Issue - meetings

(a)  Note the report and its contents, including the background to the Partnership review; the work already done in changing the Partnership since 2010 and the factors informing the 2014 review of the Partnership

(b)  Approve the recommendations set out in this report including developing the Partnership in order to deliver the appropriate actions set out in the Borough Council’s Health and Well-Being Strategy and Economic Development Strategy and to develop closer links with countywide bodies such as the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and the Staffordshire Health and Well Being Board

(c)  Approve the continued development of the Partnership Hub, located in the Civic Offices in Newcastle under Lyme and involving a number of Borough Council officers from across different departments

(d)  Approve the inclusion of the Borough Council’s Third Sector Commissioning budgets, where possible, within the pooled funding for the Partnership dedicated to delivering improvements in its key outcome areas

A report was submitted to inform Members of the review of the Newcastle Partnership which had now been completed. The areas covered by the review were outlined in the report. The report also summarised the key recommendations from the review, which included changes to the way in which the Partnership worked and also the resources dedicated to delivering the ambitions of the Partnership.

The Leader highlighted the importance of having achievable specific goals and this piece of work achieved that ambition. The Leader thanked the Head of Business Improvements, Central Services and Partnerships, the Partnerships Manager and her team and the partner organisations that had been involved in the review.

Resolved:

That Cabinet

(a)  Note the report and its contents, including the background to the Partnership review; the work already done in changing the Partnership since 2010 and the factors informing the 2014 review of the Partnership

(b)  Approve the recommendations set out in this report including developing the Partnership in order to deliver the appropriate actions set out in the Borough Council’s Health and Well-Being Strategy and Economic Development Strategy and to develop closer links with countywide bodies such as the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and the Staffordshire Health and Well Being Board

(c)  Approve the continued development of the Partnership Hub, located in the Civic Offices in Newcastle under Lyme and involving a number of Borough Council officers from across different departments

(d)  Approve the inclusion of the Borough Council’s Third Sector Commissioning budgets, where possible, within the pooled funding for the Partnership dedicated to delivering improvements in its key outcome areas