Devon Strategic Partnership Board

Devon Strategic Partnership Board

2.00p.m Friday 19th July 2013

Ansell Room, Coaver, County Hall, Exeter EX2 4QD

Minutes of meeting

Attendees:

Cllr John Hart, DCC (Chair)

Lucy Hunt, Environment Agency

Paul Davies, Devon and Cornwall Police

Nora Corkery, representing the Voluntary and Community Sector

Karen Hooper, Dept. of Work and Pensions

Jenny Winslade, NEW (north east west) Clinical Commissioning Group

Richard Sheard, South Hams and West Devon Councils (representing District Councils)

Phil Norrey, DCC

(Caroline Rae, DCC)

Apologies: Diana Crump (Voluntary and Community Sector) and Rebecca Harriott (NEW CCG) – both sent apologies and deputies. Cllr Jeremy Christophers, representing District Leaders did not attend.

1. Election of Chair. Cllr John Hart was re-elected as Chair

1. Minutes of last meeting. The minutes were accepted. There were no matters arising not on the agenda.

1. Devon Strategic Partnership conference (24th May 2013) feedback: Richard Sheard fed back to the groupabout the recent conference.
2. Localism. He noted that there was a consensus about wanting to make localism work, despite some scepticism that localism was linked to cutting services. The Board noted that a lot of work was already happening whilst recognising that most localism happens without public sector involvement or knowledge. It may be useful to map what is underway in general terms, with some detail from each partner, and develop a narrative of where we might want to be in 5 years’ time. It was agreed to set up a Task and Finish Group to look at this, to be led by Richard Sheard.
3. Economic aspects of localism. Some really good ideas came out of the afternoon session of the conference, but it was recognised that the timing needs to be right to be able to implement any of them. It was agreed to concentrate on the aspects of localism as discussed in 3a. above, and leave the economic aspects until opportunity presented itself. However it was agreed to send the ideas through to Keri Denton (Head of Economy Devon County Council) to see if she had opportunity to take anything forward.

1. DSP Food Task and Finish Group. Martyn Goss, Chair of the Food Task and Finish Group presented the group’s interim report. The Board discussed the report and its timeliness given the current publicity regarding child poverty in the south west that had been published that day.

The Board asked about the group and a membership list is attached.

The recommendations were strongly supported.

1. DSP Welfare Reform Advisory Group (WAG). Karen Hooper presented two briefing papers. The first concerned the Local Support Services Framework and the potential for the Welfare Reform Advisory Group to act in a strategic role. The second briefing was about Devon Digital Group. Both papers were noted. The Board supported the continued work of the Welfare Reform Advisory Group in understanding what is happening and needed to support people, and to explore the potential of a strategic role in relation to the LSSF. Paul Davies offered to circulate a redacted version of their draft strategic plan.

1. DONM DSP workshop Friday 15th Nov 2013 9.30a.m. – 1.00p.m.

DSP Board meeting,Wednesday 18th December 2.00p.m.

DSP Board meeting, Thursday 13th February 2014 2.00p.m.

DSP workshop Friday 9th June 2014 9.30 a.m. -1.00p.m

DSP Board Meeting Friday 18th July 2014 2.00p.m.

(all meetings at County Hall Exeter, exact room to be advised)