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Meeting Summary
Children & Young People Thematic Board
23 Mar 2017 - 14:00 to 16:00
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Agenda

Agenda
Notification
Committee Members
Membership
Councillors Henry, Bibby and McCartin (Renfrewshire Council); L O'Brien, Barnardos; R Ritchie, Children 1st; N Burns, Police Scotland; F MacKay and M Ferguson (both Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership); A Lowe, Renfrewshire Child Protection Committee; J Melrose, Area Support Team; L King and N Harkness (both Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration); P MacLeod, D Hawthorn, G McKinlay, J Trainer, S Bell, S Graham and S Glasgow (all Renfrewshire Council); M Gallacher, Scottish Fire and Rescue Services; M Gilligan, Skills Development Scotland; S Graham, West College Scotland; and M Dunn, University of the West of Scotland.
Chair
Councillor Henry.
Councillor Henry, Chair, presided.
Present
Councillors Henry and Bibby, P Macleod, D Hawthorn, G McKinlay and J Trainer, (all Renfrewshire Council); F MacKay, Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership;  J Melrose, Area Support Team; N Harkness, Scottish Children's Reporter Administration; M Gilligan, Skills Development Scotland; S Graham, West College Scotland; K Miller, Engage Renfrewshire; and M Dunn, University of the West of Scotland.
In Attendance
N Anderson, Bamardos; J Dougall, Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership; Y Farquhar, S Tkacenko and C MacDonald (all Renfrewshire Council).
Standard Items
Members of the Press and Public
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Further Information
This is a meeting which is open to members of the public. 

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For further information, please either email
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Items Of Business
Apologies
Apologies from members.
Councillor McCartin, Renfrewshire Council; N Burns, Police Scotland; A Lowe, Renfrewshire Child Protection Committee; and M Gallacher, Scottish Fire and Rescue Services.
Declarations of Interest
Members are asked to declare an interest in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest.
There were no declarations of interest intimated prior to commencement of the meeting.
Minute of previous meeting held on 9 February 2017.
1
There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of the Children & Young People Thematic Board held on 9 February 2017.

DECIDED:  That the Minute be agreed.
Report by Director of Finance & Resources.
2
The Rolling Action Log was submitted for approval.

DECIDED:   That the action log be noted.
Discussion and workshop on the new governance structure.
3
Under reference to the Minute of the meeting of the Children & Young People Thematic Board held on 9 February 2017, relative to the Community Planning governance arrangements, a workshop was held to develop and ensure an effective transition to new working arrangements.

A presentation was given by the Head of Early Years and Inclusion which gave a brief overview of the Dartington research data; outlined the function of the data; highlighted a series of innovations in the methodology; looked at a sample of the data and statistics; and gave a demonstration of how the data could be used to interrogate specific communities.

In order to meet the objectives of the workshop the Board focused on key questions around agenda, key learning, and membership. It was noted that the results from the workshop would be circulated to members who were not present at the meeting to afford them an opportunity to comment and to ensure that members who participated were satisfied with the solutions presented.

DECIDED:   

(a)   That it be agreed that the results from the workshop be circulated to members who were not present at the meeting to afford them an opportunity to comment and to ensure that members who participated were satisfied with the solutions presented; and

(b)   That the workshop be noted.

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

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