DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST

(Members Code of Conduct – Part 4A of the Constitution)

To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.

An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

Notes:

(1)       Members must consider their interests, and act according to the following:

(2)       Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner.

(3)       Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them.  A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. 

(4)       Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.

No disclosures of interest in matters under consideration were received.

Recommended –

That the minutes of the meeting held on 23 November 2022 be signed as a correct record (previously circulated).

(Su Booth – 07814 073884)

Resolved –

That the minutes of the meeting held on 23 November 2022 be signed as a correct record subject to a change in the attendance list to indicate that Bishop Toby Haworth is Vice Chair of Stronger Communities Partnership.

ACTION: Director of Legal & Governance

(Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)

Reports and background papers for agenda items may be inspected by contacting the person shown after each agenda item.  Certain reports and background papers may be restricted. 

Any request to remove the restriction on a report or background paper should be made to the relevant Strategic Director or Assistant Director whose name is shown on the front page of the report. 

If that request is refused, there is a right of appeal to this meeting. 

Please contact the officer shown below in advance of the meeting if you wish to appeal. 

(Su Booth – 07814 073884)

There were no appeals submitted by the public to review decisions to restrict documents.

The report of the Bradford Citizens Alliance (Document “H”) will be submitted to the Board to provide an update on the work of Bradford Citizens young person’s action team and inform Members about the Alliance’ 4 areas for action.

4 areas for action:

·            effects of racism

·            mental health experience and support

·            effects of disadvantage

·            lost opportunities/LGBTQ+

Bradford Citizensis currently an alliance of 5 School Multi-Academy Trusts (BDAT, Beckfoot, Carlton, Dixons and Exceed), with other Trusts joining. The aim is to broaden this alliance among more schools, the University, faith groups, charities and trade unions.

Recommended –

1.          That the Board note the contents of this report and the views expressed by the Bradford Citizens Young People’s Action Team at the Wellbeing Board on 28^th February.

2.          That the Board takes note of the specific proposals brought by the Young People’s Action Team and responds appropriately at the Wellbeing Board on 28^th February.

3.          That the Board commits to working with the Young People’s Action Team to take forward/develop the specific proposals on Mental Health to improve services and provision across the District for ALL of Bradford’s children and young people.

(Graham Brownlee, Bradford Citizens) 

The report of the Bradford Citizens Alliance (Document “H”) provided an update on the work of Bradford Citizens young person’s action team and informed Members about the Alliance’s four areas for action.  The four areas for action included:

• effects of racism
• mental health experience and support
• effects of disadvantage
• lost opportunities/LGBTQ+

Bradford Citizens is currently an alliance of five School Multi-Academy Trusts (BDAT, Beckfoot, Carlton, Dixons and Exceed), with other Trusts joining. The aim is to broaden this alliance among more schools, the University, faith groups, charities and trade unions.

Representatives from the Youth Service, including those that had been deployed as Young Covid Ambassadors during the pandemic were present at the meeting to give an insight into the work undertaken, and how this and other work could be developed further going forward; the following points were alluded to:

• That payment had helped the Young Covid Ambassadors greatly and was a great addition to their CV’s, enabling them to gain access to other employment, as well as to job opportunities within the Youth Service.

• That intergenerational work had brought young andold together through activities such as sports and singing.

• That work had also been undertaken with those with a learning and other disabilities, as well as work with communities across the district; and this inclusive approach had proved invaluable.

• That the skills gained were transformative and enabled young people to reach out to other young people during a very challenging period in their lives.

• That over 100 young people visited Coventry, the former City of Culture, as well as it being a great cultural experience, the visit had received good media coverage.

• That one of the key components was that the voice of young people was being heard, through the development of opportunities.

The Chair thanked the Youth Service and the Young Covid Ambassadors

for their sterling work during the pandemic, and that their work had been a panacea for change throughout the district and had also received national recognition.  She stressed that the model used should be adapted and used for other work in the district going forward.

The Chief Executive echoed the above comments and stated that it was important that this work was not lost, but built upon, and that a system of consulting with young people was developed.  She added that the effective use of social media was a crucial element in this. In addition, working with our Communications Team on how we better communicate with young people, as well as using accessible language in the day to day work of the Council.

A representative from West Yorkshire Police added that there was also an opportunity here to link in with the work the Police were doing with young people, to provide better synergy in getting out key messages to young people and improve engagement at the same time.

The Shipley Area Coordinator stated that following the end of the Young Covid Ambassadors programme, the Service  ...  view the full minutes text for item 16.

