Minutes:
Background
The Senior Policy and Partnership Officer gave a presentation on the Wellbeing Plan and Public Services Board.
The Wellbeing of Future Generations Act was previously introduced in 2015. This established a Public Service Board in each local authority area. The Act required an assessment of Wellbeing and a Wellbeing Plan.
The Wellbeing Plan included 5 ways of working which were thinking long term and working with the community to identify needs, which involved local people to collaborate with.
At present the Ward profiles were being updated which was very helpful. Evidence from the profiles were then used to develop the Newport Wellbeing Plan 2018.
· The Committee were informed that the Wellbeing Plan 2018 was available to view on YouTube.
· There were 13 priorities that was agreed by the PSB which would be implemented by 5 cross cutting interventions.
· Information on the work of the PSB and the Plan could be found on the One Newport website. Each community profile is on the website as well as PSB agendas and minutes.
There are also twitter updates from One Newport by following @onenewport. A monthly bulletin also gets published. The Policy Officer explained that the Community Councils could let them know of any news stories as well as any community events that can be published on the monthly news.
It was explained that Third sector partnership advises the PSB and that the Community Councils could also get involved by nominating a representative to be on the Community Engagement Group. It was explained that a workshop was coming up- this was a Green and Safe Spaces intervention workshop on the 11th April and all Community Councils were invited to attend. A letter has been sent out to all councils.
The Committee was also informed that the Strong and Resilient Community Workshop would take place at 9:15am on the 4th April 2019.
Questions:
A member had a funding question and asked where the money came from to fund the PSB. It was confirmed by the Partnership Officer that there was no new money. There was a small amount that spreads regionally between 5 PSB’s, money needs to be spent long term on resources that people bring to the table.
It was a case of the NHS, Gwent police etc collaborating and giving their time and their staff do not leave their day job to complete this work, it was a partnership.
There was a question from a member in relation to their Childrens sports day, there was a grassed area outside the village hall used for the sports day. This grassed area was owned by Newport City Council. The hall was charged £50 and this was still charged. As part of the wellbeing project surely this could be waived as its promoting healthy living? The member felt that Newport City Council have this bit of grass and charged for it when they shouldn’t.
· The Chair stated that this was an issue for the Head of City Services and it would be passed to them to answer.
A question was asked about representatives? It was confirmed that councils were not statutory partners at the moment until legislation was changed. Groups can have representatives from councils on a non-statutory basis and it was up to the councils whether they wanted to put names forward. It was discussed that nominations would be sought from Community Councils.
It was noted that the Third Sector Partnership meet quarterly and it was discussed as to whether each Community Council could change their nominated representative and open it to everyone. It was noted by the Chair that it would be easier for continuity if the same person attended.
A member asked a question regarding the profile of the ward and how this information was attained.
It was confirmed that a consultation was sent out via this meeting last year and written communication had been sent to councils and information has been gathered from various sources eg free school meals. It was confirmed that each community council was approached in the consultation.
Actions:
For the Governance Support Officer to send an email to all Community Councils for nominations for the Community Engagement Group and Third Sector Partnership.