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Welcome and apologies Minutes: Apologies were received from: Margaret Adams, Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Community
Planning Group Andrew Campbell, Scottish Natural Heritage Elaine Garman, NHS Highland Shirley MacLeod, Argyll & Bute Council Alison McGrory, NHS Highland Pippa Milne, Argyll and Bute Council Gordon Wales, Scottish Government Jim welcomed Andy Buntin and Stuart McLean to their first
Management Committee meeting following the decision to have the Area Community
Planning Group Chairs sit at the Management Committee. |
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Minute and Highlights of the meeting on 30th September 2016 PDF 87 KB Additional documents: Minutes:
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Minutes: The Action Tracker was updated and approved as an accurate
reflection of current actions. It was agreed to remove Action 48 as this was now business
as usual and mark action 92 as complete. |
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Community Planning |
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Area Community Planning update, Shirley MacLeod PDF 125 KB Minutes: Lorna Elliott presented the information from the November
meetings of the Area Community Planning Groups. The Management Committee discussed the four points raised by
the Area Community Planning Groups and the response is below each point. Advise whether a current Chair can stand for re-election
at the end of their two year tenure in the position of Chair The Management Committee had no issue with the current OLI
Chair to stand for re-election should she wish to, and commended her on the
splendid job she was currently doing. It was agreed that the Terms of Reference be looked at in
the new year, and two to three cycles (of two years) for Area Community
Planning Group chairs be considered. Provide further advice and guidance on what is required
under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act with regards to locality
planning before the February round of meetings Following discussion, it was agreed that the preferred
approach would be to embed, encompass and reference existing plans into a
locality plan rather than rewriting and creating additional plans. It was
agreed that the February Area Community Planning Groups would be the start of
the journey and that the locality plans would have a targeted focus on
communities within the four areas. Consider the impact of the increase in the number of
camper vans/mobile homes visiting the area and issues relating to the level of
facilities provided for the vehicles on both island and remote mainland
communities It was agreed that better information, marketing and
promotion was needed for camper vans/ mobile homes visiting the area to tackle
the negative issues experienced by communities. Work on this requires working
with Calmac. It was agreed that this was an action for the Council’s Roads and
Amenity Services Department to consider further. Jennifer Nicol commented that
HIE are supporting some communities with this and could link in to an action on
this. Consider how best to ensure that funders are aware of the
particular challenges faced by third sector organisations and community groups
running services, projects and initiatives within the Argyll and Bute CPP area. Cllr Walsh emphasised the need for funding organisations to
take better consideration of rurality in their assessment process, and the need
to fund things that work, with less emphasis on new. Glenn Heritage advised that the TSI were already talking to
the Big Lottery regarding Health and Social Care Partnership Locality Plans and
are encouraging groups to tie the outcomes of projects to local outcomes
sighted in plans to have a much better opportunity to demonstrate value and
gain funding. It was agreed that Lorna Elliott would put those requiring
assistance in touch with Glenn Heritage. It was recognised that the development of ‘locality plans’
for Community Planning will be helpful for discussions with funders such as The
Big Lottery. It was agreed to keep this on the agenda in order to broker a
solution in future Action: Lorna Elliott
to amend the Terms of Reference regards tenure of ACPG chairs, for agreement at
February Area Community Planning Group meetings. Action: Council’s
Roads and Amenity Service team to consider the better promotion of facilities
and parking for mobile homes/camper vans working with partners within the
tourism sector, including Calmac and HIE. Action: Lorna Elliott
to put those requiring assistance with funding applications in touch with Glenn
Heritage. Action: ‘Funding
Challenges’ to remain on agenda. |
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National Community Planning update, Gordon Wales Minutes:
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Economic Forum update, Stuart Green PDF 104 KB Minutes: Stuart Green presented the report which provided an update on
the sector specific workgroups of the forum. The targeted effort to raise the
profile of Argyll and Bute was noted. Stuart emphasised the momentum felt by
the Economic Forum following growth in sectors and funded activity supporting
this. The Management Committee noted the report. |
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CPP Full Partnership, Rona Gold PDF 83 KB Minutes: Rona presented the report and advised that feedback had been
positive. A comprehensive note of the day and presentations are available upon
request. |
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Local Outcome Improvement Plan and current Single Outcome Agreement, Rona Gold PDF 90 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Rona presented the report and advised the Management Committee
of the work required to ensure the current Single Outcome Agreement (SOA) is
compliant with the requirements of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act. The Community Planning team were actioned to undertake the
work necessary to ensure the current SOA transitions into the Local Outcome
Improvement Plan. Discussion was held on the terminology of LOIP. Rona
confirmed that, following discussion with civil servants, the document name
didn’t need to be ‘the LOIP’ the importance was
meeting the criteria set out under the title LOIP in the Community Empowerment
(Scotland) Act. The following points were put forward and considered by
Management Committee members:
It was agreed that the Area Community Planning Groups should
