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Older People’s Strategic Board Meeting Thursday 25th February – 2.00 – 4.00 pm

Rooms 2, 3 and 4, 5th Floor MEA House, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne

Agenda

Time Paper 1. Welcome and introductions 2.00 pm

2. Wellbeing and Health Summit Feedback 2.05 pm No 3. Active Age Seminar Feedback 2.15 pm Yes

(Paper to follow) 4. Work Plan 2.30 pm Yes

5. Access to Information, Advice and Advocacy 3.00 pm Yes

8. Notes of previous meeting and matters arising 3.30 pm Yes 9. AOB

ICADI Conference on Ageing, Disability and Independence – 8-10 September 2010 at Sage, Gateshead

10. Dates of next meeting: Thursday April 22nd at 2.00 pm in MEA House

A Summary of the ActiveAge Visioning Workshop held at Central Square in Newcastle upon Tyne on Thursday 10 February 2010 An ActiveAge Report As part of Newcastle City Council’s membership of the ActiveAge programme, BusinessLab facilitated a workshop at Central Square in Newcastle on February 11th 2010. The brief, given by the council to ActiveAge, was to arrange a workshop that would, firstly, explore a sustainable means of information sharing among those organizations that represent Newcastle’s knowledge, experience and expertise in ageing. The second part of the brief was to start a discussion on the wider vision for the city and how this might be translated into a competitive advantage for Newcastle & the North East. As a result of this, brief stakeholders from research, public, private and the third sectors were invited and the following people attended:

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Attendees Graham Armitage, Institute for Ageing and Health Vera Bolter, Elders Council Estelle Chatard, Newcastle Science City Peter Cockhead, BusinessLab Lynne Corner, Years Ahead, Institute for Ageing and Health Barbara Douglas, The Quality of Life Partnership Professor Chris Drinkwater Alan Gerono, Government Office North East Rob Hamilton, Newcastle City Council Claire Horton, Newcastle City Council Gary Moulton, Microsoft Corporation Sue Pearson, Age Concern Newcastle James Pound, Alliance Boots Gregor Rae, BusinessLab Joanna Rae, BusinessLab John Reid, The Elders Council Ewen Weir, Newcastle City Council Helen Wilding, Wellbeing & Health Partnership Colin Williams, Newcastle City Council The Workshop Following introductions by everyone present, Gregor Rae focused on the objectives of the workshop and emphasised the need for a bold and shared vision on active ageing to provide a catalyst for sustained information sharing. Whilst most people would agree with the principle of closer collaboration, in practice everyone is busy focusing on their own deliverables. So, it was argued, unless a sense of urgency is created, sustained information sharing is unlikely to happen. Gregor also emphasised the power of the collective resource represented by the public and private sector organisations at the workshop and how this resource could leverage the input and involvement of other stakeholders in the vision, who were not present.

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Colin Williams gave an insight into the collaborative approach taken by central and local government, the sector’s professional leadership, providers and the regulator in the development of Putting People First which sets out shared aims and values to guide the transformation of adult social care. Colin also described key factors relating to the ageing population in Newcastle:

• In Newcastle there are 210, 200 adults. 41, 300 of them are aged over 65 and 5,800 over 85 years old

• The number of people aged over 85 are expected to increase by over two thirds by 2029

• Newcastle has a relatively high proportion of people with a disability and this is expected to increase in line with an ageing population

Colin went on to discuss ‘Everyone’s Tomorrow’ Newcastle’s strategy for older people and an ageing population, published in 2007. He reminded the group of the 5 key themes of this report, which are:

• Making a positive contribution • Assessing information, advice and advocacy • Physical, mental & emotional health and

wellbeing • Enjoying older person friendly environments • Financially and materially secure

Newcastle also has links with the World Health Organisation. In 2009 it became a WHO Phase V European Healthy City. The overarching theme being ‘health & health equality in all local policies’ – recognising that population health is largely determined by policies and actions beyond the health sector.

