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Renfrewshire Council · 18 September 2024
Back to Leadership Board — 18 September 2024 and its agenda
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Minute of Meeting Fairer Renfrewshire Sub-committee Date Time Venue Wednesday, 04 September 2024 10:00 Council Chambers (Renfrewshire), Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN Present: Councillor Jacqueline Cameron, Councillor Graeme Clark, Councillor Anne Hannigan, Councillor Alec Leishman, Councillor Marie McGurk, Councillor Iain Nicolson, Councillor Andy Steel Chair Councillor Jacqueline Cameron, Convener, presided. In Attendance L McIntyre, Head of Policy & Partnerships, A Armstrong-Walter, Strategic Partnership & Inequalities Manager, D Dunn, Social Renewal Lead Officer and J McKee Digital Strategy Delivery Manager (all Chief Executive’s); and C MacDonald, Senior Committee Services Officer and E Gray, Senior Committee Services Officer (both Finance & Resources). Declarations of Interest There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting. Transparency Statement Councillor Clark declared a connection to Item 2 - Cost of Living Dashboard by reason that his son 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.
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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. Sederunt Councillor Nicolson entered the meeting during the following item of business. 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 indicated that since the last meeting of the Sub-Committee on 5 June 2024, there had been a number of changes in economic factors including a decrease in the Energy Price Cap from 1 July 2024, meaning households would pay slightly less for their energy use, while inflation had decreased to 2% since the last Sub- Committee meeting and interest rates had also reduced on 1 August 2024. The report provided an overview of information collated by officers at both a national and local level. DECIDED: That the report be noted. 1(b) Cost-of-Living Dashboard The Strategic Partnership & Inequalities Manager gave a brief overview of the dashboard; highlighted key statistics; and detailed average monthly rent costs and rent affordability. DECIDED: That the presentation be noted. 2 Fairer Renfrewshire Programme Update There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to key projects being progressed through the Fairer Renfrewshire Programme, highlighting key priorities which would be the focus of future activity. The report provided updates on current projects, highlighted key priorities and provided an overview of proposals and priorities for 2024. DECIDED: That the report be noted.
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3 Digital Inclusion The Digital Strategy Delivery Manager gave a presentation relative to digital inclusion. The presentation provided an update on enabling digital inclusion in Renfrewshire through multi-sector collaboration; highlighted four digital inclusion determinants; provided an update on community digital champions and the two main ways of promoting digital inclusion; gave an update on connecting communities through managed secure public access wi-fi; outlined the Digi-Ren collective achievements for 2023/24; detailed the difference that digital inclusion made and advised on future upcoming events. DECIDED: That the presentation be noted. 4 Summer of Fun 2024 The Strategic Partnership & Inequalities Manager gave a presentation relative to an update on the Summer of Fun Programme. The presentation provided a brief overview of the programme; advised on the outcome of various holiday camps and feedback from participants; provided an update of the Summer of Fun community programme; highlighted community partners; and provided feedback from the project. DECIDED: That the presentation be noted.