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Minutes of the
Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership Management Committee
held at Council Chambers, Kilmory and online via MS Teams on 
Wednesday 16 April 2024 at 1000 
Present:  
Pippa Milne, Argyll and Bute Council
(ABC) (Chair)
Morag Goodfellow, Highland and Island
Enterprise (HIE)
Cllr Mark Irvine, ABC Takki Sulaiman, Argyll and Bute TSI
Rona Gold, ABC Colin Buchanan, Chair OLI ACPG
Patricia Dowd, DWP Sarah Davies, Chair HL ACPG
Mo McKenna, University of the
Highlands and Islands
Reeni Kennedy-Boyle, Vice Chair BC
ACPG
Joe McKay, Scottish Fire and Rescue Cllr Julie McKenzie, Vice Chair OLI
ACPG
Samantha Campbell, NHS Highland John McLuckie, ABC
Douglas Whyte, Argyll and Bute Council Mary Holt, ABC
Trish Robertson, Police Scotland Gill Simpson, Chair HL ACPG
Ranald Robertson, HITRANS Andy Macpherson, ACT
Stuart Green, ABC Graham Bell, NHS Highland Board
Lucy Dunbar, ABC Paul Ashworth, LiveArgyll
Milly Leggett, ABC Katie MacKenzie, ABC
Nicola Reaney, ABC (Secretary) 
Apologies:
Cllr Jim Lynch, ABC Cllr Anne Horn, ABC
Kirsty Flanagan, ABC Fergus Murray, ABC
Iain MacInnes, ABC Gary I’Anson, Police Scotland
Paul McCafferty, Scottish Enterprise Susan McRae, SDS
Liz Prior, NatureScot Alison McGrory, NHS Scotland
Evan Beswick, Argyll and Bute HSCP 
1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES (CHAIR)
Pippa welcomed everyone to the meeting and apologies were noted as above. Pippa
welcomed new members to the CPP Management Committee (CPP MC) - Karen
Craib and Paul McCafferty from Scottish Enterprise, Trish Robertson from Police
Scotland, and Katie Mackenzie from the Council. 
2. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING - DECEMBER 2024 (CHAIR) 
The minutes of the previous meeting held on 6th December 2024 were approved. An
amendment was requested to the Area Community Planning Group (ACPG) update
that was part of the agenda pack for the December Meeting which includes concerns
raised by Oban, Lorn and the Isles (OLI) regarding the loss of funding to the Living
Well Network which were also made by the Helensburgh and Lomond (HL) ACPG.
The amendment was noted and will be incorporated into the last minutes.
3. REVIEW OF ACTION LOG (RONA GOLD) 
Rona Gold provided an update on the action log, highlighting the progress made on
various actions and identifying those that are still ongoing:

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- Partner offers of support to LOIP actions will be discussed further in this
meeting.
- Engagement with Colin on Transport Research. Colin raised the importance of
including community councils in transport research. Rona noted this has been
incorporated into the planning work and the action remains ongoing to ensure
thorough engagement and completion.
- Fair Funding guidance will be discussed further in this meeting, including work
on a local statement on this by Takki.
4. AREA COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP UPDATES (JOHN MCLUCKIE) 
John provided an overview of the ACPG reports from rounds of meetings held in
February. He highlighted key points from the meetings, including concerns raised by
partners at the Helensburgh and Lomond ACPG regarding the switch off of the Radio
Teleswitch Service (RTS) and the Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN). Pippa
confirmed that Iain MacInnes will provide an update to ACPGs on this. 
Governance arrangements were considered and adopted for next year, including the
terms of reference and membership. The Oban, Lorn and the Isles (OLI) ACPG
agreed to establish a short-term working group to explore community resilience
requirements as a result of climate change. There was also a change in meeting
dates for the Bute and Cowal (BC) and Helensburgh and Lomond (HL) ACPGs due
to the Scottish parliamentary elections.
Mid Argyll Kintyre and the Isles (MAKI) ACPG raised concerns regarding the new
reporting format by the Police to their meetings. 