The report of the Strategic Director, Children’s Services (Document “I”) will be presented to the Board and presents the Bradford District Children and Young People’s Strategy for board review and approval. It sets out how the partnerships that support the health, wellbeing and development of babies, children and young people will work together to improve outcomes for Bradford District’s children and their families.

Recommended –

1)         That the Board adopts the Children and Young People’s Strategy 2023-2025 including any updated comments received from the Board.

2)          That the Board agrees an implementation approach which includes the Bradford Children and Families Trust as a delivery partner for the strategy, and overseen by the Children, Young People’s and Families Executive.

(Kate Welsh – 07811 503285)

The report of the Strategic Director, Children’s Services (Document “I”) presented the Bradford District Children and Young People’s Strategy for board review and approval. It set out how the partnerships that support the health, wellbeing and development of babies, children and young people will work together to improve outcomes for Bradford District’s children and their families.

The Chair stressed that additional work was required to finalise the Plan, and it was therefore:

Resolved –

That the Children and Young People’s Plan be developed further and presented at a future meeting of the Wellbeing Board.

ACTION: Strategic Director Children’s Services

The report of the Director, Public Health (Document “J”) will be submitted to the Board to provide an update on the Child Friendly District initiative and requests the approval of the board on the future naming convention and ongoing focus of the work.

Recommended –

1.          That the naming convention of ‘Child Friendly Bradford District’ is adopted for our local Child Friendly initiative

2.          The primary focus of Child Friendly Bradford District is coordinating and developing our partnership approaches to giving children and young people more influence over public services in the district.

(Richard Cracknell – 07890 971333)

The report of the Director, Public Health (Document “J”) provided an update on the Child Friendly District initiative and requested the approval of the board on the future naming convention and ongoing focus of the work.

The Lead on the Child Friendly initiative gave a resume of the activities undertaken to date during a PowerPoint presentation and the importance of embedding child friendly policies into day to day practices.

In response to a question on how you echo the voice of young people, it was stated that adopting a consultative model was key, where partners look at their internal practices with a view to changing them, with a particular focus on the needs of young people.

Arranging events for young people was also an important area of activity and ensuring that key messages resonated with young people, as well as looking at improving access to job opportunities.

The Chief Executive stated that she had a real concern around voter ID registration and that non registration amongst the young was particularly high, and therefore there needed to be a concerted effort to address this.

The importance of a joint commissioning role was alluded to as well as linkages to other health related activities and organisations.

Resolved –

(1)      That the naming convention of ‘Child Friendly Bradford District’           be adopted for our local Child Friendly initiative.

 (2)     That the primary focus of Child Friendly Bradford District is                  coordinating and developing our partnership approaches to    giving children and young people more influence over public   services in the district.

 (3)     The following action points were also noted: 

·    Holding planned events such as a youth summit in taking the Child Friendly initiative forward.

·    Consider restarting the Ambassadors role

ACTION: Director of Public Health

The report of the Director of Strategy and partnerships and the Associate Director of Strategy, NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Document “K”) will be presented to provide members with a working draft of the West Yorkshire Partnership’s five-year strategy and joint forward plan approach.

Recommended –

1.          That the Board notes the work that has been undertaken across the Partnership as part of the refresh of the strategy;

2.          That Members comment on the current draft of the strategy, noting the further work to be undertaken and the development of a Joint Forward Plan to enable delivery of the strategy.

(Shane Hayward-Giles)

The report of the Director of Strategy and partnerships and the Associate Director of Strategy, NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Document “K”) provided members with a working draft of the West Yorkshire Partnership’s five-year strategy and joint forward plan approach.

It was stated that this was very much a refresh process, as the Strategy was now out of date, and consultation, involving a whole host of organisations, including this Board was key in developing and taking the Strategy forward.

To this end, it was the intention that a draft would be ready by the end of March, with implementation/delivery in June.

The Chief Executive stressed the need to reflect the equalities work and the current focus on children and young people within the Strategy.

The Leader stated that updates on the Strategy should be presented to the Board on a regular basis.

It was also suggested that conversations are had with the business community, particularly in respect of procurement/community processes.

Resolved –

(1)      That the work that has been undertaken across the Partnership as      part of the refresh of the Strategy be noted.

(2)      That Members commented on the current draft of the strategy/plan     and requested that updates be presented to the Board on a            regular basis, noting the further work would be undertaken and            the development of a Joint Forward Plan to enable delivery of the             strategy.

ACTION: Director of Strategy & Partnerships