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Welcome and Apologies (Pippa Milne) PDF 205 KB Including Video by Cameron Garrett, MSYP Minutes: Pippa welcomed all to
the meeting for an exciting agenda. Takki Sulaiman, the new 撸sir视频 and Bute TSI
Chief Executive and Fiona Davies, HSCP were welcomed to the CPP. These changes
have been updated to the online CPP Welcome Pack and members are encouraged to
look at updated welcome pack online. Apologies were noted. Pippa introduced a video update by Cameron Garrett, MSYP
were he spoke about the work that he has been doing for the Scottish Youth
Parliament including work with the SQA on the exams appeals process. He thanked
the CPP for being so inviting to include youth membership in 撸sir视频 and Bute
Community Planning. He spoke about the 鈥 and how it looks to take a human rights based
approach to and the 鈥 where he encouraged
members to read the results of the report on this. Fergus Murray added that the
council has launched a new initiative with the GRAB Trust as part of our
staycation work that focuses on litter picking equipment working with Live撸sir视频,
and a re-emphasis on take your litter home and to reduce waste wherever
possible. This includes new litter wardens that work with communities. Cameron spoke of the
importance of distance learning and university promotion to youth in 撸sir视频 and
Bute so they do not have to leave the area to study including the importance of
understanding options available i.e. apprenticeships and blended learning. He
also felt it was important to ensure the new council Climate Change webpages
are open and accessible to youth by including interesting graphics and friendly
language, and encouraged promotion the website on social media channels to
ensure it is seen by young people. Morag said it was
really interesting, especially around blended learning and being mindful of
what more can be done to existing work around that. Anthony is pulling together
a skill strategy that could be used to include and highlight blended learning opportunities
to employers. Martin Jones said schools need to be equipped for colleges to
work with them, and that work has started. He added that an increase in the
number of student registering to study at UHI during Covid shows that it is
possible to deliver distance learning successfully. Takki responded to
Cameron鈥檚 mention of the work on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
and added a link to a on 10 August that may be of interest to
partners.听 Pippa gave thanks to
all the MSYPS for their contributions to the CPP and noted that we looked
forward to welcoming new MSYPs after elections later this year. ACTION - Pippa said there was something for
everyone to consider from Cameron鈥檚 video and encouraged all to look at how we
can include youth voices in our work. ACTION 鈥 To share the CPP climate change webpage
with young people. |
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Approval of Last Minutes and Review of Actions (Rona Gold) PDF 481 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The last
minutes were accepted. Rona highlighted to partners that there are still
opportunities to engage on the outstanding Gaelic and young people actions on
the planner. There is an outstanding action for contacting Western Isles to access
their adaptation plans and this
information will be shared when it is available. Regarding the action on
scheduling ACPG meetings to deconflict with other meetings, Tricia noted that
the ACPGs are scheduled so they do not clash with any big meetings that the
Governance team are aware of and that Chairs and Vice Chairs can discuss with
Governance team if they need ACPG meetings rescheduled to avoid clashes.听 |
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Outcome 4 - Children and Young People |
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The Promise – Presentation by Brian Reid, Acting Chair of Children’s 撸sir视频, HSCP PDF 865 KB Minutes: Brian Reid, Interim
Head of Service for Children, Families and Justice Social Work presented a
slideshow on the Promise made by Scotland to children and young people. This
included information on the strategic context - the Children and Young People
(Scotland) Act 2014 introduced the concept of "Corporate Parents"
placing legal responsibilities on all public bodies towards care experienced
children and extending these duties up to the age of 26. These duties include
working together to promote the interests, provide opportunities and take
appropriate action to ensure care experienced children and young people have
the same care and chances that all parents would wish for their children. In
2016 the First Minister made a commitment to figure out how Scotland could love
its most vulnerable children and give them the childhood they deserve. She
commissioned the Independent Care Review and over the next three years the
Review worked to figure out how to keep that Promise. The outcome was the
Promise "We grow up loved, safe and respected so that we realise our full
potential", and a set of seven documents considering the different arenas
within which change will be driven to meet the Promise. Key messages are that
Scotland's care system is institutionalised and lacking love, with poor
outcomes for those who experience the system; too many children are taken into
care as a result of poor supports to families; valued relationships with
parents, brothers and sisters are disrupted; and care experienced children and
young people are disproportionately criminalised. The Promise also emphasises
that improving the experience of care is not an issue for Children's services
in isolation just as reducing the Attainment gap is not an issue for Education
alone but that tackling poverty, improving supports to parents who experience
addictions, mental health and domestic violence are critically important
drivers of change. The first year since
the launch of the Promise saw the review team consult widely and develop a
