NOTE of MEETING of the STIRLING COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP EXECUTIVE DELIVERY GROUP held in the WALLACE ROOM, OLD VIEWFORTH, on WEDNESDAY, 26 October 2011 at 2.00pm
Present:
Cllr Steven Paterson (in the Chair)
Kenny Rogers, Central Scotland Fire and Rescue
Gordon Samson, Central Scotland Police
Ken Thomson, Forth Valley College
Ros Moore, Scottish Government
Linda McPherson, Scottish Enterprise
Lesley Gallagher, Stirling Community Planning Partnership
John Rogers, Stirling University
Bill Scott, Stirling Council
Alasdair Tollemache, Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise
Eric Guthrie, TACTRAN
Mike Cairns, TACTRAN
Helen Geddes, Clerk
In attendance:
Catherine McFie and Jodie Brown, East Central Hub Territory Team
Apologies:
Bob Jack, Stirling Council, Fiona Logan and Gordon Watson, Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park
EDG182 WELCOME AND APOLOGIES
Councillor Steven Paterson welcomed everyone to the meeting. Apologies were as noted above.
EDG183 NOTE OF MEETING HELD ON 7 SEPTEMBER 2011
The Note of the meeting held on 7 September 2011 was approved.
EDG 184 MATTERS ARISING
Referring to paragraph EDG 178 Skills for Success in the Third Sector, it was noted that a Project Manager has been appointed, based within Forth Valley College. It was also noted that delivery of training to the Voluntary Sector will commence in January 20122.
It had been agreed at the September meeting that Ken Thomson would contact Partner agencies and other potential sources of funding which he has done. He now seeks approval to re-assess project costs. He confirmed that the Postcode Lottery has expressed interest in being involved. The main funding is likely to come from Skills Development Scotland. Contributions to the project are based on a financial year of August 2011 to August 2012.
Decision
It was agreed that Ken Thomson will re-assess project costs based on confirmed contributions to the project.
EDG 185 EAST CENTRAL HUB TERRITORY
A presentation was given by Catherine McFie and Jodie Brown of East Central Hub Territory Team.
It was noted that Hub offers the ability to use capital or revenue solutions for the development of new health facilities; continuous improvement through incentives for public and private sector partners via long term partnership and exclusivity for NHS with a choice for Local Authorities and other Partners.
Hub objectives are to increase joint service working and integration between Community Planning Partners resulting in greater efficiency in procurement and better outcomes at the point of service delivery; to deliver a sustained programme of joint asset management and investment into joint services infrastructure so that more service are provided locally in communities through multi-disciplinary teams working from single sites and to establish a more efficient, quicker and sustainable procurement methodology for public sector bodies including NHS Boards and local authorities.
Amongst the East Central Project Pipeline – Frontrunners is Stirling Care Village with a value of £20m.
The Programme Board is made up of Partner representatives and it was noted that Stirling Council’s representative is Bob Gil, Head of Corporate Projects Implementation. It was agreed that Community Planning Partners would be provided with a note of the Hub Partnership member contacts information.
£6.5m is available for a five-year period to 2015 to provide facilities but not fund infrastructure eg transport.
The Chair thanked Catherine and Jodie for their attendance.
Action
East Central Hub Territory Team to provide Executive Delivery Group members with the current contact information for Partner representatives on the Board.
EDG 186 STIRLING COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN
A Report, reflecting the current strategic aims of Stirling Council, was presented by Bill Scott, Chief Executive Office Manager.
Shaping Stirling, Stirling Council’s Strategic Plan, takes as its starting point the agreed Council Vision for 2008-2012, which represents the Council’s contribution to delivering the shared aspiration of the Stirling Community Planning Partnership.
The purpose of the Strategic Plan is to identify the actions needed to deliver better outcomes for the citizens and communities of Stirling.
Shaping Stirling 2014 revises the previous 2008 Plan to anticipate the changing economic and social environment in which the Council will be required to operate for the next three years. The goal of the revised plan is to develop vibrant, resilient communities, where people are proud to live and work through ten Strategic Objectives set within two complementary delivery themes.
The Chair advised that there is cross-party support in achieving these aims. The issue for the Community Planning Partnership is how Partners can work together to ensure effective, efficient delivery.
Bill Scott confirmed that Partnership Action Plans formed part of the basis for discussion. The Chair stated that it was legitimate for the Executive Delivery Group to challenge Stirling Council on its Strategic Objectives.
EDG 187 STIRLING COUNCIL AUDIT OF BEST VALUE AND COMMUNITY PLANNING
A draft Report for discussion was submitted by Bill Scott, Chief Executive Office Manager, Stirling Council.
It was noted that the first Best Value report on Stirling Council was published in March 2005. The Accounts Commission found that, at that time, the Council performed well against the Best Value and Community Planning criteria and had a clear vision for the area. Areas for improvement included scrutiny, resource management and performance reporting. The report also indentified the need for the Council to sustain improvement.
Stirling Council carried out the latest Best Value audit in Stirling between February 2011 and August 2011.
