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Agenda and minutes
Venue: Council Chamber, Muriel Matters House, Breeds Place, Hastings. East Sussex, TN34 3UY
Contact: Chantal Lass tel: 01424 451483 email: class@hastings.gov.uk
Items No. Item Declarations of Interest
10:05
Minutes:
None Received
Minutes and Matters Arising (Chair) PDF 1 MB
10:10
Minutes:
Minutes of the meeting 6th December Accepted as an accurate record.
Chair rotation and thanks to Clive Galbraith
Minutes:
Victoria Conheady, Assistant Director Regeneration and Culture, HBC thanked Carole Dixon for her time as chair.
Victoria gave thanks to Clive Galbraith for over 15 years of support he has given to the LSP. He has chaired three times and overseen 3 reviews of the LSP in that time. The Chair also gave thanks to Clive and spoke about his drive to see change and to avoid making the same mistakes. Underneath Clive’s humour and wit lies a drive and determination to bring about improvements for the town and to create hope for the future of its people.
Levelling Up white paper discussion PDF 239 KB
10:30
Victoria Conheady Assistant Director Regeneration and Culture, HBC
Minutes:
Victoria Conheady, Assistant Director Regeneration and Culture, HBC presented:
- Published at the start of February 2022 there are 5 pillars. Clear and ambitious medium-term missions set by government. Realigned Government decision-making so it aligns to levelling up. Empowering local decision-makers. There will be a new levelling up advisory council and annual levelling up reports and will transform the collection
- There are 12 missions: increased pay employment and productivity rise in every area of the UK, with each containing a globally competitive city, with the gap between the top performing and other areas closing. Investment into research and development, local transport connectivity will be closer to London standard, the UK will have nationwide gigabit capable broadband and 4G coverage. 90% of children to achieve expected standards in primary school reading, writing and maths. High skilled training to increase in every region. The gap in healthy life expectancy between local areas where it is highest and lowest to narrow. Wellbeing to improve in every area of the UK. Peoples pride in where they live and engagement in local culture will rise. Renters will have a safe pathway to ownership. Homicide, serious violence and neighbourhood crime rate will drop and every area of England that wants a devolution deal will have one.
- Funding will be the Levelling up Fund, towns fund and the new UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)
- How will this affect the public, private and third sectors in Hastings? How could it affect the LSP work?
The meeting discussed how the absence of an academic partner in Hastings and East Sussex will impact the work of the LSP and discussed how the aims of Levelling Up can be achieved by 2030. An area highlighted was the employment of people with disabilities or long-term health conditions which is a present issue in Hastings and area to focus on. It was highlighted how the crisis in Ukraine could influence any funding in the coming months.
The chair suggested aligning some of the LSP working groups with some of the 12 missions. The chair also suggested that the questions of how this will affect the sectors in Hastings and how it will affect the work of the LSP be added to the agenda of the next meeting.
Youth Futures Bid for Hastings
10:45
Michael Ratcliffe, Business Improvement Manager CXK
Minutes:
Michael Ratcliffe, Business Improvement Manager CXK presented:
- CXK currently delivers national and regionally funded services in the community, custodial and school settings supporting over 300 000 individuals each year though their services.
- The funding will have two phases: Phase 1 (June 2022 Dec 2023) Fund 6-8 partnerships to explore problems with employment support for young people facing disadvantage and mobilise local stakeholders around a shared ambition for change. Grants of up to £125,000 in Phase 1 for a period of 18 months. Phase 2 (Jan 2024 onwards) Fund collective local efforts to deliver on these ambitions in 2 4 of the places supported during Phase 1. Grants of up to £1.5m in Phase 2 for a period of 3-4 years to selected places from Phase 1.
- If successful the project will focus on 3 cohort: Young people with experience of the care system, young people with physical or learning disabilities, young people who are long term unemployed.
- And the project will focus activities in the following areas – own Centre and Castle Ward, Central St Leonards, Gensing, Hollington and North East Hastings
The meeting discussed how chaotic families and cultural influences affect young people.
Community Renewal Funding projects in Hastings
11:05
HVA & VCSE Future Proofing Initiative Steve Manwaring
Hastings 2066 Jess Steele
Minding the Gaps Jude Day
Innovation Masters programme Fiona Bennett
Minutes:
HVA and VCSE Future Proofing Initiative
Steve Manwaring HVA, reported to the meeting he is about to publish a trends paper about volunteering. During the pandemic there was a growth in volunteering. A draft report will be published in May, with the final being published in June.
- Research to date has shown the heavy reliance on volunteers during COVID-19 and how volunteering is changing and how we can best respond to local demand. The Institute of Volunteering is undertaking research in Hastings to understand better the local trends
- The second focus is that those most in need sometimes experience considerable difficulty knowing about, accessing and navigating services. There is a joint project being developed with CAB 1066 to map users journeys and look at how technology can been used to establish a basis for a more joined up journey.
- The third is to equip organisations with better knowledge and information and support local activity. This will be though more systematic training, learning and an induction offer around the assets that we've got in the town and also ways in which people can access into them.
Hastings 2066
Jess Steele presented: Hastings Commons
Jess advised that the CF funded project was being reviewed currently and that today’s presentation would focus on the concept of Hastings Commons
- Slides were shown explaining that since 2014 building have been taken into custodian ownership making 50 workspaces, 10 homes and unique community spaces
- The next step is The Observer building. By this summer the lower four floors will have been completely renovated. There are plans to renovate the exterior of the upper floors and bring this in to use.
- Hastings Comms role is to create space four people forever. So keep bringing spaces into perpetual community ownership, keeping them open, affordable, safe, clean, welcoming and collaborative.
- To make it normal to know your neighbour and contribute to the commons, to look out for each other and look after places
The meeting asked what the focus of the bid was. Jess explained it is the Observer building itself and developing digital extended reality style content that will both reach lots of different people in the town but particularly young people and businesses
Minding the Gaps
Jude Day SCDA presented:
· Minding the Gaps is a partnership between SCDA, ESC, 3VA and HARC and will be externally evaluated by CurvedThinking. SCDA is the lead organisation.
· MtG identified gaps in AEB funding for sector specific qualifications or ‘tickets to operate’ in a range of sectors (construction, IT and digital, care etc) which matches the skills deficit in the county.
· Project has employed OT to engage wot projects in the area and partners with HARC to ensure participants maximise their income and with 3VA to support volunteering
· DWP is interested in the project especially the employment element of the project.
Innovation Masters Programme
Fiona Bennett Sussex Innovation spoke to the partnership:
The aspects of the CRF program are to drive innovation and growth within the business community across East ... view the full minutes text for item 34.
Sussex NHS Commissioners Public Consultations Cardiology and Ophthalmology
11:50
Emma Baxter Public Involvement Manger East Sussex, Sussex NHS Commissioners
Minutes:
Emma Baxter Public Involvement Manger East Sussex, Sussex NHS Commissioners presented:
- There is a growing and ageing population with patients’ needs have become more complex.
- The proposal for Cardiology is to have a Specialist cardiology inpatient services site. This would improve staff recruitment and retention, improve quality and safety, set up Cardiac Response Teams in the emergency departments and “hot clinics” providing rapid assessment at both hospitals.
- The proposal for ophthalmology would be to bring the service together at two hospital sites instead of three. The service provided at Conquest hospital would move to Bexhill Hospital. This would improve recruitment of clinical staff, ensure the best use of existing equipment and enable future investment in new equipment.
Emma was asked regarding hospital transport and how community transport can react to the changes. Emma requested this be submitted to the consultation to ensure it is considered.
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