Agenda item

Executive Director of Community and Children’s Services to be heard.

SC explained that a piece of work would need to be done in order to engage communities and inform the priorities of the partnership. He said it was important to identify certain needs within the City sphere – some areas were high impact despite smaller numbers.

SC warned of the risk of over-engaging. He suggested that communities wanted to see more action rather than conversation. He was keen to draw on existing conversations e.g., Neighbourhood Policing and Police Cluster Meetings.

SC suggested a session with elected Members and partners around the City to bring a sense of what issues were occurring. SC and RR were working on a plan to bring together engagement. In doing so, they could look into who was not being spoken to.

By considering existing outreach capacity, the CoL and Police would be in a better position for appropriately allocating resources and allowing for transparency in instances where resources were not available.

JF said it was important to pick up on the voices of Children and Young People as a specific engagement theme. SC said there were youth services that ran clubs, who could provide information on the best way to engage with the youth.

OUTCOME: Update noted.