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Contact: Samantha Somers 01546 604464
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Welcome, Apologies and Changes in Membership, Paul Devlin, Chair Minutes: Apologies were received from :- Rona Gold, Argyll & Bute Council Andy Buntin, Argyll
& Bute Council Stuart McLean, H&L Community Planning
Group Joanna MacDonald, Health & Social Care
Partnership Stuart Mearns, Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park Paul
Devlin has taken over as Chair and all attendees where welcomed and a special
welcome was given to new members. Thanks were given to Hazel Hendren for her exceptional work in her tenure as Chair and
Paul wished her well in her new role. The
vacant Vice Chair role will be taken by John Paterson, as nominated by Cleland
Sneddon, and agreed by the committee. The CPP
Welcome pack includes a new buddy system for new members. Members were
encouraged to offer their services in this. Cleland will buddy Martin Jones,
Paul will act as buddy to John and Anthony will act as buddy to Liz Dean. Paul
will also introduce buddy support for the MYSP attendees. |
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Record and Actions from previous meeting, Samantha Somers PDF 81 KB Minutes: The last meeting was the Full Partnership in March
2019. The last minutes from November 2018 were accepted as accurate. The actions were reviewed as follows:- Road Traffic Closures – Brian advised the group have
met and this is still ongoing. Gillian Gardiner is currently seconded and there
are now 2 structured groups relating to Outcome 6. Andrew advised on Easter
Sunday Traffic Scotland reported the A85 closed in both directions at 9am with
no further update provided, yet the road was closed all day. He felt that
Transport Scotland needed to be spoken to rectify this as it is unacceptable to
have total road closures with no further info. Brain discussed the challenges regarding what
information goes out and how this can be improved and he is happy to discuss
his again with Transport Scotland, however, there are legal implications
regarding this. Road deaths or road closures are reported from the Police with
a potential timescale of road closure yet there are still extensive periods of
time when a road must be closed to allow emergency services access and
investigations to be completed if required. Paul and Rona were involved in a meeting with Tom Bissett, Jacobs for Traffic Scotland, regarding traffic
infrastructure in Argyll & Bute. Action – Circulate
and share with the CPP a note of the
meeting between Jacobs, Paul Devlin and Rona Gold once received. Cleland advised the action regarding overnight trunk
closures is complete. Action – Any
further impact evidence on road closures should be provided to Pippa Milne to
include as evidence to those looking at the Rest and Be Thankful. Action - The
action regarding DWP Rural Strategy, DWP and TSI discussions regarding
volunteering and the labour market strategy are ongoing. Amendments to the CPP Annual report are complete. Strachur Hub presented to the CPP Full Partnership in March
therefore action is complete. Paul said he had greatly enjoyed the input at the
CPP Full Partnership by Strachur Hub, including the
tai chi. Rural Watch information has been included in the CPP
bulletin and action is complete. It was noted that OLI CPG has circulated lots of
information on this and it was included in the CPP Bulletin so action is
complete. Cleland provided a further update on the Local
Governance Review advising that the Scottish Government has now published
consultation on Phase 1 - Democracy matters and Phase 2 - Consultation with
local sector leaders and public bodies. CPP had agreed the response that was
submitted. Conclusions are in the consultation document and these are available
on the Scottish Government website (including an easy read version). The Cabinet
Secretary issued a statement that indicated the Scottish Government will take
time to reflect on feedback received and the Local Democracy Bill may now be
referred into the next Parliamentary term. There has also been dialogue with
COSLA around “functional empowerment” (permissibility of thinking about new
forms of public bodies). Ideas and suggestions will thought about over the
summer. Cleland noted that this is an important piece of work. |
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Child Poverty Action Plan, Presentation by Judy Orr and Mandy Sheridan PDF 206 KB The report going to the meeting of Argyll and Bute Council on the 27th June can be found here: https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/moderngov/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=257&MId=8324&Ver=4 Minutes: A report is going to the meeting