timeline for keeping the promise, with a series of three consecutive plans each
covering three year periods from the promise made in 2020 to the promise kept
in 2030. The first of these plans from 21-24 was published on 31st March this
year. The plan outlines five priority areas with key highlights being a
commitment to back up change with legislation which we have already seen with
incorporation of UNCRC into Scots Law and the Children (Scotland) Act 2020 placing
responsibilities on local authorities and wider public bodies to protect the
rights of children and young people to maintain sibling contact and to
participate in decision making by the Children's Hearings that may affect
contact; and secondly an emphasis on whole family supports. The Promise Scotland
team who delivered the framework have now been commissioned by the Scottish
Government to lead the implementation of the Promise, and on 25th June the team
published an initial Change Programme outlining supports available for public
bodies and individuals to help drive change. This evolving document includes
acknowledgement of the impact of the COVID pandemic on the lives of children,
young people and their families and includes measures including potential
funding streams, support for organisations to realign budgeting structures to a
whole system approach and a school for care experienced young people to equip
them with the knowledge and skills to enable effective participation in future
planning of community services. Pippa thanked him for
the presentation and encouraged members to read The Promise documentation as it
is very accessible and sets out compelling aspirations that look holistically
across poverty, opportunity, jobs, young people and families鈥 voice that we
need to get into mainstream thinking. Takki noted this is a fascinating area
that Scotland are advanced in recognition of and addressing problems. It is a
challenging agenda and we need to look at how the CPP can provide a supportive voice
and support young people - how do we build that into each of our systems and
give the care experienced a voice in plans going forward. Pippa agreed a shift
to that type of approach needs courage and requires intention to look at
services through that lens. The key is to make sure that trust is built and
making communications accessible to the audience that encourage participation.
This applies across all CPP themes not just Children and Families. Rona added that the
contributions at CPP are based on conversations with young people around what
works for them and have been developed over the last 3 years. A team are
looking to create a youth forum structure in 撸sir视频 and Bute and that can be
used for youth engagement. Rona asked to what extent care experienced children
will engage with the new youth structure or does that need additional
involvement - mindful of not wanted those youth to be separated from other
youth structures, whilst also not diluting their voice. The CPP acknowledged
that the CPP has a governance role in overseeing the work to keep the Promise
given the breadth of the partnership working which will be required and agreed
to continue to revisit this work on a regular basis. Brian advised that the
Corporate Parenting Board has appointed a Participation Officer, Sheila Hannan,
and Rona agreed to make connections to help ensure that the care experienced
voice is fully included in the participation work being undertaken by the CPP
with the wider population of children and young people. Action - Brian to provide contacts to Rona for
corporate parenting board. Patricia asked if
this particular group is feeling 鈥渓eft behind鈥 by the pandemic, and is being
looked at, especially in respect of children鈥檚 mental health. Brian advised
that the plan did not look specifically at the pandemic but there has been a
lot of work addressing how the pandemic has set the work back of children鈥檚
mental health and how they can catch back up is being addressed in the change
program. Brian advised more on this will be ongoing over the next year. Fergus added that Young people need ... view the full minutes text for item 3a |
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Children's Rights Update PDF 501 KB Minutes: Report noted. |
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Youth Participation Structure Minutes: Led by Community Learning 撸sir视频 and Rosie Sumsion, MSYP engaging young people to get a structure to help young people鈥檚 views to be heard in a central place. Paper will be forwarded with the minutes regarding this. Pippa said that this work will be interesting to see how it develops and help the CPP engage with young people via a clear route. |
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Matters Arising from Area community Planning Groups (Patricia ONeill) PDF 247 KB Minutes: Tricia said
that all 4 area community planning groups (ACPGs) were well attended in April
and May, and the transition to virtual meetings had been positive. The ACPGs
heard presentations from Police Scotland and on youth engagement that were well
received and there was keen interest across all 4 areas on camping and
staycations. The
governance and administration of the Helensburgh and
Lomond ACPG will now be taken on by Tricia鈥檚 team which will bring it into line
with the other 3 areas to share resources. Tricia gave thanks to the Police and
SFRS for providing that service up to now. This change was accepted by the
board. The ACPG chairs and vice chairs met last week and they discussed the
work of the climate change working group and that they are keen to share
examples of good practice in their areas. The CPP are asked to facilitate
that.听 Rona asked who would provide the reporting to/from ACPGs as there is no
specific climate change officer. She also asked how best to get the messaging
to the ACPGs i.e. would a video be appropriate from the working group to inform
ACPGs? Action - Stan to liaise with Tricia
regarding involvement of ACPG into Climate Change Working group. Stan to raise
