Agenda item

The item was introduced by the Area Council Manager, who firstly provided an update on the commissions already approved.

Members discussed the recently held Health Asset Mapping Conference, and thanks were given to the Area Team for organising such a positive event.

It was noted that the first of the two Achieving Respect and Confidence (ARC) courses had recently commenced. 14 individuals had started the course, with 11 completing.

Member heard how the Social Return On Investment Training had been arranged to take place on the afternoon of 2^nd September, 2016.

The meeting noted that the Private Sector Housing Management post had been advertised, and it was hoped that the officer would be in post by the end of August.  It was suggested that a workshop be held in September, to help identify ‘hotspots’ in the area.

The meeting heard how the organisation for the Lifeskills course was progressing very well.  It was noted that the course had now been renamed by young people as ‘Urban Survival’.

The attention of the meeting was drawn to the amount of finance remaining in 2016/17, which was £20,194.50 when the income from Kingdom Security was taken into account.

The Area Council Manager made Members aware of two project ideas which had emerged.  The first had come directly out of the Youth Asset Mapping Exercise, and was a social media project designed and managed by young people to run through the summer holidays.  It was expected that this should cost around £2,000.

The second responded to information from both youth and health events and was to provide ‘pop-up’ events in parks in the area throughout the October half term.  It was suggested that these may be based around themes such as Sport and Fitness; Health and Wellbeing including building confidence and self-esteem; and Healthy Cooking and Eating.  It was suggested that £2,500 be allocated to fund these.

A further project idea was put forward for discussion.  This would provide informal drop in provision away from school premises, focusing on mental wellbeing. Here young people could confidentially discuss with adults any issues troubling them.

It was agreed that this proposal be further developed, and the Senior Management Link Officer agreed to support this, investigating good practice from other areas.

RESOLVED that:-

(i)        The progress of projects funded by the Area Council be noted;

(ii)       The finance remaining unallocated for 2016/16 be noted;

(iii)      That authorisation approval be given to deliver a Social Media project with young people at a cost of up to £2,000;

(iv)     That authorisation be given to the host a number of ‘pop up’ events throughout the Area in the October half-term holiday, at a cost of up to £2,500;

(v)       That the proposal to develop an informal drop in service for young people to discuss their issues confidentially be supported, that this be further developed by the Area Manager in consultation with relevant officers, and that this be considered in more detail at a future meeting of the Area Council.