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Notice of Meeting and Agenda Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership Board

Date Time Venue

Monday, 27 June 2016 10:00 CMR 1, Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN

Membership Councillors M Macmillan and M Holmes; S Black, P MacLeod, S MacDougall, M Crearie, O Reid and D Amos (all Renfrewshire Council); D Leese, Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership; A McNiven, Engage Renfrewshire; E Crighton, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley; J Downie, Police Scotland; B Grant, Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce; D Proctor, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service; S Kerr, Scottish Government; G Hunt, University of the West of Scotland; and A Cumberford, West College Scotland.

Chair Councillor M Macmillan.

KENNETH GRAHAM Head of Corporate Governance

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Members of the Press and Public Members of the press and public wishing to attend the meeting should report to the customer service centre where they will be met and directed to the meeting.

Further Information This is a meeting which is open to members of the public. A copy of the agenda and reports for this meeting will be available for inspection prior to the meeting at the Customer Service Centre, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley and online at www.renfrewshire.cmis.uk.com/renfrewshire/CouncilandBoards.aspx For further information, please either email [email protected] or telephone 0141 618 7112.

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Items of business

Apologies Apologies from members.

Declarations of Interest Members are asked to declare an interest in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest.

1 Minute of Previous Meeting Minute of the meeting of the Community Planning Partnership Board held on 11 May 2016.

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2 Community Planning Outcomes Profile Presentation by the Programme Manager (Performance Management & Benchmarking), The Improvement Service.

3 SPOTLIGHT - Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board Report and presentation by Head of Public Protection, Community Resources, Renfrewshire Council.

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4 SPOTLIGHT - Renfrewshire Forum for Empowering Communities Presentation by Chief Executive, Engage Renfrewshire.

5 Community Empowerment Act: Development of the Local Outcome Improvement Plan and Locality Action Plans Report by Head of Policy & Commissioning, Chief Executive's Service, Renfrewshire Council.

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6 Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership Resource Support for Paisley 2021 Bid Report by Head of Policy & Commissioning, Chief Executive's Service, Renfrewshire Council.

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7 Renfrewshire: Full Youth Employment Initiative Update Report by Director of Development & Housing Services, Renfrewshire Council.

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8 Tackling Poverty Programme - Progress Update Report by Chief Executive, Renfrewshire Council.

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FOR NOTING

9 COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP THEMATIC BOARD MINUTES

(a) Safer & Stronger Renfrewshire Thematic Board Minute of the meeting held on 16 May 2016.

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(b) Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board Minute of the meeting held on 23 May 2016.

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(c) Children & Young People Thematic Board Minute of the meeting held on 26 May 2016.

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(d) Jobs & the Economy Thematic Board Minute of the meeting of 1 June 2016.

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(e) Forum for Empowering Communities Thematic Board Minute of the meeting held on 1 June 2016.

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(f) Community Care, Health & Wellbeing Thematic Board Minute of the meeting held on 2 June 2016.

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Minute of Meeting Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership Board

Date Time Venue

Wednesday, 11 May 2016 14:00 CMR 1, Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN

PRESENT

Councillors M Macmillan and M Holmes; S Black, P MacLeod, S MacDougall, M Crearie, and D Amos (all Renfrewshire Council); A McNiven, Engage Renfrewshire; E Crighton, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley; J Downie, Police Scotland; B Grant, Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce; D Proctor, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service; G Hunt, University of the West of Scotland.

CHAIR

Councillor M Macmillan, Chair, presided.

IN ATTENDANCE

Councillor T Williams, Y Farquhar, S Graham and C MacDonald (all Renfrewshire Council); F MacKay, Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership; and L Connelly, West College Scotland.

APOLOGIES

D Leese, Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership; S Kerr, Scottish Government; and A Cumberford, West College Scotland.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.

AGENDA ITEM NO. 1

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MINUTE OF PREVIOUS MEETING There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of the Community Planning Partnership Board held on 24 February 2016. In relation to Item 3 – Renfrewshire: Full Youth Employment Initiative Proposal it was agreed that a Partnership report on the Full Youth Employment Initiative be submitted to the next meeting of the Board. DECISION: (a) That a Partnership report in relation to the Full Youth Employment Initiative be submitted to the next meeting of the Board; and (b) That the Minute be noted.

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SPOTLIGHT - SAFER & STRONGER RENFREWSHIRE THEMATIC BOARD There was submitted a report and presentation by the Director of Community Resources which provided a summary of progress against Safer and Stronger actions measured over the first three years of the Community Plan; an overview of the agreed strategic priorities and focus for the Thematic Board; and the key areas of work being taken forward by partners over the next year. The presentation gave a brief overview and background information; outlined the outcomes and performance measures; highlighted key achievements; summarised the agreed priorities and strategic focus; defined the future priorities; and detailed the issues and challenges. DECIDED: That the progress of Safer & Stronger actions and impact measures as highlighted within the report and presentation be noted.

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2016/17 FINANCIAL SETTLEMENTS With reference to the discussion on financial settlements which took place at the Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership meeting on 24 February 2016, D Amos introduced a round-table update discussion on the budget settlements 2016/17 for partner organisations. DECIDED: That the position be noted.

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UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND STRATEGIC AGREEMENT WITH RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL A presentation was given by G Hunt, Head of External Engagement, University of the West of Scotland (UWS) relative to the Strategic Partnership Agreement recently concluded between UWS and Renfrewshire Council. The presentation outlined the background to the collaboration; summarised the strategic themes and key priorities; and detailed the governance arrangements around the agreement. DECIDED: That the presentation be noted.

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ASPECT REVIEW ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. There was submitted a report by the Director of Children’s Services relative to the aspect review on the implementation of the Community Learning and Development Regulations. The report indicated that the Council was one of eight areas identified by Education Scotland to participate in an Aspect Review on the implementation of the Community Learning and Development Regulations. The review would focus on strategic aspects of community learning planning and partnership work and the quality of work undertaken by local authorities and their partners in meeting the requirements of the CLD Regulations. It was agreed that the aspect review would be undertaken on Friday 29 April 2016. The outline for the visit was attached as an appendix to the report. Unlike previous inspections, it was not envisaged that the Council would receive a Renfrewshire specific report but that Education Scotland would publish their findings from across all eight areas. A copy of Renfrewshire’s Community Learning and Development plan 2015-2018 was also attached as an appendix to the report. DECIDED: That the report be noted.

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COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT ACT GUIDANCE There was submitted a report by the Head of Policy & Commissioning relative to the Community Empowerment Act Guidance. The report intimated that the Scottish Government had invited consultation on a number of aspects of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) 2015 Act and the guidance which would emerge following the consultation would provide the framework for Community Planning Partnerships to work within when implementing the provisions of the Act. It was proposed that Renfrewshire Council officers would co-ordinate a partnership response to the consultation and that the Renfrewshire Forum for Empowering Communities Thematic Board would approve the responses to the guidance at its meeting on 1 June 2016. It was noted that Community organisations would have a specific opportunity to input into the response at the daytime community planning conference event on 20 May 2016 and finalised guidance would be presented to the Partnership Board once it had been agreed by the Scottish Government. DECIDED: (a) That it be agreed that Renfrewshire Council co-ordinate a partnership response to the consultation on guidance regarding the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015; and (b) That it be agreed that the Renfrewshire Forum For Empowering Communities Thematic Board agree the response on behalf of Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership on 1 June 2016 and that finalised guidance be reported to the Partnership Board once finalised.

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PREVENTION AGENDA There was submitted a report by the Head of Policy & Commissioning relative to an update on initial recommendations to Parliament and proposals for Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership Board to provide oversight regarding the delivery of the prevention agenda within Renfrewshire. The report intimated that the Finance Committee of the Scottish Parliament was currently conducting an inquiry into the delivery in Scotland of the prevention agenda, as recommended by the Commission for Public Service Reform (Christie Commission) in 2011. It was noted that Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership would be reviewing its partnership arrangements and delivery during 2016 and as part of this work, the Community Planning Partnership would take the opportunity to embed long term prevention of inequalities and future demand on services as a specific focus of the review, in line with the recommendations emerging from the Scottish Parliament inquiry. DECIDED: (a) That it be agreed that the Partnership Board would provide oversight on activity being carried out across Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership to ensure that the prevention agenda had the appropriate focus in planning and delivering services; (b) That it be agreed that an overview of prevention activity across all the Thematic Boards be included within the annual performance report to be submitted to the Partnership Board in September each year; and (c) That it be agreed that the work being progressed to review Community Planning arrangements and strategic needs specifically considers prevention as a key focus of long-term activity.

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DEVELOPMENT OF RENFREWSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP There was submitted a report by the Head of Policy & Commissioning relative to the development of the Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership. The report intimated that arrangements had been made for initial visits by Renfrewshire Council, Chief Executive’s officers to discuss the views of key Community Planning Partners on the current arrangements and opportunities and the strengthening of these in the future to ensure that they added value for the strategic priorities of each partner. DECIDED: (a) That the programme of visits and the topic areas outlined within the report be agreed; and (b) That it be agreed that Partners would identify any additional topic areas they would like included in the initial round of review meetings.

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COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP THEMATIC BOARD MINUTES There were submitted and noted the Minutes of meetings of the following Thematic Boards:- (a) Children & Young People Thematic Board held on 4 February 2016. (b) Jobs & the Economy Thematic Board held on 8 February 2016. (c) Forum for Empowering Communities Thematic Board held on 9 February 2016. (d) Safer & Stronger Renfrewshire Thematic Board held on 23 March 2016. (e) Children & Young People Thematic Board held on 31 March 2016. (f) Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board held on 1 April 2016.

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To: RENFREWSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP BOARD

On: 27 JUNE 2016

Report by: Oliver Reid, Lead Officer, Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board

Head of Public Protection, Renfrewshire Council

GREENER RENFREWSHIRE THEMATIC BOARD SPOTLIGHT REPORT

1. Summary

1.1 The Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board has responsibility for co-ordinating and driving multi-agency activity to ensure that we achieve our long term vision that: ‘Renfrewshire will be a clean and attractive location, providing a healthy, inviting and pleasant environment in which to live, work and do business through the promotion of sustainable patterns of travel and development, the efficient management of energy and the treatment of waste as a valuable resource’.

1.2 The Greener Renfrewshire element of the Local Outcome Improvement Plan clearly sets out our agreed outcomes together with the one, three and ten year targets for each of the impact measures. Progress against the Greener actions and measures has been presented regularly to the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board and this report provides a summary of progress against those actions and measures over the first three years of the Community Plan. An overview of the agreed strategic priorities and focus for the Thematic Board and the key areas of work being taken forward by partners over the next year is also included within the report.

2. Recommendations

2.1 It is recommended that the Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership Board:

a. Notes the strong performance and strategic focus achieved by the GreenerRenfrewshire Thematic Board.

b. Notes the future priorities of the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board.c. Notes the issues and challenges the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board

requires to address to enable its priority outcomes to be achieved.

AGENDA ITEM NO. 3

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3. Background 3.1 The Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board was established with responsibility for

co-ordinating and driving multi-agency activity to ensure the achievement of the long term vision that: ‘Renfrewshire will be a clean and attractive location, providing a healthy, inviting and pleasant environment in which to live, work and do business through the promotion of sustainable patterns of travel and development, the efficient management of energy and the treatment of waste as a valuable resource’.

3.2 The Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board established four sub-groups, each led

by relevant partners and supported by key officers:- Greener Communities; Greener Housing; Greener Transport; and Carbon Management and Waste Reduction. Action plans were established for each of the sub groups with good progress being achieved.

3.3 Action plans and performance impact measures have been established by the sub groups to ensure there is a structured approach, moving forward, to achieve the priorities of the Greener Renfrewshire element of Renfrewshire’s Community Plan and Local Outcome Improvement Plan.

3.4 The table below highlights some of the areas of the Greener Renfrewshire element

of the Local Outcome Improvement Plan where good progress has been achieved: .

Performance Measure Baseline Data Current Target

Current Value

Total CO2 Emissions from public buildings

29,114 28,247 25,480

Number of vacant and derelict land sites

175 170 168

% of the vehicle fleet which uses alternative fuels, such as electricity

1% 5% 5.5%

% of household waste sent to landfill without prior treatment

56.1% 36% 12.2%

4. Agreed Priorities/Strategic Focus

4.1 As a result of the work undertaken in the previous year and the sustained good

performance against the performance measures overall, the action plans agreed by the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board sub groups have been delivered successfully. However, the environment in which the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board is operating is continuing to evolve and develop and, over the past 6 months strategic focus has changed to reflect the development of the City Deal Programme, Renfrewshire’s Tackling Poverty Strategy, the Paisley 2021 Bid and the regeneration of Paisley.

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4.2 A review of the structure and governance of the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board has been undertaken with a view to refocus the work of the sub-groups. As a result of this, a large number of cross-cutting issues were identified across the work of the Greener Housing and the Carbon Management and Waste Reduction sub-groups. It was agreed, therefore, at the meeting of the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board on 1 April 2016, that these groups be merged to form one sub-group under the remit of Carbon Management. The priorities of this group will address carbon management and energy efficiency issues across Renfrewshire as well as issues relating to the management of waste and recycling.

4.3 As part of the ongoing review of the sub groups, it is anticipated that the priority of

air quality management, which currently sits within the remit of the Greener Transport sub-group, may be addressed more appropriately in one of the other sub groups. A report will be submitted to the August 2016 meeting of the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board to seek agreement on this issue.

4.4 The work of the sub groups has helped deliver the Greener Renfrewshire element

of Renfrewshire’s Local Outcome Improvement Plan. Details of some of the achievements are provided below.

Greener Communities

4.5 The Greener Communities sub-group is led by John Wilby of the Renfrewshire Forum for Empowering Communities, assisted by Iain Cunningham of Engage Renfrewshire. The Community Planning Partners and stakeholders which are represented at the sub-group are: Renfrewshire Council; Forum for Empowering Communities; Engage Renfrewshire; Environmental Training Team; The Forestry Commission; Royal Horticultural Society; SUSTRANS; LEAP; Eadha Enterprises; and Kibble. Invitations are issued to other community representatives when appropriate to the agenda.

