Third Sector Strategy Group – Engagement with Council Transformation Programme - Organisational Reviews
Head of Service
Appointment and
Service Area
Further detail of what is
included in the service
What forums or networks are relevant
from the Third Sector
What TSSG and other forums want to see in
the way of service development, prevention,
information sharing, co-location, service
integration etc
Schools and
Lifelong Learning
Schools (primary and
secondary)
Local voluntary sector forums
Better cross reference between health
(community health, inequality initiatives and
CLD)
Andy Gray
Early Years
Edinburgh network for children and
young people
CLD
CLD partnership
Youth work
IGive volunteering Strategy Group
Libraries and Community
Centres
Better Communication on role of Community
Access to Schools
Mental Health Peer support – for young people
Include mental health and wellbeing for young
people
Sport, Active Schools,
Edinburgh Leisure
Homeless prevention and education
expectations
More support for informal community based
learning.
Communication and co-ordination between
schools and social care – key for preventive
approach
Children’s
Services
Alistair Gaw
Children Social Work practice
teams
Edinburgh Youth Work Consortium
(EYWC), Lothian Association for Youth
Clubs (LAYC) + chairs and youth
managers forums
Ability to seriously have conversations with
Youth Work and ASC Sections
More streamlined and effective partnership
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Adoptive care, residential and
secure care, kinship care and
family support
LAYC ASC Managers forum
Edinburgh Youth Workers consortium
Children’s panels
Much more local forum LYSN Leith
Youth Services Network
Services for children with
disabilities
Edinburgh Network for CYP
Children’s partnership +GIRFEC
+ Integrated children’s services
Michele Miller
Less biased and more proper understanding
from officers about 3rd sector community based
services
Support to capacity building of parents/carers
of children with disability and their families
Real prevention strategy
Youth Justice
Public Protection
and Council Chief
Social Worker
More meaningful discussion and actions that
demonstrate partnership working
Commission of peer support on outcomes
Community Safety
Police grants
Homelessness and Housing
Support
Criminal Justice
Strategic Homelessness Action
Partnership in Edinburgh (SHAPE)
Rethink of accommodation options through
shape
Third Sector Strategy Group TSSG
Better acknowledgement of partnership with
community based voluntary organisations to
support vulnerable children and families
Network for Children and Young People
Thematic forums x reference IJB
Inclusive Edinburgh
Consideration of impact of welfare reform in
reshaping services
MAPPA
Maintain young adult specific housing options
Head of Service –
Communities and
Families
School buildings and school
rolls
Billy MacIntyre
Delegated school budgets
Network of third sector children and
families
Better co-od value of ASC role impact on social
economy (loss of classroom space)
Transport for schools
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Housing and
Regulatory
Services
House building programme
SHAPE
Tenancy Management
Affordable Housing Partnership
Housing Management
Susan Mooney
Licensing
Changeworks work closely with officer
level, more strategic engagement
required.
Environmental Health
John Bury
Community Accessible
Transport
Transport Planning
Older People’s Forums
Low carbon active travel
Living Streets
Planning to support energy efficiency/low
carbon delivery
Sustrans
Planning
ECTOG (Edinburgh Community
Transport Operators Group)
Local and strategic
development plan
Read across between adaptation disrepair and
energy efficiency.
Affordable housing for young people, housing
options and tenancy rights.
Trading standards
Transport and
Planning
Housing to support energy efficient/low carbon
housing for existing and new stock across all
areas.
Roads – design, build, maintain
ETAG (Equalities transport advisory
group)
Other transport links
Equality and Rights network
Third Sector transport providers that aren’t
community transport operations brought into
the scope of CAT Review
More integration between older people’s
services regarding integrated joint board and
transport
ETAG (ref taxi/PHC licensing)
Environment
Refuse, waste and recycling
ECTOG
David Lyons
Air Quality
EVOC
Parks and Greenspace
Community Gardens, Edible Edinburgh
and Changeworks (no network)
Environmental Health
CEC Passenger operations, service re-design
with ECTOG
Working with 3rd Sector (ECTOG to redesign
delivery of transport (community) services
Transition of trade waste to social enterprise
sector
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Strategic meeting with WWF, Friends of
the Earth, Changeworks, Sustrans and
Living Streets
Exploration of common quality framework –
including training for CEC passenger operations
and ECTOG
Greater public and community engagement in
recycling and re-use to drive quality and circular
economy.
Human Resources
OD Business Support
TSSG
Katie Miller (Jan 16)
interim Martin Glover
Workforce Strategy
Older People forum and other thematic
networks
Employee Relations
Connect to employability – workforce
development academy
Short term – Volunteer Edinburgh happy to
work with fall out of redundancy redeployment
process
Expertise of Third Sector and delivery training
Change of culture in how to engage with people
and their organisations (social care)
Status of care workers and collaborative
approach to raising profile and making it a
career of choice
Training needs of social care workforce on SDS,
good practice, outcome focus etc. Training
should be delivered with service.