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As part of its Health City status, Newcastle City Council is focusing on the following areas:

• Age Friendly Cities • Local Health Systems • Healthy Urban Planning

Colin’s presentation was followed by an overview of the ActiveAge project by Gregor Rae who reminded the group of its focus on markets being created by the ageing baby boomers and the next generation of older people. He highlighted the four key themes of the ActiveAge research - Work, Wellbeing, Mobility and Community – and the new work being done on the Competitive Advantage of Ageing, which is looking at age friendly communities, universal design, technology innovation and culture and mindset. Gregor also described a collaborative economic step change process called Next Generation, which was deployed most successfully in the North East of Scotland Economic Forum (NESEF). The programme was designed by BusinessLab for NESEF “to identify a new approach to economic development that better connects and involves the business community” and “to deliver inspirational, yet pragmatic projects that will help to ‘raise the game’ for the City Region.” The process entailed stakeholders from government, industry, academia and the third sector identifying visionary step change projects for the region that would create a new generation of opportunities for local business and would attract a new wave of international investment.

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Gregor discussed how a similar model, tailored to focus on the ageing agenda, might work in Newcastle. The creation of such a process, whereby stakeholders could contribute to a vision that will help build a more competitive city region for Newcastle was seen as a viable way forward. Workshop attendees split into four groups to envision Newcastle as a centre of excellence for ageing over the next 5-10 years. The groups were specifically asked to think of Newcastle and the North East in a way that was not a continuation of present activities. The following is a summary of the feedback provided by the four groups: Group 1: Planning, Information, Volunteering Estelle Chatard, Barbara Douglas, Chris Drinkwater, Alan Gerono, Lynne Corner This group focused on ‘preparation for old age’, which they categorised as:

• ‘Active’ old age • ‘Vulnerable’ old age • ‘Dependent’ old age.

The group suggested that social marketing techniques and information hubs could help to ensure older people get the information they need from trusted sources. Effective interfaces between IT, information and people were seen as hugely important. Real access to lifelong learning by older learners could provide additional revenue to universities. The universities, it was argued, should be trying to attract older learners.

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Volunteering was seen as an area of growth. Older volunteers, for example, could be trained to play a valuable role in the delivery of prescriptions, providing face-to-face interaction and advice for people less able to get out and about. This was described as a move ‘from advice on high to support from next door’. This will all require cross sector investment. Group 2: Research, Design, Integration Graham Armitage, Claire Horton, Gary Moulton, John Reid This group saw the universities, and the research they undertake in ageing, as an important economic lever for the city region. They also identified processes such as the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) model as an effective means of engaging the universities in helping to assist prevention and early intervention. The group also focused on the useful role of design processes in helping to achieve step change and, in particular, service design in the public sector. They believed that a design led process would enable Newcastle to ‘get things out there’, to do things ‘quick, ugly and cheap’ and to test them out instead of having to refine things to perfection before being rolled out. This method of smart experimentation draws on research to influence product development Newcastle University markets itself as a ‘civic university’ and the group wanted to see more research spinning out and impacting on the wider city.

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Furthermore, through the universities and institutes such as IAH, there are opportunities to raise the international profile of the city in ageing. The group recognised the need to combine two quite separate worlds: a) a heads down approach, keeping focused on meeting needs and b) a more proactive approach of reinvention and innovation The group referred to the ‘bubble effect’ of the universities and suggested they could help showcase small-scale good practice. They identified a three-pronged approach:

• World class research in its own right • The application of that research throughout

the city region • Social and economic benefits of that research

within the community Group 3: Mainstream, Age-friendly, Partnership Peter Cockhead, Ewen Weir, Vera Bolter, James Pound This group discussed the need to embed research into local practices, to help in the integration of care and improving the quality of life for residents. They focused on the concept of ‘mainstreaming’ i.e. all-age design, behaviour and messages that is not just for the older person. Another important action identified was to get older people back into the cultural life of the city, making older person friendly environments a priority - including lighting, noise, signage, speed of escalators and customer service.