of Argyll and Bute Council on the 27th June for
formal approval. It is a legal requirement of the Child Poverty Scotland Act to
produce a joint plan with the local authority and health board. This is
reviewed annually. Judy and Mandy spoke
to the report and advised the Committee of the priority areas of the plan, the
local challenges in Argyll and Bute and the partners involved in putting
together the plan. There is a desire to strengthen the involvement and input of
partners moving forward in the delivery stage. Discussion was held
on the third sector commissioning process and the restriction of one year
budgets on this process. It was felt that the
Child Poverty Action Plan fed into a number of the outcomes and that the
quarterly Outcome Lead meetings should consider the plan and how actions are
being taken forward within the CPP. Action – Progress on Child
Poverty Action Plan to be standing agenda item for Outcome Leads meetings. Andrew
Campbell asked for clarification on a point in the plan that notes 24% of
employees are on receipt of less than minimum wage. Action - Judy will check
source of data and come back to the partnership. |
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Presentation from Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament, Cameron Garrett and Yasmine Bowden Minutes: Cameron
and Yasmine gave a presentation outlining the role and focus areas of MSYPs. Discussion
was had on how MSYPs can affect the Scottish Parliament and it was noted that
there were opportunities for joint collaboration between the CPP and MSYPs to
move forward matters of importance to the area. A
question was asked on how the CPP can best engage with young people and social
media and the local youth forums were encouraged to be utilised by partners to
engage with young people. The MSYPs are happy to publish any relevant CPP
matters on their social media pages. Paul
thanked Cameron and Yasmine for the presentation and highlighted the value of
them being part of the CPP. Action:
Ensure CPP members have the email addresses of the MSYPs for any social media
publications |
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Delivering the Argyll and Bute Outcome Improvement Plan |
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CPP Annual Report 2019-20 and Annual Performance Information PDF 97 KB Minutes: The recommendations in the report were agreed subject to the following
amendments: ·
Outcome 1 – broaden the case
study on Islay to be about enhancing tourism more widely ·
Move the Islay logistics study to
Outcome 2 ·
Include an update on the roll out
of rural broadband in Outcome 2 ·
Include STEM opportunities
through Digital learning to Outcome 3 ·
Include alternative pathways for
young people in Outcome 3 ·
Move workforce planning to
Outcome 4 ·
Include Health and Wellbeing
Network in Outcome 5 ·
Include Equalities in Outcome 5 ·
Include Social Prescribing in
Outcome 5 It was noted that some of the data measures were now obsolete and that
partners would be invited to a data meeting to review these. Action – Case studies to be with Samantha by the end of July |
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ABOIP Delivery Plan Priorities for 2019-2020 PDF 53 KB Minutes: Action plans have been agreed by outcome leads and an outcome lead
meeting will follow the main committee meeting. The key issues across
the outcomes were discussed. Kirsteen noted that the TSI are already committed
to leading Argyll & Bute Volunteer Strategy and requested that this be
added to the actions within Outcome 3. |
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Mid Year Population Estimates, Jane Jarvie PDF 474 KB Minutes: Jane spoke to the report which showed that the population of Argyll and
Bute was still declining. There was discussion on net migration and the impact
of this. Councillor Morton is engaging with other local authorities in the west
coast of Scotland and spoke of a ministerial taskforce on population challenges
which we will engage with. Discussion was had on budgets, population
demographics and the ratio of working age people to older people. |
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National Community Planning Board Update, Paul Devlin PDF 537 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Paul met yesterday with Amanda Coulthard who
sits on the Community Planning Improvement Board to better understand their
remit. It was noted that the Board intend to visit Community Planning
Committees across the country over the next few months to see how CPPs work.
