Minutes of the meeting held on 26 February 2004
Present:
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Allan Arnott |
Chair, Perkins Engines |
|
Richard Astle |
GPP Director |
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Gillian Beasley |
Peterborough City Council |
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John Durance |
GPIA |
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Harmesh Lakhanpaul |
Peterborough Race Equality Council |
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Chris Banks |
Peterborough District Hospital |
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Roger Tallowin |
O & H Hampton Ltd |
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Cllr Ben Franklin |
Peterborough City Council |
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Lynda Rowbotham |
PCVS |
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Angela Barr |
North Peterborough Primary Care Trust |
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Julian Stanley |
Chairman of Culture and Tourism Partnership |
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Keith Nelson |
Peterborough Learning Partnership |
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Liz Wade |
Peterborough City Council |
1. Apologies for Absence
Apologies for absence were received from Bishop Ian, David Hankins, Chris Town and John Bridge.
2. Minutes
The minutes of the meeting held on 28 January 2004 were agreed.
3. Matters Arising
Community Cohesion - a meeting was being arranged which would include Gillian Beasley, Harmesh Lakhanpaul, David Hankins, Sue Mitchell and Richard Astle to take this issue forward.
4.
Election of Chair
Allan Arnott was
nominated as Chair of the GPP Board.
This was unanimously agreed and would be endorsed at the GPP Forum on 6
April.
5. Update on Community Strategy and plans for GPP Forum
Community Strategy - work was progressing and the vision for a bigger and better Peterborough had been agreed. Work was ongoing within the six partnerships to develop their priorities and targets behind the vision, these would not be ready before the Forum. It was emphasised that the GPP had a crucial role in engaging the public in the Community Strategy and getting the targets right. A leaflet would be produced for the Forum, any comments or input to the leaflet should be with Richard by the end of the following week (ending 5 March).
GPP Forum - the following details were agreed:
¨ The venue would be The Pearl Centre, Lynchwood;
¨ An advertisement would be placed in the paper;
¨ Refreshments - tea, coffee and cake would be provided for the break;
¨ Partnership Chairs would email details of any additional people to be invited;
¨ Registration would be at 2:00pm, with the meeting starting at 2:15pm and ending at 5:30pm.
ACTION: - Richard Astle / Sally Crawford.
6. Review Actions from GPP Awayday
Name of LSP
At its Awayday on 12 December, the Board had requested that the name of the GPP should be reviewed to reflect the scope of the Community Strategy which only covered the unitary authority of Peterborough. After discussing and considering this issue it was agreed that it would not be appropriate to change the name at this stage.
Communications
The Board had requested a more proactive, comprehensive communications strategy be developed. The following proposals were put forward and agreed:
¨ The forum was to be used to launch the Community Vision, relaunch the GPP and launch the new Website;
¨ A feature on the GPP, its vision and activities would be placed in the Evening Telegraph, the GPIA and Chamber of Commerce publications and sent to all key stakeholders, parish councils, community associations etc.;
¨ A competition inviting people to submit 50 words comprising of their vision of Peterborough to be run through the schools;
¨ A quarterly email would be sent to all key stakeholders to update them on the activities of the GPP;
¨ The new GPP Website would contain information on all of the Partnership boards including minutes of meetings, discussions, meeting schedules and would be used for consultation exercises.
Familiarisation visits
June – Central Ward
July – Hampton
Dates to be confirmed.
Get Healthy Week
The Board at its Awayday had agreed that it would hold a ‘Get Healthy Week’. The following issues were raised:
§ A project to assess the scope and feasibility should be undertaken;
§ Funding and costing to be identified;
§ A full time secondment would be required to manage the project;
§ Julian Stanley would advise on the project.
ACTION - All
Budgets
and Administration
The Board had stated that it needed additional administrative and management support for the GPP and all six partnerships to ensure that activities progress between meetings. This was complicated by the fact that the GPP has no dedicated budget. The Director’s salary for two days per week was currently met through EEDA funding. It was proposed that a full time individual could be funded by the GPP and employed by the Director who may take on the functions currently provided by Democratic Services.
ACTION - All Partnership Chairs would look at the principles and
feasibility of funding a post.
7. GPP Timetable and Diary
The following dates were noted:
GPP Board meeting 1 April
GPP Forum 6 April
GPP Chairs lunch 27 April
GPP Board meeting 25 May
GPP Chairs lunch 29 June
GPP Board 27 July - Tour of Hampton.
8. AOB
The next meeting will be held on 1 April at 5.00pm in the Vinnitsa Room, Town Hall. Roger Tallowin would Chair the meeting in Allan’s absence.
The meeting having commenced at 5.00pm concluded at 6.40pm.