NLP Board Minutes - 16 August 2006 (1)

North Lanarkshire Partnership Minutes of the Board meeting held on Wednesday 16 August 2006

Present:	Cllr Jim McCabe	NLC
	Cllr Jim Smith	NLC
	Gavin Whitefield, Mary Castles	NLC
	David Smith	Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
	Liz Connolly	Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire
	Hugh Logan	Motherwell College
	Ken Corsar,  Colin Sloey	NHS Lanarkshire
	June Vallance	NL Voluntary Sector
	Crawford Kirkwood	NL Voluntary Sector
	Roger Popplewell	Communities Scotland
Attending:	Sandie Mackay, Simon Carey	NLC
	Iain Hair	NHS Lanarkshire
	Stephen McConnachie	Jobcentre Plus
	Louisa Mahon	NLC
Apologies:	Nicky Munro	Scottish Executive
	Tim Davison	NHS Lanarkshire
	David Collie	Jobcentre Plus
	Gregor McKenzie	NLC
	Chief Superintendent Anne McGuire	Strathclyde Police

Introduction and welcome

Cllr McCabe welcomed all to the meeting, particularly June Vallance, Chair of the new North Lanarkshire Council for Voluntary Service (NL CVS) and to Stephen McConnachie, Jobcentre Plus, who was representing David Collie.  Also welcomed to the meeting was Louisa Mahon, the Lanarkshire Brand Manager who would deliver a presentation as the fourth item of the Agenda.

Item 1.             Apologies

Apologies were noted from Nicky Munro, Scottish Executive, Tim Davison, NHS Lanarkshire, Gregor McKenzie, NLC, Chief Superintendent Anne McGuire, Strathclyde Police, and David Collie, Jobcentre Plus.

Item 2.             Minutes of the Last Meeting

These were agreed as an accurate record.

Item 3.             Matters arising –

·         Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and the Regional Transport Strategy.

The Regional Strategy consultation process commenced with a workshop in which three partner representatives participated.  A letter has been sent to SPT by the Director of Planning and Environment emphasising a number of issues including - public transport access, strategic road networks and promotion of social inclusion.   Further consultations will take place in September/October 2006 on final options at which partners will again be able to contribute.  Feedback on the consultation will be made at a future NLP Board meeting.

·         Consultation on the draft Voluntary Sector Strategy

Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) have now been appointed to carry out the consultation process which will take the form of questionnaires and focus groups.  The process is expected to be concluded by December 2006. 

·         Withdrawal of Action Team for Jobs and development of the new Jobcentre Plus Deprived Communities Fund

Stephen McConnachie, Jobcentre Plus, advised the Board that the Action Team for Jobs has been withdrawn and a new fund – Deprived Areas Fund – is being created.  Draft proposals are currently with the Jobcentre Plus Office for Scotland and when these have been finalised, further information will be provided to the Board.

Item 4:             Lanarkshire Branding Project

Louisa Mahon, Lanarkshire Brand Manager, delivered this detailed presentation (to request a copy, click on the Community Planning link at the side of this page).  The target audience for the project is potential investors and companies already signed up to adopt the Brand include Rolls Royce, M&Ds, Morgan Stanley, Visit Scotland and Supercounty.

A website has been set up which is being populated and partners can access this via www.lanarkshire.com

The partner agencies were asked to provide relevant items for inclusion on the site e.g. public relations, news items and projects currently taking place.  Louisa will be happy to meet NLP representatives on an individual basis to discuss this.

Cllr McCabe thanked Louisa for this informative presentation.