Agenda item

To submit a report by the Anglesey and Gwynedd Public Services Board Programme Manager in relation to the above.

Submitted – an update report by the Public Service Board Programme Manager on the work that has been done by the Public Services Board to form a Well-being Plan for the area of Anglesey Local Authority.

The Public Service Board Programme Manager reported that the main focus of the work of the joint Public Service Board between April 2016 and May 2017 was to produce an Assessment of Well-being for both Gwynedd and Anglesey.  This work will lead to the production of a Well-being Plan that will be published in May 2018.  In order to respond to the timetable within the Future Generations Act, a Draft Well-being Plan will need to be published by mid December 2017 and there will be a 12 week statutory consultation period during which workshops for Officers and visits to community groups will be held to evaluate views of residents of the Island.

The Leader of the Council reported that two meetings of the Board were held in October and November and discussions are ongoing to agree the Board’s Well-being objectives.  However, there has been a slippage of around 4 weeks in terms of publishing a Draft Well-being Plan for statutory consultation.  This reflects the challenge of working as a partnership but also highlights the commitment of Board members to produce an achievable and sound Plan for the residents of both Anglesey and Gwynedd.

The Committee considered the report and raised the following main matters :-

·                Clarification was sought to the expectations of the Officers as regard to the period of consultation on the Well-being Plan as it was noted at previous meetings that the attendance figures who attended the workshops located at the 6 regions within Anglesey was disappointing.  The Programme Manager responded that during this consultation process it is intended that Officer’s will be attending community groups i.e. School, Age Cymru, Young Farmers Clubs together with an online consultation exercise.

·                Questions were raised as to when this Scrutiny Committee will be informed on the results of the consultation process.  The Programme Manager responded that as a statutory consultee this Scrutiny Committee and all Members will be afforded the result of the consultation.  She further said that she anticipated that a Draft Well-being Plan will be submitted for the County Council’s approval in due course. 

·                Clarification was sought as to whether the joint working with partnership organisations was effective in preparing for the Well-being Plan.  The Leader of the Council responded that there is a slippage of 4 weeks in working towards publishing the draft Plan for consultation but she expressed that the Well-being Plan must be sound and resilient to address issues within local communities.  The Programme Manager also said that the Board meets on a monthly basis at present which shows commitment by the partner organisations and both local authorities to produce an effective Well-being Plan. 

·                Members referred to the 9 main messages within the Well-being Assessment which was noted within the report and questioned as to how realistic are these goals.  The Leader of the Council responded that the Board has discussed in detail these 9 main messages in the Assessment and noted that each community has different culture and specific needs.  She gave an example that this Authority is addressing a Tackling Poverty Agenda which will feed into the Well-being Plan.  She said that it is important to work with local communities to develop and maintain a strong and prosperous communities and the need to share knowledge of activities more effectively.  

·                Clarification was sought as to the link between the Well-being Plan and the Council’s Corporate Plan.  The Leader of the Council responded that the priorities within this Authority’s Corporate Plan will feed into the Well-being Plan.  She said that this Authority has forward planned the priorities noted in the Corporate Plan with the expectations of the Well-being Plan. 

It was RESOLVED :-

·           To note the progress made by the Public Service Board in relation to producing a Well-being Plan for the Anglesey Local Authority area;

·           That further updates from the Public Service Board be submitted to this Committee whilst the Well-being Plan is being developed.

ACTION : As noted above.

It was RESOLVED :-

·      To note the progress made by the Public Services Board in relation to producing a Well-being Plan for the Anglesey Local Authority area;

·      That further update reports by submitted by the Public Services Board whilst the Well=-being Plan is being developed.