4.6 The Greener Communities sub group led on the successful project to improve

stalled spaces across Renfrewshire. Funding of £10,000 was provided by Architecture and Design Scotland and this was matched by Renfrewshire Council, providing a total of £20,000 for community projects.

4.7 Community groups were invited to apply for grants of £250 - £5,000 to bring derelict

or vacant land back into temporary use within the Renfrewshire area. 75% of projects funded had to be town centre based and applications were approved by the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board, having been initially assessed for essential criteria by the Greener Communities sub-group.

4.8 A total of nine community groups, listed in the table below, were allocated funding to deliver projects including: outdoor music events; film making; and ground clearing

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and planting projects. Feedback on each of the projects is to be delivered to the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board.

Community Group Funding allocated

Reaching Older Adults in Renfrewshire £2,400

Paisley West & Central Community Council £1,900

Loud n Proud £2,007

Environmental Training Team £1,966

I Am Me £2,000

Renfrew Development Trust £2,960

Kilbarchan Community Council £2,180

Erskine Music & Media £2,300

Star Project £1,834

Total £19,547

4.9 A Greener Renfrewshire pledge has been established and is being promoted

through community organisations for individuals to register interest and support. A quarterly Greener Renfrewshire newsletter was published in January and April 2016, providing a source of information on environmental activities currently taking place and identifying opportunities to become involved.

Greener Transport

4.10 The Greener Transport sub-group is led by Ross Nimmo, Head of Planning and Development at Glasgow Airport, assisted by Scott Allan, Head of Amenity Services at Renfrewshire Council and Mark Higginbotham, Development Manager, Renfrewshire Council. The organisations across Renfrewshire which are represented at the Greener Transport sub-group are: Renfrewshire Council; Glasgow Airport; SPT; University of the West of Scotland (UWS); SUSTRANS; NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; West College Scotland (WCS); Scotrail; INTU Braehead; Renfrewshire Leisure Limited; and Hillington Park. Invitations are issued to other community representatives when appropriate to the agenda.

4.11 The Greener Transport sub-group has identified links between Community Planning Partners in respect of plans relating to active travel. This includes Renfrewshire

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Council’s proposed Cycling Strategy and draft Outdoor Access Strategy; Glasgow Airport’s surface access strategy; Scotrail’s plans to encourage passengers to cycle to and from their stations; active travel plans within UWS and WCS; and SUSTRANS’ plans to improve the national cycling routes within Renfrewshire. Actions have been developed by the Greener Transport sub-group to ensure there is a ‘joined up’ approach to these projects and that they align with strategic activities including the sustainable transport element of the City Deal project at the Glasgow Airport Investment Area and the Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside project.

4.12 A project relating to the provision of a community bus scheme is being co-ordinated

by the Greener Transport sub-group. This scheme will be delivered by a third sector organisation and will be piloted with Glasgow Airport. It is aimed at providing a transport service for employees whose shift patterns do not allow them to use public transport. If successful, the scheme can be rolled out to other major employers across Renfrewshire as well as providing a transport service to community groups, where a need has been identified.

4.13 The group has been instrumental in assisting community planning partners in pursuing funding for electric vehicles and charging points for their organisations. Renfrewshire Council has already achieved its 10 year target of more than 5% of its vehicle fleet being electric and an increasing number of electric vehicle charging points have been installed across Renfrewshire. Carbon Management

4.14 It was agreed at the meeting of the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board on 1 April 2016 to merge the two sub groups of Greener Housing and Carbon Management & Waste Reduction and form one new group under the priority of Carbon Management. The priorities of this group will address carbon management and energy efficiency issues across Renfrewshire as well as the issues relating to the management of waste and recycling.

4.15 The officers involved in the new group are Craig Thorpe, Corporate Asset & Energy Manager, Renfrewshire Council, Adele Fraser, Linstone Housing Association and FLAIR Representative, Karen Anderson, Waste Services Manager, Renfrewshire Council and Louise Feely, Housing Asset and Investment Manager, Renfrewshire Council.

4.16 One of the key performance measures of the previous Housing Sub Group was to

reduce the percentage of households in Renfrewshire experiencing fuel poverty. This has been targeted to achieve at least 5% below the national average. The successful work of energy advisers and the Renfrewshire Tackling Poverty Commission has ensured that this target has been achieved.

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4.17 The Scottish Housing Quality Standard has been achieved for social housing across Renfrewshire (taking abeyances and exemptions into account). A major part of this project is the installation of improved and more energy efficient heating systems, which again contribute towards the reduction in fuel poverty.

4.18 The previous Carbon Management & Waste Reduction sub group showed that good progress was made on the reduction of CO2 emissions from public buildings in Renfrewshire. This was achieved through a number of measures including: the introduction of building management systems to provide more control over heating systems; installation of photovoltaic panels on a number of schools and care homes; and energy awareness campaigns.

5. Future Priorities

5.1 As part of the review of the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board, it was recognised that Board’s agenda could be addressed more clearly with the move to three key outcomes of: Greener Communities; Greener Transport; and Carbon Management. Each of these key outcomes is delivered through the work of the sub-groups, each of which has a clear set of priorities.

Greener Communities

5.2 The future strategic work of the Greener Communities sub-group has been agreed in an action plan which has been developed and addresses the following priorities:

5.3 Priority: Encourage and support community (public, business, charities)

involvement in developing and measuring activities that help make Renfrewshire Greener.- this will be delivered through: Recruiting individuals and community organisations to sign the Greener

Renfrewshire Pledge; Producing a quarterly Greener Renfrewshire newsletter; Identifying the environmental activity being carried out by community groups and

encouraging information sharing and partnership working; and Improving joint working between community groups and statutory organisations

on environmental activity.

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5.4 Priority: Renfrewshire is a well maintained, clean and attractive place to live, work and visit – this will be delivered through: Promotion of the new responsible dog ownership strategy; Provision of gardening training courses by the Disability Resource

Centre/Environmental Trust; Ensuring all Stalled Spaces projects are completed and investigate the

possibility of securing further funding for projects; and Working with community organisations to deliver and/or support action to

improve the appearance and maintenance of local amenity spaces in communities.

5.5 Priority: Young people in Renfrewshire are aware of Greener initiatives and what they can do to support it – this will be delivered through: Promotion of Keep Scotland Beautiful’s Young Reporters for the Environment

programme; and Supporting the Royal Horticultural Society’s school garden campaign.

5.6 Priority: Our communities are sustainable and high quality places - this will be

delivered through: Supporting community and voluntary sector organisations to improve the quality,

sustainability and biodiversity of local amenity spaces; Supporting the Royal Horticultural Society’s ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’, ‘Bloom’

and ‘Adopt a Space’ programmes; Supporting SUSTRANS’ volunteer scheme to recruit: rangers; signing

champions; wildlife champions; and I-bike volunteers; Promoting Keep Scotland Beautiful’s Bee Diverse project to encourage planting

schemes which will attract bees; and Supporting Renfrewshire’s Rural Watch to help tackle fly tipping in rural areas.

Greener Transport 5.7 The future strategic work of the Greener Transport sub-group has been agreed in

the action plan which has been developed and addresses the following priorities: 5.8 Priority: Greener Active Transport – this will be delivered through:

The development of infrastructure in Renfrewshire to provide safe, off -road cycling and walking routes across Renfrewshire which support journeys to school, work, shops, services, leisure and onward travel beyond the area. It is important that this links in with the City Deal Projects being delivered at the Glasgow Airport Investment Zone and the new crossing of the Clyde at Renfrew;

Ensuring successful active travel routes are identified which can enhance the Paisley 2021 Bid;

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Ensuring active travel plans and strategies are in place across community planning partners and stakeholders and are delivered in a cohesive manner;

Encouraging children to walk and cycle to school; Encouraging employees to walk and cycle to work and reduce the number of car

journeys to work; and Application for funding from Transport Scotland for the creation of an active

travel or low carbon travel hub. 5.9 Priority: Greener Public Transport - this will be delivered through:

Working with the bus industry and partnership organisations to promote the use of cleaner, greener buses; and

Further improving the bus infrastructure across Renfrewshire and improve satisfaction ratings for public transport.

5.10 Priority: Greener Workplace Transport - this will be delivered through:

Increasing the percentage of vehicles in the public fleet which use alternative fuels, such as electricity;

Increasing the number and usage of publicly available electric vehicle charging points across Renfrewshire;

Promoting the use of pool cars across the Community Planning Partnership; Implementing the community bus scheme covering a workbus at large

employment sites in Renfrewshire and meeting the needs identified at day centres and special needs schools;

Providing support to employers across Renfrewshire to develop and deliver travel plans within their organisations; and

Promoting the use of Journeyshare/Liftshare schemes across Community Planning Partners.

5.11 Priority: Improving Air Quality - this will be addressed through the

implementation of an Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) containing effective and feasible action measures, including the identification of Quality Management Zones. The ongoing review of the role of the sub-groups may result in the priority of air quality being transferred to another of the groups.

Carbon Management 5.12 The newly formed Carbon Management sub-group has already identified a number

of key strategic priorities, which address the outcomes identified in Renfrewshire’s Community Plan and Local Outcome Improvement Plan. Work is ongoing to develop an action plan to address how these priorities can be taken forward:

5.13 Priority: Establishing a Renfrewshire Wide Carbon Management Plan – The development of a Renfrewshire Wide Carbon Management Plan will help to deliver

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some of the key performance measures contained with Renfrewshire’s Local Outcome Improvement Plan: Reduction of CO2 per capita; Reduction in the amount of CO2 emitted from public space lighting; and Reduction in the amount of CO2 emitted from public buildings.

5.14 Priority: Reducing the percentage of households experiencing fuel poverty – The work of the Carbon Management sub-group will contribute to the reduction of the percentage of households across Renfrewshire experiencing fuel poverty, in line with Renfrewshire’s Tackling Poverty Strategy. This will be delivered through the Local Outcome Improvement Plan’s performance measures of: Increasing the percentage of social housing properties in Renfrewshire which

meet the National Home Energy Ratings target; Increasing the percentage of social housing properties in Renfrewshire which

meet the Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing (EESSH) 2020 milestone;

Maintaining the Scottish Household Quality Standard for social housing across Renfrewshire; and

Improving engagement with households in the private rented sector and with homeowners across Renfrewshire to help make their homes more energy efficient.

5.15 Priority: Identifying funding streams for carbon reduction and energy efficient

projects - The Carbon Management sub-group will identify funding opportunities which are available to the public and private sector including progressing further funding applications from the Scottish government’s Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme.

5.16 Priority: Waste Reduction - The Carbon Management sub-group will work to

deliver key performance measures contained within Renfrewshire’s Local Outcome Improvement Plan relating to waste and recycling: Increasing the percentage of household waste which is recycled; Ensuring no waste generated within Renfrewshire is sent directly to landfill

without prior treatment; and Ensuring no more than 5% of all waste collected is landfilled.

5.17 It has been established that further expertise will be required to ensure that

engagement with community planning partners and other stakeholders across Renfrewshire could deliver these key priorities of the group. It has, therefore, been agreed that representatives from Resource Efficient Scotland and Energy Savings Trust be invited along to deliver a workshop to share their experience and provide assistance. The proposed outcome of this workshop is that a strategic action plan is created which will ensure the delivery of the identified outcomes.

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6. Issues and Challenges

6.1 The Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board faces a number of issues and challenges which may impact on the ability to ensure the priorities of the Greener Renfrewshire element of Renfrewshire’s Community Plan and Local Outcome Improvement Plan are achieved.

6.2 A number of areas of work have been identified which will require additional

resources to ensure success and discussions have taken place with Renfrewshire Council’s Policy and Commissioning Team to assist in the management of: Ensuring active travel plans and strategies are in place across community

planning partners and stakeholders and are delivered in a cohesive manner; and Co-ordinating the creation of an active travel or low carbon travel hub within

Renfrewshire.

6.3 The priority within the Carbon Management sub-group to create a Renfrewshire Wide Carbon Management Plan will require co-operation across all Community Planning Partners and additional resources may be required to ensure the success of this project.

6.3 It has been identified that there are a number of performance measures in the

Greener Renfrewshire element of the Local Outcome Improvement Plan which have proven to be a challenge in achieving the targets set. These are detailed in the table below, together with future plans on how targets can be met.

Performance Measure

Future steps

The percentage of household waste collected which is recycled

The percentage of household waste which was recycled in 2015 reduced to 43.9% against a target of 52%. The amount of material recycled significantly reduced under the contract in place from April 2015 until June 2015 but improved when a longer term contract was put in place from June 2015. We are also experiencing a reduction in paper in blue bins which is reflective of changes in news media which has moved towards online sources and away from traditional newspapers. The graph below demonstrates how Renfrewshire’s performance compares with all other Scottish authorities as well as the Scottish average. This is the data for 2014 as the comparison data for 2015 is not yet available.

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Performance Measure

Future steps

Reduce the amount of CO² emitted from public space lighting

Renfrewshire Council has a strategy in place to replace all conventional street lamps across Renfrewshire with more energy and cost effective LED alternatives. There is a challenging target to complete this project by mid 2017. It is anticipated that, on completion of this project, the target to reduce the CO2 emissions from public space lighting by 60% will be achieved well before the target date of 2022/23.

Amount of CO² emitted by the public vehicle fleet

Although good progress has been made on the increase of the percentage of Renfrewshire Council’s vehicle fleet which uses alternative fuels, such as electricity, it should be noted that the electric vehicles which have been purchased are either cars or small vans. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to replace the larger fleet vehicles, such as refuse collection vehicles with electric alternatives, due to lack of options in the market place. This results in creating difficulties in reducing CO2 emissions. Various actions have been taken such as changing the routing of vehicles; providing additional driver training; fitting rev limiters etc, to try to reduce fuel usage and consequently CO2 emissions.