have an opportunity to comment on the terminology. Rona was tasked to compile suggestions on what the CPP may
wish to alternatively name the LOIP taking on board the considerations of the Management
Committee, which included Local Outcome Agreement, and Argyll and Bute Outcome
Improvement Plan, and present options for a decision at the meeting in March
2017. Action: ACPGs to
consider the terminology for the LOIP/SOA. Action: Rona to
compile suggestions for terminology of the LOIP/SOA and present options to the
Management Committee for a decision in March. |
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2016/17 Delivery Plan update |
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Outcome 3: Education, skills and training maximises opportunities for all, Fraser Durie PDF 56 KB Minutes: Fraser went through the activities of the delivery plan for
Outcome 3. Anne Paterson advised that the Education Department was in
contact with the Western Isles regarding “E-sgoil”
and that a pilot using Lync was currently underway with 4 secondary schools. It was confirmed that the Argyll and Bute Family Pathway
should sit within Outcome 3 and that it was currently being rolled out in the
Cowal area with roll-out plans for OLI and MAKI. Anne Paterson advised that the
Early Years Collaborative no longer exists in its previous format and had
merged with another forum to become the Children and Young People’s Improvement
Collaborative, sitting under Argyll and Bute’s Children. It was agreed that
this action be changed to On Track. It was confirmed that further guidance was being waited on
regarding Named Persons and that a response had been submitted to the Scottish
Government regarding their recent consultation on this. Action: Samantha to
amend activity on Family Pathway to On Track following update. |
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Modern Apprentice Expansion Plan, Anthony Standing Minutes: Anthony spoke firstly on the announcement made by the Scottish
Government with regards to a Workforce Development Fund which removes the
public sector eligibility restrictions that had been in place previously,
enabling public sector bodies to have the same access to funding as the third
sector/private sector. Anthony also advised that there would be more
opportunities for apprentices for those aged over 25 which he believed would
benefit the demographic of Argyll and Bute. The Modern Apprentice Expansion Plan for Argyll and Bute is
part of the Highlands and Islands Expansion Plan. Anthony had hoped to share
the draft plan at this stage but it will not be available until mid-January at
the earliest when the Board meets. Anthony emphasised the desire to grow MA’s in Argyll and
Bute, and that the promotion of them to employers, young people and teachers is
really important. Louise Long commented she would like to be involved in MA’s
in connection to looked after children. |
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Phase 1 update on the Education and Skills Review, Jenny Nicoll Minutes: Jenny circulated the Phase 1 report, published in October 2016
looking at the roles of HIE, Scottish Enterprise, Skills Development Scotland
and the Scottish Funding Council. Jenny advised that the report recognised the socio-economic
challenges facing the Highlands and Islands area and that there was a commitment
to keep dedicated support in this area. The report also stated that a new
statutory body would be established to coordinate the four agencies, all of
which will retain their Chief Executives and legal status. Phase 2 of the review runs from November 2016 to March 2017
and will be looking at implementing the Phase 1 recommendations. Cleland asked whether the boundary split within Argyll and
Bute would be looked at further and Jenny advised that she believed that point
was still open for discussion. If any partners have any further questions regarding the
review, it was agreed that they should be submitted to Jenny. Jenny also agreed
to circulate the report electronically to all Management Committee members. Action: Jenny to
circulate link to Phase 1 of Enterprise and Skills Review |
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Outcome 4: Children and young people have the best possible start, Louise Long PDF 54 KB Minutes: Louise provided an update in relation to the activities
contained within the delivery plan. Stuart McLean advised that the first Fire Reach course had
taken place recently with pupils from Hermitage Academy which had been
successful and that they were looking to progress a Young Firefighters unit at
Helensburgh. Louise advised that plans for a Youth Engagement Officer
within Dunoon Grammar School were not going to be taken forward and that Gail McClymont was looking to see whether an Officer could be
recruited elsewhere. It was suggested that addressing child poverty may sit well
within the new Children’s Services Plan. Action: Ann Marie
Knowles to advise whether child poverty sits under new Childrens’
Services Plan. |
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Too Cool To Talk proposal, Louise Long Minutes: Louise advised of the “Too Cool to Talk” initiative for
mental health in young people which had been developed by NHS Tayside where
young people can ask questions online and have them answered within 24 hours. Louise said that funding had been obtained to take this
forward through the Alcohol and Drugs Partnership, however was keen to ensure
that it was sustainable and that partners recognised that it was wider than the
Health and Social Care Partnership. |
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Exception Reporting from all Delivery Plans PDF 59 KB Minutes: It was noted that there were less exceptions than the
previous meeting and that this was good progress in addressing issues. Action: Jenny Nicol
to pick up with Jane Fowler on a written update under outcome 1, activity:
Create opportunities for young people to enter the public sector. |
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Scottish Government consultation: Empowering Teachers, Parents and Communities to achieve excellence and equity in Education, A Governance Review, Anne Paterson Minutes: A report that was submitted to the Policy Leads (elected
members) of Argyll and Bute Council was tabled by Anne Paterson for further
information. Anne gave an overview of the consultation and the questions
posed within it and advised that a response was due by the 6th
