CPP Board Minutes
North Ayrshire Council · 12 February 2025
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NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL 12 February 2025 Council Title: North Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership (CPP) Board: Minutes of Meeting held in December 2024 Purpose: To submit the overview of the meeting of the North Ayrshire Community Planning Partnership Board held on 5 December 2024. Recommendation: That Council notes the overview contained in Appendix 1. 1. Executive Summary 1.1 It was previously agreed that the Minutes of the Community Planning Partnership (CPP) Board be submitted to North Ayrshire Council for information. The key matters arising from the minutes of the meeting of 12 December 2024 have been highlighted for the attention of Council and are detailed in Section 2.1. 2. Background 2.1 An overview of the meeting of the CPP Board held on 5 December 2024 is provided at Appendix 1. This meeting focused on the Local Outcomes Improvement Plan (LOIP) ‘Wellbeing’ priority as well as more broad development work planned for Community Planning. Particular matters for the Council's attention include the following: Agenda Item 3 CPP partners were given an overview of the various work areas planned for Community Planning in 2025/26. This includes reviews of Locality Planning, CPP Governance and community grants and funding. Additionally focus will be placed on increased pan Ayrshire working, evaluating the CPP Self-Assessment Checklist results collected in 2024 and engaging with the Scottish Government around the Local Governance Review and Democracy Matters 2. The Board agreed that regular reports on progress around key work areas would be included in CPP Board papers going forward. Agenda Item 4 CPP Partners were provided with an update on the Health and Social Care Partnership Locality Planning model which is a biannual process including Locality Conversations and Locality Planning Review Groups and overseen by the Strategic Planning Group. The engagement will be used to inform development of priorities for the Health and Social Care Partnership Strategic Plan.
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Discussion then followed around opportunities for joint working between HSCP and Connected Communities in relation to Locality Planning, with a further update agreed to be brought back to the March 2025 meeting of the CPP Board. Agenda Item 5 This is a standing item. CPP partners received an update on work taking place around Child Poverty and Cost of Living in North Ayrshire including: • Three Fairer Futures posts have now been recruited and will start with the Council in January 2025. • The Collaboration on Health Equity in Scotland (CHES) Programme inception meeting took place in December 2024. A full launch for North Ayrshire is planned for February 2025 with Professor Sir Michael Marmot in attendance. The final report is due June 2026. • More broadly, North Ayrshire is working with the Scottish Government and Improvement Service around Early Learning and Childcare uptake for eligible 2- year-olds. • The Council has additionally established a Wellbeing Assurance and Oversight Group to accelerate work on transitioning to a Wellbeing Economy. 3. Proposals 3.1 That the Council notes the workshop overview contained in Appendix 1. 4. Implications/Socio-economic Duty Financial 4.1 None. Human Resources 4.2 None. Legal 4.3 None. Equality/Socio-economic 4.4 None. Environmental and Sustainability 4.5 None. Key Priorities 4.6 The CPP activities detailed within this report support the Local Outcomes Improvement Plan.
