Issue - meetings

(1)       Mr Hill and Ms Honey updated Members on the following issues:-

28 July 2010 - Top 200 Visit to Margate

(2)       Ms Honey reminded Members of the work that had been carried out in two wards in Margate as part of the Total Place pilot.  She explained that Kent had been selected as one of three areas in the County to have a visit from the top 200 civil servants across all departments.  This had been organised as part of an initiative commissioned by the Cabinet Secretary, to work on the issues around disadvantage in neighbourhoods and to come up with ideas around the Big Society which would feed into the Comprehensive Spending Review.  This gave an opportunity to share KCC’s concerns and put forward suggestions including the establishment of an intervention area for the two wards and to share thoughts on housing.  The report from the top 200 would be circulated to the Committee when it was available.  Members agreed that they would like more information on the work that was being carried out in Thanet and how the resources that were being put into that area were being utilised. 

14 September 2010 - Review of Prisons in Kent and its impact on Public Services

(3)       Ms Slaven referred to the document that had been produced in the summer which looked at the impact having a relatively large number of prisons had on Kent.  Better partnership working would lead to better outcomes for prisoners who lived in Kent and also those who were not residents of Kent.  On 14 September 2010 a group including the Chief Probation Officer, representatives from Health, Housing, the Department of Work and Pensions, Youth Offending Service and Drug Services had met to discuss how they could work together to improve outcomes especially for the Thanet area.  This was a first step and the outcomes would be developed by Mr Bainbridge and the Community Safety Partnership.

Euro-Camp

(4)       Ms Honey referred to the Euro-Camp which had been organised by the Kent Youth Service.  This included a whole week of activities and had been based at Swattenden.  She thanked the Youth Service for organising and it was hoped that there would be a second event on a bigger scale in 2012. 

YOS ISS Arts Council Awards

(5)       Ms Honey congratulated the eight young people from the Youth Offending Services who were awarded bronze arts Council award after attending a Summer Arts College.  These eight young people were at high risk of re-offending but all of them had got college places for the autumn.  In response to a question Ms Slaven explained that this was the first time that these awards had been held, it had been experimental and had been achieved over a short period of time.  All those involved were congratulated on an excellent project.

Open Golf 2011

(6)       Mr Hill reported that arrangements were well advanced for the Open Golf at Sandwich in 2011.  The spin off for Kent was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 70