ACTION – Trish to investigate the reporting from the Police to MAKI ACPG and
improve that going forward. 
Sarah (HL ACPG), Reeni (BC ACPG) and Colin (OLI ACPG) raised concerns about
the lack of consultation on the decision to end the Living Well Networks’ funding.
Samantha agreed to provide an update on the work from NHS Highland of the
developments regarding the cessation of funding to the Living Well Networks, and
will provide details of the future support that will be available at the next round of
ACPG meetings. She confirmed that Health Equalities Impacts Assessments had
been carried out in advance of the decision to withdraw the funding.
ACTION – Information on the cessation of Living Well Networks funding to be
recirculated to ACPG members and any feedback on gaps this has caused to
be fed back to HSCP.
ACTION – Argyll and Bute HSCP to present an update on the Living Well
agenda at the next round of ACPG meetings
Pippa thanked the ACPGs for their continued work in the local areas.
5. COMMUNITY PLANNING SELF-ASSESSMENT DRAFT IMPROVEMENT PLAN
(RONA GOLD)
Rona provided an overview of the draft improvement actions from the March 21st
session with the Improvement Service (IS). The plan includes draft improvement

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actions for the next 15 months and Rona emphasised the importance of getting
feedback and consensus on the improvement plan with volunteers sought for
specific actions;
- Undertake mapping to understand mechanism each partner has in place to
understand communities’ needs (due by December 2025). Rona suggested
that partners could join the existing Council Engagement Strategy Group
(CESG) to take this forward rather than create a separate meeting. Partners
agreed to that approach to prevent duplication of efforts, and they were asked
to volunteer people to attend. Fire and Police advised representatives from
their organisations would attend and Takki also noted that the TSI have an
upcoming strategic consultation exercise and would like to engage with the
CESG on questions for that. Andy also expressed an interest to join the
CESG as he has completed extensive consultation as part of the Climate
Change Strategy work. Rona confirmed that engagement on this would be
undertaken with the ACPGs via the Chair / Vice Chair meetings to then
feedback into the CPP MC. Douglas was also keen to be involved to
understand how better to engage with Community Councils. 
ACTION – Rona to pick up with Colin on how best to establish a point of
contact for engagement into local groups.  
Colin asked if Takki would be engaging with the Development Trusts, Scottish
Islands Federation and Scottish Islands Trust as part of the TSI consultation.
Takki confirmed the intention was for the consultation and scoping to be a
large process that would be thorough and that every part of our communities
would be involved to provide data on the current state of the third sector and
how the TSI can best support that.  
- Officers supporting ACPGs to understand what is beneficial from them within
the meeting schedule and agendas to build a feedback loop - Rona noted
work on this has already started and asked the ACPGs to consider if they
would like to have separate meetings on this or to tie it into existing ACPG
Chair and Vice Chair meetings.  The consensus at the meeting was to do this
using existing meetings and that it could be reviewed and changed in the
future if required. 
- Encouraging active citizenship in communities to take part in the CPP – How
to refresh and explain what CPP is, showing groups and individuals how they
can influence CPP and demonstrate good news stories. Looking at how to
engage with community councils to see if they can support in leading this.
Rona will be meeting with the Council Governance Manager to see how we
can work with better with Community Councils then set up a short life working
group (15 months) to move action forward. Reeni suggested that it would be
good to engage with Jean Moffat, convenor of Bute Community Council and
Area Community Planning Group Chair as she has existing strong links with
other community councils. Rona welcomed volunteers to join this group. Colin
and Sarah said they would ask for volunteers from their respective ACPGs.
Andy was also keen to join this group as community resilience plans were a
good “jumping off point” for discussions with Community Councils.

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- Engaging directly with Community Councils – Rona took agreement from the
attendees that this action was tied into the above. 
