Fairer Minute 28 May 25
Renfrewshire Council · 18 June 2025
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Minute of Meeting Fairer Renfrewshire Sub-committee Date Time Venue Wednesday, 28 May 2025 10:00 Council Chambers (Renfrewshire), Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN Present: Councillor Jacqueline Cameron, Councillor Graeme Clark, Councillor Neill Graham, Councillor Anne Hannigan, Councillor Marie McGurk, Councillor Iain Nicolson, Councillor Andy Steel Chair Councillor J Cameron, Convener, presided. In Attendance L McIntyre, Head of Policy & Partnerships, A Walter, Connected Communities Manager and D Dunn, Social Renewal Lead Officer (all Chief Executive’s); and C MacDonald, Senior Committee Services Officer and D Cunningham, Committee Services and Licensing Officer (both Finance & Resources). Transparency Statement Councillor Clark declared a connection to items 1(a) – Cost of Living Update and 1(b) - Cost of Living Dashboard by reason that a family member was employed by Active Communities. However, he indicated that he had applied the objective test and did not consider he had an interest to declare and intimated that it was his intention to remain in the meeting and to take part in any discussion or voting thereon. Declarations of Interest There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.
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Webcasting of Meeting Prior to the commencement of the meeting the Convener intimated that this meeting of the Sub-committee would be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council's internet site. 1(a) Cost of Living Update There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to an overview of the key context and evidence around current pressures on household finances, both in terms of household income and expenditure. The report highlighted a number of changes in economic factors which included inflation, national living wage and tax credits. DECIDED: That the report be noted. 1(b) Cost of Living Dashboard There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to an overview of key indicators and their movement from the last reporting period, supported by additional statistical information, analysis and graphs which illustrated longer-term trends. DECIDED: That the report be noted. 2 Fairer Renfrewshire programme Update There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to a progress update on the Fairer Renfrewshire Programme. The report detailed developments in respect of various programmes of activity and outlined the next steps in the 2025/26 programme. DECIDED: That the report be noted. 3 Winter Connections Evaluation 2024/25 There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to an evaluation of the Winter Connections Programme for 2024/25. The report outlined the key messages and highlighted that the programme positively contributed to Renfrewshire Council’s continued wider response to the continued high cost-of-living. The evaluation report also provided a series of recommendations to be considered as part of any future programme and a copy of the full evaluation was attached as an appendix to the report. DECIDED: That the report be noted.