Author: Oliver Reid, Head of Public Protection, Community Resources, Renfrewshire Council. Tel: 0141 618 7576

E-mail: [email protected]

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To: Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership Board

On: 22 June 2016

Report by: David Amos, Head Of Policy and Commissioning, Renfrewshire Council

Community Empowerment Act: Development of The Local Outcome Improvement Plan and Locality Action Plans

1. Summary

1.1 Draft guidance on the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act, which will be finalised in

September/October 2016, places specific duties on Community Planning Partnerships to

produce and publish a Local Outcome Improvement Plan (LOIP) and a number of Locality

Plans by 1 October 2017. The purpose of these plans is to improve outcomes and reduce

inequalities.

1.2 The draft guidance describes the purpose of these strategic plans, the expected level of community engagement and an indication of the contents of the plans.

2. Recommendations

2.1 It is recommended that the Partnership Board notes the requirements of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act to produce and publish a Local Outcome Improvement Plan and Locality Plans and agrees the key tasks and indicative timescale for this work.

3. Background

3.1 The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 places specific duties on Community Planning Partnerships and the community planning partners identified in Schedule 1 of the Act to produce and publish a number of strategic plans. Each community planning partnership is required to produce an area-wide Local Outcomes Improvement Plan (LOIP) and a number of Locality Plans, to be determined locally.

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3.2 The Local Outcome Improvement Plan replaces the previous Single Outcome Agreement

arrangements. Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership previously agreed that its

existing Single Outcome, which was integrated with the 2013-23 community plan, would be

redesignated as the Local Outcome Improvement Plan. The draft guidance to the 2015 Act

states that, if the Community Planning Partnership is satisfied that its current SOA meets

the LOIP requirements, this could be adopted as the new LOIP. However, as Renfrewshire

Community Planning Partnership is currently reviewing its partnership arrangements, it is

proposed that the existing SOA/LOIP is replaced with a new version in line with the

timescales in the draft guidance.

3.3 Each Community Planning Partnership is required to have a new Local Outcome

Improvement Plan in place by 1 October 2017. The draft Guidance to the Community

Empowerment Act states that the Local Outcome Improvement Plan should provide a vision

and focus, based on agreed local priorities, that enables partners to deliver real change in

impact for local communities, with a strong approach to performance management,

governance, accountability and operating arrangements.

3.4 The LOIP must demonstrate and provide evidence of:

Understanding of local needs, circumstances and aspirations and how engagement with

local communities, business and third sectors has developed this understanding

Identification of communities that experience poorer outcomes than others in the area or

elsewhere in Scotland

3.5 The LOIP must then turn this understanding into a plan to improve outcomes and tackle

inequalities, setting out clear and agreed priorities. The link between each local outcome

and the National Outcomes should be shown. The LOIP must set out outcomes, indicators

and targets over a one year, three and ten year timeframe.

3.6 Active participation by communities in the development of the Local Outcome Improvement

Plan is a requirement within the Community Empowerment Act. This may include any

community bodies that contribute to community planning, residents, businesses,

representative bodies and those who experience inequality as a result of socio-economic

disadvantage and communities either of place or interest.

3.7 Statutory partners in community planning must sign off and agree the LOIP by 1 October

2017. Other non-statutory community planning partners may also sign the LOIP. Once

agreed, the Local Outcome Improvement Plan should be kept up to date and reviewed

periodically.

3.8 In addition to the area-wide LOIP, Community Planning Partnerships are also required to

produce and publish by 1 October 2017a number of Locality Plans, to be determined by the

CPP, in order to reduce inequalities of outcome resulting from socio-economic

disadvantage. This can be based on communities of place and communities of interest.

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3.9 The draft guidance indicates that the Scottish Government expects that localities will mostly

be defined as populations of 10,000 or less, but the current consultation is prosing flexibility,

with a suggested upper population limit of 30,000.

3.10 The Locality Plans should focus on how the specific inequalities experienced by the

population, in relation to other areas/populations, should be reduced. Like the LOIP, each

Locality Plan must evidence local circumstances and set outcomes and targets for one,

three and ten year periods.

3.11 The Locality Plans should show how community planning partners are deploying resources

to deliver agreed outcomes, reduce inequalities and build community capacity. A particular

focus in plans should be on the promotion of activity to prevent future inequalities and

reactive spending. Arrangements for signing off Locality Plans by 1 October 2017 and

reviewing and updating plans are the same as those for the Local Outcome Improvement

Plan.

3.12 Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership is currently reviewing its partnership

arrangements to ensure that these are fit for purpose. This will inform a refresh of the

Community Plan, including the current Single Outcome Agreement/Local Outcome

Improvement Plan. It is proposed that this exercise be conducted in conjunction with

development of a new Local Outcome Improvement Plan and Locality Plans.

3.13 There are a number of key dates relevant to task to the development of the LOIP and

Locality Plans that partners should note, which is summarised in the table attached. The

Annual Review of Community Planning Performance for Renfrewshire will be submitted to

the Community Planning Partnership Board in September 2016. Finalised guidance on

implementation of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 is expected by

September/October 2016, which will determine the finalised timeline and content of plans.

3.14 In terms of available data, the 2016 release of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation is

expected to be in August 2016. The Improvement Service is also in the process of

releasing its Community Profiles information. These national data sets will be

complemented by the results of the Renfrewshire All Children Wellbeing Survey by the end

of 2016.

3.15 The Guidance and releases of data will be key components in understanding needs for the

LOIP and Locality Action Plans. In terms of strategic plans, key tasks for Renfrewshire

Community Planning Partnership over the next 18 months to December 2017 are as

follows:

Complete the review of community planning partnership arrangements and develop

proposals for approval by the Board.

Analyse national and local data sets and hold partnership discussions to identify and agree

the localities that require a Locality Plan.

Engage with communities of place and communities of interest regarding the LOIP/Locality

Plans.

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Draft, agree and sign the LOIP and Locality Plan.

3.16 A calendar of meetings of Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership Board is in

place to December 2016. The calendar of dates to December 2017 will be structured to

coincide with requirements to agree and sign off key documents.

Quarter Milestone

Jul – Sept 2016 Publication of 2016 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation

Annual Review of Community Planning Performance

Oct - Dec 2016 Finalised Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act Guidance

Results of All Children Wellbeing Survey

Commence needs assessments and community engagement

Jan- Mar 2017 Agreement of areas to be covered by Locality Plans

Apr-Jun 2017 Local Government Elections

Draft Community Plan/LOIP/Locality Plans

Jul – Sept 2017 Final agreement of Community Plan/LOIP/Locality Plans

Oct – Dec 2017 Deadline for sign off of LOIP/Locality Plans

Author: Stuart Graham, Partnerships Planning and Development Manager, Chief Executive’s Service 0141 618 7408 email: [email protected]

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To: Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership Board

On: 22 June 2016

AGENDA ITEM NO. 6

Report by: David Amos, Head of Policy and Commissioning

Heading:

Community Planning Support for Paisley’s Bid for UK City of Culture in 2021

1. Summary

1.1 The Chief Executive’s Service, on behalf of the Community Planning Partnership, has

agreed to offer enhanced support from the Council ’s Partnership and Policy Development Team to support Paisley’s Bid for UK City of Culture in 2021. A linked officer will play a lead role in all work relating to the programming, organisation, delivery and analysis of bespoke community engagement activities, ensuring that community planning is embedded within the bid.

2. Recommendations

2.1 It is recommended that the Board notes the enhanced support which will be aligned to the

Bid team to embed community planning in the work undertaken.

3. Background

3.1 The UK City of Culture programme is run by the UK Government’s Department for Culture,

Media and Sport. The contest sees a year of major UK-wide events hosted in one location and aims to use culture and creativity as a catalyst for change. Initial bids are set to be lodged by spring 2017, with winner to be announced by the end of that year.

3.2 Paisley's UK City of Culture 2021 bid is taking place as part of a wider push to transform

the town's future using its unique cultural and heritage offering as the home of the Paisley Pattern and the one-time centre of the global textile industry. Winning the bid would have a significant impact on achieving the overall community planning vision that:

‘Working together to make Renfrewshire a fairer, more inclusive place where all our people, communities and businesses thrive’

In particular a successful bid will contribute to achieving the three Jobs and Economy outcomes:

Outcome 1: Renfrewshire will be one of the best locations in Scotland to invest, in terms of its people, businesses and local communities

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Outcome 2: Renfrewshire will have a growing local economy creating employment for a well trained, qualified and motivated workforce — where unemployment is reduced and employment opportunities are growing

Outcome 3: Renfrewshire will have attractive environments and successful town centres created through successful area regeneration that contributes positively to local economic growth

3.3 In order to develop a successful bid, Renfrewshire Council together with its partners

established a bid team which is lead by Jean Cameron, the Bid Director. Jean was appointed in September 2015 and heads up a small team which currently includes seconded staff from roles at Outspoken Arts Scotland Ltd, the University of the West of Scotland and Renfrewshire Council.

3.4 In addition to the existing team the Chief Executive’s Service, on behalf of the Community

Planning Partnership, has agreed to offer enhanced support from the Partnerships and Policy Development Team. A linked officer will play a lead role in all work relating to the programming, organisation, delivery and analysis of bespoke community engagement activities, ensuring that community planning is embedded within the bid.

Author: Yvonne Farquhar, Senior Policy Officer, Chief Executive’s Service, Renfrewshire Council 0141 618 7409, [email protected]

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To: Community Planning Partnership Board

On: 27 June 2016

Report by: Mary Crearie, Director of Development & Housing Services

Renfrewshire: Full Youth Employment Initiative Update

1. Summary

1.1 Following the successes to date in growing youth employment it was agreed in February 2016 that Renfrewshire Council would lead on an ambitious proposal for Renfrewshire to be the UKs first full employment area for young people.

1.2 The proposal recognised that there would always be frictional unemployment (a period of time out of work before securing a new job) but would seek to reduce long term unemployment (6 months plus) for young people.

1.3 This report provides an update on the first three months of activity and also reports on a significant change to the official claimant count figures.

2. Recommendations

2.1 It is recommended that the Board:

(i) Note the change in reporting “claimant Count” with new experimental statistics incorporating the Universal Credit figures; and

(ii) Note the progress to date in reducing long term youth unemployment.

3. Background

3.1 Full employment area status has had a range of meanings over the last decade however it is defined by the majority of mainstream economists as being “an acceptable level of unemployment somewhere above 0%”. The discrepancy from 0% arises due to non-cyclical types of unemployment, such as frictional unemployment (there will always be people who have quit or have lost a seasonal job and are in the process of getting a new job) and structural unemployment (mismatch between worker skills and job requirements).

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3.2 As such, it was agreed that Renfrewshire would aim to reduce structural

unemployment for young people, meaning an (almost) zero rate of unemployment for young people being unemployed for over 6 months.

4. Update to National Unemployment Statistics 4.1 The reporting of unemployment statistics has recently been changed to incorporate

new national experimental Universal Credit figures. 4.2 There have been changes to the claimant count on nomis, which is part of the

Office for National Statistics (ONS). Now, Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) and Universal Credit (UC) are measured together in one statistic: the claimant count.

4.3 The overall, long term goal of nomis is that the claimant count will be the total

number of JSA claimants + unemployed UC claimants. These statistics are still experimental, but they allow for a comparison of Renfrewshire with Scotland and the UK.

4.4 Nomis currently publishes Claimant Count information on the following:

All Ages: 16+ (16-64)

Youth: 18-24

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However the length of unemployment is no longer a published statistic.

4.5 The claimant count is a measure of the number of people with live claims for the principal reason of being unemployed. Previously, Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) was the main unemployment benefit. Now, Universal Credit (UC) is a new benefit also incorporated. However, UC is not an unemployment benefit entirely, given that some UC claimants will be in work, while others are unemployed but not required to seek work.

4.6 The experimental statistics still include UC claimants who are not in-work, but are

also not required to seek work – a group that skew the statistics for as long as they are counted.

4.7 These new experimental statistics that now combine JSA and UC stretch as far back

as January 2013 when the first pilots were introduced. Although experimental, this new claimant count is now the new standard. By contrast, the previous norm of using purely JSA claimants is no longer the official claimant count and is being slowly phased out.

4.8 While the published Claimant Count figures do not currently break down the length

of unemployment this may be included in future reports once the experimental stats are further tested.

4.9 JSA length of unemployment figures are still available (and are reported below)

however UC figures are not currently published through Nomis.

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5. Current Claimant Count Statistics 5.1 The most recent Claimant Count stats since February 2016 for 18-24 group are:

Date Renfrewshire Number Renfrewshire % Scotland % UK %

Feb 2016 545 3.6 3.4 2.8

Mar 2016 565 3.8 3.4 2.8

Apr 2016 520 3.5 3.3 2.7

5.2 Renfrewshire is currently ranked 17th (out of 32 local authorities) for youth

unemployment (where the authority placed first has the lowest unemployment levels). Prior to 2012 Renfrewshire was consistently in the bottom 6 local authorities for youth unemployment.

5.3 Renfrewshire’s youth employment statistics have also improved significantly. At the

launch of Invest in Renfrewshire at June 2012 Renfrewshire were 27th (out of 32 local authorities) for youth employment. At June 2015 Renfrewshire had the 4th highest youth employment rate of 68.3%. Renfrewshire’s ranking had reduced to 9th at end December 2015 however this could be down to seasonality. Further updates will be provided on this when figures become available.

5.4 While the Universal Credit statistics for the long term 18-24 group are not known it

has been reported that the number of long term JSA youth claimants aged 18-24 has dropped from 85 in February 2016 to 75 currently.

6. Actions to Date 6.1 There are currently 57 active clients at the Invest in Renfrewshire Employability Hub

between the ages of 18 - 24, who are either receiving JSA or UC and have been unemployed for more than 6 months.

6.2 Over the last 3 months the Invest in Renfrewshire Employability services have

provided a more targeted support programme and range of services to those young people 6 months or more unemployed (who have agreed to participate). As the service is voluntary, a number of people have turned down the opportunity however 35 people have commenced a more intensive programme.