- Considering partnership approach to board member induction – A working
group will be set up to take forward planning face to face development
sessions in the year. These sessions need to be valuable and Rona asked for
volunteers to work with her and John to get the content of those sessions
right. Reeni suggested contacting Ailsa Clark at Inspiralba as they have been
offering facilitated Art of Hosting sessions that were engaging and created fun
and challenging conversations.  Sam noted her team may also be able to help
with this. Rona advised the next development session would be incorporated
into a longer meeting of the already scheduled CPP MC on 6 June. 
ACTION – Partners to offer any content suggestion for development
days to cppadmin@argyll-bute.gov.uk 
Rona will also work with IS to take good practice from other CPPs. Rona
suggested adding this to future CPP MC meeting agendas and offered to
send round case studies on what is happening in other CPPs. Sarah noted
that Gill Simpson would be happy to work on improvements to the CPP
Welcome Pack. Rona added that the first CPP podcast was about to go live. 
ACTION – John to forward case studies from other CPPs to partners. 
ACTION – Volunteers are welcomed from Partners to record a podcast
with John. 
- Establish a short life working group to develop process for partners to do
when handing over to someone else in your organisation. Mo was keen to be
involved in this from public sector perspective. Sarah nominated Gill to be
involved and Colin also volunteered to be part of this group. Trish highlighted
the usefulness of the Welcome Pack and Rona suggested good practice
could be learned from existing handover processes in place within the Police. 
Pippa said that the feedback from multiple partners was that the IS session was very
positive and created really helpful actions to focus the delivery of improvements. 
6. ARGYLL AND BUTE OUTCOMES IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2024-2034 - NEXT
STEPS (RONA GOLD / JOHN MCLUCKIE)
Rona and John gave a presentation on ABOIP priorities and next steps, saying there
is a really good understanding on the priorities (Transport Infrastructure, Community
Wellbeing and Housing) due to the engagement process. 
At the end of 2024, the CPP agreed what the actions coming under the priorities
would be (shaped from our understanding of need) and agreed the long-term
objectives. The full set of actions was shared as part of the December 2024 CPP MC
agenda pack Item 10(b). Rona asked for a consensus from the CPP on the proposed
actions and measures, what the CPP can add value to, and asked the CPP to
familiarise themselves with the information ahead of a further session on this at the

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June CPP MC to approve the actions, agree on how the work will be project
managed and finalise project mandates before the projects are initiated.
ACTION - Any concerns or comments on the ABOIP priority actions can be
sent to cppadmin@argyll-bute.gov.uk. 
• Rona gave the meeting an example of how the 5 actions, outputs and
measures were created under the Transport priority, noting that they would be
approved at the June meeting. The actions were (1) Establish a transport
integration working group, (2) Consider establishment of community active
travel network, (3) Research commissioned to understand areas of transport
related inequalities and to create baseline for measuring successful delivery
of this objective, (4) Work with ACPGs to promote the local options for car-
pooling/sharing and (5) Incorporate EV suggestions within CPP Climate
Change Strategy.
Reeni shared a link in the meeting chat to research being undertaking in local
communities in the area of active travel and accessibility in the public realm. Sarah
also noted that transport was a big issue arising from the Local Place Plan (LPP)
event held in Helensburgh and the need to work with partners to address specific
transport issues in that area. Rona advised that she has developed a cross council
working group on LPPs and can pick that up in June as to how LPPs feed into
transport actions plans and will also bring that to the ACPG meetings in May.  Colin
asked for the strategic review of ferries to be included in the discussions at the June
meeting.
Ranald commented in the chat that he could see how HITRANS can support this
work, advising that Active Travel Masterplans have been prepared for Oban,
Lochgilphead, Ardrishaig, Tarbert, Campbeltown, Rothesay and Dunoon. He added
that he thought the baseline work will be important to capture the scale of transport
poverty in Argyll and Bute.
