Agenda and draft minutes
Venue: Meeting Space, Block 1, Floor 2, County Hall, Morpeth, NE61 2EF
Contact: Rebecca Greally
Note: No Planning Applications to be brought to committee for this meeting.
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: Apologies were received from E. Cartie, B. Gallacher, K. Nisbet, M. Richardson, A. Watson. |
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Minutes of the meetings of Ashington and Blyth Local Area Council held on Wednesday 15th September and Wednesday 13th October 2021 as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair. Additional documents: Minutes: RESOLVED?that the minutes of the meeting of the?Ashington?& Blyth Local Area Council held on Wednesday,?15?September?2021 and Wednesday 13 October 2021,?as circulated, be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.? |
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DISCLOSURE OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required to disclose any personal interest (which includes any disclosable pecuniary interest) they may have in any of the items included on the agenda for the meeting in accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the Council on 4 July 2012, and are reminded that if they have any personal interests of a prejudicial nature (as defined under paragraph 17 of the Code Conduct) they must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room. NB Any member needing clarification must contact Legal Services by email at monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter. Minutes: Councillor C. Ball informed the committee that she was employed by a Youth Service organization called Bad Apples North East. |
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LOCAL SERVICES UPDATE To receive a verbal update from the Area Managers from Technical Services and Neighbourhood Services in attendance about any key recent, ongoing and/or future planned Local Services work for the attention of members of the Local Area Council, who will also then have the opportunity to raise issues with the Area Managers.
The Area Managers have principal responsibility for highway services and environmental services, such as refuse collection, street cleansing and grounds maintenance, within the geographic boundaries of the Local Area Council.
Minutes: The Local Services Director and Local Services and Neighbourhood Services Divisional Manager were in attendance to provide verbal updates about any key recent, ongoing and/or future planned Local Services work and to respond to issues raised by members.
Neighbourhood Services
R. Wealleans, Neighbourhood Services Area Manager, provided an update as follows:
Grounds Maintenance
Grass Cutting:?
Weeds:?
? Street Sweeping:?
Winter Works?
Waste Services
Additional Information
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YOUTH SERVICES PROVISION To receive a presentation giving an overview of the Youth Services Provision within Ashington and Blyth.
Minutes: S Pearson, Senior Manager - Specialist Services and G Younger, Accommodation Lead, were in attendance to provide Members with information on the Youth Service. A copy of the power point presentation would be filed with the signed minutes and circulated to Members after the meeting.
Northumberland Adolescent Services (NAS)?was made up of services to meet the needs of all adolescents across Northumberland and included:
An explanation was provided on the role and function of each of the services and how they supported young people in?Northumberland around three distinct strands:? ?
? The provision of universal youth services?were?developed and delivered across Northumberland working in partnership with the Voluntary Sector and it was through data analysis and feedback from partners it was decided in which area to deploy resources.?
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NORTHUMBERLAND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER To receive a presentation on the work of Northumberland Communities Together. Minutes: M. Taylor, Executive Director and E. Richardson, Senior Manager Specialist Services – Poverty Lead were in attendance to present to Members information on Northumberland Communities Together. It gave an overview of the service and future objectives. A copy of the power point presentation would be filed with the signed minutes and circulated to Members after the meeting.
Northumberland Communities Together was an inclusive community and multi-disciplinary team approach that responded to the specific and emerging needs of residents and communities by fully optimising the knowledge, capability and capacity that existed within the community and amongst local networks and partnerships.
It outlined the aims of the service which included; reducing health inequalities and protecting the most vulnerable. The process for the response hub was outlined with the differing roles within the team. It was important that personalized solutions were found for those in need.
Community engagement and enrichment was explained which involved identifying and supporting partnerships within the community. Its aim was to make the best use of the assets and expertise already available within the community and to add complementary resources to enrich them.
The community hub investment team were working to create community hubs throughout the County. The hub design would be dependent on the needs of the community. The flagship hub was in Cramlington and members were invited to visit it.
The following comments were made in response to Member’s questions:-
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LOCAL AREA COUNCIL WORK PROGRAMME PDF 241 KB To note the latest version of agreed items for future Local Area Council meetings (any suggestions for new agenda items will require confirmation by the Business Chair after the meeting)
Minutes: RESOLVED members noted the updated Work Programme. |
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DATE OF NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, 15 December 2021 (Planning only)
Minutes: RESOLVED members noted the date of the next meeting was Wednesday 15th December (Planning only) |