6.3 To date 10 long term unemployed young people have been supported into work and

3 into paid traineeships. Of the remainder, 10 are currently on active employability programmes and 5 are looking to go to college after summer. Around 10 have completed a programme and are currently undertaking intensive job search with traineeships being investigated / established for this group as an alternative option.

6.4 This target group, and the ambition for Renfrewshire to be a full employment area, is

a CPP priority and will be discussed with all partners at the annual employability conference on 16th June.

6.5 Further updates will be provided to the board in due course Author: Ruth Cooper, Economic Development Manager, Development & Housing Services

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To: Community Planning Partnership Board

On: 27 June 2016

Report by: Chief Executive, Renfrewshire Council

TACKLING POVERTY PROGRAMME – PROGRESS UPDATE

1. Summary

1.1 The ‘Tackling Poverty in Renfrewshire: One Year On’ report details progress against the Tackling Poverty Action Plan approved by Council and the Community Planning Partnership Board in June 2015. The report is attached at Appendix A.

1.2 The report outlines key progress highlights against the priority areas within the Tackling Poverty Strategy and Action Plan, covering the last 12 months since the Tackling Poverty Action Plan was approved.

2. Recommendations

2.1 It is recommended that the Board:

• Note progress on the delivery of the Tackling Poverty Action Plan

3. Background

3.1 The Renfrewshire Tackling Poverty Commission was set up by the Council in February 2014. The Commission was asked to consider the nature, causes and impact of poverty in Renfrewshire and to make recommendations to mitigate and minimise the impact of child poverty in Renfrewshire. The Commission published its report in March 2015, submitting the report to the Council and Community Planning Partners for consideration.

3.2 In June 2015, Council approved an action plan to tackle poverty developed by the Community Planning Partnership. The action plan fully committed the total of £6m set aside in the 2015/16 budget to enable an early response to the work of the Tackling Poverty Commission.

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3.3 In September 2015, Council and Community Planning Partners approved a Tackling

Poverty Strategy for Renfrewshire, which sets the £6m Council investment within the context of the current opportunities and challenges that Renfrewshire faces in coming years.

4. Overview of progress

4.1 Since the Commission’s recommendations were published, the Council has made

significant progress in the delivery of the Tackling Poverty Programme. The Council has now produced a Tackling Poverty Action Plan and Strategy, and developed projects to deliver the recommendations of the Commission.

4.2 The Tackling Poverty Programme is a big, fast and ambitious programme which shows a real commitment to delivering change for people in Renfrewshire. The programme comprises approximately 50 projects which vary in scale and scope, but represent a significant programme of work being undertaken within all services across the Council and a number of our partners.

4.3 In less than a year, real benefits are already being delivered on the ground, and are providing immediate and practical support for families. Projects within the Tackling Poverty Programme have been moving into delivery since the approval of the action plan, and the vast majority of projects are now in delivery. Projects which provide direct support to citizens on the ground have been prioritised within the programme.

4.4 The programme also continues to build a longer term and sustainable plan, based on

the evidence of what really works in Renfrewshire. There are a number of projects which seek to deliver long-term change in the way that the Council and our partners work. As learning from projects is gathered, and evaluations are completed, an evidence-based approach to tackling poverty in Renfrewshire can be developed.

5. Community Involvement/Engagement 5.1 The report of Renfrewshire’s Tackling Poverty Commission states that progress

reporting should be ‘done in a way which is transparent, accessible and meaningful across the community as a whole.’

5.2 Over the summer months, there will be engagement and consultation with citizens focused on the content of the attached progress report. This will focus on capturing voices and perceptions of people living in poverty in Renfrewshire, capturing key successes of projects to date and identifying areas for development over the coming year.

5.3 There will also be work to produce information around the programme in formats which are more transparent and accessible to citizens.

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Tackling Poverty in Renfrewshire: One Year On

Progress Report on Renfrewshire’s Tackling Poverty Action Plan

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Background

This report gives an overview of the progress against the Tackling Poverty Action Plan. The report looks at what projects have been delivering on the ground since report of Renfrewshire’s Tackling Poverty Commission and the approval of the Tackling Poverty Action Plan, and key milestones for the next year.

Since the Commission’s recommendations were published, the Council has made significant progress in the delivery of the Tackling Poverty Action Plan.

• In March 2015, Renfrewshire’s Tackling Poverty Commission published its findings andrecommendations for a strategic and coordinated response to tackling poverty in Renfrewshire

• In April 2015, Renfrewshire’s Community Planning Partnership accepted the recommendations,and the Council made an investment of £6 million to kick start the Commission’srecommendations

• In June 2015, Renfrewshire Council and Community Planning Partnership approved theTackling Poverty Action Plan to deliver to the Commission’s recommendations

• In September 2015, Council approved a Tackling Poverty Strategy which put the action plan inthe strategic context of the Council and its partners for 2015-2017

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Renfrewshire Council has developed a Tackling Poverty Programme to deliver the Tackling Poverty Strategy and Action Plan. The programme is a big, fast and ambitious programme which shows a real commitment to delivering change for people in Renfrewshire. There are approximately 50 projects within the programme, which are varied in size and scope.

• The Tackling Poverty Programme stretches across all the services within Renfrewshire Council, including a wide range of our partners. We structure the programme in line with the three strategic outcomes and 6 local priorities outlined within the Tackling Poverty Strategy.

• Some projects have large budgets, such as our £1million project to expand Families First to three new local areas. Other projects have no budget, as they are met by existing resources or are more focussed on making a change to the way we work.

• Some projects are complex, for example our Joint Employability Programme which is comprised of 14 separate projects. Other projects are simple, for example, providing financial support to the Foodbank.

• Some projects extend services that already existed that we believe are key to tackling poverty, for example our Energy Advice project. Others are testing and trialling innovative new approaches, such as our Literacy Development project.

Next Steps

The report of Renfrewshire’s Tackling Poverty Commission states that progress reporting should be ‘done in a way which is transparent, accessible and meaningful across the community as a whole.’

Over the summer months, there will be engagement and consultation with citizens focused on the content of the attached progress report. This will focus on capturing voices and perceptions of people living in poverty in Renfrewshire, capturing key successes of projects to date and identifying areas for development over the coming year.

There will also be work to produce information around the programme in formats which are more transparent and accessible to citizens.

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Pockets – Maximising household resources of families on low incomes

Priority 1: Increase the number of people who can access employment that provides an acceptable standard of living

Renfrewshire Council continues to make progress in addressing youth unemployment and achieving its goals of full youth employment. Following the continued work of Invest in Renfrewshire in providing job creation opportunities and employability support, the youth unemployment rate in Renfrewshire has dropped from 10.5 per cent to 1.9 per cent, and the overall unemployment rate has fallen from 4.9 per cent down to 1.9 per cent.

The Commission highlighted transport and childcare as two key barriers to finding and sustaining work. We have launched two funds to support people with the costs of childcare and transport in their first month of work, through Invest in Renfrewshire and the Department for Work and Pensions.

We’ve been building on our existing commitments around Living Wage in Renfrewshire. Over 60 local employers attended an event hosted by Invest in Renfrewshire and the Chamber of Commerce to hear about Living Wage Accreditation, and the number of accredited Living Wage organisations in Renfrewshire has now risen to 23.

Renfrewshire Council will apply for Living Wage accreditation as part of its commitment to Living Wage in summer 2016. This will form the basis of a campaign to further increase the number of living wage employers across Renfrewshire, as well as the number who are accredited by the Living Wage Foundation. This will build on work we have already done this year to weight fair working practices (such as family friendly policies) in our procurement exercises.

We have commissioned a piece of research which will look more closely at the provision of childcare in Renfrewshire – and will focus on speaking to low-income families in Renfrewshire to more clearly understand how we can improve the way we provide childcare to meet their needs. We anticipate that the interim results of this study will be ready in September 2016 and the final report in November 2016.

We are also developing our response to the next welfare reforms which will be introduced between 2016 and 2018. We’ve produced a guide to the first changes for citizens, and we’re training our staff so they understand the potential impacts of the changes too.

One of the Tackling Poverty Commission’s biggest concerns was the rate of sanctions in Renfrewshire, and it’s encouraging to see that sanctions rates have fallen significantly. We will however be placing Claimant Support Officers in each of the JobCentres in Renfrewshire to strengthen the partnership working with the Department for Work and Pensions, and to provide direct support to claimants to meet their claimant commitments and avoid sanctions.

The graph below shows the number of Jobseekers Allowance sanctions across the JobCentres in Renfrewshire:

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Priority 2: Prevent financial crisis and support low income families to make the most of their money

Our Energy Advice team has continued to tackle fuel poverty by helping local families to reduce their energy costs, getting them a fairer deal, offering fuel debt support, and making sure they receive any help they’re entitled to, like the Warm Home Discount. This project was extended in July 2015, following a successful pilot as part of the Welfare Reform Resilience Fund.

Since July, Energy Advice Renfrewshire has achieved:

One of our key priorities is addressing the ‘poverty premium’ – where poorer people pay more for the same basic products or services. Affordable credit remains one of the key ways that low income households can manage limited finances and tackle the poverty premium, and we’ve been building on previous work to strengthen credit union membership in Renfrewshire. In 2015, we allocated a further £180,000 from our Credit Union Development Fund to support credit unions in Renfrewshire. Over 600 people have signed up for memberships in Renfrewshire’s Credit Unions in the last 6 months, and credit unions have issued 217 ‘FastCash’ loans as an alternative to using payday lenders. Credit Unions are also now offering ethical funeral loans and plans in order to tackle funeral poverty.

A new Advice Partnership Renfrewshire has been formed, which brings together key advice-giving agencies in Renfrewshire in order to maintain a strategic view of advice services. The partnership is

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currently developing an ‘Advice Renfrewshire’ website and phone line which will act as a simple ‘one-stop-shop’ for accessing all advice services in Renfrewshire, making it as easy as possible for citizens to access the right advice at a suitable time, and in a convenient location . Advice agencies are also piloting an advice referral and tracking system which will mean smoother referrals between advice agencies.

We have made good progress in increasing the uptake of the Young Scot card in Renfrewshire, and with the help of our new Modern Apprentice, we now have a new ‘Young Renfrewshire’ social media channel and new content on Renfrewshire’s Young Scot pages. The take-up of Young Scot cards has significantly increased to 11,000 card holders, and approximately 2,000 young people are using the new rewards scheme which offers experiences and activities in exchange for activities such as volunteering. We are currently exploring using the Young Scot card in other ways, so that we can target benefits and rewards at young people living in poverty.

We are piloting a project with partners in the third sector to build the financial capability of young adults who are at higher risk of living in poverty, such as young people who have been looked-after or accommodated or young carers. This project will be peer led and co-produced with young people and will run through 2016. It will be part of a national evaluation of peer-led projects run by the Money Advice Service.

We have provided financial support to Renfrewshire Foodbank to ensure that we sustain an important safety net for many people in Renfrewshire. The numbers of people using foodbanks in Renfrewshire is at a steady rate, with benefit delays, low income and benefit changes remaining the top 3 reasons why people access the foodbank in Renfrewshire.

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Prospects – Improving life chances of children living in poverty

Priority 3: Improve levels of physical and mental health of children in low income families

We have set up a Sports Coach Academy traineeship programme, where seven young people are being trained as sports coaches with Renfrewshire Leisure, and will have the opportunity for employment with Renfrewshire Leisure at the end of their traineeship. The seven young people started in October and all have looked after or accommodated backgrounds. The trainees have already taken a wide range of courses and qualifications. The trainees also provide support to a range of community based initiatives such as Breakfast Clubs, Families First holiday clubs and schools events. They have participated in intergenerational walking programmes bridging the gap between young people and older adults, and at the same time helping to break down barriers working with clients with mental health issues.

New Breakfast clubs were launched in early 2016 in four schools: St Catherine’s, Gallowhill Primary, St David’s and Cochrane Castle. Since the launch we have provided over 5,661 healthy breakfasts over 135 sessions, and take-up of the clubs across all schools are high. Breakfasts are offered universally with no age or income limit, and include activity and information days where pupils participate in fun activities and learn about topics such as healthy eating. The Breakfast Clubs contribute to a number of our tackling poverty priorities by supporting health and wellbeing through activities and healthy eating, and attainment by supporting children to be ready to learn at the beginning of the school day.

“The Breakfast Club is already making an amazing difference to our pupils. Several of the teachers have commented on seeing a positive difference in particular children who had previously arrived in school lethargic and disengaged from their learning and who now arrive in class motivated, enthused and engaged with their learning. We have also had a few mums telling us that the provision of a breakfast club will enable them to attend college or university.” Headteacher

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The objective of the Making Futures programme is to empower young people at key transition points in their lives, using arts, cultural and participation work. The programme has three strands: Junior Makers (young people up to the age of 8), Makerversity (for young people aged 14-25) and Make.Do! (which offers a range of ‘try-out’ activities open to all.) Since the Making Future programme launched, it has achieved:

The programme launched in late 2015 with the ‘Junior Makers’ strand of the work, which includes projects such as:

We have also launched two significant projects in partnership with the Health and Social Care Partnership; school counselling and a health peer education project. The projects will directly support positive mental health and wellbeing within secondary schools in Renfrewshire.

School Counselling will now be offered in all secondary schools in Renfrewshire, and was launched in Easter 2016. The service aims to improve mental wellbeing and resilience among young people, with a focus on targeting young people with behavioural problems who are at risk of being unable sustaining their place in a mainstream school. Young people formed an important part of the panel selecting the

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•These are an informal, drop in creative session, especially created for parents and carers with their babies or toddlers. Creative Cafe are a safe space for the babies or toddlers to play and access cultural activity. Each week there is a singer or musician playing child friendly music, or baby friendly art materials to engage with - all centred round themes of health and wellbeing.

Creative Cafe

•School based sessions for primary 1’s and their parents or guardians, involving storytelling, yoga and calming creative play. Bedtime reading sessions promote family interaction, literacy development and broader health and wellbeing outcomes. Sessions utilise music, simple rhymes, songs and games and storytelling to foster a healthy attitude to reading. These sessions have been delivered in a number of learning communities as part of wider reading programmes supported by Renfrewshire Leisure’s Skoobmobile

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•Family learning programme designed to pilot the benefit of iPads in support of family learning in the home. This project is intended to help bridge the attainment gap between those from low income backgrounds, and those from higher income ones.

