Approval of Last Minutes (Chair)

Argyll and Bute Council · 12 January 2024
Back to Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership - Management Committee — 12 January 2024 and its agenda

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MINUTES of MEETING of ARGYLL AND BUTE COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP -
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE held in the ON A HYBRID BASIS IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
KILMORY AND BY MICROSOFT TEAMS 
on THURSDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 2023 
Present:  
Joe McKay, Scottish Fire and Rescue
Service (Chair)
Morag Goodfellow, Highland and Island
Enterprise (HIE)
Rona Gold, ABC Takki Sulaiman, Argyll and Bute TSI
Cllr Robin Currie, Leader of Council Samantha Campbell, NHS Highland
Melissa Dundas, ABC Ryan MacIntyre, Member of the Scottish
Youth Parliament (MSYP)
Shona Barton, ABC Reeni Kennedy-Boyle, BC ACPG
John Armour, MAKI ACPG Alex Wilde, Improvement Service
Stan Philips, NatureScot John McLuckie, ABC
Lucy Dunbar, ABC Graham Bell, NHS Highland Board
Anthony Standing, SDS Charlotte Craig, HSPC
Andrew Connal Patricia Dowd
Charlie Murphy, CLES 
Apologies 
Pippa Milne, Argyll and Bute Council
(ABC)
Fergus Murray, Argyll and Bute Council
Kirsty Flanagan, ABC Iain MacInnes, ABC
Fiona Davies, HSCP Laura Evans, Police Scotland
Fergus Walker, Argyll and Bute
Council (ABC)
Lynn Ratcliff, Police Scotland 
1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES (CHAIR) 
Joe welcomed everyone to the meeting and apologies were noted as above. 
2.  APPROVAL OF LAST MINUTES AND REVIEW OF ACTIONS (RONA GOLD/JOHN               
MCLUCKIE) 
The minutes of the June meeting were accepted. John reviewed the outstanding actions as
follows: 
- The action for Rona and Iain MacInnes to meet to discuss the wider communication
of the link for residents to explore if / when full fibre is available, and information on
the voucher scheme, is in progress.
- The action for Stan, Cllr Currie and Ross McLaughlin to meet to discuss climate
change support that can be provided by the Council is outstanding with the meeting
expected to take place within the next few weeks.
- The action for Fergus Walker to share the details of the project with the Poverty
Alliance once available, via the Community Planning team, will be taken forward
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shortly following the recent appointment of a Project Manager.
- Partners planning community engagement over the next 3 months are requested to
contact the CPP team at cppadmin@argyll-bute.gov.uk to discuss possible
involvement or the inclusion of questions to help inform the next steps in the ABOIP
process. This action remains ongoing throughout the ABOIP process.
- CPP team to include a representative from the Scottish Community Planning
Network to a future CPP MC at end 2023 / early 2024.  The CPP Team have
contacted the Improvement Service to set up a meeting before the end of year to
discuss including a representative at the CPP MC meeting in March 2024. 
3.  AREA COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP UPDATE (SHONA BARTON) 
Shona gave an overview of her report and the CPP MC was asked to note the report
highlights, the changes to the Chair and Vice Chair positions for both the OLI and the
MAKI ACPGs, and the agreement from the Bute and Cowal ACPG for a meeting to
discuss the Dunoon-Gourock car ferry to be facilitated. 
ACTION - Another development session is to be arranged for new ACPG Chairs
and Vice-Chairs by CP Team. 
ACTION - CP team to arrange a meeting between the Chair of the CPP Management
Committee, the Chair of the Bute and Cowal Area Community Planning Group and
the Chair of the Dunoon-Gourock Ferry Action Group. 
4.  CROSS CUTTING THEMES 
(a) Climate Change (Stan Philips) 
Stan gave a presentation in addition to his paper on “Addressing the
Climate Emergency in Argyll and Bute project by the Climate Change
Working Group (CCWG)”. Recruitment is underway for the Argyll and
Bute Climate Action Project Manager who will undertake the development
of the Argyll and Bute Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and
Engagement Strategy and Action Plan. Interviews have been held and a
preferred candidate has been selected. An offer will be made by the end
of this week. 
The Project Manager post will be hosted by Argyll and the Isles Coast and
Countryside Trust (ACT), who will provide day-to-day line management. A
Steering Group will be established to provide support and guidance to the
Project Manager and oversight of the Project. The Steering Group will
report to the Climate Change Working Group, which reports to this
Committee. 
ACTION – Partners, or representatives of their organisations, are
invited to join the Steering Group, and are asked for any nominations
to the CCSG to be forwarded to cppadmin@argyll-bute.gov.uk 
Stan will be standing down as Chair of the Climate Change Working
Group. A new Chair is sought from amongst the organisations

