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North Lanarkshire Council · 21 August 2023
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10 August 2023 Members of the Communities Committee Chief Executive’s Office Archie Aitken Chief Officer (Legal & Democratic) Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1 1AB www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk Notice is given that a Meeting of the Communities Committee is to be held in the Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, ML1 1AB on Monday, 21 August 2023 at 10:00 AM which you are requested to attend. The agenda of business is attached. Des Murray Chief Executive Members : Clerk Name: Andrew Rose Clerk Telephone: 07951 409714 Clerk Email: rosean@northlan.gov.uk K Stevenson, P Patton, D Ashraf, C Barclay, A Beveridge, B Burgess, A Campbell, D Crichton, F Fotheringham, M Hughes, J Jones, A Khan, M McBride, B McCluskey, B McCulloch, J McLaren, F McNally, L Mitchell, L Nolan, D Robb, N Shevlin, A Smith, J Toner, C Williams, G Woods.
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Agenda 1 Declarations of Interest In Terms of the Ethical Standards In Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 2 Community Councils - Cardowan Submit report by the Chief Officer (Legal and Democratic) seeking approval to include Cardowan in the Scheme of Establishment for Community Councils for Stepps Community Council following that area's incorporation into the Council’s area for electoral purposes, as a consequence of a review by the Scottish Boundary Commission and a subsequent Statutory Instrument (copy herewith) 5 - 10 3 Driving Digitally Locally Submit report by the Chief Officer (Business and Digital) providing an update on progress, for the period March to June 2023, on the development of the Driving Digital Locally framework amongst key stakeholders, communities and elected members, and the deployment thereafter of digital (online) services and initiatives (copy herewith) 11 - 20 4 UK Shared Prosperity Fund - Challenge Funds - Volunteer NL, Digital NL and Community Empowerment Fund Submit report by the Chief Officer (Place) providing an overview of three out of seven interventions supported under the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and setting out the proposal for associated Challenge Funds for local community groups within these interventions (copy herewith) 21 - 36 5 Cumbernauld Theatre Trust - Funding Agreement 2023/24 Submit report by the Chief Officer (Education - South) (1) seeking approval of the proposed funding agreement for Cumbernauld Theatre Trust for the period 2023- 24, and (2) providing an update on operation of the Lanternhouse Venue over the last year (copy herewith) 37 - 42 6 Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire (VANL) Annual Report for 2022/23 Submit report by the Chief Officer (Strategic Communication and Engagement) presenting the Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire (VANL) annual report which provides a summary of its contribution to delivering the Plan for North Lanarkshire (copy herewith) 43 - 76 7 Annual Review of the Community Safety Strategy 2022/23 Submit report by the Chief Officer (Strategic Communication and Engagement) advising of the progress made on the strategic priorities and actions in the Annual Review of the Community Safety Strategy 2022-2023, which is the overarching strategy on community safety issues and comprises the requirements set out in the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (copy herewith) 77 - 112 8 LOIP Performance Report 1 October 2022 - 31 March 2023 Submit report by the Chief Officer (Strategic Communication and Engagement) (1) providing a snapshot of progress linked to key priorities for each of the nine Local Outcome Improvement Plans for the period 1 October 2022 - 31 March 2023, and (2) providing an overview of progress with implementation of the Management and Monitoring Framework and work to develop the role of the Local Partnership Teams (copy herewith) 113 - 142 9 Community Asset Transfer and Participation Request (Annual Report 2022-23) Submit report by the Chief Officer (Strategic Communication and Engagement) providing an annual progress report regarding Community Asset Transfer and Participation Requests in North Lanarkshire (copy herewith) 143 - 164
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10 Strategic Performance Framework - latest performance results for Strategic Communication and Engagement Submit report by the Chief Officer (Strategic Communication and Engagement) setting out the performance for the areas of improving engagement with, and improving capacity of, communities, community involvement in decision-making and helping to facilitate a North Lanarkshire-wide approach to asset rationalisation (copy herewith) 165 - 172 11 Community Grants - Annual Report 2022/23 Submit report by the Chief Officer (Strategic Communications and Engagement) providing details of the applications submitted for funding from the Community Grants scheme during 2022/23 and the awards made (copy herewith) 173 - 188 12 Community Board Local Development Programme Submit report by the Chief Officer (Strategic Communication and Engagement) (1) providing an update on progress with the Community Board Local Development Programme projects previously approved by committee, and (2) seeking in principle approval for new potential projects as proposed by local community groups (copy herewith) 189 - 224 13 P056.2(3) Community Boards and Partnership Communications Strategy Submit report by the Chief Officer (Strategic Communication and Engagement) providing an update on key progress linked to supporting the development of the Community Boards model including updates on the 11th cycle of Community Boards meetings which took place throughout May/June 2023 (copy herewith) 225 - 236 14 Campsies Grant Award Programme Submit report by the Chief Officer (Strategic Communication and Engagement) providing a progress update on the Campsies Grant Award Programme, which was created following the transfer of assets from Campsies Centre (Cumbernauld) LTD (CCCL) to the Council on June 30, 2021 (copy herewith) 237 - 276