Bill Scott thanked all those who gave of their time to speak to the Auditors.
The response to the Audit has been relatively good. Improvement is needed with the Community Planning governance arrangements and how outcomes deliver for the Partnership. The underlying message is that the Partnership should narrow its objectives to ensure that more is achieved.
The Draft Report was circulated for information and comment.
EDG188 TRANSPORT AND HEALTH FRAMEWORK
A Report by Eric Guthrie of Tayside and Central Scotland Health and Transport (TACTRAN) had been previously circulated and was supported by a presentation by Mike Cairns.
A Health & Transport officers liaison group comprising input from TACTRAN, NHS Forth Valley, NHS Tayside and Scottish Ambulance Service has been established to consider issues of common transport and health interest.
Arising from this, work has been undertaken on the development of a regional Health and Transport Framework, which sets out objectives and proposed actions for addressing issues related to 4 main linkages between transport and health:-
· Promoting active travel as a means of improving personal health and wellbeing;
· Transport’s impacts on public health (eg air quality)
· Access to healthcare; and
· NHS staff travel
A large number of links to the Single Outcome Agreement have been identified with measurable benefits.
The Framework now needs a community planning emphasis to be built into service delivery.
During discussion, the question was raised of whether GPs prescribe bikes as part of a health care plan, for example. It was noted that GPs will encourage activities rather than provide the mechanism.
The Executive Delivery Group was asked to formally endorse the Framework and refer this to relevant thematic groups with a view to identifying appropriate priorities and areas for action, including development of a detailed Health & Transport Action Plan that supports locally relevant Single Outcome Agreement priorities and outcomes.
Decision
The Executive Delivery Group agreed to accept the recommendations in the Report and endorsed the Tayside and Central Scotland Health & Transport Framework as detailed in the Appendix to the Report and referred the Framework for consideration by relevant Community Planning Partnership thematic groups.
EDG189 STIRLINGSHIRE VOLUNTARY ENTERPRISE BUSINESS PLAN
A Report for discussion by Alasdair Tollemache, Chief Executive, Stirling Voluntary Enterprise had been previously circulated.
Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise has been formed as the single interface in the Stirling area. The organisation has the mandate from both the Scottish government and Stirling Council to deliver the following outcomes:
1. Volunteering development
2. Social Enterprise development
3. Supporting and developing a strong Third Sector
4. Building the Third Sector relationship with community planning
Alasdair reported that SVE now has both the governance and staff in place to move forward over the next three years which is crucial to the development of the organisation as an experienced board and professional staff will enable SVE to deliver on its commitments, as outlined in the plan.
Alasdair also circulated a Business Plan pack to members of the Executive Delivery Group. An electronic version would also be emailed.
The Executive Delivery Group were advised that the plan was a living document and member were invited to provide feedback to Alasdair Tollemache on the content.
Action
Alasdair Tollemache to provide Helen Geddes an electronic version of the plan for electronic circulation to members.
EDG190 STRATEGIC ADVICE PARTNERSHIP UPDATE
A Report for discussion was circulated for discussion and approval by John Rogers, Chair of the Stirling Economic Partnership.
This Report updated the Executive Delivery Group on the implementation of the findings of the Review of Advice Needs and Provision and seeks Executive Delivery Group approval for the next steps to support further progress.
It was reported that progress had been slower than would have expected taking account of the uneven capacity of participants to become involved in the development of the Strategic Framework.
A draft of the Stirling Strategic Advice Partnership Strategic Framework had been circulated with the Report. It was noted that the draft had since been approved on 25 October 2011.
Strategic Advice Partnership’s main purpose is to identify joint aims and make decisions on service provision and improving the effectiveness and efficiency by:
· Agreeing joint principles
· Agreeing joint strategic goals
· Agreeing priorities and targets
· Co-ordinating service delivery:
· in the short term ensuring that the range and coverage of service matches local need cost effectively
· in the longer term moving towards direct procurement of services where flexibility of funds allows
The Executive Delivery Group was asked to endorse a further 6 months support to the Strategic Advice Partnership, to March 2012; to integrate the Strategic Advice Partnership into the Community Planning Partnership, as part of the Tackling Poverty Group; to task the Tackling Poverty Group with approval of the final Strategic Framework and supporting the Strategic Advice Partnership with ongoing Chair and support arrangements post March 2012. Finally the Executive Delivery Group was asked to requests that Stirlingshire Voluntary Enterprise undertake a support role for the establishment and early maintenance of the Operational Network.
In response to a question from the Chair, John Rogers confirmed that the Framework would enable better scrutiny and accountability.
Decision
The Executive Delivery Group agreed to approve the recommendations as set out in the report.
EDG191 ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Lesley Gallagher advised that low carbon vehicle funding of £48,000 for vehicles plus additional funding for charging points is available. It was agreed that the Executive Delivery Group would make allocation decisions.
Decision
The Executive Delivery Group would make allocation decisions in respect of low carbon vehicle fundings. Lesley Gallagher will send details to Executive Delivery Group members.
Meeting closed at 16.00 hours.