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represented at the CPP MC. 
Stephen Kelly of SFRS has been nominated to be Vice Chair of the
Climate Change Working Group and it was noted that the Community
Planning team would provide an interim Chair from within the team.  
ACTION – Partners are asked to to consider who will Chair the
Climate Change Working Group, and forward any nominations to
ccpadmin@argyll-bute.gov.uk 
ACTION - Partners are invited to forward ideas on other CCWG
activities to stan.phillips@nature.scot 
(b) Financial Inclusion (Fergus Walker) 
A written update from Fergus Walker was noted by the Committee. 
(c) Community Wealth Building (Takki Sulaiman) 
Takki presented an update on the mapping exercise being undertaken by
CLES, funded by TSI on behalf of the CPP. CLES have conducted key
informant interviews and held community based workshops in each of the
administrative areas. A session will be held with the Management
Committee as part of this meeting this afternoon. This will provide a deep
dive into Community Wealth Building and Committee members will have
the opportunity to discuss what the strengths and opportunities around
Community Wealth Building are in Argyll and Bute.  Cllr Currie requested
further information on Community Wealth Building, Lucy offered to
circulate some further reading that may be of interest to the Committee. 
ACTION - CP Team (LD) to share further information about
Community Wealth Building 
(d) Digital Communities (Melissa Dundas/Alex Edmonstone/Rhona
Grant) 
Melissa presented her report. 
Joe asked for a twice yearly formal paper to be provided to the CPP MC. 
Cllr Currie noted that all future housing developments should have fibre
broadband connections. Cllr Currie also noted that landline only
consumers will shortly be left with no connection. 
Ryan McIntyre added that there had been a 70% drop off in young people
contacting their MSYPs about lack of mobile phone coverage and that this
would seem to indicate that coverage must be improving. 
Anthony Standing suggested mobilising Digital Champions from across
the CPP 
There was a discussion about the level of uptake of fibre broadband
across Argyll and Bute, with actions coming out of the discussion. Cllr

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Currie noted that Laura Evans and Matthew Shaw looked at Digital
Inclusion and the uptake of fibre broadband as part of the Call Blockers
project. 
ACTION - Rona to discuss the provision of written reports and the
timing thereof with Melissa and Iain 
ACTION - Rona to link Melissa and Iain with CLD Partnership, of
which Rhona Grant is now the Chair 
ACTION - Takki to circulate baseline of digital provision across
Argyll and Bute 
ACTION - Melissa Dundas to speak to Iain MacInnes regarding the
following points raised by the CPP MC 
- The impact of the switch-off of copper infrastructure on Argyll
and Bute communities
- The messaging and communication with communities on Jura
in terms of the lack of take-up of the digital infrastructure
project on the island   
5.  UPDATE ON THE ABOIP DEVELOPMENT (RONA GOLD) 
Rona provided an update on the development of the new 10-year Argyll and Bute
Outcomes Improvement Plan.  Short presentations were delivered by Rona, Lucy and
John on the three priority themes of Community Wellbeing, Housing and Transport
Infrastructure respectively, with questions and comments then invited from committee
members. 
Housing
Takki queried the scope to examine which policy areas may need to change. Takki
suggested that we consider what the policy drivers are and what scope there is for the
CPP to consider those within our own organisations and/or apply influence for change. 
Morag welcomed the identification of groups experiencing inequalities around housing
and noted that the data shows only the tip of the iceberg. She noted that the ABOIP
should focus on what the CPP can bring together as a partnership. Morag suggested that
partners could, for example, look at what assets they may have that could be relevant to
addressing the housing need in Argyll and Bute. 
Graham commented that a lack of housing was impacting on employers being able to
attract job applicants in Argyll and Bute. He suggested that we could look at assets that
older people in the community have, and if better use could be made of them. 
Anthony agreed that talent attraction was impacted by a lack of available housing. 
Morag suggested that ABC Settlement Officer, Milly Leggett, may have data about
housing being a barrier to recruitment. The CPP team confirmed they had accessed this.