Paul felt that we were in a strong position for these visits following the
recent self-assessment process and are able to demonstrate areas of
collaboration. |
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Update from Area Community Planning Groups, Shona Barton PDF 122 KB Minutes: Highlights were given from the
four Area Community Planning Groups held in February and May this year. There
have been changes in personnel in two of the areas with Cathleen Russell taking
on the role of Chair in Bute and Cowal, with Willie Lynch as Vice Chair and
John Fleming has taken on the role of Chair in Oban, Lorn and the Isles. In respect of the concern raised
by the MAKI group regarding the HSCP locality models, Alison McGrory advised
that the move to align the HSCP locality areas with the Council / Community
Planning locality areas had been the decision of the Integrated Joint Board
following consultation and a workshop with stakeholders. The new 4 area model
was felt to be a better use of resource for all partners involved in the HSCP
locality groups. Kirsteen reported that it had become clear through this
process that there was a misunderstanding on the remit and statutory basis for
Locality Planning groups. This has been addressed by the formation of a
strategic engagement advisory group which has a framework for engagement which
should strengthen the engagement between communities and the Health and Social
Care Partnership. There was a concern from the
Oban, Lorn and the Isles ACPG with regards to response times to the community
of Dalavich and whether volunteers could be trained to use the equipment. Paul
advised that there is a 35 minute minimum response time to this area. Whilst there
is a national review by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service on the placement
of stations, Paul had concerns over whether a volunteer fire station was viable
in this area but is happy to engage with the community further if required. |
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Encouraging Public Engagement, Jane Jarvie PDF 65 KB Minutes: Following the CPP Full Partnership where collective engagement was
discussed, Jane felt that there was a need for us as partners to get the most
out of those we consult with as they are often the same people. It was noted
that a common complaint was that communities contributed to consultations yet
did not receive feedback on results or actions of the consultations. Discussion was held on engaging with young people through the youth
forums and schools and it was agreed that organisations could provide
information following any public engagement to Jane to be published on the
ABplace2b website. |
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) Update, Presentation from Samantha Campbell and Sally Amor Minutes: Sally was unable to join the video conference so
Samantha Campbell led the presentation which asked the question of how Adverse
Childhood Experiences (ACEs) informed the work of the CPP in Argyll and Bute. The presentation provided details of what ACEs were
and the need for emotional resilience to counteract the effects of these
experiences. It was noted that the Health and Social Care Partnership had
recently received a grant for a study to look at the effect of ACEs in the
area, highlight the gap areas and increase the awareness of ACEs in both the
public and professionals. It was felt that this was a piece of work which fed
into a number of outcome areas and would be picked up in Outcome Lead meetings.
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Best Value Audit, Cleland Sneddon Minutes: Cleland advised that Argyll and Bute Council
are going through a Best Value 3 audit this year. He advised that all partners
will be involved and requested that everyone start thinking of examples of
“community planning in action” and how we improve outcomes for our communities.
It is anticipated that Audit Scotland will be conducting their visits in
October. Cleland invited partners who wished more
detail on the process to contact Stuart Green who can provide more information
on how to prepare. Once the programme for the audit is known, contact will be
made with those who are involved and assistance provided in preparing for that
engagement. |
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Action Summary and Close PDF 155 KB Papers for noting are found below: Minutes: ASSISTING
OUR REFUGEES BACK INTO EMPLOYMENT. Morag reminded the CPP Management Committee of the
multi-agency Refugee Resettlement Group which was set up in August 2015 and
continues to meet quarterly and has a major impact on refugees in Rothesay. A video was shown highlighting the positive impact
of the refugee resettlement in Rothesay and highlighted the support provided to
Bachar Helmi who used the
support offered by the group and via Business Gateway to set up his own bakery
in Rothesay which won an award recently for Scottish bakery of the year. Morag encouraged partners to contact herself if the
videos could be used by partners to highlight the good work happening on
Rothesay. Paul reemphasised
his thanks for the work by Rona, Samantha and the CPP team for such an engaging
day at the Full Partnership in Dunoon, and thanked those attending today for
their time. Thanks were given to Shirley MacLeod for her huge contribution to the
CPP, in particular the Area Community Planning Groups, and wished her all the
best for her future in retirement. |