Outcomes 2006/07 Cllr Mahroof Hussain Cabinet Member for Community - - PDF document

outcomes 2006 07
SMART_READER_LITE
LIVE PREVIEW

Outcomes 2006/07 Cllr Mahroof Hussain Cabinet Member for Community - - PDF document

Outcomes 2006/07 Cllr Mahroof Hussain Cabinet Member for Community Cohesion 1 Wide Ranging Portfolio Social Inclusion Community Strategy (with Leader ) Equalities, Diversity and Community Cohesion Community Planning and


slide-1
SLIDE 1

1

Outcomes 2006/07

Cllr Mahroof Hussain Cabinet Member for Community Cohesion

2

Wide Ranging Portfolio…

  • Social Inclusion
  • Community Strategy (with Leader )
  • Equalities, Diversity and Community Cohesion
  • Community Planning and Community Leadership
  • Consultation & Community Involvement
  • Sustainable Development
  • Town and Parish Councils Liaison
  • Voluntary and Community Sector Liaison
  • Asylum Seekers Strategy (with Cllr Ellis)
  • Anti-Social Behaviour Strategy (with Cllr Ellis)
slide-2
SLIDE 2

3

Chairing… Member of… Nominate to…

  • External Funding Steering Group
  • Global Grants Fund
  • Community Cohesion Group
  • Community Cohesion Working Group
  • Sustainable Development Groups
  • Asylum Seekers Working Party…(Review)
  • Community Cohesion Delegated Powers
  • Town and Parish Councils Liaison Group
  • Base Budget Reviews

4

Chairing… Member of… Nominate to

  • Our Futures - Neighbourhoods, ICT
  • Asset & Regeneration Board
  • Local Development Framework
  • LSP - Proud Board
  • Local Democracy Week
  • Gypsy & Traveller Working Party
  • Women’s Strategy
  • Corporate Equalities & Diversity Group
slide-3
SLIDE 3

5

Papers & Reports to Cabinet include…

  • Town Centre Social & Environmental Action Plan
  • Rotherham Reachout Surveys
  • Corporate Equality Strategy Action Plan - Progress
  • Funding to the Voluntary and Community Sector
  • Integration Strategy for Asylum Seekers and

Refugees

  • Community Leadership Fund – Members’ flexibility to

carry forward underspend

  • Rotherham Rural Strategy
  • Quality of Life Survey

6

Activities…

  • Updates to Sustainable Communities and

Democratic Renewal Scrutiny Panels

  • Social Inclusion events with Neighbourhoods
  • Local Democracy Week - Question Time & talks

to students at Thomas Rotherham College

  • Ward Visits with fellow councillors, Visiting

Community Groups and Parish Councils (10)

  • Arranging meeting with Minister for Voluntary

Sector to discuss future funding for LA’s

slide-4
SLIDE 4

7

Activities…

  • Working with Ted Cantle – Govt Adviser on

Community Cohesion – on countering extremism

  • Member of LGA Tourism, Culture & Sport

Board– Building Cohesion through Sport

  • Community Cohesion Group at LSP made

more effective with new Terms of Reference

8

NRF Community Chest

  • NRF Community Chest Allocations – 2006/07:

£220,000; 2007/08: £220,000

  • Sub-contracted management to South Yorkshire Key

Fund; grants awarded through a partnership based Grants Panel

  • Increased Rotherham investment by bringing in EU

funding as match

slide-5
SLIDE 5

9

NRF II…

  • Further increase through Trust funding

e.g. Lloyds Foundation

  • 2006/07 NRF spend target surpassed;

total approvals (including other funds) of £393,712

  • Key role in promoting social inclusion

for target areas and communities of interest

10

Asylum Seekers

Implemented a new Asylum Seekers Strategy EU Migrant workers included within the ToR

  • f Working Party.

