Issue - meetings

To provide an update on community projects relating to Health and Wellbeing, Education, Community Safety and Regeneration, and to ask Cabinet to endorse these projects.

RESOLVED that –

a)         Cabinet endorses the reported projects as those which will continue to be delivered in 2019/2020 in support of the Council’s Corporate Plan priorities; and

b)             those projects be monitored through the Council’s quarterly performance report together with any future projects agreed with the Partnerships Portfolio Holder.

The Cabinet gave consideration to a detailed report of the Partnerships Portfolio Holder (A.5) which provided it with an update on community projects relating to Health and Wellbeing, Education, Community Safety and Regeneration, and which also sought its endorsement of those projects.

Members were aware that the Council’s Corporate Plan 2020-2024 put Community Leadership at the heart the Council’s activities and that within this context a number of projects were being undertaken to support the Health and Wellbeing, Education, Regeneration & Skills and Community Safety agendas across the District.

Current specific projects being undertaken included:-

Education

·           Wellbeing Hub - Gt Bentley Primary School

·           Recruitment & Retention of Teachers

          - North East Essex Teacher Training

          - Teach First

·           IntoUniversity

·           Education Newsletter

·           Marathon Kids

Health and Well-being

·           Sport England Local Delivery Pilot (LDP)

·           Health and Wellbeing Board

·           Mental Health

·           Housing/Mental Health

Community Safety

·           Walk Online Roadshow

·           Water Safety Event

·           Street Action Days (SAD)

·           Hate Crime Ambassador Training

Regeneration

·           Dig4 Jaywick Community Garden

·           Junior Ambassadors Project

·           Holiday Fun

·           Princes Youth Theatre

·           Art donation

·           Creative & Cultural Strategy

Cabinet was advised that the projects identified above would continue to form the subject of regular updates to the Portfolio Holder and at All Member briefing sessions. In addition, engagement in those areas was supplemented by the work of the Community Leadership Overview and Scrutiny Committee which provided overview and scrutiny of those sectors as part of its work programme.

Having considered all of the information provided within the report and its appendices:-

It was moved by Councillor McWilliams, seconded by Councillor G V Guglielmi and:-

RESOLVED that –

a)         Cabinet endorses the reported projects as those which will continue to be delivered in 2019/2020 in support of the Council’s Corporate Plan priorities; and

b)         those projects be monitored through the Council’s quarterly performance report together with any future projects agreed with the Partnerships Portfolio Holder.