Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Community Planning Partnership Board will take place in the HIE Boardroom, An Lòchran, Inverness Campus, Inverness, and via Microsoft Teams, on Friday 1 March 2024 at 1.00 pm.

You are invited to attend the 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 Partnership Board – 5 December 2023 (for approval);
ii.    Community Justice Partnership – 7 September 2023 (for noting); and
iii.    Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Strategy Group – 21 November 2023 (for noting).

3.    Action Tracker

The Board is asked to review progress of its agreed actions.

4.    Presentation: Strategic Housing Investment Plan

The Council’s Head of Development and Regeneration will give a presentation on the Strategic Housing Investment Plan.

5.    Proposed model as to how to approach prevention and address inequalities

There will be a presentation by the Director of Public Health, NHS Highland.

 6.     Resetting the Highland Outcome Improvement Plan (HOIP)

There is circulated Report No CPPB/1/24 by CPP Senior Officers.

The Board is asked to:

i.    note the engagement that has been undertaken to gather views to reset the HOIP;
ii.    note the feedback received and how this has amended the emerging strategic priorities and developing outcomes;
iii.    consider and agree the draft revised HOIP as outlined at Appendix 1 of the report; and
iv.    note the next steps for developing a delivery plan which will set out the actions for delivering the revised HOIP.   

7.    Community Justice Plan 2024-29

There is circulated Report No CPPB/2/24 by the Community Justice Partnership Manager.

The Board is asked to consider and approve in principle the Highland Community Justice Outcomes Improvement Plan 2024-2029, as appended to the report.

8.    Integrated Children’s Services Annual Report

There is circulated Report No CPPB/3/24 by the Chair of the Integrated Children’s Services Planning Board.

The Board is asked to note and comment on:

i.    the work undertaken by the children’s services planning partnership over the last few months in delivering the Highland Integrated Children’s Services Plan 2023 – 2026; and
ii.    the Integrated Children’s Services Board’s Performance Management Framework.

9.    Whole Family Wellbeing Programme – Progress Report

There is circulated Report No CPPB/4/24 by the Chair of the Integrated Children’s Services Planning Board.

The Board is asked to note the content of the report in line with the Scottish Government’s Route-map and National Principles of Holistic Whole Family Support.

10.    Highland Adapts Project Update

There is circulated Report No CPPB/5/24 by the Climate Change Adaptation Coordinator on behalf of Highland Adapts.

The Board is asked to:

i.    consider climate-related risks and opportunities when developing Community Partnership Plans and other plans and strategies related to delivering Highland Outcome Improvement Plan (HOIP) core outcomes; and
ii.    in the first instance, contribute to the Highland Climate Risk and Opportunity Assessment, which will be a valuable resource for the Highland CPP’s work to reduce climate-related inequalities across Highland.

11.    Meeting in Public

At a meeting of the Highland Council in December, the Council agreed that it would be preferrable for meetings of the CPP Board to be held in public rather than private, unless there was a valid reason to do so.  This is a matter that has been previously discussed by the Partnership, but this was a number of years ago.  Given the decision of the Council, it would seem timely to review this position, and for the Board to reconsider this matter.  It is proposed that Senior Officers are tasked with assessing the options and presenting these for consideration at a future Board meeting.

The Board is asked to note the decision of the Council and, in light of this, agree that Senior Officers produce an options paper for consideration by the CPP Board.

12.    Partnership Development Team Update

There is circulated Report No CPPB/6/24 by CPP Senior Officers and the Partnership Development Manager.

The Board is asked to consider:

i.    the updated workplan to February 2024 included in Appendix 1 of the report; and
ii.    the information and evidence gathered on progress in Appendix 2 of the report.

13.    CPP Terms of Reference

There is circulated Report No CPPB/7/24 by CPP Senior Officers.

The Board is asked to agree the updated Terms of Reference.

14.    Review of Strategic Risk Register

The Strategic Risk Register is circulated for consideration and review.

15.    Chairing of CPP Board

The Board is asked to formally agree that the current Chair, the Chief Executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, will retain this position until the September 2024 Board meeting.  Thereafter the Chair will pass to NHS Highland.

16.    Custody Links Project Update

Work has identified a potential route of funding for continuing the Custody Links Project for a further 12 months.  This extension would include an evaluation of the project with a view to considering how this aligns with core service delivery.  A verbal update will be provided at the meeting.

17.    Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 5 June 2024 at 10.00 am.