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•A series of after school coding clubs delivered through Renfrewshire Leisure’s Skoobmobile. Coding clubs give young people the chance to explore the basic building blocks of programming and digital design. The clubs have also made creative use of popular programmes such as Minecraft.

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provider for this service, following presentations given to the Children and Young People’s Thematic Board at Gleniffer High School.

Following successful pilots at St Benedict’s and Linwood High, Active Communities will be rolling out a peer education programme across secondary schools. This will support young people to set up peer education projects to address known health inequalities.

Priority 4: Close the educational attainment gap between children from low income families and their better off peers

The Commission had a significant focus on addressing the educational attainment gap, and the Tackling Poverty Action Plan reflects this as a key priority. Attainment attracts over half of the £6million investment by the Council.

The Cost of the School Day fund was launched in September 2015 and addresses the cost of the school day by giving schools a budget to support the costs of trips, uniform, equipment etc for pupils from low income households. All schools in Renfrewshire have a budget and are spending their budget, with more funding given to primary and Additional Support Needs schools, and schools with the highest number of pupils living in areas with the highest levels of deprivation. The map below shows the five schools with the highest spend, and the five schools with the lowest spend, mapped on the Scottish Indices of Multiple Deprivation.

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“The cost of the school day funding has allowed our school to support pupils to engage with some school activities that may otherwise have been out of reach. From educational trips to art material homework support packs and home economics cooking costs, the pressure has been taken off families in a discreet and sensitive way. Furthermore, this additional funding has encouraged our staff to consider the hidden costs in coming to school, and to be mindful that poverty is a very real issue for some of our pupils and parents.” Headteacher

The Families First programme continues to be successful, and has been extended to another three new localities as part of the Tackling Poverty Programme. Community consultation was carried out in 2015, followed by works to establish new locality bases and recruiting the staff team and third sector partner that will support the new localities. New Families First teams are were launched to the public in Foxbar, Gallowhill and Johnstone in early 2016 and are now receiving referrals.

Our Literacy Development Programme is an innovative new programme which will transform the teaching of reading in Renfrewshire schools. We are working in partnership with Strathclyde University to deliver a range of training programmes involving head teachers and class teachers across primary and secondary schools in Renfrewshire to support the teaching of literacy.

The Literacy Development Programme has four main areas of work, which include:

We have established a Joint Employability Programme with partners in order to meet the Tackling Poverty Commission’s recommendation to create better links between classroom learning and the work of work. The action plan comprises a range of different projects and will be delivered in partnership with West College Scotland, University of the West of Scotland, Skills Development Scotland, Invest in Renfrewshire, Engage and Kibble.

•Focusing on P1-P3 pupils, our primary head teachers and class teachers are being trained in new approaches that support the teaching of reading.

Primary Literacy Coaching

•Two class teachers in P4-7 from 6 schools are being trained in developing teaching approaches which focus on the environment and experiences required to support the development of reading.

Broad Rich Curriculum

•Focusing on young people who may be at risk during the transition to S1, this project will provide support activities to promote confidence, well being and peer mentoring.

Fresh Start into S1

•Focusing on subject specialist teachers in S1 and S2 this training programme provides opportunities to further develop skills in the teaching of literacy across learning and disciplines.

Disciplinary Literacy

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More details on some of the projects within the Joint Employability Programme can be found in the table below:

We’ve also been working on improving our understanding and data on poverty and attainment, and how this data can be used to inform our practice. The testing that we will be doing in June will give us a detailed picture of the attainment gap in primary schools and will allow us to map the impact of our investments to address the attainment gap.

• Work Experience and Volunteering Opportunities: young people aged 16+ with disabilities and additional support needs who will be leaving school in summer and winter 2016 will be provided with tailored volunteering and work experience opportunities with local third sector organisations •Work Experience for Looked After Children: this is a tailored opportunity for young people to take part in an extended work experience with Kibble.

Making sure that looked after children and young people with additional support needs leave school with better prospects of positive destinations

•Business Ambassador Programme: young people engage with a business person to understand what employers look for, how to write a successful CV or application form, take part in mock interviews and a workplace visit. •Business Partner Work Experience/Training Model Project: this is a pilot project which will offer 12 senior pupils an opportunity to take part in flexible work experience during one afternoon a week and a chance to apply for a training course with GTG training in Glasgow.

Providing all pupils leaving school with appropriate career management skills (writing CVs, application forms, preparing for an interview etc.)

•Pupils Exhibiting Potential: this project is providing opportunities to pupils from secondary schools who despite being academically capable are not fulfilling their potential and this project will give them a sense of attending University through taking part in taster sessions and motivate them to continue with their study

Giving young people from low income families additional and targeted support which will help them access employment

•Developing a Positive Mindset: this is an early intervention model which provides support to young people who struggle with confidence, goals setting, self esteem and interview skills

Raise awareness of vocational pathways available to senior pupils and volunteering opportunities

•Step Up: a 12 week course of study designed and taught by the UWS which will introduce young people to the variety of learning styles in university setting

Achieve a more representative spread of young people moving into further and higher education

•Parents in Partnership: a project designed specifically to support both parents and children with the transition from primary school to high school through encouraging parents to be more involved in school life and their children's learning.

Engaging with our hardest to reach families to interact with schools and support their children's achievement and aspirations

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Places – Children from low income households live in well-designed sustainable places

Priority 5: Create neighbourhoods where people want to live and can afford to live

The Street Stuff activities programme for young people has been expanded, with two new Street Stuff buses now in use and an extended programme of activities in new locations. In particular, Street Stuff has been able to offer an enhanced programme of activities in the holiday periods, including providing hot food for young people participating in the activities.

We have recruited an additional enforcement officer to work within the private rented housing sector making sure that private landlords are registered, and undertaken a full review of how the council works with the private rented sector. A working group is currently exploring the findings and recommendations of this review and will be working with private rented sector tenants to improve the information and support available to tenants. In particular this will look at new powers granted by the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act.

We have offered a number of employability opportunities within community safety, with seven young people working as Special Wardens and four young people working as Streetstuff Coaches.

Invest in Renfrewshire has refocused one of its teams to look more closely at supporting community based organisations with funding support. The team has provided advice to 32 organisations on the social enterprise small grants fund, and 3 with developing new community projects.

We have commissioned research into affordability of social housing in Renfrewshire, with a focus on the “whole housing costs” of social housing and reviewing best practice from landlords in supporting tenants to sustain tenancies.

•Between April 2015 and March 2016, there have been 2,073 Street Stuff sessions, with a total of 37,269 attendances. •2 youth buses have been purchased to compliment the programme, and increase flexibility in areas that can be reached

Street Stuff Sessions

•Tackling Poverty funding extends the Street Stuff programme to deliver football and dance activities in Gallowhill and Glenburn through the School Holidays, with lunch provided. •Holiday clubs run in 8 localities, with 3,538 young people attending in October, festive and spring camps

Holiday Clubs

•After school provision was expanded in Shortroods and Gallowhill in November 2015, with football, dance and box activities and providing hot meals. •There have been 2,482 attendances at the after school programme

After School

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Principles – How organisations should work

Priority 6: Narrow inequalities by working in a way which is inclusive, effective and evidence based

Renfrewshire’s Tackling Poverty Commission made a series of recommendations around how organisations should work, and these are the five key principles of the Tackling Poverty Strategy and Action Plan. These principles are relevant to all of the projects within the Action Plan, and are woven through the programme. There are also a small number of projects within the programme that support these principles.

For example, we have continued to engage with people living in poverty throughout the life of the project, and in particular working with local third sector organisations to facilitate discussions with citizens. The latest discussions asked citizens whether they could see the impacts of some of our projects on the ground, and asked how citizens want us to report progress back to the individuals and communities that are most affected by the programme. Our aim is to create an ongoing conversation with citizens, rather than do traditional consultation exercises with a start and end date.

Addressing the stigma experienced by people living in poverty was a key finding of the Commission. In February 2015, we signed up to the ‘Stick Your Labels’ campaign to tackle poverty related stigma, run by the Poverty Alliance. We are currently undertaking a stigma project with the Customer Service Centre, which will look at how we can support staff to provide the best customer service that doesn’t stigmatise.

We have developed a Digital Participation Plan, which will be the centre of our new Digital Strategy for Renfrewshire. A Digital Participation Officer and Digital Volunteer Co-ordinator are currently working with local third sector organisations (Reaching Older Adults in Renfrewshire and the Disability Resource Centre ) to provide targeted digital support to the most digitally excluded groups. In addition to this, a Digital Skills Trainer is working with libraries staff across Renfrewshire so they can better support citizens looking to develop digital skills in the library.

We will be changing the way we assess the impact of our decisions to ensure that we take poverty into account, as well as equalities and human rights. This new process is currently being developed and will be piloted later in 2016.

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Measuring Success

We are continuing to develop a robust Tackling Poverty Measurement Framework, which comprises a number of tools at project and programme level to measure the impact and effectiveness of the Strategy and Action Plan.

All of the projects within the Tackling Poverty Action Plan have identified project success measures and performance indicators. These are separated into key outputs and outcomes for each individual project, and the projects are aligned to the strategic outcomes of Pockets, Prospects and Places.

A number of projects within the Action Plan have project evaluations arranged in order to establish the effectiveness of the projects, particularly projects that test or trial new ways of working. In addition to this, a number of projects also have existing evaluation arrangements. These evaluations will be shared wherever this is possible, and made available on the Council’s website.

Citizen feedback was a significant part of Renfrewshire Tackling Poverty Commission’s work, and continues to be a key element of evaluating the effectiveness of the Strategy and Action Plan. In line with the Commission’s engagement approach, engagement activity will provide a rich source of qualitative data that reflects on the performance of individual projects, and the programme as a whole.

A ‘Poverty in Renfrewshire Dashboard’ has been developed in order to give a more responsive picture of poverty in Renfrewshire, by looking at key causes and impacts of poverty as well as poverty levels themselves. The indicators for the dashboard are a mix of both national and local indicators.

The national indicators come from the national Child Poverty Measurement Framework, and are therefore already aligned to the programmes strategic outcomes through the national logic model. In addition they come from national data sets which allow for benchmarking with other Local Authority areas and also national trends.

The local indicators will provide a more localised and responsive picture, by using local datasets to provide more regular feedback on key issues. These are still being developed with Council services, and it is anticipated that the final dashboard will be available in Summer 2016.

Monitoring and

Evaluation

Project Success

Measures

Project Evaluations

Citizen Feedback

Poverty in Renfrewshire

Dashboard

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Minute of Meeting Safer & Stronger Renfrewshire Thematic Board

Date Time Venue Monday, 16 May 2016 10:00 CMR1, Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire

House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN

PRESENT

Councillors Williams and Perrie (both Renfrewshire Council); S Miller, Engage Renfrewshire; S Cruikshank, Forum for Empowering Communities; R Kennedy, Police Scotland; S MacDougall, O Reid and D Hawthorn (all Renfrewshire Council); J Divers, Scottish Fire and Rescue; and A Dick, West College Scotland.

CHAIR

Councillor T Williams, Chair, presided.

IN ATTENDANCE

T Irvine, Y Farquhar, C Grainger and C MacDonald (all Renfrewshire Council); D Reid, Alcohol & Drugs Partnership; and L Devine, Stronger Communities (Glenburn).

APOLOGIES

W Kennedy, North Strathclyde Community Justice Authority; K Philips, Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership; and F Carlin, D Mair and A Conboy (all Renfrewshire Council).



AGENDA ITEM NO. 9(a)

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1 MINUTE OF PREVIOUS MEETING

There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of the Safer & Stronger Renfrewshire Thematic Board held on 23 March 2016. DECISION: That the Minute be noted.

2 ROLLING ACTION LOG The Rolling Action Log was submitted for approval.

DECIDED: That the Rolling Action Log be approved.

3 SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATIONS (a) ALCOHOL & DRUGS PARTNERSHIP A presentation was given by D Reid, ADP Co-ordinator which outlined the National

Framework; highlighted the recent changes in policy and the strategic priority outcome areas; defined the ADP governance and accountability arrangements; detailed the quality principles and performance; summarised the role of the specialist addiction service; and highlighted key actions.

DECIDED: That the presentation be noted.

(b) STRONGER COMMUNITIES

L Devine, Engagement Officer, Stronger Communities gave a presentation relative to the Stronger Communities project in Glenburn. The presentation gave a brief overview of the project; highlighted the goals for Glenburn; detailed what stage the project had reached; and the vision and idea for the future of Stronger Communities in Renfrewshire. DECIDED: That the presentation be noted.

4 RENFREWSHIRE COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP – TACKLING POVERTY INITIATIVES

There was submitted a report by the Director of Community Resources relative to

Tackling Poverty Community Safety Partnership Initiatives.

The report indicated that a Tackling Poverty Strategy for Renfrewshire was set up in September 2015 within the context of the current opportunities and challenges that Renfrewshire would face in coming years. A number of priorities were being taken forward by Community Resources and Police Scotland which impactedon the Safer and Stronger action plan.

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Four workstreams were set up within the Tackling Poverty Action Plan in which the Community Resources Strategic Change Board had a key role in reviewing progress and monitoring performance against the agreed outcomes.

DECIDED: (a) That progress with the four workstreams impacting on the Safer and Stronger

action plan within the Tackling Poverty Action Plan be noted; and (b) That it be noted that a further report would be submitted to a future Board

outlining the performance against the success measures for each of the workstreams.

5 RENFREWSHIRE COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP – DAILY TASKING – IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW

There was submitted a report by the Head of Public Protection providing an overview

of the review of Daily Tasking and an update on the progress of the implementation of recommendations made as a result of the Daily Tasking evaluation carried out in September 2015.

