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West Dunbartonshire Council · 15 August 2024
Back to Community Planning West Dunbartonshire Management Board — 15 August 2024 and its agenda

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Community Planning West
Dunbartonshire Executive Group –
Meeting Note and Actions
Date:  Monday 22 July 2024
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Time:  11:00
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1. Welcome, introductions and apologies.
In Attendance:
Peter Hessett (Chair) (PH), Stephen Brooks (SB), Lesley James (LJ),
Amanda Graham (AG), 
Apologies: 
Jonathan Harris (JH) attended CPEG meeting on 15 July
2. Note and action log of previous meeting
• Agreed as an accurate record.
• Nurtured DIG –Working to get action plan on Pentana. Action to
carry over
• Safe and Independent DIG – Now on Pentana
• LJ and JH continuing to discuss Community Justice and reporting.
Action progressing
• Action: LJ will provide further update on Community Justice
reporting and work with Police Scotland
3.1 DIG updates on Action Plans
• Flourishing DIG – Staff and partners contributing well to delivery of
plan. Action plan highlight report will be submitted for CPWD.
Priorities around levelling up and regen - added in employability
and contributions team making towards supporting regeneration.
Business breakfasts introduced to promote work around net zero
and foundation economy, working partnership colleagues across
DIG o push forward priorities. Awaiting detail re future approach to
Shared Prosperity Funding.
• Empowered DIG –
• Safe DIG – meeting w/c 15/7 and update on action plan will be
provided for CPWD.
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• Nurtured DIG – Work to be undertaken around Nurtured DIG and
Integrated children’s service plan. Measures to be further
developed. GIRFEC Lead post to be introduced to progress work
across Nurtured DIG. Support needed to deliver on agenda and
improve pace of progress. Community justice progressing well.
Postholder now in place and progressing work, liaising with
partners.
• Independent DIG – Highlight report submitted for CPWD. Carried
over to next meeting
3.2 Exception reporting: Nothing raised. 
4. Proposed Approach for CPWD in 24/25. 
Recapped on discussion around potential pilot approach based on a
geographic area. Recommendation on pilot area to be presented CPWD
Management Board and rationale for neighbourhood selected provided,
highlighting information on local issues. This will allow more opportunity
for discussion on the challenge questions.
Theme and host for second community planning event still to be
confirmed.
AG confirmed meeting arranged w/c 29/7 with Council colleagues and Liz
Connolly (West College Scotland) around potential theme of
employability, skills and training taking into account education,
regeneration, net zero and economy.
Action: Work on pilot approach progressing. Report to be brought to
future CPWD (ET)
Action: AG will feedback to CPEG members on second event following
meeting on 30/7
5. CPWD Management Board Meeting feedback 
The group discussed potential theme for next CPWD meeting in August.
AG to review previous minutes and themes. 
It was agreed at CPEG in April 2023 the following themes would be
adopted for forthcoming CPWD meetings: 
• Sustainability (theme of CPWD meeting in August 2023)
• Wellbeing (Whole family wellbeing theme of CPWD Nov 2023)
• Empowered (Power of Attorney theme of CPWD June 2024) 
LJ raised whether there was an opportunity to provide a focus via CPWD
on domestic abuse, violence against women and girls, work of ADP. 
Action - Further discussion to be arranged with AG, LJ, ET on domestic
abuse and violence against women and role of CP.
Action: Theme for future meeting to be discussed and confirmed (AG)
6. AOCB and Date of Next Meeting 
Meeting dates:
• CPWD Pre Agenda – Thursday 25 July (MS Teams) 
• CPWD Board – Thursday, 15 August (MS Teams)

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• CPEG – Monday, 21 October (MS Teams)
• CPWD event TBC 
No. Action Progress
2 Action – Nurtured DIG will be uploaded to
Pentana. LJ will update at next meeting
Action – LJ to provide update on joint working
with JH on Criminal Justice. 
In progress 
In progress 
4. Action – Report on pilot approach to future
CPWD (ET) 
Action – AG to feedback to CPEG members
on potential second event following meeting
on 30/7
In progress 
In progress
5 Action - Theme for August CPWD meeting to
be discussed and confirmed at CPWD pre-
agenda. AG/PH
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