this at next meeting of climate group. Robin pointed out
that COP 26 is not far away and it had been agreed as a council to get involved
and stage something for residents. Fergus advised that and Cove Park have been selected as a
climate beacon site, which is one of 7 in Scotland. Willie said
this was a good summary, he added that the 撸sir视频 Rally went ahead with mixed
delight and apprehension as Covid rates have been
steadily rising over the last few weeks and he will be looking to see if the
event has had any impact on the case numbers. He noted there will be an
upcoming review meeting to discuss the event and learn lesson going forward. John Paterson
noted that planned events need to inform Police Scotland. Action 鈥 ALL to highlight to those
planning events around climate change that Police Scotland need to be informed
of these. |
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Cross Cutting Themes |
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Digital Inclusion (Martin Turnbull) Minutes: Martin and Ailsa gave
a presentation to share their thoughts and experiences in digital improvement
over the last 16 months. Ailsa spoke about the
Digital Connections activity which was started around a response to Covid in
Kintyre were they identified a lack of access to technology to remain connected
digitally. The Digital Connections project was created and over 150 devices
were donated by the community for redistribution. It soon became apparent that
need outstripped the availability of donated devices, and that this need
applied across all areas. Engagement started with the Council which led to
increasing donations and obtaining grant funding to purchase 220 refurbished
devices. The project ran for over 8 months, including support to users on how
to use and connect with devices. This work complimented the Connecting Scotland
project perfectly. Ailsa can share a report containing feedback on the success
of the project, if required. Martin spoke about . This was ran over 2 phases - 172 devices were issued under phase 1 to
those 鈥渟hielding鈥 and in phase 2, 207 devices were distributed to older people,
disabled, families and care leavers.听
Education also funded the purchase of 1356 new devices and 254 mifi
connections. There is a current round of Connecting Scotland which is open to 5
July 2021 and the main target areas of this phase are employability, fast track
for organisations working with up to 10 people with risk of social isolation
and loneliness and social housing tenants. A presentation webinar on the 3 new
stages can be found 听 There were challenges
in both processes. These included issues with Vodafone connections around
Kintyre and Bute (EE mifi devices were obtained for those areas), return of
devices due to anxiety in users around the device value and discomfort around
using them and questions around what happens after the 2 year mifi contract
expires. There was also a low uptake of support for structured learning and
Martin noted it would be good to compile a directory of online learning
options. Martin also
highlighted the need to better understand who is excluded from Digital
inclusion - what the barriers are, what bespoke response is required to that
and how to communicate effectively the benefits of using digital options.听 Males 50+ are seen as a target group for
this. Ailsa advised that
Calmac redistribute old devices for community use and she asked if partners
would be able to look if there is scope within their organisation for similar
schemes that can be utilised for this purpose, or if they can write in
Community Benefit disposal into their contracts with digital suppliers. Pippa thanked Martin
and Ailsa and the work they both did during the pandemic on this. This is a
priority area that is perfect for a short life working group to be formed
across a number of themes for partners. Robin advised that the council budget
in February allocated 拢250k to digital issues and connectivity. It is hoped a
paper on that will go to the Policy and Resources Committee in August to decide
how that is best spent. Robin keen to have a further discussion with Martin and
Ailsa regarding that i.e. why can devices returned by council users not be
utilised for this purpose. Pippa also noted that
Martin leaves the council at end of July and thanked him for all the work he
has done and his contribution to Community Learning, support to our MSYPs and
Digital Connections. ACTION - Short life working group to be set up to
look at partners can look at Digital Inclusion across their organisations. |
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Building Back Better (Communities) (Rona Gold) Minutes: Rona provided some
background the group which was created under the overall council recovery
framework on the back of working with community groups while responding to the
pandemic. A number of work streams were created under this group as a direct
result of engagement in autumn 2020 with community groups to identify what was
important to them. These needs may now have changed and work is ongoing to
further engage and identify issues with groups. Current issues raised by
partners for communities include scam prevention (this was in direct response
to police statistics on scamming victims to inform and provide call blocking
devices). The CPP is funding two partnership projects to prevent fraud and
scams. Any questions on this can be passed to Rona. |
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Community Wealth Building (Fergus Murray, Morag Goodfellow and Takki Sulaiman) Minutes: Takki said there has
been a bit of a hiatus on this due to Covid, however
he has attended a couple of meetings since March looking at bringing in a
resource to help map - what has been done, by who and what still needs to be
done. It is important to mesh all existing initiatives together, and seek
expert guidance, and ensuring that they are not repeating work that is being
done elsewhere. Fergus added that CWB is important and agreed that it is