January 2017. The Education Department would be leading on the consultation
response but any other partners who wished to respond to any of the questions
were encouraged to do so. Louise advised that she was keen to respond from a Children
and Families perspective to aspects of the consultation. It was agreed that
Anne would send Louise the draft response for Louise to take to her Management
Committee that Friday (23 December). Action: Louise to
draft response to aspects relevant to Children and Families. |
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Minutes: As Margaret Adams, Chair of the Oban, Lorn and the Isles
Area Community Planning Group was not present, Lorna Elliott opened the
discussion referring to the paper highlighting the support for Young Carers and
the current Parking Review. Support for Young Carers Christina West advised that statutory funding to carers
centres is available through the Carers Network and that the Health and Social
Care Partnership were looking at the Carers Act 2018 and mapping this against
current activity. It was confirmed that Linda Currie was the Health and Social
Care Lead working with Carers Centres and she would continue to assist Carers
groups access funding outside the Health and Social Care Partnership Cllr Morton highlighted significant challenges facing the
future of Carers in Helensburgh. It was agreed that Cleland would speak to Gordon Wales to
press the matter that statutory duties (carers) should be accompanied by funding
from the Scottish Government. Parking Review Lorna advised that the ACPG would like all partners to
contribute and give strategic input into the current parking review
consultation and highlighted challenges to parking such as Home Carers going into
see clients, or Islanders parking at convenient places to enable them to be
foot passengers on the ferry. Action: Cleland to
speak with Gordon Wales regarding new statutory duties (carers) and the need
for associated funding from Scottish Government. Action: all partners
to provide strategic input into the parking review consultation |
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Local Development Plan 2 - key issues discussion, Sybil Johnson Minutes: Sybil gave a presentation on the
plans for the launch of the Local Development Plan 2 (LDP2) which would seek to
find out what communities wanted in terms of land development and designate
appropriate land for planning purposes. It was noted that the Place Standard
tool would be used as an online means of engagement to capture the thoughts of
residents and the results of this would be shared with partners. Sybil also advised of the Future
Needs 2020 – 2030 plan and the Single Investment Plan which was still open for
comment from CPP partners. Discussion followed on the links
of the LDP2 to the Smarterplaces work, potential
variation to HMDA through the Islands Bill and the opportunity of the LDP2 to
bring together all the objectives of communities and partners. The importance of the Local
Development Plan engagement and consultation was agreed. |
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Community Justice - development of Outcome Improvement Plan, Louise Long PDF 119 KB Minutes: Louise advised that the Criminal Justice Partnership between
Argyll & Bute Council, West Dunbartonshire Council and East Dunbartonshire
Council would be dissolved and therefore an Argyll and Bute specific plan was
now required to be in place by the 1st April 2017. A draft outline plan is in existence and representatives
from the Third Sector, Skills Development Scotland, Housing and Health (Mental
Health) are required, in particular, to attend a working group to develop the
outline plan. It was agreed that representatives from the above
organisations would be nominated and attend the meeting dates set out in the
report. Action: Nominations
to attend Community Justice working group to be fed back to Louise Long in
particular from Third Sector, Skills Development Scotland, Housing and Health
(Mental Health). |
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Historical Abuse Enquiry, Louise Long Minutes: Louise advised that the scoping work into this had been
completed and that a National Forum and major advertising campaign would be
launched in January. Partners were advised that anyone who wishes to report
historical abuse be directed to the National Forum helpline as a single point
of contact. |
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Evaluation of the Argyll and Bute Refugee Resettlement Programme, Morag Brown PDF 184 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Morag advised that the Council had agreed to increase the
number of families being resettled in Argyll and Bute through the Family
Reunion route. Morag also said that the focus of the Refugee Resettlement Group
was towards employability. Jim Hymas commented that
this was an excellent example of partnership working. |
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AOCB Minutes: FINDINGS FROM
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT WORKSHOP Glenn advised that the findings from the Community Transport
Workshop held earlier in the year had now been published. It was agreed that
this could form part of the agenda for the Management Committee Development Day
on the 1st March. Action: Samantha to
circulate the link to the report to all Management Committee members COMMUNITY SAFETY
STRATEGY Lorna advised that the 2016-2020 Community Safety Strategy
was being launched today (20th December 2016) and that the link
would be circulated to all Management Committee members. Action: Samantha to
circulate link to Community Safety Strategy to all Management Committee members AREA COMMUNITY
PLANNING GROUPS Jim requested that Management Committee members attend Area
Community Planning Groups where possible. |
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Dates of future meetings for noting Area Community Planning Groups: ·
Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands: Wednesday 8th
February, 10.00, Lochgilphead · Bute and Cowal: Tuesday 14th February, 10.00, Rothesay · Oban, Lorn and the Isles: Thursday 16th February, 14.00, Oban · Helensburgh and Lomond: Tuesday 21st February, 09.30, Helensburgh Management Committee Development Day – 1st March
2017 Management Committee in 2017 ·
30th March ·
28th June ·
20th September ·
5th December Full Partnership – 15th November Minutes: Area Community Planning Groups:
Management Committee – 30th March 2017 |