Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendations.

Councillor Healey introduced the report and explained that Audit Wales had recently completed a review of support for the social enterprise sector by Welsh local authorities.  They had issued several recommendations and created a self-assessment tool for local authorities to use.  Flintshire County Council already had a well-established structure to support the sector and was recently awarded the Social Enterprise Place accreditation to reflect its achievements.  However, the Audit Wales report provided the Council with the opportunity to reflect on its performance and to improve the service.

The report presented a proposed response to the Audit Wales report recommendations, a self-assessment exercise undertaken by the Council using the Audit Wales template and finally a revised Social Enterprise Action Plan which reflected any areas for improvement identified.

The Chief Officer (Planning, Environment and Economy) explained that the report had been submitted to Environment and Economy Overview and Scrutiny Committee where details on social enterprise were positively received.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the draft response to the Audit Wales report ‘A missed opportunity’ – Social Enterprises be approved; and

(b)       That the draft Social Enterprise Action Plan which had been developed following the publication of the report above be approved.