Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Community Planning Partnership Board will take place in Committee Rooms 1 and 2, Highland Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness, and via Microsoft Teams, on Friday 6 June 2025 at 2.00 pm.

You are invited to attend the meeting and the business to be considered is noted below.

Business

1. Apologies for Absence

2. Declarations of Interest

Board Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting.  Any Board Member making a declaration of interest should provide some information on the nature of the interest.  Advice may be sought from officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3. Minutes of Meetings

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

i.   Community Planning Partnership Board – 21 February 2025 (for approval);
ii.  Community Justice Partnership – 12 December 2024 (for noting); and
iii. Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Strategy Group – 11 February 2025 (for noting).

4. Action Tracker

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

5. Health Inequalities

There is circulated Report No CPPB/6/25 by the Director of Public Health, NHS Highland, who will give a presentation in amplification of the report.

The Board is asked to:

i.  note the Report of the Director of Public Health and its recommendations; and
ii. note the work on health inequalities and approve the indicators as a basis for future reporting to the Board.

6. Childcare Innovations

There is circulated Report No CPPB/7/25 by the Jaci Douglas, Chief Executive, Care and Learning Alliance; Hayley Brown, Senior Manager Early Years, The Highland Council; and Jacqueline McGuigan, Senior Development Manager, HIE.

The appendix to the report is confidential and is circulated separately.

The Board is asked to:

i.   recognise and endorse the multi-agency cross sector place based and person centred innovative approach;
ii.  endorse the Single Care Model proposal and pilot;
iii. help identify any funding streams that could support development on the ground; and
iv.  provide advice, guidance and support to the project.

7. Integrating NatureScot’s Landscape-Scale Natural Capital Tool into the Highland Outcome Improvement Plan

There is circulated Report No CPPB/8/25 by Graham Neville, Head of Operations – North, NatureScot.

The Board is asked to:

i.   note progress to establish the agreed Short-Life Working Group;
ii.  note the draft Terms of Reference for the Short-Life Working Group which will be refined in the first group meeting; and
iii. confirm the membership of the Short-Life Working Group.

8. The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015: Update and Findings Report

There is circulated Report No CPPB/9/25 by CPP Senior Officers and the Partnership Development Manager.

The Board is asked to note the report and the Scottish Government commitments, with particular reference to the Assessment of Community Planning section on pages 24 through 31.

9. Scottish Human Rights Commission: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Highlands and Islands

There is circulated Report No CPPB/10/25 by the Partnership Development Manager.

The Board is asked to note:

i.  the summary report; and
ii. the Scottish Human Rights Commission’s 2024 report on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Highlands and Islands found at Appendix 1 of the report.

10. Integrated Children’s Services Annual Report

There is circulated Report No CPPB/11/25 by the Chair of the Integrated Children's Services Planning Board.

The Board is asked to:

i.  approve the Integrated Children’s Services Planning Board Annual Report which shares the work undertaken by the children’s services planning partnership 2024/25 in delivering the Highland Integrated Children’s Services Plan 2023/2026; and
ii. note the work of the delivery groups.

11. Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (HADP) Annual Reporting Survey 2024/25

There is circulated Report No CPPB/12/25 by the HADP Coordinator.

The Board is asked to scrutinise and agree the HADP Annual Reporting Survey submission for 2024/25. 

12. HOIP Core Priority Update: Community Wealth Building – Highland Social Value Charter

There is circulated Report No CPPB/13/25 by Alan Webster, Economy and Regeneration Manager, The Highland Council.

The Board is asked to:

i.   consider and note updates on progress against the Highland Social Value Charter;
ii.  note the draft Partnership Agreement template detailed in Appendix 1 of the report which, once finalised, will be trialled over the next 6 months;
iii. note that the Council will continue making representations to both the Scottish and UK Governments on the need for mandatory community benefit; and
iv.  note that the Chair of the Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee has written formally to Scottish Renewables seeking their immediate engagement with the Highland Social Value Charter.

13. Active Highland Strategy

Following endorsement by the CPP Board, at its meeting on 4 December 2024, of the proposed set of priority actions to deliver on the agreed outcomes for the refreshed Active Highland Strategy, the final Strategy document and associated Action Plan is circulated for information on behalf of the Active Highland Partnership Group. 

The Active Highland Partnership Group is now looking to develop awareness and support building work to strengthen the foundations for implementation.  Discussions around that are in progress, including developing a programme of dissemination and calls to action across the region, supported by the Active Highland Partnership members and their teams.

The Board is asked to note the Active Highland Strategy 2025.

14. Partnership Development Team Quarterly Update

There is circulated Report No CPPB/14/25 by the Partnership Development Manager and CPP Senior Officers.

The Board is asked to note:

i.  the quarterly report; and
ii. the updated Year 2 Milestones at Appendix 1 of the report.

15. Strategic Risk Register Review

There is circulated Report No CPPB/15/25 by CPP Senior Officers.

The Board is asked to:

i.   note progress on the Strategic Risk Register review;
ii.  agree to establish a Strategic Risk Register Sub-Group of the Board; and
iii. confirm the membership of the Strategic Risk Register Sub-Group.

16. Highland Community Planning Partnership Terms of Reference Review

There is circulated Report No CPPB/16/25 by CPP Senior Officers and the Partnership Development Manager.

The Board is asked to agree the revised Highland Community Planning Partnership Terms of Reference as at April 2025.

17. Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting is scheduled to take place on Friday 19 September 2025 at 10.00 am