Public reports pack PDF 3 MB - Blaby District Council

Portfolio Holder’s Quarterly Statement
PRIORITY 1 - Enable the development of town and parish councils to deliver localism and
the Big Society Agenda.
Blaby previously ran Code of Conduct Meetings with Parish and Town Councils, after
consultation with clerks these meeting have been renamed to quarterly Liaison Meetings and
contain an agenda that is Local Council lead. These meeting encourage discussion and
feedback and are a forum to consult with Local Council to shape services.
The Council have also developed a newsletter called the ‘Local Council Voice’ which allows the
District to keep local councils informed with information that they request or the opportunity to
circulate information they feel will be informative.
Localism Act - A high level action plan has been developed by the Head of Policy, Performance
and Partnerships in conjunction with the senior management team and group managers. An
briefing will be prepared for members in December.
PRIORITY 2 - Increase the capacity of the voluntary sector to better meet the needs of
local communities.
The Blaby Voluntary and Community Forum relaunched on the 12 th June 2012, having not met
since December 2011. The forum provides the opportunity for voluntary and community sector
organisations to come together to network, share sector intelligence, skills and experience. VAL
are working to increase skills through volunteering to improve chances of employment and
placements within the District. They can deliver free training in a range of subjects regarding
volunteering that can assist in volunteer recruitment, to helping groups apply for funding. The
more we collaborate and support our voluntary sector the more we can learn from one and other,
which will provide us a better knowledge to meet the needs of our community.
Discussions are ongoing with the Community Action Partnership regarding the delivery of their
objectives of the Community Plan
PRIORITY 3 – Get Blaby Healthier
A Blaby Staying Healthy Forum has been established to bring a wide range of health partners
together to improve the Health of our District. Using local health data the partnership has
identified 6 local priorities:
- Ageing Population - Substance Abuse
- Obesity & Healthy Weight - Smoking Cessation & Tobacco Control
- Teenage Pregnancy & Sexual Health - Mental Health & Wellbeing
The Forum is developing a robust performance framework and a range of health improvement
projects. To support the work streams Samantha Clarke our new Health Improvement Officer
has recently joined us.
PRIORITY 4- Increase the capacity to better commission services
A review of Blaby Together is underway to consider how it should be refocused and reconfigured
to develop, improve and join up locality commissioning and partnership delivery in the future
including Children and Young People, Supporting Leicestershire Families, Community Safety,
Environment and Health. Findings from the review will be reported to partners in December.
Monitoring of Cabinet Executive Decisions:
Ref Report Title Decision Current position
None to be monitored
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September 2012