The report advised that in September 2015 an evaluation of the Daily Tasking process was conducted in order to identify gaps or weaknesses in the process and to make recommendations to mitigate against these in order to ensure that the communities of Renfrewshire received the most effective service from the Partnership, and that the process was as comprehensive and efficient as possible. Revised Terms of Reference for Daily Tasking were outlined in the appendix to the report. Since the review, efforts had been successful in securing the regular attendance of a number of key partners within the Daily Tasking process and it was noted that this was delivering improvements in service outcomes.

The report intimated that the Daily Tasking process would continue to respond to the changing environment in which it operated and would align with the priorities of the Council and the Safer & Stronger Renfrewshire Thematic Board. Particular areas of work for the year ahead would include a focus on Paisley Town Centre and how the information gathered could be utilised to identify improvements to service provision within the town centre. The initial response to the Missing Persons consultation would also require development to be incorporated into daily working practices to ensure Daily Tasking played a crucial role in the response to missing persons.

DECIDED:

(a) That the revised terms of reference for Daily Tasking within the Appendix to

the report be noted; (b) That the progress with the recommendations made as part of the review of

Daily Tasking be noted; and

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(c) That it be noted that regular reports would be submitted on an ongoing basis to

ensure the continued development of the Daily Tasking process.

6 COUNTER CORRUPTION, SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIME & COUNTER

TERRORISM

There was submitted a report by the Head of Public Protection relative to progress made in understanding and responding to the threat posed by serious organised crime and counter corruption. The report advised that the Council’s strategy to counter corruption and to respond to the threat posed by serious organised crime was driven by an Integrity Group which had now been in place for a little over a year. The approach to developing a strategic response to this agenda was to ensure a proportionate response to the risks identified across the Council. The report indicated that many of the relevant interventions reflected good internal control, personnel and ICT management practices and the representation of these services at a senior level on the Integrity Group was critical to ensuring good progress was made. Specific issues had been identified by the group and were being developed further within a revised action plan. A large number of high risk areas of activity, highlighted by the Police Scotland Counter Corruption Unit had been identified and in addition to these areas of focus other medium risk examples had been identified that would continue to feature in the plan and approach – primarily centred around contract vulnerabilities or areas where vulnerable residents might be targeted. The report stated that as part of a proportionate strategy to tackle the threat posed by serious organised crime and corruption, the Council Integrity Group was in the process of developing a series of actions and recommendations for the Council and partners to consider based around the vulnerabilities that had been identified. It was noted that an assessment of potential vulnerabilities was being undertaken by the National Counter Corruption Unit supported by the Chief Auditor which would guide the strategy as it was finalised providing focus and scope to ensure that key risks were prioritised for action. DECIDED: (a) That the progress achieved in understanding and responding to the threat

posed by serious organised crime and counter corruption be noted; (b) That the themes identified and the plans for the Integrity Group to update

their assessments and actions accordingly be noted; and (c) That it be agreed that a further report on the work of the Integrity Group in

relation to Serious Organised Crime and Counter Corruption be submitted to a future meeting.

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7 UPDATE ON MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON CHILD PROTECTION ARRANGEMENTS

There was submitted a report by the Head of Child Care and Criminal Justice bringing the Board’s attention to the statement made by the Cabinet Secretary for Education on child protection arrangements. The report advised that the Education Secretary had announced a comprehensive review of the child protection system in Scotland advising that the review would strengthen the steps taken when children had experienced, or were at risk from harm. The recommendations would be made at the end of 2016 and focus on child protection committees; initial case reviews; significant case reviews; and the child protection register. DECIDED: That the report be noted.

8 EXTENSION OF MULTI-AGENCY PUBLIC PROTECTION ARRANGEMENTS

There was submitted a report by the Head of Child Care and Criminal Justice providing an update on Multi-Agency Public Protection arrangements (MAPPA) within Renfrewshire. The report particularly focused on the extension to other offenders who present a risk of serious harm which commenced on 31 March 2016.

The report advised that MAPPA was introduced in April 2006 as a result of the Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005. This required the Police, Local Authorities, Health Boards and the Scottish Prison Service as the Responsible Authorities to establish multi-agency arrangements to assess and manage the risk posed by certain categories of offender.

Since 2006 this had related to registered sexual offenders who required to notify under sexual offences legislation, and mentally disordered restricted patients. However from 31 March 2016 Section 10(1)(e) of the above act extended the arrangements to include ‘other’ offenders, a list of which was included within the report. The report provided a definition of “serious harm” and indicated that there was no automatic or statutory inclusion in this category, it was for the Responsible Authorities to decide, based upon the published criteria, to whom they wished it to apply. The criteria for ‘other’ offenders reflected that this extension would consider the critical few nationally, it was not an extension for all violent offenders. The Risk Management Authority considered that this would equate to approximately 100 cases nationally and numbers would be monitored by Scottish Government. It was noted that new National MAPPA Guidance was published on 3 March 2016 and was available on the Scottish Government website. Changes from the previous 2014 issue of the guidance largely related to the inclusion of a chapter for the new risk of serious harm offender category, and updated the chapters on the significant case review process and offenders in the prison system, reflecting application of the new category. A full review of the national guidance would be undertaken throughout 2016 to reflect findings in relation to the National Thematic Review of MAPPA. A number of related work streams were planned or were underway nationally to take forward the recommendations of the report.

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DECIDED: That the COG note the changes and extension to MAPPA in Scotland and the work already underway within Renfrewshire to take forward the new arrangements.

9 SAFER & STRONGER RENFREWSHIRE THEMATIC BOARD SPOTLIGHT REPORT

There was submitted a report by the Director of Community Resources which

provided a summary of progress against Safer and Stronger actions and measures over the first three years of the Community Plan, an overview of the agreed strategic priorities and focus for the Thematic Board and the key areas of work being taken forward by partners over the next year. DECIDED:

(a) That the strong performance and strategic focus achieved by the Safer &

Stronger Renfrewshire Thematic Board be noted; (b) That the strategic review of priorities and focus for the Renfrewshire Safer &

Stronger Renfrewshire Thematic Board be noted; (c) That the agreed future work plan of the Safer & Stronger Renfrewshire

Thematic board be noted; (d) That the challenges and implications relating to a small number of impact

measures be noted; and (e) That it be noted that this report had been submitted to the Renfrewshire

Community Planning Partnership Board held on 11 May 2016.

10 UPDATE ON SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT REVIEW OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

There was submitted a report by the Director of Community Resources relative to an update on the Scottish Government Review of Strategic Priorities. The report intimated that the pre-consultation phase of the Review of Strategic Police Priorities, which centred around the question ‘What are your priorities for your police service?’, was originally scheduled to run up to 12 February 2016. This date had now been extended to run up to 29 April 2016. The Scottish Government were keen to continue the consultation process to ensure they had captured the full breadth of views and ensure that redrafted priorities took account of wider work around planning for police services in Scotland. The extension of the pre-consultation phase had delayed the start of the formal consultation phase, which would now take place during the summer. The Scottish Government were advised that the Council would not be in a position to approve and submit a formal response until the end of August 2016 as the Council and Community Planning Boards were in recess over the summer. A Renfrewshire response would be drafted during the summer in consultation with members of the

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Safer and Stronger Renfrewshire Thematic Board and submitted to the Housing and Community Safety Policy Board for approval on 23 August 2016. A copy of the full response would be brought back to the next meeting of the Safer and Stronger Renfrewshire Thematic Board for information.

DECIDED:

(a) That the delay in progress of the Scottish Government’s review of Strategic

Police Priorities be noted: and (b) That it be agreed that a copy of the final response be submitted for the

information at the next meeting of the Board on 31 August 2016.

11 PUBLIC PROTECTION OPERATIONAL UPDATE There was submitted a report by the Director of Community Resources, Renfrewshire

Council which provided an update on the performance outcomes and key achievements of Public Protection during financial year 1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016.

It was noted that the performance information which was detailed within the report

reflected sustained levels of high performance across all areas of Public Protection. The report advised that the performance information would be further enhanced with the introduction of some additional operational performance indicators which would align the service performance monitoring with key Council priorities.

DECIDED: That the report be noted.

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Minute of Meeting Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board

Date Time Venue Monday, 23 May 2016 10:00 CMR3, Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire


PRESENT Councillors E Devine and Audrey Doig; O Reid, C Thorpe, L Feely and S Marklow (all Renfrewshire Council); I Cunningham, Engage Renfrewshire; A Fraser, FLAIR Representative; J Wilby, Forum for Empowering Communities; R Nimmo, Glasgow Airport; J Divers, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service; and C Roxburgh, West of Scotland University.

CHAIR

Councillor E Devine, Chair, presided.

IN ATTENDANCE

M Blake, K Simpson and K Stewart (all Sweco); Y Farquhar, S Graham, J Brown and C MacDonald (all Renfrewshire Council); A Ritchie and M McLaughlin (both West College Scotland).

APOLOGIES

J Lynch, Renfrewshire Council; J Still, Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership; and J Binning, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.



AGENDA ITEM NO. 9(b)

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There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board held on 23 May 2016. DECIDED: That the Minute be noted.

2 ROLLING ACTION LOG

The Rolling Action Log was submitted for approval. DECIDED: That the Rolling Action Log be approved.

3 CITY DEAL SUSTAINABILITY UPDATE

A presentation was given by the Technical Director, Sweco updating members on City Deal sustainability. The presentation gave a brief overview of the City Deal development; outlined the sustainable goals, opportunities and objectives; highlighted the carbon management infrastructure and the benefits of tackling carbon emissions; and summarised the City Deal stages and progress made to date. After further discussion it was agreed that an update report would be submitted to the Board to be held on 8 November, 2016.

DECIDED: (a) That it be agreed that an update report would be submitted to the Board to be

held on 8 November, 2016; and (b) That the presentation be noted.

4 LIVING STREETS – STREET AUDIT FOR MOSS STREET, PAISLEY TO

RENFREWSHIRE HOUSE, COTTON STREET, PAISLEY With reference to the Minute of the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board held on 3

June 2015 relative to Item 7 – Streets for All – Improving Accessibility of Streets, Pavement and Public Spaces in Renfrewshire, there was submitted a report by the Chair of the Renfrewshire Access Panel which provided details of the audit which had been carried out from Moss Street to Cotton Street, Paisley.

The Living Streets Access Audit assessed the accessibility of the environment, its

facilities and any services delivered from it, from the perspective of people with disabilities. It focused on accessibility issues that required to be addressed from the perspective of disabled people, rather than providing an assessment of positive features of the built environment. The Living Streets Access Audit provided a starting point for collaborative discussion about practical and sustainable improvements that could be made over a negotiated period of time to increase the accessibility of the built environment for all users.

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DECIDED:

(a) That the positive work done by the Access Panel to identify accessibility issues along a key route in Paisley Town Centre and the support of students from University of the West of Scotland be noted; and

(b) That it be agreed that appropriate officers of Renfrewshire Council be contacted

to discuss in detail with Renfrewshire Access Panel the findings of the report and the potential solutions suggested by UWS students in order to agree a set of design principles to promote accessibility.

5 WEST COLLEGE SCOTLAND – GREENER INITIATIVES A presentation was given by the Director of Finance & Estates, West College

Scotland relative to sustainability and the way ahead for the College. The presentation gave a brief overview of the College and their carbon management

plans; highlighted some key facts and the journey so far; outlined what sustainability meant to the College; and summarised the challenges and next steps.


6 CARBON MANAGEMENT SUB-GROUP There was submitted a report by the Head of Public Protection, Community

Resources, Renfrewshire Council relative to the merger of the Greener Housing and the Carbon Management & Waste Reduction sub-groups to form the Carbon Management Sub-Group.

The report advised that at the meeting of the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board on 1 April 2016 a large number of cross-cutting issues had been identified across the work of the Greener Housing and the Carbon Management & Waste Reduction sub-groups. It was agreed to form one sub-group under the remit of Carbon Management. An initial meeting of the lead officers of the previous two sub-groups was held and a number of high level priorities were identified which would address carbon management and energy efficiency issues across Renfrewshire as well as the issues relating to the management of waste and recycling. It was established that further expertise would be required to ensure that engagement with Community Planning Partners and other stakeholders across Renfrewshire could deliver the key priorities of the group and representatives from Resource Efficient Scotland and Energy Savings Trust were to be invited along to help deliver a workshop session on 19th July 2016 to share their experience and provide assistance. It was envisaged that the strategic action plan would be the proposed outcome of the workshop which would ensure the delivery of the identified outcomes.

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DECIDED:

(a) That the strategic outcomes of the Carbon Management Sub-Group be noted;

and (b) That it be noted that a detailed action plan on how the Carbon Management

Sub-Group aims to achieve these outcomes would be submitted to the next meeting of the Board for approval.

7 LOW CARBON INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSITION FUND (LCiTF) A presentation was given by the Corporate Asset/Energy Manager, Development &

Housing Services, Renfrewshire Council relative to the Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Fund (LCiTF).

The presentation gave a brief overview of the LCiTF and its principal aim; detailed the

common thread; outlined the Paisley Central and Foxbar DHS Bid; and highlighted HONE - the demonstrator project.

DECIDED: That the presentation be noted. 8 GREENER RENFREWSHIRE THEMATIC BOARD SPOTLIGHT REPORT

There was submitted a report by Head of Public Protection, Community Resources, Renfrewshire Council which provided a summary of progress against the Greener actions and measures over the first three years of the Community Plan. The report detailed an overview of the agreed strategic priorities and focus for the Thematic Board and the key areas of work which were being taken forward by partners over the next year. It was noted that a version of the report would be submitted to the Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership Board on 27 June 2016. DECIDED:

(a) That the strong performance and strategic focus achieved by the Greener

Renfrewshire Thematic Board be noted; (b) That the future priorities of the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board be

noted; and (c) That the issues and challenges the Greener Renfrewshire Thematic Board

required to address to enable its priority outcomes to be achieved be noted.

9 GREENER COMMUNITIES SUB-GROUP MINUTE OF MEETING OF 21 APRIL 2016

There was submitted a report by the Head of Public Protection, Community Resources, Renfrewshire Council which provided details of the meeting of the Greener Communities Sub-Group which took place on 21 April 2016. The Minute of the meeting was attached as an appendix to the report.


