Agenda, decisions and minutes

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To approve and sign the Minutes of the previous meeting(s) as a correct record.

Approved.

Resolved that the Minutes of the Recovery & Future Generations Policy Development Committee held on 28 September 2021 be approved and signed as a correct record.

Update Noted.

Paul Thomas, Community Integration Partnership Manager, presented a report on Community Safety. He provided a verbal address further to the written report provided and highlighted: -

·                The Safer Swansea Community Safety Strategy was due for review next year

·                Importance of public consultation / engagement

·                Clarity of the Safer Swansea Partnership – no allocated budget for the Partnership but 3 posts were funded from a Police & Crime Commissioner Grant

·                Strengths and skills of partners and partnership working

·                Community safety responsibility

·                Alignment with Crime Reduction Plan

·                Swansea’s well-being assessment

·                Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 principles to help shape strategy

·                Potential new duty around serious violence to be included in updated strategy

·                Stronger Communities – General community safety approach including hot spot cameras to assist with Anti-Social Behaviour, fly tipping and criminal damage

·                Street Vulnerability Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) – Over 110 referrals had been received to date with some good success working with housing providers and substance misuse providers

·                Domestic Violence Work stream - secure homes

·                Swansea City Football Club community safety poster

·                High Street – improvements made, but work ongoing in respect of sex working and county lines, concerns on displacement and ensuring engagement work continues

·                Continued engagement on the use of the Community Hub

Questions and Discussions focussed on the following: -

·                Continued support for sex workers – changing ways of working

·                Monitoring and reporting of Performance Indicators – Statutory aspects and non-statutory aspects

·                Reporting and identifying areas of concerns

·                Expanding work with the business community – opportunities with ongoing regenerations works

·                Management of Community Hub

·                Potential ideas for Community Hub – Cookery courses, pop-up youth club, pop-up cinema, area for growing vegetables - ensuring Community Hub is for everyone

·                Engagement and partnership working

·                Anonymity in reporting incidents

·                Visit to the Community Hub next spring

The Committee thanked the officers and their team for their work

Resolved that the update be noted.

Noted.

The Chair presented the Workplan 2021/22.

Workshops were to be arranged on Co-production, Workforce Strategy and Organisational Culture.

Resolved that the Work Plan 2021/22 be noted.