New contract with the Home Office which is working well. “Myth Busting” – leaflet updated and distributed to all Members.

slide-6
SLIDE 6

11

Community Planning and Community Leadership

  • Giving communities the opportunity to influence

and shape service delivery at a local level

  • Community Leadership Fund can now be rolled

forward

  • Community Leadership Fund £500 for each

member increasing to £1000 next year

12

Community Planning and Community Leadership II

Reviewed all community partnerships and related staffing to be fit for future purpose Refreshed Rotherham’s Community Development Strategy

slide-7
SLIDE 7

13

Parish Councils

  • Visiting Parish Councils to discuss support

arrangements to achieve Quality Parish Council Status

  • Championed the development of e-communications

with Rotherham’s Parish Councils

  • Chair the Parish Council Network
  • Chair of the Joint Parish Council Charter Working

Group

  • Ensured that Parish Councils are represented at a

strategic level on a number of external bodies e.g. LSP

14

Equalities and Diversity

Achieved Equality Mark Award for Equality Standard Level 3 Implemented Partnership Community Cohesion Action Plan. Reviewed Community Legal, Welfare Rights and Money Advice Services Developed new strategies to address inequalities, eg Disability Equality Scheme, Women’s Strategy.

slide-8
SLIDE 8

15

Equalities and Diversity II

Developed translation, language and accessible communication policy. Implemented equality training strategy Performance Clinic – driving improvement by ensuring inclusive community involvement, monitoring impact of services and effective equality impact assessment.

16

Sustainable Development

  • Sustainable Development Improvement Plan

developed for the Council

  • LSP piloting an Eco-foot printing project
  • Draft Toolkit for Impact Assessment out to

consultation

  • Sustainable Development webpage produced
  • World Environment Day (5 June) preparations

taking place with Environment Agency and Chamber of Commerce

slide-9
SLIDE 9

17

Liaison with the Voluntary and Community Sector

Completing the Base Budget Review of the Sector (recommendations to Cabinet in the near future) Review of the impact of the Compact. Regular meetings with VAR to monitor their role in developing the Vol & Community Sector (VCS) in the borough and negotiating the next SLA. Working with the Partnership on the long term sustainability of VCS infrastructure, organisations and networks.

18

Performance Report Q3 2006/07

slide-10
SLIDE 10

19

Key Performance Indicators

Measure Baseline Q1 Q2 Q3 On Target DoT 06/07 Target Projected Outturn Projected Performance Equality Standard Level Achieved 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 4.00 Percentage of LA public buildings with disabled access 53.09 53.09 53.09 53.09 60.00 60.00 Racial incidents per 1000 population 123.64 20.14 46.20 54.10 105.00 72.13 % of racial incidents for which firther action was taken 100.00 92.16 96.96 98.71 100.00 100.00 Number of incidents reported within the LGBT communities 32.00 7.00 13.00 25.00 52.00 33.00 % Women employees in top 5% of RMBC earners 42.12 41.65 40.62 40.83 44.50 40.83 % BME employees in top 5% of RMBC earners 4.51 4.19 3.80 1.22 4.75 1.22 % Employees with a disability in top 5% of RMBC earners 2.70 2.72 3.18 2.89 3.00 2.89 Percentage of RMBC employees with a Disability 2.65 2.57 2.89 3.02 2.80 3.02 Percentage of RMBC employees from Ethnic minority communities 2.47 3.20 3.20 2.81 2.80 2.81 Housing Racial Equality Standards Met Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

20

Current and Projected Performance

On target Close to target Not on target

PIs - Current Performance

46% 18% 36%

PIs - Projected Performance

55% 18% 27%

slide-11
SLIDE 11

21

Good Performance

  • Reporting, recording, and dealing with

Racial Incidents.

  • Reporting, recording, and dealing with &

LGBT incidents (Safe In South Yorkshire and support for LGBT Rotherham Ltd).

22

Red Indicators / Issues

  • Percentage of employees with a

disability in top 5% of RMBC earners

  • Percentage of BME employees in top

5% of RMBC earners

  • Percentage of RMBC employees from

Ethnic minority communities

slide-12
SLIDE 12

23

THANK YOU Any questions please?