Issue - meetings

To enable Cabinet to give consideration to a comment and a recommendation made to it by the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee in respect of the above.

RESOLVED that

(a)     contact be made with Essex County Council in order to request that full funding is provided to enable further Well-Being Hubs across the District; and that

(b)     Cabinet endorses the congratulations of the Committee on the success of the Wellbeing Hub and also fully supports the work that the Hub is doing.

Cabinet was made aware that, at the meeting of the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee held on 8 January 2018, the Council’s Executive Projects Manager (Rebecca Morton) had attended and had provided that Committee with information on the Great Bentley Primary School Well-Being Hub, which had included the following:

(1)        An overview of the Well-Being Hub;

(2)        Training provided for staff;

(3)        Recognising and expressing emotions;

(4)        Skills, tools and techniques;

(5)        Removing barriers to enable children to learn;

(6)        Dealing with challenges faced in the future;

(7)        Themed groups as part of the pilot – Play, Art, Construction and Science; and

(8)        Evaluation of the first full term.

A presentation which had been provided by Tracey Caffull (Executive Head Teacher – Great Bentley and Frinton Primary Schools) was also circulated to the Committee and the Executive Projects Manager provided information on each section. That presentation covered the following:

(1)        The pressure to be perfect;

(2)        Action;

(3)        Results;

(4)        Summary;

(5)        What is needed next; and

(6)        Moving forward.

The Council’s Health and Education Portfolio Holder (Councillor McWilliams) had informed the Committee that she had visited the Well-Being Hub on a few occasions and that she thought that it was very interesting and had encouraged Members to visit to take a look.The Health and Education Portfolio Holder had further informed the Committee that she had visited during one of the first sessions and again to one of the later sessions and had been amazed at the positive changes.

The Committee had then given the opportunity to ask questions which were responded to by the Executive Projects Manager. The Committee had then thanked the Executive Projects Manager for all the information that she had provided.

Following discussion, it had been agreed by the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee that it be recommended and commented to Cabinet that -

(a)       contact should be made with Essex County Council in order to request that full funding is provided to enable further Well-Being Hubs across the District; and that

(b)       the Committee would like to congratulate those involved in introducing the Well-Being Hub and the success that had been achieved so far and that the Committee fully supports it.

Having considered the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee’s recommendation and comment:

It was moved by Councillor McWilliams, seconded by Councillor Fairley and –

RESOLVED that

(a)       contact be made with Essex County Council in order to request that full funding is provided to enable further Well-Being Hubs across the District; and that

(b)          Cabinet endorses the congratulations of the Committee on the success of the Wellbeing Hub and also fully supports the work that the Hub is doing.