Third Sector Leaders Kirklees Members Meeting 26/04/12 Attendees - Tom Taylor (Northorpe Hall) CHAIR - Alasdair Brown (Kirklees Active Leisure) - Chris Stephen (NHS Kirklees) - Debbie Crellin (Crellin Consulting) - Jayne Heley (Locala) - Geoff Durrans (Alliance For Healthy Living) - Helen Minett (Fusion Housing) - Hilary Schreiner (Society For The Blind of Dewsbury, Batley & District) - Hilary Thompson (Batley Resource Centre) - Phil Wootton ( Poperetta) - Jo Cameron- Symes ( Kirklees Independent ME Support Group) - Jo Jones ( Fit4Funding) - Val Johnson (Voluntary Action Kirklees) - Jill Robson (Mencap in Kirklees) - David Hegarty (S2R) - Richard Hopkin (Age UK ) - Andrea Whitney ( Community Links) - Emily Thompson (Groundwork) - Paul Bridges (Huddersfield Methodist Mission) Apologies Guests - Jim Barwick (Locala) - Bridget Hughes (Lifeline) - Joann Wareham ( Huddersfield Deanery Project) - Louise Warner (WomenCentre) - Natalie Pinnock Hamilton ( Education 2000/ Kirklees LINK) - Trudi Wright (Kirklees Council) - Gillian Dinsey ( Key Fund) - Richard Smith (Kirklees Council)
The meeting started at 14:10pm Item 1: Welcome and Introductions Item 2: Local Healthwatch Trudi Wright attended to give a brief overview of Healthwatch and her role. The recent Health & Social Care Act places a duty on each local authority to establish a local Healthwatch as the new consumer champion for health and social care issues. Healthwatches must be independent and be legal entities although the Department of Health guidance is not prescriptive about how this is interpreted. Trudi is currently consulting on possible models and what shape the new service should take. The results of the consultation will be taken to the Health and Wellbeing Board and it is likely that a tender for the new service will be issued in September. Trudi suggested that TSL members may be interested in putting together a local partnership to bid for the new service. She also asked if TSL members would be interested in contributing to the consultation and development of the model. Item 3: AGM and end of year event The meeting supported Tom Taylor s suggestion that the AGM should take the form of a dinner. In addition to the formal business of an AGM there could be an inspirational speaker and presentations. The meeting suggested inviting Paul Schofield (Cabinet Office); Director of Public Health; Chief Executive; leaders of political parties; relevant service directors. It was agreed that July before the school holidays would be a good time to aim for. There was a discussion about whether the meal would be free/reduced cost to members or whether there should be some concessions. No decision was reached. Action: Tom Bailey to discuss with Tom Taylor re dates; invitations etc. All ideas for inspirational speakers welcome. Item 4: Finance Report/Membership update The finance report shows that the target for the tear of 5000 in membership fees was nearly met ( 4,575).There was also a grant from Community Partnerships for the My Community My Choice work ( 11,830). The balance at the end of the year was 8,415.20 (without the Community Partnerships grant 793.70). Membership: Tom B will contact all members when their membership is due asking for payment by standing order.
New members: The meeting agreed that while it was important to continue to increase the membership, there should also be a focus on targeted recruitment. It was stressed that it was important for TSL to be clear about its purpose/benefits of membership etc Action- Chris Stephen offered to revisit some of the contacts she had made in her initial work in helping get TSL off the ground. Action- It was suggested that TSL should ask to attend a SACK meeting. Tom Taylor will attend- Helen Minett offered to accompany him. Tom will ask Mike Mccusker if he has had any recent contact with SACK. Item 5: TSL Website Tom Bailey has been working on setting up a TSL website. The meeting asked that he email the address for feedback. The meeting agreed to cancel the ning site. Tom B to be asked to look at alternatives for group discussions e.g Facebook Item 6: Equality & Diversity Chris Stephen introduced this item with a brief overview of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). The point was made that knowing how the JSNA works is essential to understanding and responding to the commissioning process. While the huge amount of data that is available in the JSNA is focused on health inequalities there is an obvious overlap with other inequalities. The new Health and Wellbeing strategy will be based on available evidence and information in the JSNA. The meeting then split into small groups to consider a series of questions. The feedback from this session is written up in separate notes to these minutes. Item 7: Project Updates Procurement: Tom Taylor had met with Adrian Lythgo. He raised the issue of including social value in commissions and it was agreed that further work was essential for the future of local VCS groups. Social Care / My Community My Choice: MCMC is advertising two posts. It is also pursuing premises at Upperhead Row from Kirklees Council at a peppercorn rent to develop a base/vcs hub. A meeting will be held with interested VCS groups on Friday. Item 8: Key Fund Gillian Dinsey gave the meeting some basic information about the Key Fund and stressed that she was keen to encourage more applications from Kirklees. The Fund offers loans of between 2k and
150k with an average loan of 30k. They do have some small grants but they are always as part of a loan package. The loan period is between 1 and 5 years. They lend to organisations that have been refused other sources of finance. The loans tend to be for the funding of new developments or to cover cash flow. They differ from Charity Bank in that Charity Bank will not usually lend at below 50k. Key Fund will give unsecured loans; lend at a relatively low level and are particularly keen on supporting new start-ups. There are very few applications from Kirklees and Gillian would welcome enquiries for further information. Item 9: Integrated Youth Support Service Richard Smith from Kirklees Council updated the meeting on the progress towards an integrated service that would incorporate universal services as well as targeted support for more vulnerable young people. At a national level it was felt that there had been little change in direction with much of the previous government s Youth Matters appearing in Positive for Youth. Kirklees Council Young People s Service (YPS) and the Youth Offending Team (YOT) have merged into a single management structure. The council now want to work with the Children s Trust on a review of services to young people as part of a wider review of Early Intervention. Huddersfield University will be chairing the review group that will be meeting over the summer with the aim of producing a report in the autumn. A parallel process will be carrying out consultation with young people. TSL was asked if they would like to nominate a representative to attend the review group-the likely commitment is 6-8 meetings over the summer. Helen Minett, who attends a Raising Participation group ( sub-group of the 14-19 strategy group), suggested that TSL establish a sub- group of organisations working with young people to serve as a reference group for TSL reps concerned with the children and young people s agenda. This group could also decide who would represent TSL on the review group. This group would also look at how to engage with the wider sector. Action: - email to TSL groups working with children to arrange a meeting. Item 10- A.O.B It was noted that in the minutes of 09.02.2012, the North Kirklees CCG grants were aimed at reducing demand for secondary and not primary care. Otherwise they were accepted as a correct record.
Jo Jones circulated an invitation to an event to mark the achievements of a lottery-funded project to support community buildings and networks. The event Community Anchors- foundations for sustainable communities will be held at Brian Jackson House on May 30 th. Hilary Schreiner issued an invitation to organisations working in North Kirklees to participate in their Healthy Eyes, Healthy Lives project. This gives community groups the chance to offer their service users a simple eye screening tool. Several Kirklees Council officers have expressed interest in attending a TSL meeting. It was agreed that one or two people from the TSL officer group would try and hold an initial meeting with those interested to ensure that the best use could be made of everyone s time. The meeting ended at 16:35pm