Agenda item

·                 Early Years – Swansea Bay University Health Board;

·                 Live Well, Age Well – Adam Hill, Swansea Council;

·                 Working With Nature – Martyn Evans, Natural Resources Wales;

·                 Strong Communities – Roger Thomas, Mid & West Wales Fire & Rescue Service.

Highlight report updates and risk logs were provided on the following:

 

·                 Early Years – Swansea Bay University Health Board (update provided by Joanne Abbott-Davies;

 

Actions:

 

1)    Identify lead for Early Years Strategy Steering Group after the retirement of Andrew Davies;

2)    Provide senior strategic support to PSB workforce to promote the ‘Best Start’ campaign;

3)    Discuss funding issues of health staff within Jig-so, explore the form of support PSB can provide to enable the continuation of this project;

4)    Specialist training that supports the sector to understand, address and support children with ALN within provision;

5)    Confidence that referrals into specialists support can withstand a possible increase of children being identified earlier with ALN, eg before the age of 3 years.

 

·                 Live Well, Age Well – Adam Hill, Swansea Council;

 

            Actions:

 

1)    Can the PSB consider Culture Change & Involvement to be moved to a cross cutting theme across the 4 objectives?  At the moment it just sits within the Live Well Age Well objective and it was strongly recommended by all present at the live Well Age Well Objective Workshop that this was an output which would be evidenced across all of the work of the PSB;

2)    Can the PSB explore what a ‘City for All’, taking a rights based approach, would look like and the relationship and fit with specific initiatives such as Age Friendly Cities, Playful Cities, City of Sanctuary, Intercultural Cities, City of Culture, Human Rights City for example?  At the workshop these featured strongly as potentially confusing and conflicting messages for partners and citizens. 

 

·                 Working With Nature (WWN) – Martyn Evans, Natural Resources Wales;

 

Discussion around work that has been carried out, in particular the Green Infrastructure (GI) Strategy, which could be used as a good   example of past PSB work.  In addition, planting of trees in Penlan had   taken place as direct result of discussions that had taken place in PSB.

 

Phase 1 of a joint scheme with NRW & Pembrokeshire County Borough Council on Climate Change had taken place.  There would be an opportunity for Swansea and Neath Port Talbot to be involved in Phase 2.  Further details would be provided in due course.

 

            Actions:

 

1)    Wider engagement with the WWN theme;

2)    Martyn Evans to provide further information on Phase 2 of the Climate Change scheme in due course.

 

·                 Strong Communities – Roger Thomas, Mid & West Wales Fire & Rescue Service.

 

            Actions:

 

1)    PSB Partners to ensure appropriate attendance at meetings, ie attendees with authority to make decisions on behalf of their respective organisations;

2)    PSB to ensure that ‘Action owners’ commit to delivering on the agreed actions within the plan.

 

Other Actions raised:

 

1)        It was also suggested that the 4 Lead Officers Group meet more frequently.

2)        Joanne Abbott-Davies to inform Steve Davies of the name of the NHS representative for the Strong Communities Work stream.  Representative to attend the next work stream meeting on 24 September.

3)        Healthy Cities also be included in the ‘City for All’.

 

It was clarified that the strategic lead for a Work stream did not necessary need be a member of the PSB.  The PSB would set the strategic direction and feed back to each of the 4 strategic leads.

 

It was acknowledged that this was the first time partners had completed these forms and they were still learning what should be included / omitted.  An example of a well completed form would be circulated in due course.

 

The Police & Crime Commissioner highlighted work already ongoing and was keen to understand how this would feed into the strategic work of the PSB and how the actions would be taken forward:

 

·                 Early Action Together – positive role in the community;

·                 Critical Incident work – ongoing;

·                 Violence Agenda – UK government allocating £880k for use on early intervention and long term benefit.  A joint 4 year strategy on Violence against Women and Girls would also be launched;

·                 IRIS programme (training staff in GP surgeries re violence);

·                 Drive programme (Merthyr & Cardiff) – challenging perpetrators.

 

Adam Hill stated that where relevant, the Work streams would pick up any relevant actions.  However, if there was something specific that needed to be discussed in more detail, the item could be added to the agenda (with approval from the Chair) and a report drafted by the relevant partner / invited participant.

 

The next Critical Incident Group would be held on 19 September and focus on the action plan.  It was a 1 year Task & Finish Group.  Adam Hill would provide an update at the next meeting. 

 

It was also highlighted that High Street, Swansea had been nominated for Best High Street in the UK award.