Issue - meetings

That Members are assured of the level of progress that Flintshire Public Services Board (PSB) has made to date.

The Chief Executive introduced an update on the work of the Flintshire Public Services Board (PSB) following adoption of the Well-being Plan which prescribed five priority areas.

The Corporate Business & Communications Executive Officer spoke about the enthusiasm and strong partnership working across the PSB to deliver strategic objectives.  Whilst all the agencies contributed to work on the five agreed priorities, there was effective information sharing and learning between lead partners.

Concerns were raised by Councillor Jones on the decision to put the Economy and Skills priority on hold for the first year, particularly due to the Council’s high performance on economy.  Officers explained that the decision to focus on four of the five themes this year was partly due to capacity of the PSB and also to achieve clarity on where value could be added.  The PSB would return to local action planning on the Economy and Skills theme noting that the PSB (and the former LSB) had completed work on priorities on money advice and poverty, and the promotion of access to work and apprenticeships in the past.

Councillor Johnson expressed his appreciation to officers for the ongoing community resilience programme at the Holway which was making a real difference.  He also spoke of the value of the ‘Can Cook’ project and Breakfast Club in that area.  The Chief Executive said that this was a positive example of multi-agency working led by the PSB and he spoke about plans to develop a local social enterprise model to tackle food poverty whilst offering local community and employment benefits.

RESOLVED:

That Members are assured of the level of progress that Flintshire Public Services Board (PSB) has made to date.