Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Neighbourhoods and Development and the Assistant Director of Scrutiny and Democratic Services attached.

Decision made (Unanimously):

1.    That Cabinet notes the implementation plan from the Strategic Review of Community Involvement, including My Neighbourhoods.

2.    That Cabinet approves the criteria to be used in evaluating the success of the My Neighbourhood model trials in each of the five areas over the next twelve months.

The Cabinet Member for Community Engagement, Social Justice and Wealth Building presented a joint report of the Director of Neighbourhoods and Development and the Assistant Director of Scrutiny and Democratic Services.  The report outlined how the recommendations from the cross-party review of community involvement, including My Neighbourhoods considered by the Cabinet on 22 January 2020 are to be implemented.  The report also included proposed criteria for Cabinet to use when evaluating the success of the new My Neighbourhood model trials in each of the five areas.

Reference was made to the successful community hub approach which had been adopted to support residents and communities as part of the COVID-19 pandemic, which would be useful learning for the Council’s future approach to placing communities at the heart of everything we do.

Decision made (Unanimously):

That the implementation plan from the Strategic Review of Community Involvement, including My Neighbourhoods be noted and that the criteria to be used in evaluating the success of the My Neighbourhood model trials in each of the five areas be approved. 

Reason(s) for decision:

To ensure the recommendations from the Strategic Review of Community Involvement are implanted as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Alternative options considered and rejected:

As the recommendations were agreed at a previous Cabinet meeting there are no alternative options to consider.