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The group pointed out that the good work done by the Elders Council in this area should be revisited with a view to implementing the changes suggested by them in the city centre. Some other ideas presented by this group related to housing and how we could involve the university’s School of Architecture: to start integrating assistive technology into everyday products and buildings. We should look at examples of HAPPI housing. Lifetime homes and lifetime neighbourhoods are a key steppingstone. The Scotswood development was seen as an opportunity for gaining private sector partners in the area of housing, building considerations for an ageing population into house design. It was felt that Newcastle could be a pathfinder for various projects in ageing – from the design of older person friendly shopping environments to the creation of a ‘Practitioners’ Voice’ to harness the wealth of experience in health and social care. The world of work was also discussed by this group. It was felt that people who can contribute should be able to contribute to the economy as they age. This will involve a new attitude within businesses that will help facilitate this transition which, if managed properly, will contribute significantly to the competitive advantage of the city region. Group 4: Attitudes, Participation, Decisions Sue Pearson, Jo Rae & Helen Wilding This group focused on the need for age-friendly physical environments and on assistive technologies that do not stigmatise.

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Attitude or mindset was also discussed as being a significant challenge and the group pointed to the need for an ‘age friendly attitude’. They argued for the need to stimulate building capacity, knowledge and connections – and for workshops in attitude change. It was argued that the focus should be as much on advisors as on the decision makers themselves. Many decision makers in the council are increasingly coming to recognise the importance of the ageing issue. They and their advisors need to be targeted. This group focused on what they considered to be the priority elements of the World Health Organisation’s ‘Age friendly City Framework”:

• Housing • Transport • Outdoor spaces and buildings • Social participation

It was felt that there needs to be more joined up thinking across the mobility spectrum. The entire journey of the older person needs to be considered together and not just in parts. In this regard the group suggested that there may still be an opportunity to input into the current re-design of Metro trains. Community life and participation was also identified by this group as important – an inclusive communities approach with people of diverse ages, abilities and culture.

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Conclusions The workshop created an opportunity for attendees to share information and thoughts on what Newcastle and the North East needs to do to maintain and advance its position as a leader in active ageing. It was generally agreed that in order to sustain this sort of engagement and collaboration a sense of urgency and a joint vision should be established. The workshop helped to identify the following themes that will help to develop that vision:

• Ageing as a Competitive Advantage • Newcastle as an Age Friendly City • Research as a regional asset • The Care Economy • The Health Economy • Culture and Attitudes • Design and Mainstreaming

As part of the drive to include and encourage wider stakeholder involvement and ensure ageing becomes a crucial part of public policy strategy and aims, it was concluded that a major conference should be staged with city leaders. This event will be the culmination of a vision development process involving those not normally involved in discussions on ageing issues, but central to the development of ageing as a regional competitive advantage.

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Next Steps The intention is to develop a structured engagement and programme development process with key stakeholders to validate and develop the key themes. This programme will be based on the NExT Generation model, adapted for the particular needs of Newcastle and the North East. This process will inform the agenda and content of a major event in the last quarter of 2010, prior to which a vision will have been validated.

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Agenda Item 4

Report to: Older People’s Strategic Board

Date: 25 February 2010 Report of: Barbara Douglas

Older People’s Strategic Board Co-ordinator Subject: Older People’s Strategic Board – Work Plan 2010

1. Background The aspiration to make Newcastle an age-friendly city is gathering momentum for a variety of reasons:

Newcastle is a designated city in Phase V of the WHO European Healthy Cities programme. A key cross-cutting theme of this programme is age-friendly city;

There is local, regional and national interest in taking forward the Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods agenda as set out in the national strategy published in 2008;

The Elders Council and Quality of Life Partnership have led on a range of grassroots projects which are building a body of evidence on older person friendly environments;

There is a need to make greater progress on Aim 4 of Everyone’s Tomorrow – Enjoying older person friendly environments;

The Active Age Visioning Session on ‘Knowledge, experience and expertise in active ageing’ has provided additional momentum for this work, which we can build on.

