the SOA:Locals and the
Community Led Initiatives Appendices and to make clear the role of the Outcome
Lead in this process. Shirley MacLeod, Rona
Gold and Lorna Elliott to discuss how best to manage the potential number of
local community groups who wish to be included in the SOA:Local
Community Led Appendix and how to ensure equalities obligations are covered. Shirley MacLeod to
extend the possibility of routine inclusion of young people and agenda items
relating to issues for them, to all the area community planning groups. |
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National Community Planning Group, verbal, Gordon Wales Minutes: Gordon Wales provided a verbal update on the National
Community Planning Group. |
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Economic Forum, verbal, Stuart Green Minutes: Stuart Green provided a verbal update on the Economic Forum.
It was noted that Nick Ferguson would be remaining as Chair and that a report
was due in early 2016 looking at key sectors and recommendations. Stuart advised that he had invited Nick Ferguson to present
the report to the March meeting of the CPP Management Committee. |
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Community Justice Transition Plan, report, Rona Gold PDF 86 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Rona updated the Management Committee on the local plans to
transfer responsibility for the strategic planning and delivery of community
justice from the North Strathclyde Community Justice Authority to the Community
Planning Partnership. It was noted that the Argyll, Bute and Dunbartonshire’s
Criminal Justice Partnership were working closely together on this and that a
coordinator would be employed to take this further. Cleland Sneddon advised that he would prefer
responsibilities within the plan to be a named person rather than a named
group. Rona will feed this back. The Management Committee agreed to : 1) Note
the current situation with regard to community justice redesign and 2) Approve
the Transition Plan for 2016-2017 which requires to be presented to the
Scottish Government in January 2016. Action: Rona to
feedback Cleland’s comments on having a named person rather than a named group
under the Responsible Officer column within the Transition Plan. |
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SOA Performance and Scrutiny |
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Shoreline Project, Bowmore - Richard Heggie, Urban Animation Minutes: Richard Heggie from Urban
Animation and Willie Inglis from Islay Estates gave a
presentation to the Management Committee on the Shoreline Project. This aims to
provide a mixed use development site in Bowmore
providing housing, office space and small manufacturing sites. The first 20
homes were opened in August 2015 and are managed by ACHA with funding from
Argyll and Bute Council and the Scottish Government. Richard and Willie advised that they were keen to work
proactively with partners to ensure the appropriate infrastructure is planned
for. Discussion was held on community support of the project,
potential opportunities for upskilling students in modern apprentices and the
Health and Social Care Strategic Plan. Councillor Morton suggested that the same presentation be
made to the Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands Area Committee, Area Community
Planning Group and/or the Economic Forum and to the Policy Lead for Economic
Development. Pippa praised the project, calling it a quality development
and a microcosm of what all partners are trying to do – attract population
growth in Argyll and Bute. It was noted that Urban Animation are also working with
Argyll Estates, Inveraray on a similar project. Action: Rona to
circulate Richard Heggie and Willie Inglis’ details to the Management Committee |
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Outcome 2 - We have infrastructure that supports sustainable growth, Pippa Milne PDF 70 KB Minutes: Group discussion was held on the current performance and
challenges of Outcome 2. Suggestions that arose from the conversation were: 1) Make
clear to partners what the key sites are in the key sites action plan 2) Make
clear to communities what actions have happened locally rather than just
providing overall numbers 3) Focus
on key infrastructure or key sites which will have the biggest impact 4) Align
activity and prioritisation across partners so that a whole package is
available 5) Develop
a joint message and approach to promotion of Argyll and Bute across all
partners 6) Challenge
the current performance monitoring approach to measure target areas rather than
generic growth |
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Outcome 6 - People live in safer and stronger communities, Gail McClymont PDF 67 KB Minutes: Group discussion on performance and challenges of Outcome 6,
