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West Dunbartonshire Council · 20 November 2025
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Agenda 
Community Planning West
Dunbartonshire Management Board 
Date:  Thursday, 20 November 2025
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Time:  14:00
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Format:     MS Teams
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Contact:    Nicola Moorcroft, Committee Officer  
nicola.moorcroft@west-dunbarton.gov.uk  
committee.admin@west-dunbarton.gov.uk 
Dear Member 
Please attend a meeting of the Community Planning West Dunbartonshire
Management Board as detailed above. 
The business is shown on the attached agenda. 
Yours faithfully 
PETER HESSETT 
Chief Executive

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Distribution:- 
Councillor Martin Rooney (Chair) 
Councillor David McBride
Councillor Clare Steel 
Peter Hessett, Chief Executive, West Dunbartonshire Council  
Beth Culshaw, Chief Officer, West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care
Partnership (WD HSCP) 
Gillian Hamilton, Chief Education Officer, West Dunbartonshire Council 
Gail MacFarlane, Chief Officer, Roads and Neighbourhood
Fiona Taylor, Health and Social Care Partnership (WD HSCP) 
Colin Smith, Communities Team Leader,
John Anderson, Manager, West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust 
Anne Campbell, Principal, West College Scotland
Brian Dornan, West Dunbartonshire’s Place Director
Jan Haining, Department of Works and Pensions  
Laurence Bayston, Head of West Region, Skills Development Scotland 
Joe McKay, Local Senior Officer – West Dunbartonshire, Scottish Fire &  
Rescue Service
Tony McGloin, Local Senior Officer – West Dunbartonshire, Scottish Fire &  
Rescue Service
Mark Newlands, Scottish Enterprise 
Selina Ross, Manager, West Dunbartonshire Community Volunteering Service 
Rebecca Campbell, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 
Catherine Topley, Chief Executive, Scottish Canals 
Gordon Watson, Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park 
Gerry Watt, Scottish Prison Service 
Sandie Scott, NHS Golden Jubilee, Director of Strategic Communications and
Stakeholder Relations
Carole Anderson, NHS Golden Jubilee, Director of Transformation, Strategy
Planning and Performance
Gary L’Anson, Police Scotland, Divisional Commander Argyll and West
Dunbartonshire Division
Simon Shanks, Police Scotland
Patricia Robertson, Police Scotland
Jennifer Gilliver, Department for Work and Pensions 
Councillor John Millar [substitute] 
Councillor Lawrence O’Neill [substitute]
Councillor Gurpreet Singh Johal [substitute] 
Date of issue: 7 November 2025

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COMMUNITY PLANNING WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE MANAGEMENT BOARD
THURSDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2025 
AGENDA 
1 APOLOGIES 
2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 
Members are invited to declare if they have an interest in any of the items of
business on the agenda and the reasons for such declarations. 
3 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING                                                    7 - 11 
Submit for approval as a correct record, the Minutes of Meeting of the
Community Planning West Dunbartonshire Management Board held on 14
August 2025. 
4 ACTION LOG              13 
Submit for information the Rolling Action List for the Community Planning
West Dunbartonshire Management Board.   
5 COMMUNITY PLANNING EXECUTIVE GROUP    15 - 18 
Submit report by Peter Hessett, Chief Executive providing an update of
discussion at the most recent Community Planning Executive Group (CPEG)
meeting held on 23 October 2025. 
6 INTEGRATED CHILDREN’S SERVICES PLAN REPORT           To Follow 
Submit report by Lesley James, Head of Children’s Health, Care and Criminal
Justice (Chief Social Worker – HSCP), providing an update regarding the
above. 
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7 LOCAL CHILD POVERTY ACTION REPORT    19 - 71 
Submit report by the Stephen Brooks (Working4U Manager) providing an
update on the on Local Child Poverty Action Report 2024 - 25. 
8 VERBAL UPDATE ON CLIMATE HUB       
Receive an update from Selina Ross providing detail on the above. 
9 COLLABORATION FOR HEALTH EQUITY             To Follow 
Submit report from Colin Smith, Communities Team Leader, regarding the
above. 
10 REVIEW OF DIG REPORTING                To Follow 
Submit report from Colin Smith, Communities Team Leader, regarding the
above. 
11 PILOT PROJECT UPDATE 
Verbal update from rom Colin Smith, Communities Team Leader, regarding
the above. 
12 COMMUNITY JUSTICE PARTNERSHIP UPDATE            73 - 79 
Submit report by Lesley James, Head of Children’s Health, Care and Criminal
Justice (Chief Social Worker – HSCP), providing an update regarding the
above. 
13 FLOURISHING DELIVERY IMPROVEMENT GROUP           To Follow
(DIG) UPDATE 
Submit report by Gail MacFarlane, Chief Officer, Roads and Neighbourhood
providing an update on the work of the Flourishing Delivery and Improvement
Group. 
14  INDEPENDENT DELIVERY IMPROVEMENT GROUP                     81 - 83
(DIG) UPDATE 
Submit report by Fiona Taylor, Head of Health and Community Care providing
an update on the work of the Independent Delivery and Improvement Group.

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15  NURTURED DELIVERY IMPROVEMENT GROUP                          85 - 87                       
(DIG) UPDATE 
Submit a report by Lesley James, Head of Children’s Health, Care and
Criminal Justice (Chief Social Work Officer – HSCP), providing an update on
the work of the Nurtured Delivery and Improvement Group. 
16 EMPOWERED DELIVERY IMPROVEMENT GROUP  
(DIG) UPDATE             
89 - 93 
Submit report by Selina Ross, West Dunbartonshire CVS providing an update
on the work of the Empowered Delivery and Improvement Group. 
17 SAFE DELIVERY IMPROVEMENT GROUP (DIG) UPDATE           
Verbal update from Superintendent Patricia Robertson, Police Scotland, on
the work of the Safe Delivery and Improvement Group. 
18 CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL FACE TO FACE MEETINGS   
To discuss and consider whether or not to proceed with additional in-person
meeting(s) of the CPWD Management Board. 
19 DATE OF NEXT MEETING 
Members are asked to note that the next meeting of the CPWD Management
Board will be on Thursday, 19 February 2026 at 2pm, venue TBC.