Agenda and minutes
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: Reverend Sarah Clarke - Churches Together in Clifton Colin Mackie - Silverdale Community Association Carol Moseley - Monday Club Robert Moseley - Clifton Community Association Dee Whitworth - Arkwright Meadows Community Gardens
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DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS Minutes: Councillor Malcolm declared an interest in item 7 ‘Area 8 Area Capital Fund – 2013-15 Programme’ (see minute 36 below) as a member of the Clifton Village Hall Trust. He withdrew from the meeting while the item was discussed.
Clare Ashton, Good Companions, declared an interest in item 7 ‘Area 8 Area Capital Fund – 2013-15 Programme’ (see minute 36 below) as a member of the Clifton Village Hall Trust, but, as a non-voting member of this Committee, remained in the meeting while the item was discussed.
Note – when the item on Area Based Grants was discussed (see minute 37 below) councillors made the following declarations:
Councillor Gibson declared a personal interest as a member of Highbank Community Association, and remained in the meeting while this item was discussed.
Councillors Edwards and Heaton declared a personal interest as former directors of the Meadows Partnership Trust , and remained in the meeting while this item was discussed.
Councillor Heaton declared a personal interest as a member of Queen’s Walk Community Association, and remained in the meeting while this item was discussed.
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Last meeting held on 13 November 2013 (for confirmation) Minutes: The Committee confirmed the minutes of the meeting held on 13 November 2013 as a correct record and they were signed by the Chair. |
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AREA 8 FAMILY COMMUNITY TEAM PDF 407 KB Presentation by Bronwen Barradell, Community Family Support Manager and Ben Thurley, Targeted Family Support Manager Minutes: The Committee received a presentation on the work of the Area 8 Family Community Team. Bronwen Barradell, Community Family Support Manager and Ben Thurley, Targeted Family Support Manager provided the presentation, making the following points:
(a) the Family Community Team has 2 distinct parts – community and targeted services. The ‘community’ element offers universal support and activities for children aged 0-19 and their families, Children’s Centre provision from antenatal services to 5 years, play and youth activities for ages 5-19 and family support services;
(b) services delivered at the Meadows Children’s Centre and Clifton Children’s Centre included antenatal courses and postnatal support, breast feeding, healthy bonding early learning and development, nutrition;
(c) specific sessions run in Children’s Centres include ‘Baby PEEP’, emphasising the importance of talking, listening, playing and engaging with under 1s, ‘Moving Tots’, supporting children with activities like walking, jumping, using a pencil and getting dressed, and ‘Musical Moments’, using music and movement to help children with delayed speech and language skills;
(d) the Service has responded to parents’ concerns in Clifton about access to the Children’s Centre by running sessions at Green Lane Youth Club, with increased attendance and satisfaction;
(e) the Play and Youth Team offers a range of activities for children and young people aged 5-19 years, but resource pressures mean having to work smarter to achieve measurable outcomes with reduced staffing and budgets;
(f) Targeted Services provision covers Child Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Family Support, the Education Welfare Service and portage (home visiting educational service for pre-school children with additional support needs);
(g) the presentation provided several case study examples of the issues addressed by the Targeted Services Team, and the positive outcomes achieving through intervention, including improved communications skills, behaviour, school attendance and social inclusion.
The Committee welcomed the work carried out by the Family Community and Team and raised the following issues:
(h) a community representative explained that councillors and community representatives are involved with the Advisory Boards steering and reviewing the work of Children’s Centres. There was a difficulty in getting parental feedback on services provided at the centres. Ms Barradell advised that the Family Community Team asked for parental feedback at each session and this could be shared with the Advisory Board;
(i) the Committee noted that childhood obesity was a significant issue in Nottingham, and that breast-feeding, nutrition and weaning sessions looked to change longer term parental behaviours to help address the issue;
(j) specific activities in the Meadows and Clifton included a sleep routine pilot to help address Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, and work was ongoing to develop drop-in sessions for the portage service to reduce social isolation for children and parents.