7. PROJECTS
(a) CPP Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (Andy MacPherson) 
Andy gave a presentation on the Argyll and Bute Climate Action Strategy. The
strategy aims to make Argyll and Bute climate-ready by acting together to
understand and adapt to the changing climate. The strategy includes six priority
areas: infrastructure, policy influence, skills and supply chain, resilience, risk
assessment, and cross-cutting themes. Community resilience was highlighted as a
key area where the CPP can make a significant impact and the importance of
developing local resilience plans was emphasised, with a focus on using local
knowledge to inform risk assessments. Andy discussed the legacy of the project and
suggested developing a funding application to provide ongoing support on action
delivery, potentially using the lottery Climate Action Fund as a project proposal
model.
The strategy document and terms of reference were approved by the CPP MC. The
next steps include finalising the action plan with a foreword from the CPP MC Chair,
consideration of how it integrates with other CPP priorities and action to include
climate aspects in community resilience plans. The work by Andy was widely praised

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by the CPP MC members with Pippa noting that it was no mean feat to take so much
information and distil it to something that is achievable. The links to community
resilience were clear especially after how recent extreme weather had affected our
communities. 
ACTION – Partners that would like support as to how they can contribute to
action delivery for the plan can contact Andy at andy@act-now.org.uk. 
Reeni said that the CPP MC should consider submitting the plan to the Scottish
arliament working group on climate to highlight to them the excellent work being
undertaken in Argyll and Bute, highlighting our longer term aspirations at that level to
assist in lobbying for future support. This was agreed. Rona added that the
partnership working to bring together resources to complete this work was worth
showcasing.
ACTION – CPP MC to submit Climate Action plan to Scottish Parliament
climate working group.
Rona asked if action could be taken forward by considering at the June meeting
where climate actions sit under the three ABOIP priority headings – rather than
creating separate workstreams. Rona also asked how quickly could funding
applications be resourced for Andy to continue work on the action delivery. Rona
noted that if there is agreement to investigate funding to continue Andy’s post then
the Climate Change Steering Group can take that forward for agreement at the CPP
MC. Pippa suggested that be taken off table. 
Andy asked to record a note of thanks to Stan Phillips for all his work in producing
the Climate Strategy. Rona added that Stan was an integral part of the steering
group of partners that worked on this plan.
(b) CPP Community Wealth Building (CWB) Short Life Steering Group - CWB Bill
(Takki Sulaiman / John McLuckie)
Takki highlighted the commissioned report from CLES on CWB last year which
included 23 recommendations for CWB action in Argyll and Bute. A steering group
was set up to deep dive into how those actions could be progressed meaningfully
with a range of partners in attendance. Of those 23 actions, there is a need to
prioritise those that can have the biggest impact. In this locality, the biggest impacts
come from those related to the Procurement pillar. 
The steering group also discussed the CWB Bill and Takki noted there is an
opportunity to respond to consultation on this (individually and collectively as a CPP)
by 23 May 2025. A draft response to this has been drafted and can be shared. Takki
advised the collective feeling in the steering group was that work should continue on
the creation of a local CWB charter, even before the CWB Bill becomes law, and
advised the steering group plans to bring a set of priorities and a draft charter to the
CPP meeting on June 6th for discussion and approval.
ACTION – CWB Steering Group to bring set of priorities and draft charter to
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John then gave an overview of the CWB bill published at end of March which looks
to ensure consistent implementation of Community Wealth Building across Scotland.
It includes provisions for the preparation of an action plan, guidance and a list of
specified public bodies that must have due regard to the guidance. There is a
specific section in the policy memorandum of the Bill that mentions CPPs. 
Rona highlighted that the bill proposes duties for local authorities rather than
community planning partnerships and asked for the steering group’s perspective on
this and how it aligns with the CPP’s actions and how to ensure a way forward all
partners are in agreement with. 
Takki responded that the steering group was surprised that the duties fell to local
authorities, and believe the CPP should be the driver for CWB. The steering group
felt that the bill had too much of an economic development focus and not enough on
community ownership and well-being. He also noted that there will be a need for
additional resources to implement CWB effectively and that there was definitely room
for comments to be made on the Bill content and proposed leadership structure. 