2. Proposed Plan for the Older People’s Strategic Board It is proposed that the Older People’s Strategic Board take the lead on making Newcastle an age-friendly city and that this should be the main focus of the Board’s activity during 2010. By focusing on an age-friendly city, the Board will be able to focus primarily on the outcomes in Aim 1 Making a positive contribution and Aim 4 Enjoying older person friendly environments. It is important however that the Board continues to be assured that work on the other aims of the Strategy is being progressed. In order to achieve this, the following plan is proposed:

To receive an update on Aim 2 – Accessing Information, Advice and Advocacy at the February 2010 meeting;

To receive an update on Aim 3 – Physical, mental and emotional health and well-being at the April 2010 meeting;

To receive a more detailed plan for the work on Newcastle – an age-friendly city at the April 2010 meeting;

To dedicate the June 2010 meeting to a workshop to validate the key issues, which is open to a wider range of stakeholders, on Newcastle – An Age-Friendly City.

To hold a Newcastle – An Age-Friendly City summit in October 2010 to coincide with International Older People’s Day.

In relation to Aim 5, many aspects of Outcome 5a Older people have the opportunity to prepare for retirement and to receive ongoing advice and information can be addressed through Aim 2. Outcome 5b Older people have the opportunity to work is a substantial issue which the Board may wish to prioritise at a later date, although some aspects of this will emerge through the work on an age-friendly city. Recommendation It is recommended that the Board:

Consider the proposals for the 2010 work plan; Agree the priorities set out in the proposed 2010 work plan.

Report to: Older People’s Strategic Board

Date: 25 February 2010 Report of: Claire Horton, Project Manager

Adult Transformation Team, Newcastle City Council Subject: Update on Everyone’s Tomorrow – Aim 2: Older people

accessing information, advice and advocacy

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Summary

The purpose of this report is to update the partners of the Older People’s Strategic Board on progress with Aim 2 of Everyone’s Tomorrow – Older people accessing information, advice and advocacy. Following the publication of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report Creating a stronger information, advice and advocacy system for older people in Newcastle 1, the work on Aim 2 is being used as the foundation for the ‘Information and advice’ project in sub-programme 1 of Newcastle City Council’s Putting People First Programme – Health, wellbeing and access. This extends the remit to cover adults of all ages. The ‘Information and advice’ project will develop and deliver a strategy to create a stronger information and advice system for care and support in Newcastle. The strategy will aim to ensure that people are appropriately and effectively informed about where they can go to get the best information and advice about their care and support needs. It will seek to deliver this by working in partnership with other stakeholders on:

o the provision of good quality information, to ensure that it meets the needs of all citizens and can effectively inform care and support decisions; and

o enhancing the role that multi-agency frontline staff have to play in giving information and advice by raising awareness about the resources that are available, sharing learning about what works or needs to improve, and facilitating signposting and referrals into services.

Background

Central Government have increasingly recognised the value that information and advice have for people. One of the objectives of ‘Putting People First’, a concordat between Local Government, Central Government, the NHS and other key stakeholders in the Health and Social Care sector, is the provision of universal information and advice for people needing services and their carers irrespective of their eligibility for public funding. To gauge progress made by individual Councils to deliver the Putting People First agenda, the Department of Health has defined milestones for each of the five key areas, one of which is Information and Advice.

