There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of Gleniffer Local Partnership held on 12 December 2023.

DECIDED: That the Minute be approved.

There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to the funds allocated by this Local Partnership in 2023/24 and the current budget position.

DECIDED: That the report be noted.

There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to the review of Local Partnerships and the launch of the 2024 Development Programme.

The report intimated that Local Partnerships had been established during 2019 and it had been anticipated that these would be reviewed after a period of 12 months, however due to COVID and wider resource pressures, the review had been postponed until September 2023. A consultation and engagement process to inform the next phase of the development of Local Partnerships commenced, with a key focus on building on existing strengths and identifying further opportunities for the Partnerships to grow.

The report advised that the consultation findings had been presented to the meeting of the Council’s Leadership Board held on 6 December 2023 with a further report submitted to the meeting of the Leadership Board held on 21 February 2024 when it was agreed (a) that the launch of a new campaign to relaunch the Local Partnerships, which would be implemented from the end of February 2024, be noted; (b) that the refreshed Local Partnership Guidance for 2024 be approved and; (c) that it be noted that future updates on Local Partnerships would be provided as part of the six-monthly reports on community planning provided to the Leadership Board.

During discussion on the development of Local Partnerships, concerns were raised around official documents being posted to the Council going missing.  It was also highlighted that a number of documents handed into the Renfrewshire House reception had not reached their destination.  C Dalrymple advised that this service fell under his remit and that he was not aware of the issues raised but that he would carry out an investigation and report back to a future meeting of the Partnership. 

DECIDED:

(a) That the launch of the new campaign to relaunch the Local Partnerships from end February 2024 be noted;

(b) That the refreshed Local Partnership Guidance for 2024 be noted; and

(c) That C Dalrymple would carry out an investigation into the issue around mail sent to Renfrewshire House going missing and report back to a future meeting of the Partnership.

There was submitted an report by the Chief Executive inviting standing members of the Local Partnership to agree the appointment of community representatives to vacant positions within the Local Partnership.

The report intimated that Local Partnerships comprised of an equal number of elected members from Renfrewshire Council and community representatives. Following the review of Local Partnerships in autumn/winter 2023/24, the community representative positions now required to be refreshed and applications had been invited form current and new community representatives.

The report advised that this Local Partnership had seven standing members, being those elected members from Renfrewshire Council representing the Partnership area, as detailed in paragraph 3.3 of the report; that there were seven spaces for community representatives; and that active community councils were automatically allocated one of these spaces. Paragraph 3.4 of the report detailed that both community councils in the area were inactive however it was noted that there had been a recent election to establish the Foxbar & Brediland Community Council and that an inaugural meeting, where the representative on the Partnership would be decided, was scheduled to take place on 18 April 2024. Considering the above, there were six spaces remaining to be filled by community representatives and paragraph 3.7 of the report provided information in relation to the five applications received.

The report detailed the criteria developed to support members on the appointment of community representatives.

DECIDED: That Jim Duffy, 7th Paisley & District J.N.I. Scout Group, Bill Martin, Thursday Club, Shirley McLean, Glenburn TARA, Doreen Polson, Foxbar Rivers Community Centre and Yvonne Povah, Stronger Communities Glenburn, be appointed to the Gleniffer Local Partnership.