Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Community Planning Board will take place in the Main Conference Room, Police Scotland Divisional Headquarters, Old Perth Road, Inverness on Wednesday 19 December 2018 at 10.00 am.

As a Community Planning Partner, you are invited to attend the Board meeting and the business to be considered is noted below.

Business

1.    Apologies for Absence

2.    Minutes of Meetings

The following Minutes are circulated for noting or approval as appropriate:

i.    Community Planning Board – 4 October 2018 (for approval);
ii.    Chief Officers Group – 9 November 2018 (draft for noting); and
iii.    Community Justice Partnership – 12 September 2018 (for noting).

3.    Developing Community Partnerships

i.    Updates from Chairs

There are circulated, as follows, updates from Community Partnership Chairs:

a.    Caithness (Eann Sinclair, HIE)
b.    Sutherland (Iain Maclelland, Police Scotland)
c.    East Ross (Ricky Dibble, SFRS)
d.    Mid Ross (Ann Clark, NHS Highland)
e.    Skye, Lochalsh and West Ross (Stuart MacPherson, HIE)
f.    Lochaber (no update available due to there being no Chair in post)
g.    Nairn (Brian Mackay, Police Scotland)
h.    Badenoch and Strathspey (Fraser Nixon, SFRS)
i.    Inverness (Graham Ross, Highland Council)

The Board is asked to consider any risks and issues raised.

ii.    Update from Chief Officers Group

There is circulated Report No CPB/13/18 on behalf of the Chief Officers Group.

The Board is asked to:

i.    note the update on resourcing of Community Partnerships and that a meeting of lead agencies will take place in the new year to progress this work;
ii.    note the outcome of the Aspiring Communities bid and recruitment process and support the following 12 month project plan, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report; and
iii.    note the outputs from the Community Partnership development day held in Strathpeffer on 16 November.

4.    Proposed Breakthrough Achievement – Single Use Plastics

There is circulated Report No CPB/14/18 by the Unit Manager, South Highland, SNH.

The Board is asked to agree a breakthrough achievement to:

• remove plastic straws from general use across all partners;
• remove, or reduce as far as possible, single use plastics from catering operations;
• work with contractors and suppliers to reduce/remove single use plastics where appropriate and explore how this might be incorporated formally into procurement processes; and
• collaborate across named contacts in each organisation to:

           o    share thinking, knowledge and experience across the Partnership; and
           o    raise awareness externally within Highland to promote the issue of plastic pollution and its solutions.

5.    Local Governance Review

There is circulated Report No CPB/15/18 by the Acting Head of Policy, Highland Council.

The Group is asked to:

i.    note the discussions which have taken place since the last Board meeting on developing a proposal for the Local Governance Review;
ii.    note the feedback from the COSLA facilitated workshop;
iii.    discuss the key emerging themes and agree the core themes on which to develop any proposal; and
iv.    note the arrangements for agreeing a final submission to the Scottish Government.

6.    Community Asset Reviews

There is circulated Report No CPB/16/18 by the Community and Democratic Engagement Manager, Highland Council.

The Board is asked to comment on the approach described, the places that might be in scope and how CPP agencies could contribute to the process.

7.    Update on Breakthrough Achievement on Suicide Prevention

There is circulated Report No CPB/17/18 by the Head of Health Improvement and the Health Promotion Specialist, NHS Highland, on behalf of Ch Supt Macdonald, Police Scotland.

The Board is asked to:

i.    note progress with the breakthrough achievement on suicide prevention;
ii.    encourage staff from their organisations to sign up to the “2nd round” of Suicide Intervention and Prevention Programme training; and
iii.    continue to promote the Prevent Suicide - Highland App.

8.    Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting will be held on Thursday 21 March 2018 in the Main Conference Room, Police Scotland Divisional Headquarters, Old Perth Road, Inverness.