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Capacity has been given to taking a joint strategic approach to work on information and advice for older people in the city since 2008. This work is being built on and

1 ‘Creating a stronger information, advice and advocacy system for older people’, Claire Horton for Joseph Rowntree Foundation, October 2009 (www.jrf.org.uk)

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extended to include other areas of good practice and to cover any identifiable gaps. This will help to ensure that information and advice is available universally rather than to specific closely defined groups. It should also make better use of resources, avoid gaps and reduce duplication. Progress on work connected with Aim 2

Below are updates on some of the older people’s work that has developed from, or around the themes of, Aim 2:

o Information NOW – Newcastle’s Older People’s Website – continues to be a well-used and recognised resource. January 2010 saw the highest number of people accessing the website to date, and recently there has been interest from several local authorities who regard it as good practice and a resource to aspire to.

o ‘Just what I need’ campaign – The need for improved information for older people in the city has been identified through various pieces of local work. The ‘Just what I need’ campaign aims to build on the strategic work that is taking place and is being used as another tool to provide accurate and accessible information, complementing the Information NOW website. To date 3,000+ leaflets have been distributed and a page will be devoted to the campaign in the March / April edition of the Citylife magazine. The Elders Council is building the ‘Just what I need’ campaign into its Outreach programme.

o Elders Council Readers Group – Following discussions at a recent Older People’s Strategic Board meeting, the Readers Group will be reviewing some of Adult Services’ leaflets in April 2010. This will support the work in the ‘Information and advice’ project on the provision of good quality information to assist care and support decisions.

o First Contact Newcastle multi-agency signposting scheme – The first stage of the First Contact Newcastle scheme was from August to November 2009. During that period checklists were carried out by the Home Delivery Service Library Assistants with 173 older people. These generated 150 referrals to 8 different preventative services. 34 miscellaneous enquiries were also dealt with. A report of this first stage will be available soon. As the system worked so well and helped the Library Assistants to make significant improvements to the quality of life of their readers, they are continuing to carry out the checklists with their new referrals. Discussions are currently underway regarding the next stage of the scheme.

o Advocacy – The Review of Newcastle’s Independent Advocacy Services report was presented to the Wellbeing and Health Partnership Executive on 25 November 2009. The Wellbeing and Health Partnership Executive agreed that the content of the document could be used to consult more widely with partners on the shared vision and priorities for Independent Advocacy Services in Newcastle. The Review has since been passed to Commissioning within the Adult and Culture Services Directorate and NHS North of Tyne to respond to the recommendations. A consultation event is being planned with the Review Steering Group.

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o Housing information and advice – Newcastle was successful with an Enhanced Services (Handyperson) bid to the Department of Communities and Local Government in 2009. This has funded a two year post (from August 2009) for a Housing Caseworker in Anchor Staying Put. Work is currently taking place on the governance arrangements for this new post, to ensure that the learning from the pilot is incorporated into the wider picture. The pilot will hopefully test out how to practically deliver and sustain older people’s needs and aspirations for more support around housing information and advice.

To build on this post, the Quality of Life Partnership has taken the opportunity to be part of a national exemplar programme linked to the national FirstStop housing and care advice service provided by Counsel and Care, Elderly Accommodation Counsel, Help the Aged and NHFA Ltd. Moyra Riseborough from Riseborough Research and Consultancy Associates is carrying out this wok. Moyra has considerable experience of working on older people and housing issues and has conducted research for government departments and national charities, so she should bring a wealth of experience and expertise to both local work and the national FirstStop network.

o Area-based information – Discussions are currently ongoing on work to be developed to fill the current gap in area-based information. This is a common need for a number of colleagues and agencies and will hopefully be developed in partnership to avoid duplication and to provide a more universal solution.