Property
Management
Facilities Management
TSSG
Asset rationalisation
TSI
Vacant – Interim
Arrangements through
Peter Watton and Rob
Leech and Corporate
Property Board
Maintenance and repairs
Sustainability integral to asset management ,
physical and behavioural change
More social enterprise opportunities.
Property Investment
Fleet (council vehicles)
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Legal and Risk /
Monitoring
Officer
Legal Services
Risk + Audit
Health and Safety
Carol Campbell
Finance
Procurement
Hugh Dunn
Budget Framework
TSSG
Holistic discussion re investment not just what
can Third Sector contribute
Financial Plan and Services
Pensions and Investment
Customer
Customer Services
Vocal voluntary sector forums
Outreach discussions where people are
Interim - Danny
Gallagher
Business Support (admin /
clerical)
Loops
Staff being seen and engaged regularly not just
which crisis/problem
Older peoples forum
Reflection in co-production with relevant groups
and organisations on social care direct
Strategy
Transformation Team
Compact
Sustainability strategy connected to delivery.
Vacant – Interim
Appointment TBC
Freedom of Information
TSSG
Community Planning
TSI
Long term planning/ holistic approach i.e. no red
lines, all services scrutinised and reviewed to get
best outcome for citizens
Corporate Strategy
Igive
Resilience and Business
Continuity
Equality and Rights Network
ICT
Mental Health forum
Voluntary Sector Forums
Proper monitoring and evaluation strategy
Capacity building partnership with universities
and big lottery through CSR
Joint indicators for successful transformation of
services/opportunities and citizen engagement.
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Council Committees and
Governance
Strategy needs analysis across sectors. Practical
plans and responses maximising possibility and
service
Members Services
Evidence gathering of effective alternative
practical modelling locally and further afield.
Elections
Economy
TBC
Employability including the
Edinburgh Guarantee
Business support and
development
International trade and
relations
Area Development and
Regeneration
TSSG
TSI
Local voluntary sector forums
Employability – joined up 4 jobs
partnership
IGIVE volunteering strategy group
ESEN
City Deal
Culture
Festivals
Lynne Halfpenny
(Director)
Arts
3rd sector recognised as an economic
contributor to city
3rd sector academies workforce development
Volunteering/ voluntary sector placements etc.
Wealth created in the city doesn’t benefit
disabled people, people with long term
conditions and carers – current state of social
care.
Social enterprise support, news business models
SCIO, CCPs private/3rd sector joint delivery
Museums and theatres
Cultural grants and contracts
Desire Lines Steering Group (cultural
sector orgs)
Desire Lines Report (set out ambitions for
broader sector)
Desire Lines Task Group (broader panel
that interacts directly with elected
members and officials)
Coherent overview of culture across different
functions E.g. learning, health and social care,
environment.
Creative Edinburgh (facilitates
committed organisations with wider
cultural interests.
Clear engagement with sector around
developing ideas and opportunities for
maximising opportunities
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Communications
Media Team
TSSG
Lesley McPherson
Internal communications
Equality and Rights Network
Marketing
Clearer communication of the role of the Third
Sector working with the CEC to deliver services
in the City.
Clearer communication of the value of the Third
Sector economically to the City.
Website
Clearer communication of the disparity in areas
of rich and poor in the City and a need to reduce
inequalities to create a thriving City.
Clear communication of the Third Sectors input
and impact to the City outcomes.
Interim Locality
Managers until
March 2016
Nikki Conway, Marna
Green, Angela Lindsay
and David White
Four functions:
EADP collaborative
1. Locality Model
2. Disability and transition
3. Mental health and
substance misuse and
public health
4. Older people
Substance use network Edinburgh
(SUNE)
Older people’s service providers forum
ECTOG
Day services co-production group
LOOPS
Lothian Community Health Initiative
Forum
Mental Health Forum
IGIVE Volunteer managers forum
Voluntary sector forums
Much better acknowledgement of role/support
and capacity of volunteers which is essential to
all of us
MH/WB Preventative services addressing the
10% cut in a different way
Proper monitoring and evaluation approach
including noticing emerging stuff
More transparent communication of intention
and timeframes
More joined up/collaborative working eg West
Lothian day services (OPTIMA) and transport
working together – good model to look at.
Implementation of a self-directed support
strategy in line with the spirit of the 2013 SOS
act.
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More partnership working
More capacity building, individual and collective
Real focus on capacity building/social capital/
upstream intervention
Work in co-production needs supporting
people/communities to build their capacity to
engage on equal Lothian Centre for Inclusive
Living (LCiL) champions
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