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10 GREENER TRANSPORT SUB-GROUP MINUTE OF MEETING OF 5 APRIL, 2016

There was submitted a report by the Head of Public Protection, Community Resources, Renfrewshire Council which provided details of the meeting of the Greener Transport Sub-Group which took place on 5 April 2016. The Minute of the meeting was attached as an appendix to the report.


11 OVERVIEW OF INITIATIVES AND GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLES There was submitted a report by the Head of Public Protection which provided an overview of recent developments, initiatives and funding streams made available to Community Planning Partnerships in Scotland. DECIDED: That the report be noted.

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Minute of Meeting Children & Young People Thematic Board

Date Time Venue Thursday, 26 May 2016 10:00 CMR3, Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire


PRESENT

Councillors Henry, Bibby and McCartin (Renfrewshire Council); L O'Brien, Barnardos; N Burns, Police Scotland; K Miller, Engage Renfrewshire; F MacKay, Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership; A Lowe, Renfrewshire Child Protection Committee; J Melrose, Area Support Team; P MacLeod, D Hawthorn, J Trainer and S Glasgow (all Renfrewshire Council); Maurice Gilligan, Skills Development Scotland; J Divers, Scottish Fire and Rescue Services; S Graham, West College Scotland; and M Dunn, University of the West of Scotland.

CHAIR

Councillor Henry, Chair, presided.

IN ATTENDANCE

K Tobin, Dartington Social Research Unit; A Ferguson, Champion's Board; C McCreadie, Who Cares? Scotland; and Y Farquhar and C MacDonald (both Renfrewshire Council).

APOLOGIES

S Bell and G McKinlay (both Renfrewshire Council); and L King, Scottish Children's Reporter Administration.



AGENDA ITEM NO. 9(c)

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There was submitted the Minute of the Children & Young People Thematic Board held on 31 March 2016.

DECIDED: That the Minute be approved.


The Rolling Action Log was submitted for approval.

DECIDED: That the Rolling Action Log be approved.

3 CORPORATE PARENTING CHAMPIONS BOARD - LIFE CHANGES

TRUST FUNDING AWARD

There was submitted a report by the Senior Officer (GIRFEC), Children’s Services, Renfrewshire Council outlining the additional funding awarded to develop the Champions Board by the Life Changes Trust.

The report advised that the Life Changes Trust (LCT) was established by the Big Lottery Fund in April 2013 with a ten year endowment of £50 million to support transformational improvements in the quality of life, well-being, empowerment and inclusion of people affected by dementia and young people with experience of being in care. During 2015, LCT invited applications for funding to start or develop Champions Boards. Following an extensive application process, Renfrewshire was one of eight local authority areas to receive funding for the Champions Boards and awarded funding of £225,000 over the three year period from 1 April 2016/2019. There then followed a general discussion relative to the Champions Board which included hearing the views of Partners who sat on the Board.

DECIDED:

(a) That the funding arrangements and plan for the Life Changes Trust funding

be noted; and (b) That it be noted that progress reports would be submitted to future

Board meetings. 4 ALL CHILDREN'S STUDY OF NEED

There was submitted a report by the Acting Head of Early Years and Inclusion, Children’s Services, Renfrewshire Council relative to the All Children’s Study of Need.

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The report advised that Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership was the first in Scotland to work with the Dartington Social Research Unit (DSRU) to undertake a study of need in the child population. The work commenced in 2010 and was carried out as part of the Achieving Step Change Programme. The work was referred to as our “All Children Epidemiology Survey”. In late 2011 all children in Renfrewshire aged between 9 and 17 were invited to complete an on-line questionnaire which provided data on their well-being to inform the development of the present Renfrewshire Integrated Children’s Services Plan and the Renfrewshire Community Plan. Almost 13,000 children responded to the survey.

The report highlighted the plan to work with the DSRU to carry out a further study of child need in Renfrewshire in late 2016. The work would be the first time any partnership in Scotland had conducted a second survey. The second study would again involve children aged 9 to 17 completing an online questionnaire facilitated during their school day. The data from the second study would be used to inform the next Renfrewshire Integrated Children’s Services Plan. In addition it would attempt to explore the impact of poverty on outcomes for children.

It was noted that a short life group comprising of staff from across a range of children’s services and pupil representatives had been established to work with the DSRU to ensure that the questionnaire was developed to address Renfrewshire’s needs, develop the agreed methodology, promote participation in the study and participate in the development of the next Renfrewshire Integrated Children’s Services Plan. The involvement of pupils and parents as partners in the process was central to the success of the second study of need in Renfrewshire. Pupil engagement would commence with a group of senior phase students participating in the design and promotion of the survey. Work would be progressed to increase the number and year range of pupils moving forward. Parent engagement would be delivered via the parent council chair meetings. DECIDED: (a) That the plan to carry out a second study of child need in Renfrewshire be

noted; (b) That the establishment of the short life group comprising of staff from across a

range of children’s services and pupil representatives to work with DSRU to ensure that the questionnaire was developed to address Renfrewshire’s needs, develop the agreed methodology, promote participation in the study and participate in the development of the next Renfrewshire Integrated Children’s Services Plan be noted;

(c) That the involvement of the parent council chairs be noted;

(d) That it be noted that the study would be conducted in late 2016; and

(e) That it be noted that further reports would be presented to the Board as the work

progressed.

5 INTEGRATED CHILDREN'S SERVICE IMPROVEMENT PLAN - OUTCOME 4

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PROGRESS REPORT

There was submitted a report by the Director of Children’s Services, Ch i ld ren ’s Se rv i ces , Renf rewsh i re Counc i l which updated members on Outcome 4 of the Integrated Children’s Services Improvement Plan.

The report intimated that the focus for the report was Outcome 4: ‘Our children and young people have good physical, emotional and mental health and wellbeing’. Key areas of progress were highlighted within the report and the progress made against each individual action was detailed within the appendix to the report.

DECIDED:

(a) That the actions contained within the appendix to the report be noted: and

(b) That the key areas of progress highlighted within the report be noted.

6 CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATION GROUP - TERMS OF REFERENCE

There was submitted a report by the Head of Childcare and Criminal Justice, Children’s Services, Renfrewshire Council relative to terms of reference for the Participation Group to be established.

The report advised that the Council’s Participation Strategy set out the key principles of participation and how to ensure that the right to participate was realised for all young people and extended to more children and young people across Renfrewshire through changing and adapting approaches to practice, planning and policy development. It was intimated that in response to the recommendation of the Children’s Services Inspection and to ensure a co-ordinated partnership approach to participation, the Children and Young People Thematic Board agreed that a Participation Group would be established. The Terms of Reference for the Group was attached as an appendix.

DECIDED:

(a) That the Terms of Reference for the Children and Young People

Participation Group be agreed; and

(b) That it be agreed that the group be established by Summer 2016.

7 CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2014 - GETTING IT RIGHT FOR EVERY CHILD (GIRFEC) - INFORMATION SHARING PRACTITIONER GUIDANCE There was submitted a report by the Senior Officer, (GIRFEC), Children’s Services, Renfrewshire Council relative to an update on the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC), Information Sharing Practitioner Guidance. The report advised that the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 provided a

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framework for information sharing between professionals to support the functions of the Named Person and the operation of the Child’s Plan. The current information Sharing Practitioners Guidance was approved in 2014 with a view to further update and review as part of the full implementation of the information sharing duties from 31st August 2016. The Guidance was supported by inter-agency information sharing briefing sessions delivered by the Council information Governance team. The training had been revised as part of the GIRFEC implementation plan and future training incorporated details relating to the new duties. A copy of the revised Information Sharing Practitioner Guidance was attached as an appendix to the report. DECIDED (a) That the revised Information Sharing Practitioner Guidance attached as

an appendix to the report for implementation from 31st August 2016 be agreed; and

(b) That the minor amendments to the Guidance once specific contact details

on the Named Person service were available be agreed.

8 PREGNANCY & PARENTHOOD IN YOUNG PEOPLE STRATEGY

There was submitted a report by the Director of Children's Services relative to the Pregnancy and Parenthood in Young People Strategy. The Report advised that the Scottish Government had published a Pregnancy and Parenthood In Young People Strategy 2016/26. The Strategy identified actions for specific partners, including Community Planning Partnerships. It was proposed that the Children and Young People Thematic Board would be responsible for leading actions on behalf of the Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership. DECIDED: (a) That it be agreed that the Children & Young People Thematic Board lead

the Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership response to the Pregnancy and Parenthood In Young People Strategy;

(b) That it be agreed that a further report be submitted to a future meeting of the

Board, with an analysis of work required of the Board; and (c) That it be agreed that the Children & Young People Thematic Board identify

an accountable person to provide leadership and co-ordination for the Pregnancy and Parenting In Young People Strategy.

9 FEEDBACK FROM GLENNIFER HIGH SCHOOL

The Head of Childcare and Criminal Justice, Children’s Services, Renfrewshire Council gave a verbal update relative to feedback from the pupils of Gleniffer High School arising from the Youth Engagement Event which took place on 31 August, 2015 at Gleniffer High School. Senior pupils had identified various issues and explored, in discussion with Board members, possible ideas and solutions to combat those concerns. Key themes included

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youth voice, health and wellbeing, jobs and training, employment, access to community facilities, social isolation and impact of poverty. A summary of the issues identified was compiled and action points developed. During the feedback from pupils it was noted that young people wanted to keep re-engaging and were happy to act as advocates on behalf of their school. However, it was noted that all schools were different and there was no consistent approach. The pupils suggested Paisley Town Hall as a more formal setting and a good location to hold further engagement events. After further discussion it was agreed that a programme of engagement events be submitted to a future meeting of the Board. DECIDED: (a) That it be agreed that a programme of engagement events be submitted to a

future meeting of the Board; and (b) That the verbal update be noted.

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Minute of Meeting Jobs & the Economy Thematic Board

Date Time Venue 1 June 2016 9.30am CMR3, Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire

House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN,

PRESENT

Councillors Glen and Lawson; S Graham, Engage Renfrewshire; R Nimmo, Glasgow Airport; M Crearie and A Morrison (both Renfrewshire Council); S Clocherty and H Cunningham (both Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership); M Gilligan, Skills Development Scotland; M Dunn, University of the West of Scotland; and A Dick, West College Scotland.

CHAIR

Councillor Glen, Chair, presided .

IN ATTENDANCE

B Davidson, DYW; M Moran and C MacDonald (both Renfrewshire Council).

APOLOGIES

B Grant, Chamber of Commerce; J Burns, DWP; I McLean, Renfrewshire Forum for Empowering our Communities; J Downie, Police Scotland; R Cooper, Renfrewshire Council; N Shields, Scottish Enterprise; and J Binning, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.


There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to commencement of the meeting.

AGENDA ITEM NO. 9(d)

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ORDER OF BUSINESS

The Chair intimated that Item 6 – Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce Update had been deferred to the next meeting of the Board.


There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of the Jobs & the Economy Thematic Board held on 8 February 2016.




DECIDED: That the rolling action log be approved.

3 DEVELOPING THE YOUNG WORKFORCE (DYW) - WEST REGION

The Programme Director of DYW gave a presentation relative to the establishment of the Developing the Young Workforce programme. He gave some background to the set up of the programme; outlined the areas covered; introduced the team and board members; highlighted some of the stakeholders; indicated the focus for DYW; detailed the initiatives being developed; drew special attention to the pitfalls and what employers were looking for; intimated what success would look like and the events that DYW had planned for the future.


4 REGENERATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - EMERGING ISSUES FOR RENFREWSHIRE

The Head of Regeneration, Development & Housing Services, Renfrewshire Council gave a presentation relative to emerging regeneration and economic development issues for Renfrewshire.

The presentation highlighted the key metrics on the economic framework; outlined Renfrewshire’s key assets and initiatives; highlighted the City Deal Projects; detailed the milestones; and drew special attention to the Paisley Town Centre 10 year action plan.


5 EU REFERENDUM SCC - BUSINESS SURVEY RESULTS

There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive, Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce relative to business survey results on the EU Referendum debate.

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The report intimated that the Scottish Chambers of Commerce had published the results of their third survey of business opinion on the forthcoming referendum on the UK’s continued membership of the EU. In doing so, SCC had maintained its impartial stance on the outcome of the referendum, whilst ensuring that the views of Chamber members and the business community were reported. A Scotland wide survey and a localised report relevant to Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde business responses were attached as an appendix.


7 RENFREWSHIRE RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE There was submitted a report by the Economic Development Manager,

Development & Housing Services, Renfrewshire Council which provided information on the new Invest in Renfrewshire Recruitment Incentive Programme from 1st May 2016. It was anticipated that this programme would run until 30 June 2018, however it was noted that further amendments might be necessary should any new national programmes of support be developed.

The report advised that the new programme would build on the offer of grant to Renfrewshire Council for the new Scottish Government SERI (Scotland’s Employer Recruitment Incentive) Programme. The previous programme was suspended from 4 December 2015, and the new offer of grant was available until January 2017. DECIDED: That the changes to the new Renfrewshire Recruitment Incentive Programme be noted.

8 INVEST IN RENFREWSHIRE - CONFERENCE & AWARDS 2016 "AIMING HIGHER" UPDATE A verbal update was given by the Economic Development Manager, Development & Housing Services, Renfrewshire Council relative to the “Aiming Higher” Conference and Employability Award Ceremony to take place on Wednesday 15 June 2016 at the Normandy Hotel. The conference aimed to build on the success of previous years and widen the scope of the event from employability to encompass wider economic development agendas. It was noted that all CPP Partners had been invited to the event. DECIDED: That the verbal update be noted.

9 LABOUR MARKET UPDATE

There was submitted a report by the Director of Development & Housing Services, Renfrewshire Council which provided an overview of employment activity and economic development in Renfrewshire at the end of April 2016.