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Community Wealth Building 4.7 None. 5. Consultation 5.1 No consultation was required. David W. Hammond Executive Director Communities and Housing For further information please contact Jacqui Greenlees, Senior Manager (Policy, Performance and Community Planning), on 01294 324415. Background Papers Appendix: 1 CPP Board Minutes, 5 December 2024
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Community Planning Partnership Board 5 December 2024 at 11.15am Microsoft Teams Present North Ayrshire Council Cllr Marie Burns, Elected Member (Chair) Cllr Alan Hill, Elected Member Cllr Shaun Macaulay, Elected Member Cllr John Bell, Elected Member Caroline Cameron, Director of Health and Social Care Sam Anson Executive Director David Hammond, Executive Director Ayrshire College Angela Cox, Principal and Chief Executive Department of Work and Pensions Pauline Craig, Regional Lead NHS Ayrshire and Arran Linda Semple, Interim Chair NHS Ayrshire & Arran Board Lisa Davidson, Assistant Director (Public Health) Police Scotland Supt Stephen McGovern Scottish Partnership for Transport Allan Comrie, Senior Transport Planner Skills Development Scotland Claire Tooze, Area Manager Scottish Government Eleanor Passmore, Location Director In Attendance Jacqui Greenlees (NAC), Jennifer McGee (NAC), Seony Ross (NAC) Apologies Rhonda Leith, Head of Service Vicki Yuill (Arran CVS), Craig Hatton (NAC), Caroline Cameron, (NAHSCP), Cllr Margaret Johnson (NAC), Cllr Charles Currie (NAC), Cllr Amanda Kerr (NAC), Cllr John Bell (NAC) Kaileigh Brown (TSI), Cllr John Bell, Elected Member, Cllr Scott Davidson (NAC), Claire Burden (NHS Ayrshire & Arran), Ashley Pringle (KA Leisure), Dean Anderson (DWP) Ian McMeekin (SFRS). Appendix 1
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1. Welcome and Apologies The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and apologies for absence were noted. 2. Minute of the Previous Meeting The overview of the Board meeting held on 4 October 2024 was approved. 3. CPP Action Planning Jacqui Greenlees provided the CPP Board with an overview of the key work areas planned for North Ayrshire CPP and the Community Planning Team over the next 12-18 months. This includes: • Locality Planning Review • CPP Governance Review • Review of Grants and Funding • CPP Risk Register refresh • Democracy Matters 2 work with Scottish Government • CPP Self-Assessment with Improvement Service • Local Outcomes Improvement Plan refresh • Increased Pan Ayrshire working The CPP Board were asked to endorse the following approach: • The Community Planning Team will: • Submit a regular report on progress with papers of each Board meeting in 25/26 • Provide verbal update twice a year at CPP Board meetings D Hammond commented that this is about how we all work together and what we need to achieve. Increasingly conscious most partners work on a pan-Ayrshire basis and we want to take a pan-Ayrshire lens to our CPP work. A Comrie highlighted that the information used within the Locality Place Profiles for the LDP could be supported by SPT, particularly in relation to accessibility in rural areas. In terms of pan-Ayrshire working it would be welcomed. Action: J Greenlees advised that she highlight this with the Planning Team and put them in touch with the team at SPT to ensure there is consistency. E Passmore commented that she is keen to hear more around the modernising grant work being undertaken. She would be interested to discuss further as the Scottish Government are, working with six Councils, looking at how the Scottish Government can do more to have a more outcome focused approach. Action: J Greenlees undertook to arrange a meeting with E Passmore to discuss further in the new year once the work is further progressed. The Chair commented that meeting attendance often involves the same group of individuals, emphasising the critical importance of effectiveness. The Chair also commented that having agile governance was important to prevent processes from becoming unwieldy. The Chair advised that she is also a member of the Scottish Government's Place and Wellbeing Board and at a recent meeting there was discussions surrounding health outcomes in relation to Community Planning Partnerships and the
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potential contributions of Public Health to these partnerships. This approach would be seen as particularly valuable in demonstrating the role of Public Health to other CPP partners. L Semple highlighted that there was a conversation at the NHS Chairs meeting on the soon to be received population health framework which will link with CPPs. There was a feeling that there are opportunities for pan-Ayrshire collaboration to deliver better value for public resources. There is a need to focus localism on where it is important and where it won’t cut across. The CPP Board thanked J Greenlees for her update and agreed with the above approach around future reports and updates on exciting CPP development work. 4. Health & Social Care Partnership Locality Planning Overview Seony Ross provided an overview of the HSCP Locality Planning Model which is a biannual process. The model feeds in to both strategic planning for the HSCP as well as the CPP as a statutory partner. The process includes Locality Conversations and Locality Planning Review Groups which are chaired by a Head of Service from the HSCP. The overall responsibility for the process lies with the Strategic Planning Group. S Ross provided a timeline of the process so far spanning from April 2024 with the Locality Conversations through to November 2025 when agreed priorities will be incorporated into the HSCP Strategic Plan. The Chair highlighted that there is lot of work going on and there is an opportunity for joint working particularly between the Connected Communities engagement work and the HSCP engagement work to bridge a gap. Cllr Hill commented that it might be a solution having a nominated person or LP Chair on the HSCP review groups to provide direct contact back to the Locality Partnerships. D Hammond commented that a meeting has been arranged with C Cameron to discuss Locality Planning 2.0 around the requirements for the Partnership to engage. Being mindful of legislative imperative, there is scope for us to be creative regarding the best use of resources C Cameron commented that there are ways to break down the barriers to operationalise this work. Action: Update on discussion from meeting with D Hammond and C Cameron will be brought back to future meeting Cllr Bell commented that the engagement work looks great, however this is only feeding back into the IJB and would like to know how this is this fed back to the locality, what are the priorities of the Locality from a health point of view, what work is being done to address them and has it has been effective. S Ross commented that the new process started from Spring this year. The goal is to have a set of written plans to share which would include the feedback, priorities and services in each area. Hope to have these in place by the end of 2025.