Pippa thanked Takki and John for the update on this key bit of legislation and
encouraged partners to provide feedback on the Bill. Pippa also asked if the actions
for CWB could be captured as part of the ABOIP priority actions to ensure ongoing
momentum is maintained.
ACTION – Draft response to government on CWB bill to be sent to Partners for
responses by 16 May.
8. PARTNERSHIPS REPORTING TO CPP (ANNUALLY OR BY EXCEPTION) -
COMMUNITY JUSTICE (MARY HOLT) 
Mary provided an overview of the draft Community Justice annual report and
suggested distributing the final version of the Community Justice Plan to the
Community Planning Partnership (CPP) for consultation rather than scheduling time
in the busy June meeting. 
ACTION – Mary to forward the final version of the Community Justice Plan for
consultation to the CPP MC.
Mary noted the main statutory partners involved in the Community Justice
Partnership and pointed to the definition of Community Justice (page 96),
emphasising its long-standing presence and the integration of various organisations
like the police, justice social work, and courts at a local level.
Mary acknowledged the lack of funding for improvement work and the need to work
within current resources, noting the importance of linking community justice work
with CPP priorities such as transportation and community well-being, and suggesting
that community justice could join existing CPP workstreams rather than setting up
separate ones. She also noted the linkages with ACPGs as they look to develop
Community Justice into place based approaches – community service, prison
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Community Justice has a large portfolio but has no funding from improvement work,
and Mary is keen to develop what can be done with current resources and what is
unable to be delivered because of that. 
Pippa thanked Mary for the challenging bit of work. Services are not readily available
in our remote rural geography and it is important that we creatively look at how this
can be integrated into the priorities while being action focussed.  
ACTION – Mary to bring proposal on how to integrate Community Justice into
ABOIP priorities to September meeting.
9. PARTNER UPDATES - CLD STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PLAN (PAUL
ASHWORTH) 
Paul Ashworth presented the Community Learning and Development (CLD)
Partnership Plan highlighting significant progress and developments since the HMIE
progress visit last year. The plan, overseen by Live Argyll and the CLD Strategic
Partnership, was developed through extensive consultation, receiving over 900
responses. The partnership agreed to focus on six key themes for the 2024-2027
plan: digital skills, core skills for learning, life and work, health and well-being,
community voice, the Live Argyll offer, and improving partnership work. Effective CLD
relies on joint ownership and commitment from all partners.
Paul asked the CPP MC to note the response to the HMIE progress visit in January
2024. The inspectors highlighted the need for significant improvements in the plan's
outcomes, ensuring they were measurable and aligned with updated local and
national policies. In response, the CLD team delivered several CPD training sessions
to stakeholders and CLD workers, focusing on measuring, evaluating, and reporting
both quantitative and qualitative data related to specific outcomes. This training
increased confidence and understanding among attendees, leading to positive
feedback and a commitment to continue to develop key skills and improve how work
as partnership.
Additionally, the partnership developed a performance tracker encompassing
performance reporting on outcomes, baseline data, timelines, and a RAG-rated
system to track risks. This tracker supports the collective strategic improvement work
of the partnership, ensuring transparency and opportunities to evaluate progress and
plan necessary interventions.
Paul also provided an update on the HMIE feedback a year after the progress visit.
The report recognised a strong partnership approach in Argyll and Bute, and the
inspectors were confident that significant progress had been made, leading to the
official sign-off of the inspection with no further actions required. This positive result
was a testament to the hard work of the CLD partnership team and the operational
teams involved. Paul also noted the internal audit carried out by Argyll and Bute
Council, which reviewed the effectiveness and equity of service provision across the
region. The audit provided high-level assurance of Live Argyll's management,
confirming strong internal control, governance, and risk management.
ACTION – Paul to forward final HMIE update report to Partners once available.

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In conclusion, Paul expressed satisfaction with the progress made in aligning the
CLD plans with updated measurement and performance criteria, supported by
training and the new performance tracker. The annual report for 2024-2025 is being
prepared and will be published in August, with further updates to be provided to the
committee.
ACTION – Paul to present CLD Annual Report to September CPP MC.