important to identify the priorities going forward to ensure no one is left out
of a prosperous future. Further information can be found at and . |
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Child Poverty - Poverty Training for Partners (Fergus Walker) PDF 2 MB Additional documents:
Minutes: Fergus Walker, Revenue and
Benefits Manager presented information about the Council鈥檚 proposals to procure
a poverty awareness training programme. The slides were circulated within the
agenda pack for information. Fergus is seeking information
from Community Panning Partners regarding the number of staff that they would
like to receive the training, this data will be used to support the procurement
process to attain a training provider. Once the training provider is identified
Fergus will return to the Community Planning Partnership for staff details so
that the programme of training can be finalised. ACTION - Partners to send Fergus estimated numbers
for people within their organisations that would be interested in this training.
Pippa asked Fergus to
include elected members to the attendee list. Pippa suggested the presentation
goes out with the minute and a survey monkey be created to return responses.
Pippa noted the papers in the agenda pack by Mandy Sheridan and that there has
been a lot of work around Child Poverty, highlighting the work of the Child
Poverty Action Group which was started by the CPP and has been going from
strength to strength.听 |
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Climate Change |
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Climate Change Website Minutes: Partners are invited
to look the new council Climate
website which has a map
linking to climate change projects across the area. |
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CPP Group Update (Stan Phillips) Minutes: The Climate Change
Working Group (CCWG) works with communities and the partnership on climate
work. Stan provided an update on the work of the group. The CCWG met recently
to review the purpose of the group and to identify what projects the group can
take forward. The ideas and merits of these will be discussed further at the
next meeting to identify priorities. They are looking to welcome new members to
the group and diversify the membership. They are especially keen to increase
representation from youth members. Ann noted that she is happy to chat with
Stan on that. Action - Anyone interested in joining the CCWG can
contact Stan stan.phillips@nature.scot. Stan advised that an
Education Climate Summit, scheduled for October prior to COP 26, is being
worked on. The intent is to have one online and one face to face event planned.
Ross McLaughlin is the contact on that work as it is council led, and Stan will
provide more details on this to the CPP once known. He also noted that the
Scotland Climate Assembly have complied a report to Scottish Government and
they have tabled 81 recommendations. The report can be accessed and all partners are encouraged to read this.
Partners can also have a look at the new council Climate website which has a
map linking to climate change projects across the area. John asked if there
will be a central repository of events and activities being planned 听as this would be useful, from a policing
prospective, to be aware of what is going on to provide advice on the work
being undertaken by Police Scotland. ACTION - CCWG to feedback to Police contacts on
what event are taking place.听 Pippa thanked Stan
for the update on this important work. Fergus Murray stated that climate change
is a huge issue and was keen to look at how to bring the work of all the
various groups together to create a cohesive approach. He also noted how funding
can be particularly difficult to obtain. Robin agreed completely and asked who
the audience for this work is and who knows what we are doing? Robin felt it
was important to get the work we are doing out there (such as the council
decarbonisation plan and initiatives by partners). Rona pointed to existing
links between the Council Climate Board and the CPP working group, and the new
webpage showcasing work taking place across 撸sir视频 and Bute. Robin also asked
why the Education Climate Summit was being staged prior to COP 26, and not
during it? Stan responded that across the board there are really big issues
that need to be tackled and he agreed that messaging is key. Action - Stan to liaise with Ross McLaughlin and
provide a response regarding the Education Summit event scheduling. Pippa said there are a number of points for the working group to consider. There will be a number of voices and methods needed to get the climate change message across. |
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Cowal Youth Forum video on Keep Scotland Beautiful and Video
Minutes: Ann explained that the film was
made as part of competition for Keep Scotland Beautiful competition, and their
submission received commendation. The film had to be produced using free app
and mobile device. The youth forum worked to identify a theme and create a
storyboard. The idea of coastal communities was identified but this changed
after weeks of discussion. Ryan advised that they had been inspired to target
the video at Cowal regarding plastics use, impact of
fires on the beach and how immediate action is needed to be taken by everyone
to limit the rise in global temperature. The film focusses on the consequences
of what is happening and how it will only get worse if humanity do not make a
change and highlights the importance of the joint effort that is required to
effect this. Luke added that the film idea had
to change as it was initially hard to get the relevant people together and they
faced other challenges, such as realising that type of filming they needed in
the theme of coastal areas was not going to be workable using only
smartphones/mobile devices. The focus then changed to 鈥渃limate impacts鈥. They
wanted to get across the duty on humans to prevent the situation from worsening.
