Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

22.

Apologies for absence.

23.

To consider the extent, if any, to which the public and press are to be excluded from the meeting.

Minutes:

There were no items on the agenda.

24.

Declarations of Interest, if any.

Minutes:

There were no declarations made.

25.

Public Statements.

[A period not exceeding 20 minutes for statements from up

to 5 members of the public on matters within the

Committee’s remit, proposing action(s) which may be

considered or contribute towards the future development of

the Committee’s work programme].

 

Minutes:

There were no public statements made.

26.

Localities Update pdf icon PDF 523 KB

Minutes:

The Committee received a detailed presentation and accompanying report addressing locality working.  It was outlined that Locality working involved the whole Council pulling together, with partners, to deliver on local deals and locality plans that had been produced with and by residents.  It was designed to improve resident experience through a more locally informed, integrated and relationship approach reducing the need for crisis response through a more preventative, integrated approach.

 

The presentation brought to life excellent key examples, demonstrated by each locality, from health and wellbeing, economic inclusion to community safety and getting a decent start in life.  This gave the Committee a good idea of what was taking place across the whole of the Borough.

 

Some examples included:

 

EAST LOCALITY – Focus on health priorities - The presentation covered how health, social care, community, voluntary and other public services collaborate to improve health outcomes and deliver positive activities for all ages.  A specific example given was Edenthorpe Junior Football Club required more space locally to expand to provide more girls and boys teams.  To achieve this the  Club and community worked together with the Council to secure the use of and upgrade of additional playing field space (Tesco field), including lighting and CCTV.   Street Scene assisted with creating the playing space and pitches.

 

NORTH LOCALITY – Focus on Advance Employment Hub – this was established to mitigate the risk of poverty and help people thrive in their chosen career.  It was a Doncaster wide initiative but with a locality focused approach and was a bespoke service for small, medium and large businesses.  The accessibility and support assists with a quick and proactive response, for example, following the announcement of redundancies at Doncaster Sheffield Airport, 60 local employers met with the staff to assist with finding other employment.

 

CENTRAL LOCALITY – Focus on community safety and anti-social behaviour City Centre, Frenchgate Centre and Interchange – following lockdown easing in 2020 as dark nights were approaching, young people from different areas across Doncaster and wider region, were congregating often in large numbers in the City centre, especially in the Frenchgate centre and Interchange creating serious incidents.  This included threatening and abusive behaviours, risky behaviour placing young people and the public at risk, theft from shops, damage to firefighting equipment, assaults on retail and securing security staff and criminal damage in the Frenchgate centre to a cost of £48,000.

 

Through social media platforms, young people were arranging to meet for fights from across the borough, neighbouring towns and other areas in the country.  The resultant impact was significant on the feeling of confidence and safety for businesses and other users of the city centre.

 

A multi-partner, co-produced plan was enacted, involving South Yorkshire Police, British Transport Police, Businesses, Children’s Services, Schools, the Young Advisors, Youth Services, Youth Offending Service, Violence Reduction Unit, Criminal Justice and voluntary sector partners.  The plan ensured everyone new their role and was simple, agile and was capable of being scaled up and was a model that could  ...  view the full minutes text for item 26.

27.

Overview and Scrutiny Work Plan and the Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions pdf icon PDF 217 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Senior Governance Officer provided an overview of the Overview and Scrutiny Work Plan and the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

 

RESOLVED:  That the reports be noted.

 

 

 

 

Chair ­­­____________________________________

 

 

Dated ___________________________________