Report from South Gloucestershire Local Strategic Partnership

I attended the South Gloucestershire Partnership on behalf of ALCA and I pass on my headlines from the meeting. If you require any more info please contact me or look at the relevent website.

Police and Crime Commissioner:

Police and Crime Plan for the next 4 years.

  1. Protect the most vulnerable from harm - acting as a fierce advocate for victims and ensuring the most vulnerable are protected.
  2. Strengthen and improve your local policing teams – ensuring the police are accessible and tackle the crime that matter most to you.
  3. Ensure Avon and Somerset Constabulary has the right people, right equipment and right culture – working with the Chief Constable focusing on supporting the representative workforce programme, providing suitable equipment and technology for officers and staff; developing leadership capability to embed a positive culture and to reform how complaints are handled.
  4. Work together effectively with other police forces and key partner agencies to provide better services to local people – working with other Constabulary and other public sector partners to: share estates and enabling services and make savings for reinvestment in priority areas; and transform the criminal justice system locally into a criminal justice service

Key notes:

There are 600 fewer officers than in 201o

£8m further saving to be made this year

This year there are circa 8000 missing persons.circa 5000 are children.

ALCA will be meeting with the Commissioner to discussways in which Town and Parishes can help in communication or support. More on this to follow but if you are interested in joining us please let me know.

Heat Networks

SGC are looking to work on a target of 20% of our heat being generated by hot water from factories.

Networks and infrastructure are being discussed along with feasibility studies. A presentation will be available for those interested.

CVS

There is a South Gloucestershire challenge containing6 focus areas:

Donate to Friends of Kingswood Park:

Donate to South Gloucestershire Parents and Carers: support community for families with children 0-25 who have additional needs

Donate to South Gloucestershire Chinese Association:

Donate to Shopmobility: seeks to reduce social isolation for people with mobility problems

Donate to Precious Time Consortium: prevents isolation of older people, enables inclusion and empowers older people in their community.

Donate to Thornbury Volunteer Centre: promote, support and develop volunteering/improve community cohesion/aid community development.

Donate to the General Pot: (CVS Chief Officer) Helen Black's Stop Smoking Challenge, who is raising money for a general pot to be shared equally among all

There is an event "Involve South Gloucestershire" 0n the 10th February at Chipping Sodbury.

NHS

There is currently a shortfall of £29m

Serious decisions on type of care provision will need to be made.

The 3 Regional CCGs are working together under a "Single Commissioning Voice" to consider the Sustainability Plan and Devolution.

Mayoral Update

The legal process could start on February the first and a mayoral election in May.

Although NS are not part of the plan, joint strategies will ensure they are fully involved.

All info is available on the relevant websites or feel free to contact me direct.

BoB Symons

ALCA Chairman