Sarah asked Paul if the temporary re-siting of the library had led to any detrimental
effect on CLD provision. Paul confirmed that this has had no negative effect and
alternative arrangement have been put in place. 
Pippa commended the good work carried out to get the close out of the HMIE
inspection. 
10. ASPIRING PLACES DEMONSTRATION (STUART GREEN / LUCY DUNBAR /
MILLY LEGGETT)
Stuart Green, Lucy Dunbar, and Milly Leggett provided an overview and
demonstration of the platform highlighting its purpose, functionality and benefits for
community groups and organisations in Argyll and Bute.
Stuart gave an overview of the Aspiring Places project, which aims to support
community groups by raising awareness of their project proposals, building
connections across Argyll and Bute and preparing for / linking to external funding
opportunities. The platform was constructed by the end of December and underwent
a successful pilot phase, receiving positive feedback from participating community
groups. The feedback indicated that the platform was user-friendly, straightforward,
and easy to navigate, particularly in terms of registration and login processes.
Lucy demonstrated the Aspiring Places site which was launched on March 24th. 28
community groups and organisations had registered for an account, and 10 project
proposals had been submitted to the Project Bank - with five more in draft form. The
home page of Aspiring Places provides a high-level description of the platform and
its vision. The information and guidance on the site are organised into a three-step
process: identifying who can take part and the types of projects sought, providing
written and video guides to help groups create their project proposals, and
signposting resources to help groups take the next steps with their projects.
Milly then walked through the project proposal form explaining the required and
optional fields that groups need to complete to upload their project proposals. Once
the required fields are completed, groups can save their proposals in draft form and
edit them as needed before publishing.
Lucy showcased the Project Bank where all submitted project proposals are
displayed on a map with pins indicating their locations. Users can zoom in and out,
click on pins to view project details, and filter projects by categories.
A key feature of Aspiring Places is its ability to connect community projects with
external funding opportunities. Lucy and Milly explained the new process they
developed to support this connection, which involves promoting funding opportunities
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interest in relevant funding. They demonstrated how a project proposal can be
copied from Aspiring Places to a funding opportunity with a few clicks, saving time
and effort for both community groups and Council officers.
Douglas raised a query about housing-related projects on the platform and asked
how they are co-ordinating with the Council's housing services. Lucy responded by
explaining the cross-Council Officers Forum was used to ensure that all projects are
shared collectively with relevant teams across the Council and offered to provide
further details to Douglas on all housing projects on the site. 
ACTION – Aspiring Places team to send all housing project proposals to
Douglas Whyte. 
Sarah thanked Lucy and Milly for coming to an engagement event in Helensburgh to
talk about the project. Reeni and Colin congratulated the team on the launch of an
impressive platform. 
Sarah asked if all project proposals coming out on LPPs should be loaded on the
site. Stuart responded that loading a project was relatively straightforward and quick,
and there are no limits to how many projects a group can capture. He is also happy
to engage with any groups that would like any further guidance or support on how to
use the platform.
Pippa said with group feedback there may be the option to develop further functions
on the site. Pippa thanked Stuart, Lucy and Milly for the demonstration.
11. FAIR FUNDING GUIDANCE FEEDBACK (RONA GOLD / TAKKI SULAIMAN)
Rona and Takki provided an update on the progress and next steps on this initiative.
Rona noting the Community Planning Improvement Board had produced fair funding
guidance which the CPP had agreed to consider for sign-up. This guidance was
intended to improve funding processes and strengthen the community and third
sector. The guidance had been previously sent out to all partner organisations for
review but there had been no responses received. The initial timeline ask might have
been too short so the guidance would be resent giving partners would be given more
time to review and provide feedback. Rona proposed that the discussion on signing
up to the guidance be moved to the September meeting, to allow sufficient time for
thorough consideration.
ACTION – Fair Funding Guidance to be resent to Partners. Item to be added to
September CPP MC.
