Environmental Scrutiny Committee Work Programme
Neighbourhoods Overview and Scrutiny.
Work Programme as of 21st November 2011.
This committee covers: neighbourhoods, community safety, community cohesion, environment and housing.Date / Topic/Action / Contact
21st November, 2011 / Better Life Chances, The Way to Wellbeing and Neighbourhood Reform - progress and the way ahead.
/ Sue Lightup- Strategic Director Community Health and Social Care and Tim Field - Deputy Director Community Health and Social Care
19th December, 2011
(topics to be covered over a series of meetings tbc) / Domestic Violence
Restorative Justice - Informing Members about restorative justice from a criminal justice system and local community perspective.
Victim Support activities / Susan Puffett - Principal Community Safety Officer and Manjit Seale - Assistant Chief Executive, Greater Manchester Probation Trust
16th January, 2012 / Supporting People Programme - Details on specific areas of service (to be agreed) following overview provided at December 2010 meeting. / Sarah Clayton - Head of Service Strategy and Enabling and Julie Craik - Principle Officer Partnership and Delivery.
Abeyance List.
Community Safety Strategy 2011/14 / Officers to provide a progress report of the delivery plan.
(In support of Pledge - Reducing Crime in Salford)
(draft community safety strategy last presented in Feb 2011 so provisionally to be revisited post Feb 2012) / Councillor Lancaster – Lead Member for Crime and Disorder, Don Brown – Strategic Director – Community Safety and Roselyn Baker – Principal Community Safety Officer.
Public conveniences report / Update on the report presented by Salford Forum for Older People.
(Cllr Ferguson monitoring response to recommendations; report initially presented at SC in Dec 2009) / Caroline Allport – Development Worker for Older People, other representatives to be agreed.
Environment Agency / Members requested a further update on the work being carried out in Salford following attendance at the May 2011 SC. Possible issues to be considered:-
- Web link plans for flood risk
- Partnership work for Port Salford
Depending on the topic for discussion officers from SCC to be invited to attend.
Gypsies and Travellers – Protocol for Managing Unauthorised Encampments / Members requested that following the presentation at the meeting held on 20th June, 2011 the issue be revisited in the future, to examine the operation of the protocol in practice and any impact the closure of the Salford Magistrates Court on the eviction process / Sarah Clayton - Head of Service Strategy and Enabling and members of the Steering Group
Gypsies and Travellers – Educational Support / Overview of educational support given to young people from traveller communities and initiatives to encourage them to remain in full time education until 16 years of age. / Strategic Director of Children Services and
Natalie Stables - Ethnic Minority & Traveller Achievement Service
Recycling / Progress on meeting targets for recycling in Salford following on from following the presentation at the meeting held on 19th September, 2011 / David Seager - Assistant Director, Environment and Community Safety Directorate
Welfare Rights And Debt Advice Service / To provide an update on the impact of forthcoming changes to welfare benefits reported to the meeting held on 17th October, 2011 / Richard Bundy - Principal Officer, Welfare rights and Debt Advice
Domestic Fire Casualties in Salford / To examine causes and current preventative measures / Greater Manchester Fire Service (tbc)
Landlord Licensing in Salford / Overview and future development of the service / Strategic Director of Sustainable Regeneration (tbc)
Neighbourhood Review / Progress update / Strategic Director of Community Health and Social Care (to form part of wider presentation to be given to November 2011 committee)
Better Life Chances pilots. / Members to receive a progress report on the delivery and findings from the three pilots. (last presented Feb 2011). / Tim Field - Deputy Director of Community, Health and Social Care ( to form part of wider presentation to be given to November 2011 committee)
Chair / Councillor Loveday / 0161 834 8759
Senior Democratic Services Advisor / Mike Relph / 0161 793 3013
Please note all meetings commence with a briefing for members only at 1.00pm with agenda items starting at 1.30pm unless
otherwise stated and agreed.
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