Agenda item

Mark Norris, Principal Policy Adviser, introduced item seven.  Mark stated that the paper sets out the Safer and Stronger Communities end of year report, including initial proposals for the 2019/20 work plan. 

Following the update, members made the following comments:

Members discussed how the Board’s important remit, focusing on making communities more resilient, as well as a focus on councils relationship with their communities and residents, and how we make them more robust.  The Chair agreed with this, but stated councils and members need to be realistic about targets and plans for this, given the extreme lack of funding councils have to undertake this.  The Chair concluded by questioning how can we make communities resistant and resilient to solve their own problems, supported firstly by councils. 

Decision

1.    Members of the Safer and Stronger Communities Board noted the end of year report and agreed to the Board’s work priorities for 2019/20.