Pippa said the film was impactful
with great images and soundtrack, and that it was great to hear of the
challenges and changes they made during the creative process. Many partners
congratulated Ryan and Luke on their commendation. |
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Outcome 3 - CLD Partnership (Nicola Hackett) Minutes: Nicola
Hackett introduced the work of Community Learning and Development (CLD),
advising that it is a method of working with learners and wider communities to
support the most disadvantaged. Their work covers adult learning and literacy,
youth work, community development and partnership with wider community
development team, the family based learning and early intervention agenda and
wider volunteering opportunities to build capacity in Community Learning. There is a
statutory obligation on local authorities to deliver CLD with partners and to
produce a development plan. The current plan finishes this year and a new plan
is being developed for 2021-24. This needs to have a programme of learning
activity in place that meets the needs of our communities. To do this the local
needs has to be identified and then measures need to be put in place to measure
its effectiveness.听 CLD were
transferred to Live撸sir视频 on 30 June 2021 and a new strategic partnership has
been formed which includes a breadth of representatives from HSCP, Council
education, drugs and alcohol partnership, 撸sir视频 TSI, 撸sir视频 College community
representatives, strategic housing, SDS, DWP, CPP and the Community Development
team, SFRS, Police and the outdoor learning sector. They will report to Outcome
3 in the CPP, report direct to the Community 撸sir视频 Committee and into each
area locality plans to ensure effective support to communities. The partnership
will look to raise the profile of community learning and how a huge range of
organisations and partners contribute to this work and foster collaboration. A workgroup
has been progressing well reviewing data and mapping and has undertaken a
consultation exercise. The themes emerging from this are developing confidence
around coming out of Covid, developing core employability skills, mental health
and wellbeing, youth voice, closing attainment gap, access to devices and
affordable internet and knowledge of what learning opportunities are available
in communities. They are working on an action plan, and partners are pulling
together information on the work being done under the key themes, this will
then be used to align roles and responsibilities then present to the Community
撸sir视频 Committee on 26 August. Pippa thanked Nicola for her update and noted how we talked about
Digital Inclusion earlier and how this is an ongoing area of focus. Nicola will
raise at next meeting of the group the request for the CLD partnership to
facilitate further discussion across partners and what could sit with them.
Nicola noted that it鈥檚 not realistic for CLD partnership to lead on those wider
strategic aspects of digital but they are comfortable to look at a multi-agency
plan around devices and support. Action - Pippa asked for Nicola
to feedback after her meeting to the CPP via Rona. |
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AOCB -
Data to inform
vulnerability -
Seeking leads for Outcome 5 (People live active, healthier and more independent
lives) and Outcome 6 (People live in safer and stronger communities) Minutes: CPP
Annual Performance The
Annual Performance Information of the CPP is now on the council website. We are interested to know if there are partners who have dedicated
people in their organisation looking at data. Please share names of these
contacts with Rona as we are looking to improve the data to inform our CPP
plans and actions. Seeking leads for Outcome
5 (People live active, healthier and more independent lives)
and Outcome 6 (People live in safer and stronger communities) We welcome volunteers
please get in touch with Rona if you have an interest in those roles. |
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Date of Next Meeting - 29 September 2021 |
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Close Minutes: Pippa
thanked everyone for attending the meeting and for their input. Special thanks
were given to the young people who participated in the meeting.听 |