SWINTON NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTNERSHIP BOARD
ACTION SHEET ARISING FROM THE MEETING HELD ON 19TH OCTOBER 2010
PRESENT : Councillor Dawson in the Chair
Councillors O’Neill, Hinds and Ferguson
Marie Shields (Neighbourhood Manager), Tim Littlemore (Central Locality Manager), Angela Arthur (Skills & Work
Commissioning Team), Kevin Brady (Assistant Chief Executive), Phil Morton (Environment) ,Janice Lowndes (PCT)
Maggie Heavey (IYSS), Tim Field (Community, Health & Social Care), Mike Johnston (Salix Homes), Sergeant J
Connolly (GMP), Emily Edwards (Skills & Work Commissioning Team), Craig Monaghan (BSF), Daniel Hewitt (BSF)
Ian Anderson (TLP), Mike Hall (BSF), Helen Oldland (Democratic Services)
ITEM
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2.
Introductions and Apologies for
Absence.
Minutes from the meeting held on
17th August 2010 and Matters
Arising.
DECISION
ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY
Apologies submitted from Councillors Lea and Warner,
Paul Bland and Inspector Findlow.
Noted.
Councillor Dawson made the members aware that he
was a governor at the Swinton High School and Council
Ferguson stated that he was a governor at Moorside
High.
Approved as a true and correct record.
Community Cohesion
Marie Shields indicated that the board would receive the
requested information with regard to the work undertaken Noted.
by the Cohesion Task Group under agenda item no 6.
(Community Cohesion)
Kevin Brady explained that the Cabinet Work Plan was
available both on the internet and the council’s intranet
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pages, with regular updates included.
Noted.
Working Neighbourhood Team Update
Marie Shields and Angela Arthur made the board aware
that the update requested with regard to benefit Noted.
claimants would be included under agenda item no 5.
(Working Neighbourhood Team Update)
3.
Swinton/Moorside High School
BSF proposal.
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Mike Hall gave a detailed verbal overview with regard to
the consultations that had been undertaken following the
proposal to close both Moorside and The Swinton
Community High Schools and replace them with one new
school on the current Moorside High School playing
fields. This also involved enlarging the site to include the
land at Moorside High School and also rebuild Moorside
Primary School as part of the development.
Parents, pupils, members of the community and the
governing bodies of the schools involved had all been
widely consulted and given the opportunity to express
their views on the scheme.
He explained that the proposal was now due to be
considered by Cabinet on the 26th October 2010.
The planning application had not yet been submitted, but
members were shown the proposed site for the building
and various issues relating to flooding, vehicle and
pedestrian access, staff car parking and the community
use of the site were discussed.
A wide ranging discussion ensued, on this controversial
proposal and the results from the consultations, during
which Mike Hall answered members questions which
included, community facilities, the demolition of the
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building once empty, feeder primary schools, pupil
numbers, admission criteria, refurbishment of the current
schools and the provision of a 21st Century education.
Mike Hall and his team were thanked for their attendance
and input before they left the meeting.
4.
Swinton and Pendlebury Business Marie Shields provided the board members with details
Plan 2011/12
of the Swinton Business Plan for 2011/12 and the
Neighbourhood Community priorities that had been
agreed with Community Committee members at the
meeting on the 12th of October 2010.
Members were asked to give consideration to the list of
priorities to ensure that it reflected the issues that
needed to be focused upon for the next twelve months.
Members were in agreement on the priorities but the Marie Shields
following inclusions were requested; Encourage an active and healthy lifestyle for older
people
 Encourage participation of older people in the
services we provide
 Emotional Health and Wellbeing
 Child Poverty
It was noted that, once the outcome of the
comprehensive spending review was known, the
business plan may need to be revisited in the light of less
money being made available.
A discussion took place on the need for “smarter”
working between the many services involved in
delivering effective outcomes for the community and its
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members and how best to integrate these partners,
including the private sector and the community itself, in
order to deliver a better service.
Tim Littlemore offered to provide data with regard to the
work that was ongoing within the locality team that linked
into the neighbourhood priorities.
Janice Lowndes highlighted the very useful data that was
contained within the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
which was now available and stated that the profile for
Swinton could be presented, as an accurate summary of
the needs of the area, if members wished.
Marie Shields requested members’ feedback with regard
to the business plan priorities and indicated that, after
undertaking additional work with various partners, she Marie Shields
would report back on developments at the next meeting.
5.
Working Neighbourhood Team
Update.
The Swinton & Pendlebury Working Neighbourhood
Team update for October 2010 was distributed along
with a detailed breakdown of claimant numbers for the
Swinton North, South and Pendlebury areas.
It was noted that this information could be provided in
various different ways in order to best provide a
comprehensive view of the area. This could then be used
to ensure that resources were targeted and to measure Emily Edwards/Marie Shields
outcomes achieved.
Mike Johnston explained that the information held on the
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Salix homes database could also be shared as part of
the partnership working referred to in earlier discussions.
It was agreed that more discussion on partnership
working needed to take place and would be on the Marie Shields/Helen Oldland
agenda for the next meeting in January 2011.
It was noted that a comprehensive quarterly report
including the ‘mapping’ of data was to be made available Emily Edwards
at the next meeting alongside a ‘case study’ to help to
illustrate the “customer journey” through the various
levels of support.
Marie Shields highlighted the breadth of activities that
had been ongoing across the area including the excellent
partnership working with the Health Improvement Team,
Salix Homes and City West housing.
6.
Community Cohesion.
On behalf of the board members the chair thanked the
neighbourhood team for the many projects that were
being delivered.
Marie Shields introduced an update with regard to the Marie Shields.
ongoing work within the Neighbourhood team which was
supporting Community Cohesion in the area.
The update incorporated information with regard to the
key projects that had been undertaken to bring together
different groups and break down barriers and included;
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School based activities
Black History Month
Restorative Justice scheme
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Kevin Brady emphasised the need to ensure that this
issue was being highlighted in both primary and high
schools, with the headteachers being closely involved in
getting the message across to children and young
people.
Maggie Heavey reported that the Youth Service had
worked with Irlam and Cadishead High School to
improve attitudes and similar work could be carried out in
the high schools in Swinton if it was felt that this would
prove beneficial.
7.
Input from Councillors on
Political Executive Arrangements.
No political executive arrangements were raised.
8.
Any Other Business.
There was no any other business.
9.
Date and Time of Next Meeting
It was noted that these would be distributed to all
concerned once finalised by the Neighbourhood
Management Team.
The members were thanked for attending and the
meeting was closed at 7.25pm
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