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Actions from Last Meeting and Matters Arising
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• Board agreed the minutes from the 25 February as an accurate record of the meeting.
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Healthier Communities Strategy Report
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• The board noted the strategy.
ACTIONS:
• Governing Board encouraged to take part in the consultation before 30th June, which is available on the Partnership Website (http:www.solihull.gov.uk/solihullpartnership/default.htm)
• Sangeeta Leahy to return to the Governing Board on 22nd July for Final Sign off.
Proposed Consultations to include:
• Sangeeta Leahy to contact Alan Pellowe to arrange a meeting with West Midlands Fire Service.
• Sangeeta Leahy to contact James Kelly at Advantage West Midlands particularly around links into the Health Inequalities section.
• Sangeeta Leahy to contact Jane Connelly at Probation Service to arrange a meeting, to discuss the consultation, particularly around alcohol services.
• Sangeeta Leahy to contact Brenda Sheils at Solihull College to discuss influencing and educating young people in to lifestyle decisions.
• Melanie Lockey to ensure Sangeeta Leahy has access to wider contacts from across the partnership to support the consultation.
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Young People Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET)
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ACTIONS:
• Andrea Quigley and Brenda Sheils to explore opportunities:
o With Jane Connelly from Probation Service to help with engaging young people in to employment, education or training.
o To find out whether links are being made for people in the NEET group into the Future Jobs Fund project.
o Around increasing the hours of young people who are on the Prince's Trust scheme, in order to therefore eliminate them from the NEET cohort.
o Within the Third sector
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Climate Change
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ACTIONS:
• Dave Biss will be contacting partners for engagement in order to achieve level 3 of NI 188 indicator.
• Dave Biss to explore opportunities for engagement with the business sector through:
o Contact with the large businesses in Solihull (Land Rover, NEC & the Airport)
o Contact through the Chamber of Commerce
o Attending the Business Executive Group in Solihull
o Contact through the Small Business Forum.
• Section 1.4.4 of the report, highlights support is available for partner agencies through the Energy Saving Trust to tackle climate change.
• Dave Biss to make links with Jim Harte regarding ‘Project Transform' with Coventry and Warwickshire.
• Governing Board members to all provide Dave Biss (dbiss@Solihull.gov.uk) with a contact name of the climate change lead within their organisation.
• Prosperous Communities Strategic Group to draw up recommendations for resourcing a post to co-ordinate a climate change project for the partnership and return to a later meeting to present to the Governing Board. (Isobel Woods)
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Child Poverty
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• The board noted the introduction of the Child Poverty Act 2010.
• The board agreed to champion the Action Against Poverty Strategy throughout the partnership.
ACTIONS:
• Board members to go back to their organisations and nominate a lead contact on the Action Against Poverty agenda and provide Jan Phillips with their details (jphillips@solihull.gov.uk).
• The attached report and papers to be shared with the Children & Young People's Trust Board.
• Jan Phillips to establish a link in to the Probation Service through Jane Connelly.
• Jan Phillips to speak with Dave Pinwell on creating links in to the third sector.
• James Kelly to ensure that Advantage West Midlands provide required support in the Needs Assessment for Child Poverty.
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Challenging Families Project Brief
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• Carl Foulkes put himself forward as the project sponsor.
ACTIONS:
• Councillor Ken Meeson requested the report also goes to the Children & Young People's Trust Board.
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Governance Strand for Neighbourhoods Project
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• The board approved and supported the principles of the forums, but expressed concern that some parts of the borough will be more supportive and engaging than other areas which are likely to pose a challenge in gaining involvement.
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Community Cohesion Strategy and CONTEST update
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COMMUNITY COHESION STRATEGY ACTIONS:
• Examples of Good News stories to be added to the strategy, to celebrate the good work already being undertaken in Solihull around Community Cohesion.
• Any further comments on the strategy to be sent to Nick Tromans (ntromans@solihull.gov.uk) before 17th June so amendments can be made.
• Stronger Communities Strategic Board to approve the final strategy on 17th June 2010.
CONTEST UPDATE ACTIONS:
• The board approved the terms of reference.
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Solihull Festivals Trust
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• The board endorsed the proposal of the new concept for the Solihull Festivals Trust.
ACTIONS:
• Board members to seek funding opportunities within their organisations for the Solihull Festivals Trust
• Melanie Lockey offered support in developing the job description and person specification for the Festival Director post.
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Any Other Business
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• Reminder to the Governing Board about the development session on 29th April at the Corus Hotel, Shirley from 9:30am-1:30pm, further details and agenda to be sent out in due course.
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Forward Plan
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• Climate Change to come back to Governing Board.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING -27 May 2010, 10am, Committee Room 4
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