Issue - meetings

To provide an update on community projects relating to education and health and to request Cabinet to endorse those projects.

That:

(a)             Cabinet endorsed the listed projects as those which will continue to be delivered in 2016/17 in support of the Corporate Plan priorities; and

(b)             The currently identified health related projects would be monitored through the Council’s Performance Plan as part of the Health and Well-being indicator, together with future projects agreed with the Portfolio Holder.

(c)             The educational update is to be presented to the next meeting of the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee.

  There was submitted a report by the Portfolio Holder for Leisure, Well-being and Partnerships (Report A.5), which provided an update on community projects relating to education and health and sought Cabinet’s endorsement of those projects.

Cabinet was aware that the Council’s Corporate Plan 2016-2020 put Community Leadership at the heart of the Council’s activities and within this context a number of projects were being undertaken to support the education and health agendas across the District.

Cabinet was reminded that:-

• Current specific projects in relation to education were formed around the following:-
  • Teacher recruitment
  • Emotional and Wellbeing Health School Hub
  • Post 16 provision
  • Teacher accommodation
  • Building bridges with universities
  • School places
• Current specific projects in relation to health are formed around the following:-
  • Parkrun Clacton
  • Falls prevention
  • Housing checklist
  • Breastfeeding Friendly Cafes
  • Making every contact count
  • Tendring Mental Health Hub
  • Tendring Health and Wellbeing Board

It was proposed that the health projects identified above were those that would be monitored through the Performance Plan in relation to the target around Health and Wellbeing with further projects being added as they were developed.

Cabinet was informed that the above projects would continue to form the subject of regular updates to the Portfolio Holder and that engagement in those areas was supplemented by the work of the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee which provided an overview and scrutiny of those sectors as part of its work programme.

Having considered the update:

It was moved by Councillor McWilliams, seconded by Councillor Ferguson and:

RESOLVED That:

(a)          Cabinet endorsed the listed projects as those which will continue to be delivered in 2016/17 in support of the Corporate Plan priorities; and

(b)          The currently identified health related projects would be monitored through the Council’s Performance Plan as part of the Health and Well-being indicator, together with future projects agreed with the Portfolio Holder.

(c)               The educational update is to be presented to the next meeting of the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee.