Issue - meetings

The Chairman of the Youth Provision Task Group provided an update on the work of the Task Group and informed Members that there had been three meetings of the group since the previous meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Board.

During this period the Task Group had visited the Stoke Parish Youth Club, which had been an interesting example of a community run project.  The youth club had been established by a member of Stoke Parish Council and was successfully managed by the community, though they had received no professional assistance.

The Task Group had held a number of interviews.  This had included an interview with pupils from Haybridge High School, about a survey they had undertaken at the school.  Ms. TC Peppercorn, the Outreach Co-ordinator from the Artrix, and the Council’s Head of Leisure and Cultural Services had also been interviewed.

The Group’s next meeting was due to take place on 27th March.  During this meeting Members would be interviewing the Operations Manager from the Basement Project and the Chairman of Bromsgrove Rugby Club.  Members were also planning to review the evidence they had collected and progress that had been made in their review.

The Chairman explained that the Task Group’s final report was due to be presented during the Overview and Scrutiny Board meeting on 17th June and subsequently, if the group’s recommendations were accepted, to Cabinet on 3rd July 2013.  However, the Chairman commented that, whilst she was keen to present the group’s report, she was due to be on leave on 3rd July.  Members were therefore asked to consider extending the deadline for the review.

RESOLVED that the deadline for presentation of the Youth Provision Task Group’s final report to the Overview and Scrutiny Board be extended to 15th July 2013.