The newsletter intimated that from March 2016 the Nomis figures had changed and Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) and Universal Credit (UC) were measured together in one statistic: the claimant count. It was noted that the new Claimant Count figures were relatively limited at present and provided information on key age groups but not length of unemployment or the breakdown of male/female. It was expected that this

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further breakdown of information would become available soon. The newsletter also illustrated the Renfrewshire labour market position and advised how Renfrewshire fared in comparison to the rest of the country. A brief summary of the progress made to date by the Council’s Invest in Renfrewshire Programme and Business Gateway Programme was included and provided information on wider economic development activity across Renfrewshire. DECIDED: That the newsletter be noted.

10 INTERIM YEAR 3 PROGRESS REPORT

There was submitted a report by the Director of Development & Housing Services, Renfrewshire Council which provided an update on Year 3 progress against targets. DECIDED: That the report be noted.

11 PARTNERSHIP UPDATE

Each of the partner organisations delivered an update on matters of general interest for Board members. DECIDED: That the information be noted.

12 LEP UPDATE

The Area Manager, SDS gave a verbal update on the progress of the Local Employability Partnership (LEP) meetings. It was noted that the group had been re-established and efforts had been made to ensure that there was appropriate representation. It was agreed that the LEP update would be included as a standing item on the Jobs & the Economy Thematic Board agenda. DECIDED: (a) That it be agreed that the LEP update would be included as a standing item on

the Jobs & the Economy Thematic Board agenda; (b) That the verbal update be noted.

13 KEY PRIORITIES FOR JOBS & THE ECONOMY THEMATIC BOARD

M Crearie introduced a general discussion on the implications of new major projects and the impact upon the Board’s targets and outcomes as well as priorities for discussion at future Board meetings. DECIDED: That the information be noted.

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Minute of Meeting Forum for Empowering Communities Thematic Board

Date Time Venue

1 June 2016 16:00 RAMH, 41 Blackstoun Road, Paisley, PA3 1LU

PRESENT

A Clark, Create; A McNiven, Engage Renfrewshire; J Wilby, Paisley West & Central Community Council; S McLellan, RAMH; and J Cram, Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership.

CHAIR

A McNiven, Chair, presided.

IN ATTENDANCE

I Cunningham S Miller, J Ferrie and K Miller (all Engage Renfrewshire); and S Graham, A Armstrong-Walter, D Dunn, S Tkacenko and C MacDonald (all Renfrewshire Council).

APOLOGIES

I McLean, Bridgewater Housing Association; S Cruickshank, Renfrewshire Access Panel; and K Taylor, Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau.



AGENDA ITEM NO. 9(e)

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ORDER OF BUSINESS The Chair intimated that he proposed to alter the order of business to facilitate the conduct of the meeting by considering item 5 of the agenda before item 4. SEDERUNT The Chair welcomed Alan Clark from Create on to the Board. 1 MINUTE OF PREVIOUS MEETING

There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of the Forum for Empowering Communities Thematic Board held on 8 February 2016.



The Rolling Action Log was submitted for approval. RF.27.01.15(2) – Local Engagement Events S Graham advised that this action had been passed over to Development & Housing Services and it was agreed that this action be removed from the action log.

DECIDED: (a) That action RF.27.01.15(2) – Local Engagement Events be removed from the

action log; and (b) That the rolling action log be approved.

3 TACKLING POVERTY UPDATE: AFFORDABLE CREDIT IN RENFREWSHIRE

There was submitted a report by the Strategic Lead Officer (Tackling Poverty and Welfare Reform) relative to affordable credit in Renfrewshire.

The report advised that the Community Planning Partnership had given a commitment to reducing the causes and impact of poverty and the Tackling Poverty Action Plan included a range of activities focused on tackling financial exclusion, both a symptom and cause of poverty, experienced by citizens of Renfrewshire unable to access appropriate financial services or products.

The report intimated that Renfrewshire Forum for Empowering Communities Thematic Board members were from local Third Sector and community organisations within Renfrewshire. It had been developed to reflect organisations that had a spread of knowledge; resources; operated as local employers; and could help support general communication to a wide community of service users within Renfrewshire. It had, however, no representation from Credit Unions as Community

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Planning partners at present. The report recommended that the Forum for Empowering Communities Thematic Board co-opted, for the duration of the partnership, a Community Planning Partnership representative with responsibility for affordable credit from the Renfrewshire Credit Union community. In addition, the report also requested that the Forum established, as a sub-group of the Renfrewshire Forum for Empowering Communities Thematic Board, a local affordable credit partnership which would include representatives from the advice and health organisations. It was envisaged that the credit partnership, as part of the Community Planning structure, would advance access to affordable credit in a strategic way throughout Renfrewshire and would be able to measure progress in this area. The partnership and representatives would tie in with further work being done with the funds remaining in the Credit Union Development Fund which would be used to facilitate further recommendations from the “Gateway to Affordable Credit” report published in February 2016 by the Carnegie Trust, such as improving credit scores for CU members and targeting those who would not be able to access mainstream finance.

DECIDED:

(a) That it be agreed that the Forum for Empowering Communities Thematic Board would introduce a Community Planning Partnership representative with responsibility for affordable credit from the Renfrewshire Credit Union community who would be coopted for the duration of the partnership; and

(b) That it be agreed that a local affordable credit partnership sub-group be

established as part of the Renfrewshire Forum for Empowering Communities Thematic Board.

4 NATIONAL THIRD SECTOR GIRFEC PROJECT - LEARNING REPORT AND NEXT STEPS IN RENFREWSHIRE

There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive, Engage Renfrewshire relative to the national third sector GIRFEC Project learning report entitled “Are We Ready For The Community Empowerment Act?”, a copy of which was attached as an appendix to the report.

It was noted that Renfrewshire was one of nine community planning partnership areas in Scotland that had participated in the National Third Sector GIRFEC (Getting It Right For Every Child) project. The GIRFEC report considered opportunities for the GIRFEC project to influence, develop and support the implementation of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) 2015 Act in Renfrewshire, which was a key area of focus for the Renfrewshire Forum For Empowering Communities Thematic Board. Additional funding for the GIRFEC project had been secured to March 2017 and proposals were currently being developed to ensure that this resource was used to build the capacity of local third sector organisations to be involved effectively in planning and developing children’s services. DECIDED:

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(a) That it be agreed that the Board would endorse the proposal to use additional GIRFEC funding to build local capacity to participate in planning and delivery of children’s services;

(b) That it be agreed that the Board would endorse the proposal to present a

report to the Children and Young People Board to discuss the development of third sector and community involvement in developing children’s services; and

(c) That it be agreed that the development of the Renfrewshire approach to the

Community Empowerment Act would take account of the learning from the National Third Sector GIRFEC project.

5 RENFREWSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING CONFERENCE FEEDBACK

There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive, Engage Renfrewshire relative to a programme of Community Planning Conference events which were taking place between March and June 2016 at venues in Paisley, Johnstone and Renfrew which focused on the Paisley UK City of Culture bid; Community Empowerment; and Regeneration. It was noted that third sector organisations had played a significant part in planning, supporting and presenting at events, which had been well attended by communities within Renfrewshire.

The feedback from the community planning conferences would be used to gather evidence of involvement to strengthen the UK City of Culture 2021 bid and influence the development of the bid, the implementation of the Community Empowerment Act in Renfrewshire and the way in which communities were engaged in the significant physical regeneration of Renfrewshire taking place over the next decade. The feedback from the conferences held to the end of May 2016 was attached as an appendix to the report.

DECIDED: (a) That the feedback from the community planning conference events held

between March and May 2016 be noted; and (b) That it be agreed that a further report on the remaining conferences would be

submitted to the next meeting of the Board. 6 COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2015

S Graham gave a presentation relative to Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership’s response to the Scottish Government consultation on a number of aspects of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) 2015 Act. It was noted that the guidance which would emerge following the consultation would provide the framework for Community Planning Partnerships to work within when implementing the provisions of the Act.

The presentation outlined the questions and the proposed response from the Partnership relating to asset transfer, participation requests, community planning, community right to buy abandoned, neglected or detrimental land, and highlighted

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some of the feedback from the Community Empowerment Conference which took place on 20 May 2016. The development of the Community Planning toolkit was also summarised.

S Graham advised that the finalised guidance would be presented to the Partnership

Board once it had been agreed by the Scottish Government. DECIDED: That the presentation be noted.

7 CITY OF CULTURE

A verbal update was given by the Chief Executive, Engage Renfrewshire relative to an update on the Community Engagement and Participation Strategy and Action Plan.

He advised that the draft Strategy and Action Plan had now been developed as a collaborative piece of work between the Bid Team and the Community Engagement and Participation Work Stream Group. The branding ‘packs’ had now been developed and were ready to be promoted and a commitment had been given to establish five local ‘info-desks’ which would be located in each Local Area Committee area.

DECIDED: That the verbal update be noted.

8 UPDATE FROM THEMATIC BOARDS

Feedback reports from the members who had been present at the various Thematic Boards were submitted for noting.

DECIDED: That the feedback provided within the reports be noted.

9 COMMUNITY LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY UPDATE

A McNiven advised that this item had been deferred to a future meeting of the Board. He expressed concern that no reports or presentations had been forthcoming with regard to the Community Learning & Development Strategy.

He intimated the Renfrewshire Community Learning and Development Partnership was to be a Sub-Group of the Forum for Empowering Communities Thematic Board and was in the process of being developed. However, it was vital that the Board had an awareness and understanding of the Strategy in order to undertake their governance role effectively. DECIDED: That the update be noted.

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Minute of Meeting Community Care, Health & Wellbeing Thematic Board

Date Time Venue 2 June 2016 9.30am CMR1, Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire

House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN,

PRESENT

Councillors I McMillan (Renfrewshire Council); F MacKay I Beattie, R Robertson, and H Cunningham (all Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership); S McLellan, Forum for Empowering Our Communities; A Kennedy, Police Scotland; Dr A Van der Lee, GP Representative; D Reid, Renfrewshire ADP; R Telfer, Scottish Care; and S McDonald, Active Communities;

CHAIR

Councillor McMillan, Chair, presided .

IN ATTENDANCE

E Crighton, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley; A Curley, Health & Social Care Partnership; Y Farquhar and C MacDonald (both Renfrewshire Council); and C Melville, Renfrewshire Carers.

APOLOGIES

Councillor M Brown, Renfrewshire Council, C Walker, Health & Social Care Partnership; J Ferrie, Engage Renfrewshire; J Divers, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service; A Cumberford, West College Scotland; D Goodman, Renfrewshire Carers; J McKellar, Renfrew Leisure Limited; and G Fitzpatrick and L Muirhead (both Renfrewshire Council).



AGENDA ITEM NO. 9(f)

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ORDER OF BUSINESS The Chair advised that Item 5 – Clinical Services Review had been deferred to the next meeting of the Forum. 1 MINUTE OF PREVIOUS MEETING

There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of the Community Care, Health & Wellbeing Thematic Board held on 21 January 2016.




DECIDED: That the rolling action log be approved.

3 BACK TO BASICS: POPULATION HEALTH IN NHS GREATER GLASGOW &

CLYDE 2015/17 The Interim Director of Public Health/Deputy Head of Administration gave a

presentation relative to a report on Population Health in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 2015-2017.

The presentation gave a brief overview of the determinants of health; highlighted key statistics; outlined adverse childhood experiences and their impact; detailed pregnancy and health behaviours; and drew special attention to asset based approach examples.

There then followed a general discussion which included funding for third sector

organisations. DECIDED: That the presentation be noted. 4 STUDENT CANNABIS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

A report was submitted and presentation given by the HI Senior, Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership relative to a multi-agency project, which was targeted at students in Renfrewshire and aimed to challenge the ‘normalisation’ of cannabis use and address the apathy or lack of information, which young people often felt towards the health and social issues surrounding cannabis use.

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DECIDED:

(a) That the multi-agency Project plans to increase its range of resources and ways of engaging with the student population be noted;

(b) That it be noted that the Project would produce a short film in collaboration with

West College Scotland’s drama students to be used as a central part of a cannabis awareness training workshop;

(c) That it be noted that a workshop would be offered to both staff and students

with the possibility of the workshop being adapted for future use in schools and youth organisations;

(d) That it be agreed that a progress report would be submitted to a future Board;

and (e) That the presentation be noted.

5 ADP UPDATE

There was submitted a report by the ADP Co-ordinator relative to an update on the work of Renfrewshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP).

The report intimated that new governance and accountability arrangements had been agreed following an independent review commissioned by the Chief Officers’ Group. From 1 April 2016 the ADP would report directly to the Integration Joint Board (IJB) and it was agreed that the Chair would be the Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership Chief Officer. It was noted that the arrangements would be ratified at the next scheduled meeting of the ADP on 20 June 2016. It was noted that a paper outlining the planning architecture to support the IJB was currently being developed and this would include arrangements for the ADP and reported to the IJB Board scheduled to take place on 15 September 2016. The report intimated that links would also remain with Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership structures. As a result of the review, structural changes to support the ADP had also been implemented. The newly established ADP Delivery Group would have key responsibility for planning, performance, implementation of national policy frameworks and the joint financial framework. The Drug Deaths Action Group would continue to review all drug related deaths and discussions were underway to consider Alcohol Related Deaths within the Group’s remit, the Recovery Co-ordination Group would drive forward the recovery agenda and the SPEAR Group would lead in prevention and education initiatives. A copy of the ADP Performance Framework was attached as an appendix to the report.

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DECIDED: (a) That the new governance and accountability arrangements for the ADP be

noted; (b) That it be noted that a series of focus groups and site visits was currently being

undertaken by the Care Inspectorate as part of the implementation phase of the Scottish Government’s Quality Framework; and

(c) That the ADP Performance Framework as detailed within the appendix to the

report be noted.

7 PROGRESS REPORT ON ACTION PLAN There was submitted a report by the Report by the Chief Officer, Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership which provided an update on the Community Care, Health & Wellbeing action plan. After discussion it was agreed that a report be submitted to the next meeting of the Board highlighting gaps in the action plan. DECIDED: (a) That it be agreed that a report be submitted to the next meeting of the Board

highlighting gaps in the action plan; and (b) That the report be noted.

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