Takki emphasised the importance of the fair funding guidance, noting it was
something the committee had broadly agreed upon in December to improve funding
processes and improve the strength of our community and third sector. Takki would
like to see the national guidance turned into a practical toolkit or handbook for
commissioning managers. This would help managers understand how to enter into
partnerships with local third sector and community organisations, considering the
unique context of Argyll and Bute, where many groups are small and may require
capacity building and support for sustainable funding. He welcomed further input
from other committee members and stressed the need for the guidance to be useful
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Pippa added that while some organisations might find it challenging to comply fully
with the guidance immediately, it was important to sign up to the principles and work
towards compliance to commit to a journey towards better funding practices, even if
they were not yet fully compliant.
12. AOCB
(a) National policy and community planning (Rona Gold)
ACTION – Rona to send a link to the Improvement Service national CPP self-
evaluation report. 
13. DATE OF NEXT MEETING AND CLOSE (CHAIR)
Pippa thanked everyone for their attendance and contributions. 
The next CPP Management Committee Meeting will be held on Friday 6th June
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CPP DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ACTION GRID – 16 April 2024 
Complete  In
Progress 
Outstanding  Please highlight actions as per traffic light system to show progress  
Date
Set
Action Who Required by
Date
6/12 Partner offers of any support to the delivery of the LOIP recommended actions to be sent to
cppadmin@argyll-bute.gov.uk
All 7 March 2025
6/12 John to engage with Colin around community council input to the research. John 7 March 2025
6/12 All members to consider the Community Planning Improvement Board guidance and return
any feedback to cppadmin@argyll-bute.gov.uk for discussion at the March 2025 meeting to
enable a whole CPP endorsement to be considered.
All 7 March 2025
6/12 Takki to suggest a statement (to John) on fair funding that is a draft that the CPP can
consider signing up to alongside the above ask to consider the guidance for Third Sector.
Takki 19 Sept 2025
16/4 Trish to investigate the reporting from the Police to MAKI ACPG and improve that going
forward.
Trish Complete
16/4 Information on the cessation of Living Well Networks funding to be recirculated to ACPG members
and any feedback on gaps this has caused to be fed back to HSCP.
CPP Team Complete
16/4 Argyll and Bute HSCP to present an update on the Living Well agenda at the next round of ACPG
meetings
Argyll and
Bute HSCP
In progress 
16/4 Rona to pick up with Colin on how best to establish a point of contact for engagement into
local groups to understand community needs.
Rona In progress
16/4 Partners to offer any content suggestion for development days to cppadmin@argyll-
bute.gov.uk
All In progress
16/4 John to forward case studies from other CPPs to partners. John In progress
16/4 Volunteers are welcomed from Partners to record a podcast with John. All In progress
16/4 Any concerns or comments on the ABOIP priority actions can be sent to cppadmin@argyll-
bute.gov.uk.
All In progress
16/4 Partners that would like support as to how they can contribute to action delivery for the plan can
contact Andy at andy@act-now.org.uk
All In progress
16/4 CPP MC to consider submitting the Climate Action plan to Scottish Parliament climate
working group.
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Date
Set
Action Who Required by
Date
16/4 CWB Steering Group to bring set of priorities and draft charter to 6th June meeting. Takki In progress
16/4 Draft response to government on CWB bill to be sent to Partners for responses by 16 May. All Complete 
16/4 Mary to forward the final version of the Community Justice Plan for consultation to the CPP
MC.
Mary In progress
16/4 Mary to bring proposal on how to integrate Community Justice into ABOIP priorities to
September meeting.
Mary 19 Sept 25
16/4 Paul to forward final HMIE update report to Partners once available. Paul 19 Sept 25
16/4 Paul to present CLD Annual Report to September CPP MC. Paul  19 Sept 25
16/4 Aspiring Places team to send all housing project proposals to Douglas Whyte. Stuart In progress
16/4 Fair Funding Guidance to be resent to Partners. Item to be added to September CPP MC. CPP Team 19 Sept 25
16/4 Rona to send a link to the Improvement Service national CPP self-evaluation report. Rona In progress