Recommendation:

To receive and comment on this report. Contact: Claire Horton, Project Manager, Transformation Team, Adult and Culture Services Directorate, Newcastle City Council

Email: [email protected] Tel: 0191 211 5285

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OLDER PEOPLE’S STRATEGIC BOARD 17 December 2009

Present: Vera Bolter, Elders Council of Newcastle Lyn Dixon, North Tyneside PCT Sue Pearson, Age Concern Newcastle Jan Reed, University of Northumbria Neil Scott, Your Homes Newcastle Dorothy Ternent, Elders Council of Newcastle John Usher, Nexus Steve Whitley, Elders Council of Newcastle Colin Williams (Chair), Newcastle City Council In Attendance: Barbara Douglas, Quality of Life Partnership Andy Gray, Newcastle City Council Philip Hunter, Newcastle City Council Anne Richardson (Minutes), Quality of Life Partnership Apologies: Graham Armitage, Newcastle University Bernard Gardner, Nexus Bill Ions, Elders Council of Newcastle Bob Weiner, Elders Council of Newcastle 1. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS 1.1

Welcome and introductions took place and apologies were recorded.

1.2 It was noted that Colin Williams is the City Council replacement for Ewen Weir.

1.3 Resignation of Rani Svanberg as VCS Representative It was noted that Rani has resigned from this Board.

1.4 Election of Chair It was agreed that Colin will act as Chair for this and future meetings, and Steve will continue to act as Vice Chair. It was agreed that there should only be one Vice Chair.

2. PARTNERSHIP ASSURANCE STATEMENT

Andy Graham who is reviewing the governance

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relationships of all partnerships that relate to the Wellbeing and Health Partnership was welcomed to the meeting. Members received the Partnership Assurance Statement document circulated with papers for the meeting. It was suggested members give views on the overall assessment re. ‘Governance/Control Area’. Comments were duly noted against each item. Regarding a timescale for this exercise, Andy reported that this will be an annual exercise and a presentation is planned to the Wellbeing and Health Partnership in February. It was agreed that the Chair, Steve and Barbara would sign off the final version of the statement, which will be forwarded to Helen Wilding. ACTION CW/SW/BD

3. DELIVERY MAP

A full discussion took place regarding the Delivery Map and it was agreed that further work needs to be conducted. One suggestion was to put each outcome on a separate page so that the print size could be increased. Members were invited to consider what significant messages they would like to feed into Newcastle City Council’s budget cycle, based on their knowledge of the Delivery Map and in particular of services which are being piloted, but may require future mainstream funding. A full discussion took place and the Chair summarised three of the main themes that had emerged from the discussion in relation to the budget setting:

1. Prevention – a particular focus on PCT working proactively and with the City Council on this issue.

2. Social Capital – relatively small investment by the City Council around what it was felt has big benefits. Participatory budgeting was discussed.

3. Environment and infrastructure, in particular transport and housing.

The Chair reported that the City Council has been successful in its application to be part of Phase 5 of the WHO European Healthy Cities Programme, which includes a strong reference to age-friendly cities. It was suggested

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that there might be some leverage around this work and it was agreed to approach Helen Wilding who is the lead to see what opportunities there are. ACTION The Chair proposed that Barbara works around some of the detail of the 3 main themes. This was agreed. ACTION BD The Chair suggested that the Board meetings could take the form of workshops around each of the aims. Other people who have information/expertise to contribute to the discussion would be invited to join these sessions. Board members would be invited to help with the preparation of the sessions. This proposal was agreed by all members present. ACTION

4. ADULT TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME – THEME 1 UPDATE

Board members received and noted the Adult Transformation Programme Update. The Chair suggested that if there were any queries to forward an email and he will ensure that it is passed on to the appropriate member of staff. Steve pointed out that in pt. 4, 5, 6 and 7 there is no mention of older people.

5. LIFETIME NEIGHBOURHOODS (NI 138 UPDATE)

It was noted that in relation to this indicator, progress has included Newcastle achieving WHO Healthy City Status, and nationally the Housing our Ageing Population Panel (HAPPI) has produced a report which draws together good practice from across Europe and puts together new and creative proposals. (The executive summary and full report can be downloaded from: http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/Housing-Ageing-Population-Panel-Innovation) Barbara highlighted that one recommendation included in the report was a health, housing and care group. In order to build a better relationship with Housing and Regeneration, QoLP/Elders Council is taking a presentation of the last 18 months work re. lifetime homes and lifetime neighbourhoods to the Environment and Housing

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Partnership.

6. SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES STRATEGY REFRESH

Phil Hunter was welcomed to the meeting and a full discussion took place about the Sustainable Communities Strategy Refresh. Points noted included: Section 2.1 – Structure The outcomes will align well with Everyone’s Tomorrow. Phil pointed out that he has strengthened the people element, which will become more obvious in the next draft; sub-outcomes will refer back to the 7 main outcomes; the themes have been re-ordered and the wording around reducing inequalities has been strengthened. In final paragraph of this section regarding ‘the main driver is to attract ‘newcomers’ without paying equal attention to the needs and aspirations of the current population’, Phil will may make some slight changes around this paragraph. Section 2.2 – Principles Phil indicated that those issues will be brought forward in the document. Section 2.3 – Priorities Regarding the document being repetitive, Phil will take comments on board and will refer to ‘examples’ opposed to ‘actions’. Sections 2.4 – Issues of importance to older people Chapter 12 – ‘Active, creative and cultural etc’, this has now been integrated into the health and wellbeing theme. Chapter 9 will be looked at again. Phil considered that the document did not say enough about transport, so he has conducted further work around this area. Steve referred to ‘transport provision for those unable to use conventional public transport’. Phil offered to look at this point. Recommendation The revised draft, which will be at an advanced stage, will be taken to a meeting of the Joint Strategic Board and Delivery Board early January; and the opportunity will be

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used to get further feedback. Ewen Weir has suggested that the draft strategy then goes to the Wellbeing and Health Partnership and delivery Partnerships in February, and then to Strategic Boards in March.

7. LSP RE-STRUCTURE

Steve reported that the LSP executive layer was being restructured and requested that members consider asking the LSP to establish OPSB as a separate and independent partnership. (A previous request when LSP had previously restructured had been turned down). A full discussion took place. Barbara felt OPSB was well placed within the Wellbeing and Health Partnership and that it may not be helpful to seek independent status within the LSP. Neil was unsure about the advantages of this and was reluctant to make a decision until he was certain of the pros and cons. As there was no consensus around this proposal, the Chair proposed speaking to Ewen Weir and setting up a meeting with Charlie Hughes and Kehri Ellis. There was uncertainty regarding the deadline in relation to the restructuring, so it was agreed that communication might need to be via email. ACTION CW

8. NOTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS 15 OCTOBER AND MATTERS ARISING

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Agreed as true copy.

8.2 M. 4.1: Regarding more joint work with Regeneration and Housing and inviting Harvey Emms to a future meeting - it was reported that this item is still outstanding, however as mentioned in pt 5, there will be an EC/QoLP presentation to the Environment and Housing Partnership.

8.3 M. 4.1: Aim 5 (older people are financially and materially secure) – regarding the approach to Rob Hamilton to review citywide work and to see how it is impacting on older people - it was noted that this is in progress and discussions are taking place with Adult Transformation leads around employment and Workforce Development.

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8.4 Pt. 7.2: Building a Society for All Ages - The Elders Council

submitted a response of which a copy was included with previous papers.

9. AWARDS AND AUDITS

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IAH Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education Congratulations were expressed.

9.2 CQC – Newcastle’s Adult and Culture Services Congratulations were given to Adult and Culture Services in relation to the annual inspection by CQC which rated the City Council’s efforts to improve the health, wellbeing and quality of life of city residents as ‘excellent’ - making them one of the top performing ‘Grade 4’ councils in the country. The Chair reported out of 7 outcomes, Newcastle received 4 ‘excellent’ and 3 ‘good’ scores.

10. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

It was noted that there are two free LGA conferences taking place in February.

11. DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING

Thursday 25 February, 2.00-4.00 pm.

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