Minutes of meeting 13 Nov
Renfrewshire Council · 4 December 2024
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Minute of Meeting Fairer Renfrewshire Sub-committee Date Time Venue Wednesday, 13 November 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 Morrison, Head of Economy & Development Services, A Armstrong-Walter, Strategic Partnership & Inequalities Manager and D Dunn, Social Renewal Lead Officer (all Chief Executive’s); K Nightingale, Alcohol Death Prevention Lead Officer, C Durnie, Drug Death Prevention Lead Officer and K Reynolds, Alcohol and Drug Recovery Service Manager (all Health & Social Care Partnership).and C MacDonald, Senior Committee Services Officer and E Gray, Senior Committee Services Officer (both Finance & Resources). 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. 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. Since the last meeting of the Sub-committee on 4 September 2024, there had been a number of changes in economic factors and these were highlighted within the report. It was also noted that a number of changes which had been announced in the UK Government’s Budget on 30 October 2024 would affect households. DECIDED: That the report be noted. 1(b) Cost of Living Data Dashboard There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to an overview of key indicators and their movement from the last period, supported by additional information and graphs showing further analysis and 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 an overview of key indicators and their movement from the last period, supported by additional information and graphs showing further analysis and longer-term trends. DECIDED: That the report be noted. 3 Summer of Fun 2024 Evaluation There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive which provided an overview of the evaluation report that had been produced on the 2024 Summer of Fun programme. Appendix 1 provided information on all projects funded through the community grants programme and the full evaluation report was attached as Appendix 2. The report noted that findings from the evaluation would be considered as part of the development of the Fairer Renfrewshire programme for 2025/26. DECIDED: That the report be noted.
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4 Alcohol and Drug Death Prevention A presentation was given by the Alcohol Death Prevention Lead Officer, the Drug Death Prevention Lead Officer and the Alcohol and Drug Recovery Service Manager, Health & Social Care Partnership relative to alcohol and drug death prevention within Renfrewshire. DECIDED: That the presentation be noted.