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5. Child Poverty and Cost of Living In a new standing item for the CPP Board, Sam Anson, Executive Director (Education) and David Hammond, Executive Director (Communities & Housing) updated the CPP Board on the work and plans around Child Poverty and Cost of Living in North Ayrshire, which was agreed at the October 2024 CPP Board meeting to become formalised as a workstream under the Community Planning Partnership. S Anson provided an update on the Fairer Futures Partnership, three posts have been fully recruited and they will start in January. A meeting with the Scottish Government is set to begin exchanging ideas and plans. The CHES Programme inception meeting took place this week and is quickly becoming a comprehensive solution to our challenges. Led by Scottish Public Health and the Institute for Health Equity at UCL, the programme addresses two critical questions: identifying the most impactful interventions to tackle health equity and exploring how national and local organisations can collaborate most effectively. The programme's initial reporting timeline includes a preliminary data analysis in January 2025 covering national-level insights and introducing the three participating areas: North Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, and Aberdeen. A full launch for North Ayrshire is planned for February 25th invites will be issued in due course with Professor Sir Michael Marmot in attendance. The final report is due June 2026. S Anson also advised that as part of the broader initiative, North Ayrshire is working with the Scottish Government and Improvement Service around Early Learning and Childcare uptake for eligible 2-year-olds. In North Ayrshire currently 45% eligible 2-year-olds are enrolled compared to a national average of 52%. This is as good an example of prevention and early intervention and thrilled that North Ayrshire is part of this work. The Council has additionally established a Wellbeing Assurance and Oversight Group to accelerate work on transitioning to a wellbeing economy. D Hammond highlighted that while many activities are ongoing as part of regular operations, there's a need to adopt a more strategic approach. This will help identify any gaps in current efforts, evaluate the effectiveness of various interventions, and pinpoint opportunities for collaborative initiatives across partners that could have a significant impact. An update was recently presented to the Council’s cabinet regarding cost-of-living interventions, a copy of this will be shared with the Board for information. The child poverty and early intervention fund presents opportunities to align with and enhance existing initiatives. Discussions have been held with the Third Sector Interface, chief officer group, and key community leaders to scope out a co-design approach for utilising this fund to address the three main drivers of poverty. The aim is to develop a more strategic and partner-led approach, focusing on specific areas such as childcare and exploring local solutions to improve after-school provision across North Ayrshire. The Chair thanked S Anson and D Hammond for their updates and highlighted that at the Communities Workstream of the Health and Wellbeing Board there has been discussion with Audit Scotland around new models to look collectively at the impact CPPs make on outcomes and not just as individual organisations.
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6. Partner Updates A Comrie highlighted that in the budget announcement yesterday SPT had its capital funding reinstated. This will mean that they will be able to serve communities better with infrastructure projects. These are small scale projects, and a programme is being developed by the team. 6. AOCB No other business was discussed. The Chair conveyed her best wishes for the festive season. The next meeting of the North Ayrshire CPP Board will be held on 10 March 2025 at 2.00 at pm