Community Planning Partnership Update
Perth and Kinross Council · 7 September 2022
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PERTH AND KINROSS COUNCIL Housing & Social Wellbeing Committee 7 September 2022 COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP UPDATE Report by Head of Cultural and Community Services (Report No 22/201) 1. PURPOSE 1.1 This report provides an update on the work of the Community Planning Partnership (CPP) since the previous report on 15 June 2022. 2. RECOMMENDATION 2.1 It is recommended that the Committee notes the following CPP activity: • progress in developing the final version of the new Local Outcomes Improvement Plan; • progress with locality work in Coupar Angus; • response to the climate emergency through the Climate Change Working Group; and • involvement in support of the free period products initiative in Perth and Kinross. 3. STRUCTURE OF REPORT 3.1 This report is structured over the following sections: • Section 4: Recommendations • Section 5: Local Outcomes Improvement Plan (LOIP) • Section 6: Locality Working in Coupar Angus • Section 7: Climate Change • Section 8: Free Period Products Initiative • Section 9: Conclusion • Appendices 4. RECOMMENDATIONS 4.1 It is recommended that the Committee notes the following CPP activity:
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5. LOCAL OUTCOMES IMPROVEMENT PLAN (LOIP) 5.1 The draft LOIP was presented to the Community Planning Partnership Board on 24 June 2022. Partners were reminded of the strategic priorities for the LOIP: • Reducing Poverty & Mitigating Cost of Living Crisis • Physical and Mental Wellbeing • Digital Participation • Skills, Learning and Development • Employability 5.2 Examples of key actions under each strategic priority were presented to Board members: • Establishing a Cash First Partnership (CFP) in Perth and Kinross. CFPs seek to change the focus of support to people who are struggling to make ends meet. Instead of offering short-term material support, the CFP approach works with individuals and families to maximise income and ensure cash is the long-term focus, with the dignity and choice that this brings. At its meeting on 9 September, the CPP will be asked to lead an application to Scottish Government to be a CFP pilot. • Supporting asylum seekers and refugees to be active, healthy and engaged through cultural, leisure and educational activities, with support from the Council, Health & Social Care Partnership, Perth College, Culture Perth and Kinross, PKAVS and other providers. This support will continue whilst there is a need. • Undertake research to identify barriers to digital participation and agree actions to increase the number of people in Perth and Kinross who can get online effectively and efficiently. The research was completed in the summer and the Action Plan was recently approved by the Digital Participation Working Group, a partnership led by the Council. The Action Plan covers the period up to the end of the 2023/24 financial year. • Developing an integrated volunteer learning offer, linked to the Perth and Kinross Offer. This will be led by the Council and PKAVS to develop a coordinated and holistic approach to volunteering in Perth and Kinross, which supports the ethos of the Offer and will be in place by the end of this financial year. • Delivering an integrated employability service across P&K, led by the Local Employability Partnership to support those furthest from job market to find and sustain work. This will involve bringing together a number of individuals support streams and services, with potential for co-location. A redesigned service should be in place by the end of this financial year. 5.3 The CPP Board will consider a final version of the LOIP on 9 September as will Full Council on 28 September 2022.
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6. LOCALITY WORKING IN COUPAR ANGUS 6.1 CPP Board has previously agreed to accelerate locality working in South Crieff and Coupar Angus, prioritising work in Coupar Angus first, due to current pressing issues and challenges faced by the area. The following points provide updates on these ongoing issues: • Forward Coupar Angus – The Development Trust is in the process of being dissolved and as part of this, assets are in the process of being transferred to other community groups. • Coupar Angus Town Hall – Repair and maintenance work is continuing on the Town Hall, and it is estimated to re-open in December 2022. • Coupar Angus Town Centre Plan –work is ongoing on how best to support the production of a Town Centre Action Plan. 7. CLIMATE CHANGE 7.1 The Climate Change Working Group, set up as the CPP’s forum for collective action around climate change, met again in August. The meeting focused on individual updates from partners on organisational action plans and policy development around climate change. Updates covered a variety of issues including electrical vehicles, communications, energy advice, estate management and service provision. 7.2 The Working Group agreed to take a themed approach to future meetings, with the September meeting having a particular focus on transport and fleet management. The Working Group will provide an update on activity for the CPP Board meeting on 18 November. 8. FREE PERIOD PRODUCTS INITIATIVE 8.1 A Statement of Intent has been published on the Council website outlining the current arrangements in place for offering free period products and detailing how the Council will meet the duties of the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021 by the deadline of 15 August 2022. CPP partners have been offered the opportunity to stock free period products at their organisation’s premises and support the awareness raising campaign that will be launched in due course. To date, PKAVS have been particularly involved, supporting local groups to stock free products and running the Tampon Taxi through which individuals can have products delivered to their door. 9. CONCLUSION 9.1 This is an update on Community Planning related activity in Perth and Kinross, since the last update on 15 June 2022, covering the LOIP, locality working, climate change and period dignity, which are outlined in the paper.
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Author Name Designation Contact Details Lee Haxton Community Planning Team Leader (01738) 475000 ComCommitteeReports@pkc.gov.uk Approved Name Designation Date Barbara Renton Executive Director (Communities) 26 August 2022 • APPENDICES – None
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ANNEX 1. IMPLICATIONS, ASSESSMENTS, CONSULTATION, AND COMMUNICATION Strategic Implications Yes / None Community Plan / Single Outcome Agreement Yes Corporate Plan Yes Resource Implications Financial None Workforce None Asset Management (land, property, IST) None Assessments Equality Impact Assessment None Strategic Environmental Assessment None Sustainability (community, economic, environmental) None Legal and Governance None Risk None Consultation Internal None External None Communication Communications Plan None 1. Strategic Implications Community Plan/Single Outcome Agreement 1.1 The Improvement Actions identified in the report may impact all of the strategic objectives but are likely to be most relevant to: (ii) Developing educated, responsible and informed citizens (iii) Promoting a prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable economy (v) Creating a safe and sustainable place for future generations Corporate Plan 1.2 The Improvement Actions identified in the report may impact all of the strategic objectives but are likely to be most relevant to: (ii) Developing educated, responsible and informed citizens (iii) Promoting a prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable economy (v) Creating a safe and sustainable place for future generations 2. Resource Implications Financial 2.1 Not applicable.
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Workforce 2.2 Not applicable. Asset Management (land, property, IT) 2.3 Not applicable. 3. Assessments Equality Impact Assessment 3.1 Proposals that have been considered under the Corporate Equalities Impact Assessment process (EqIA) are assessed as not relevant for EqIA. Strategic Environmental Assessment 3.2 Proposals have been considered under the Act, and no further action is required as it does not qualify as a PPS as defined by the Act and is therefore exempt. Sustainability 3.3 Not applicable. Legal and Governance 3.4 Not applicable. Risk 3.5 Not applicable. 4. Consultation Internal 4.1 Staff in Communities have been consulted during the preparation of this report. External 4.2 Not applicable. 5. Communication 5.1 Not applicable.
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2. BACKGROUND PAPERS 2.1 No additional documents have been relied on in preparing the report, other than those committee reports already referenced within the main body of the report.