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Transport
Morag noted the Argyll and Bute Transport Connectivity and Economy Research Report
(2016) Microsoft Word - Argyll and Bute Transport Connectivity and Economy Research
- Report (A2481830).doc (hie.co.uk)
Although the report was published in 2016, the situation remains largely unchanged. It is
currently being considered whether to renew this report and HIE would be interested in
working with the CPP to do this in conjunction with the proposed Transport Related
Social Exclusion research.
Cllr Currie noted that Argyll and Bute regional transport is provided by SPT as well as
HITRANS.
Takki commented that there exists an array of local activity, such as car sharing and
community transport and the possibility to extend car rental to encourage sharing rather
than ownership. Takki noted that one solution does not fit all and that community led
solutions are the way forward.
Rona noted that, in reference to possible solutions, we can look at case study examples,
such as those funded by the Supporting Communities Fund. Rona added that we need to
be mindful that solutions need to address and not exacerbate inequalities.
Stan commented that transport is facing a major transition over the next two decades
that will radically change how we do things and this is likely to exacerbate inequalities.
For example, the price of electric cars may mean that many people continue to drive old
petrol and diesel vehicles, despite the manufacturing of these being discontinued in 2030
due to government legislation. The future landscape will be very different. It will be
important to think about future service delivery and build responses to climate change in
now rather than try to retrofit.
Discussion took place on consideration of how to better connect people into services in
ways that the need to travel is reduced or removed.
Community Wellbeing
Morag noted that there is evolving thinking resulting from placed based reviews. Rona
agreed to connect with Morag to discuss an appropriate link for the “place” workstream
as this may be in place based plans – such as those of the area community planning
groups.
Takki noted that TSI and Living Well staff are receiving ‘train the trainer’ training in co-
production.
Charlotte (HSCP) commented that she looked forward to seeing how HSCP and CPP
can work together.
ACTION - Rona to discuss appropriate link for “place” workstream with Morag.
6. ABOIP STEERING GROUP (RONA GOLD)
Rona highlighted the purpose of the ABOIP Steering Group which will meet monthly until
the end of 2023 and includes members of the CP Team, Morag Goodfellow and Ryan
Macintyre MSYP

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7. ARGYLL AND BUTE EMPLOYABILITY PARTNERSHIP DELIVERY PLAN
(ISHABEL BREMNER) 
Ishabel spoke to the plan and the Management Committee noted the contents of the
paper, and endorsed the annual update of the delivery plan and the revision to provide
annual rather than bi-annual updates. 
8. UPDATE ON PRESENTATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH REPORT
ON PREVENTION TO THE IJB HIGHLIGHTS (SAMANTHA CAMPBELL)   
The Management Committee considered and noted a public health report on the ongoing
wellbeing and prevention activities overseen and delivered by the HSCP Public Health
Team in Argyll and Bute. Sam Campbell, Health Improvement Principal, presented a
number of key messages from the 2022 annual report of the Director of Public Health on
Prevention. The full report can be found at:- NHSH DPH Annual Report 2022
(adobe.com) 
9.  AOCB 
John highlighted the briefing paper for local government and partners on Working
together to build climate-resilient, healthy and equitable places 
10.  DATE OF NEXT MEETING 
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 20 December at 10.00am via Teams