RESOLVED to note the presentation, and to thank Ms Barradell and Mr Thurley for their attendance. |
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AREA 8 DELEGATED AUTHORITY PROJECTS PDF 68 KB Report of Director of Neighbourhood Services Minutes: RESOLVED to note without discussion the report on actions agreed by the Director of Neighbourhood Services in respect of projects and schemes within Area 8. |
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AREA 8 AREA CAPITAL FUND - 2013-2015 PROGRAMME PDF 156 KB Report of Director of Neighbourhood Services Minutes:
(3) to note a reserved footpath project at Beardsley Gardens for £20,305. |
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AREA BASED GRANTS Verbal update by Jackie Dobson, Meadows Partnership Trust Minutes: Councillor Gibson declared a personal interest as a member of Highbank Community Association, and remained in the meeting while this item was discussed.
Councillors Edwards and Heaton declared a personal interest as former directors of the Meadows Partnership Trust , and remained in the meeting while this item was discussed.
Councillor Heaton declared a personal interest as a member of Queen’s Walk Community Association, and remained in the meeting while this item was discussed.
The Committee considered a report and received a presentation from the Meadows Partnership Trust on the allocation of Area Based Grant funding in Area 8 in 2013/14. Jacky Dobson of the Meadows Partnership Trust introduced the report and presentation, making the following points:
(a) the total funding allocation for Area 8 is £98,755.55, to spend on targeted and diversionary youth projects, community centres and employment and skills initiatives;
(b) youth activities accounted for more than half of the funding allocation, and representatives of the Enthusiasm Trust, one of the partner organisations, spoke about their engagement activity, including skateboard sessions, citizenship and leadership development sessions, and community events;
(c) employment and skills activity included work clubs, work experience , volunteer/training projects and help with travel and associated costs for local people seeking employment;
(d) the Area has 5 community centres – 1 in the Meadows and 4 in Clifton. Targets for usage, opening hours engaging under represented groups are on track or being exceeded. A significant number of community events delivered within the Area used the community centres as a venue or focus;
(e) Groundwork expects to report on its work to deliver work around identifying gaps in youth provision in Clifton by the end of March 2014.
(f) as the new Third Sector funding allocation regime became more established, the Trust will identify and fill gaps in service provision, look to tap into external funding streams and continue to build strong partnership working arrangements.
The Committee made the following comments in the discussion which followed:
(g) in response to a community representative’s question, Dorothy Holmes, Local Manager South, explained that the organisations receiving funding had previously delivered projects under the old funding regime, and so had a track record of delivering community based projects. Ms Holmes also explained that colleagues from the City Council’s Children and Families Department had helped map youth provision to minimise duplication;
(h) Ms Holmes explained that Switch Up CIC was a boxing organisation, engaging nearly 50 young people across the Area, and was a successful model for diversionary youth provision;
(i) a councillor commented that the report showed that there was significant youth provision in Area 8, despite public perceptions expressed at Have Your Say events that this wasn’t the case;
RESOLVED to note the report and presentation. |
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SCHOOL ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMME 2014-15 Verbal update by Susan Thorpe, Senior Officer, Traffic and Safety Section. Minutes: The Committee received a verbal update from Sue Thorpe, Senior Officer, Traffic Management, on a new rolling school enforcement programme being introduced across Nottingham. Ms Thorpe made the following points:
(a) a working group was set up with Police colleagues in 2013 to look at the traffic and safety issues around Nottingham’s schools and a pilot ‘week of school enforcement action’ took place in September 2013;
(b) it is now planned to have a rolling programme of school enforcement action by Area across Nottingham. Areas will be have a week of co-ordinated enforcement on a rota basis covering the whole committee Area over the course of one week;
(c) schools and councillors will be informed one week before action is taken in their Area, and leaflet drops may take place in particular hotspots;
(d) proposed enforcement action includes morning or afternoon visits from the Civil Enforcement Response Team, Police Community Support Officers, Community Protection Officers, a camera surveillance car and Traffic Officers. Compliance checks for the Workplace Parking Charge may also take place.
The Committee raised several issues in the discussion which followed:
(e) Ms Thorpe explained that this action will provide a consistent approach to enforcement across Nottingham, and will work alongside existing school traffic management plans. The City Council has a statutory responsibility to reduce congestion;
(f) there was no single ‘silver bullet’ solution to school road traffic congestion, but co-ordinated action, including walk-to-school campaigns as well as enforcement, helped address the problem;
(g) Ms Thorpe acknowledged issues to do with tram construction and its effects on schools needed handling sensitively.
RESOLVED to note the presentation and the Committee’s comments. |