Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Community Planning Board will take place remotely on Thursday 4 November 2021 at 2.00 pm.

You are invited to attend the meeting and the business to be considered is noted below.

Business

1.    Apologies for Absence

2.    Minutes of Meetings

The following Minutes are circulated for noting or approval as appropriate:

i.    Community Planning Board – 22 September 2021 (for approval);
ii.    Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Strategy Group – 18 May 2021 (for noting); and
iii.    Community Justice Partnership – 16 June 2021 (for noting).

3.    Action Tracker and Updates

i.    Action Tracker

The Board is asked to review progress of its agreed actions.

ii.    Output from the workshop on resourcing community planning/partnerships

The feedback from the workshop on 22 September 2021 on resourcing community planning/partnerships is circulated for discussion.

iii.    Proposals emerging from ongoing discussions on partnership development

There is circulated, for discussion, a paper setting out proposals emerging from ongoing discussions on partnership development.

4.    Community Planning Partnership Development – Locality Plans

There is circulated Report No CPB/15/21 by the Head of Service (Community Support and Engagement), Highland Council.

The Board is asked to consider the update on locality plans and:

i.    note the feedback from the review of current locality planning at section 2 of the report;
ii.    agree the proposed approach to taking forward locality plans outlined at section 3.2 of the report;
iii.    agree the principles to guide the approach outlined at section 3.4 of the report; and
iv.    agree the areas for improvement outlined at section 3.5 of the report.

5.    Highland Community Planning Partnership – Transport Problems and Opportunities: Evidence from Community Consultations

There is circulated Report No CPB/16/21 by the Highland Outcome Improvement Plan (HOIP) Infrastructure Delivery Group.

The Board is asked to consider the recommendations set out in the report.

6.    HOIP Performance Framework – Indicators for the Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcome

There is circulated Report No CPB/17/21 by the Chair of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Group.

The Board is asked to agree the proposed indicators for the mental health and wellbeing outcome within the Highland Outcome Improvement Plan.

7.    Refresh of the Active Highland Strategy

There is circulated Report No CPB/18/21 by Cathy Steer, Chair of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Group, Dan Jenkins, Senior Health Improvement Specialist, NHS Highland, and Gavin Smith, Health Improvement Specialist, NHS Highland.

The Board is asked to:

i.    support the proposal to identify partnership staff resource to develop a refreshed Active Highland Strategy that supports the outcomes of the HOIP and the Active Scotland outcomes framework; and
ii.    agree that the Active Highland Strategy Group will report through the CPP structures, with particular links to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Group as the group with the closest links to the work of the Strategy Group.

8.    Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (HADP) Annual Report 2020/21

The Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Annual Report 2020/21 is circulated for consideration and approval.

9.    Impacts of Brexit

The Area Manager – Caithness and Sutherland, HIE, will provide a verbal update on the impacts of Brexit.

10.    Update on Proceeds of Crime Funding

The Chair of the Community Safety and Resilience Delivery Group will provide a verbal update on proceeds of crime funding.  In that regard, there is circulated previous Report No CPB/14/19 together with further information on recent monies allocated to community projects across the Highland area.

11.    Highland Community Planning Partnership Communications Plan

There is circulated draft Highland Community Planning Partnership Communications Plan by Communications teams with Highland Council, NHS Highland, Police Scotland and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

The Board is asked to consider and approve the draft Communications Plan.

12.    Review of Strategic Risk Register

The Board is asked to review the Strategic Risk Register.

13.    Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday 20 December 2021 at 11.00 am.