Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Community Planning Partnership Board will take place in the HIE Boardroom, Ground Floor, An Lòchran, Inverness Campus, Inverness, and via Microsoft Teams, on Friday 15 September 2023 at 11.00 am.

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 Partnership Board – 22 June 2023 (for approval);
ii.    Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Strategy Group – 23 May 2023 (for noting); and
iii.    Community Justice Partnership – 15 June 2023 (for noting).

3.    Action Tracker

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

4.    Partnership Development Team Update

There is circulated Report No CPB/11/23 by CPP Senior Officers and the Partnership Development Manager.

The Board is asked to:

i.    note the Partnership Development Team structure;
ii.    note the allocated Community Partnerships within the Partnership Development Team;
iii.    consider the proposed workplan, including milestones and measures for success, in Appendix 1 of the report; and
iv.    agree that a quarterly update be provided to the Board on the progress against the workplan.

5.    Review of Strategic Risk Register

The Partnership Senior Officers Group have reviewed the Strategic Risk Register.

The Board is asked to:

i.    note against the CPB Communication risk that a CPP Communications Strategy is being developed;
ii.    agree to remove the Covid Resilience and Covid Recovery risks;
iii.    agree to lower the risk in respect of the Crisis in Ukraine to low, based upon current local evidence and operation;
iv.    agree to lower the Cost of Living Crisis risk to medium, noting that this will continue to be reviewed;
v.    agree the proposed additional risk in respect of the Partnership Development Team, which relates to the resourcing of the team; and
vi.    agree the Risk Owners and Risk Leads that have been included.

6.    Length of Chair’s Tenure on CPP Board

The Chair will speak to this item.

7.    Mental Health Improvement and Suicide Prevention in Highland

There is circulated Report No CPB/12/23 by the Chair of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Group.

The Board is asked to agree:

i.    the revised structure to deliver the refreshed priorities, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report;
ii.    the refreshed set of priorities for the Mental Health Delivery Group Plan, as set out in Appendix 2 of the report; and
iii.    the proposed principles and ways of working, as set out in Appendix 3 of the report.

8.    Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (HADP) Annual Reporting Template 2022/23

There is circulated Report No CPB/13/23 by the HADP Coordinator.

The Board is asked to approve the HADP annual reporting template 2022/23.

9.    Community Justice Annual Report 2022/23

There is circulated Report No CPB/14/23 by the Community Justice Partnership Manager.

The Board is asked to consider and approve the Highland Community Justice Annual Report 2022-23, as appended to the report, prior to submission to Community Justice Scotland by 29 September 2023.

10.    Custody Link Project – “CLinks”

There is circulated Report No CPB/15/23 by the Chief Officer, Highland Third Sector Interface.

The Board is asked to:

i.    review the evaluation reports appended to the covering report and consider the impact of the project in relation to those most vulnerable and more likely to be impacted by socio-economic disadvantage; and
ii.    consider either options to continue the funding of the project or how the needs of these individuals may be met through alternative means.

11.    Scottish Parliament Inquiry – Summary of Findings

There is circulated Report No CPB/16/23 by the Head of Community Support, Contact and Engagement, The Highland Council.

The Board is asked to consider and discuss the findings from the Scottish Parliament Inquiry into community planning.

12.    Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 5 December 2023 at 2.00 pm.