highlighted the following: 1) Domestic
abuse needs to be a priority, in particular prevention of this through changing
attitudes and perceptions of women with young people. 2) The
cyber world is an increasing challenge to safety. 3) Mental
Health, Hate Crime, Addictions are all key areas requiring focussed partnership
working. The following were agreed to be important to new SOA
delivery plans: 1) Focus
on individuals’ opportunities to be resilient. 2) Need
a response to the newly emerging cyber hate crime. 3) Vulnerability
needs to be identified. 4) Need
CPP, ADP and Community Justice to thread through one another so links are
explicit and understood. 5) Bring
place based focus to this, looking at high risk areas where there are currently
no focus or targets. 6) College
and education are important in the education elements of domestic abuse. |
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Feedback from outcome discussions |
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Exceptions - update from outcome leads PDF 143 KB Minutes: Outcome 1: The economy is diverse and thriving As Douglas Cowan was not present, the explanations within
the performance information were noted. Outcome 2: We have infrastructure that supports
sustainable growth Pippa went through the exceptions for Outcome 2. There was
shared disappointment that no sites in Argyll and Bute had benefitted from the
Scottish Government’s Mobile Infrastructure Project to reduce the number of
“not spots” in the mobile telephone coverage. Outcome 3: Education, skills and training maximises
opportunities for all The exceptions were noted. Outcome 4: Children and young people have the best
possible start Elaine Garman, deputising for Louise Long advised that
protocols and processes were being put in place to address some of the
exceptions. Elaine advised that the % of babies being breastfed had risen and
that this data would be published soon. Outcome 5: People live active, healthier and independent
lives Elaine updated the Management Committee on the challenge of
gaining buy-in to Carers’ assessments from families. It was noted that the number
of crisis hours intervention support delivered (5.6.7.a) was a success story as
the support needed had not been as high as anticipated. Outcome 6: People live in safer and stronger communities The exceptions were noted. |
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AOCB |
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Kirkmichael: A Community and Multi-Agency Partnership Approach PDF 91 KB Minutes:
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Community Empowerment Act Minutes: The Management Committee were advised that Argyll and Bute Council were looking at the technical aspects of the Act and it was agreed that a joint approach should be taken for elements such as engaging with communities. ALCOHOL AND DRUG PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL REPORT 2014-15 Elaine Garman introduced John
Owens to the Management Committee, who is the new Chair of the Alcohol and Drug
Partnership (ADP) and presented the 2014-5 Annual Report. Partners were encouraged to engage
with and support the ADP. It was agreed to approve the
Annual Report and to circulate a web link to it following the meeting. Action: Samantha to circulate Alcohol and Drug Partnership 2014-15
Annual Report to members of the Management Committee UPDATE ON SYRIAN REFUGEES Cleland asked the Management
Committee to note the outstanding CPP response to the Syrian Refugee
Resettlement Programme. He advised that the contribution and cooperation by everyone
has been immense and has shown Argyll and Bute at its best. To date 10 families
have been resettled and a total of 35 people. We are now moving to plan the
second tranche of 5 families for Bute early in the new year and 5 more for
Kintyre later in the spring. Cleland asked to extend his thanks to everyone
involved and give a special mention to Morag Brown who has been inspirational. |
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Dates of next meetings TBC – February – Delivery
Plan Review, Outcome Leads Thursday 24th
March – Outcomes 3 and 4 Thursday 9th June
– Outcomes 1 and 5 Tuesday 2nd
August – Full Partnership Thursday 29th
September – Outcomes 2 and 6 Tuesday 20th
December – Outcomes 3 and 4 Minutes: Tuesday 16th February 2016 – Development Day for
Management Committee Thursday 24th March 2016 – Outcomes 3 and 4 Thursday 9th June 2016 – Outcomes 1 and 5 Tuesday 2nd August – Full Partnership Thursday 29th August – Outcomes 2 and 6 Tuesday 20th December – Outcomes 3 and 4 |
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Informal discussion Minutes: It was agreed to hold a
Development Day for the Management Committee in February. |