Decision details

The Committee considered the interim report and recommendations of the review of the Neighbourhood Centres.

The Committee agreed to sign off the report due to the current situation with regard to the Pandemic and the pause with the work of the Committee. Members were pleased with the results of the Review so far and it was RESOLVED:

1.    That small scale timely interventions be made using what means are at the Council’s disposal including its current regime of routine maintenance, cleansing, repair and using existing budgets or where appropriate the use of ward Members Local Community Budgets via funding bids as well as local County Councillors LCBs;

2.    That partner authorities/partner bodies be approached to hold them to account for failure to maintain infrastructure.

3.    That the Co-operative Neighbourhood Management approach to addressing local issues in the Neighbourhood Centres be monitored by the Executive Member with Portfolio responsibility for Neighbourhoods and Co-Operative Working to see if this is working (perhaps with a short repot back in a year to monitor progress and see if the interventions are timely and the resources are adequate to remedy problems that are identified at the Neighbourhood Centres).

4.    That each Neighbourhood Centre area establishes a friends group to help with projects and community gardens at each Centre.

5.    That the Head of Estates and the Assistant Director Housing Development be invited to a future meeting of the Committee to contribute to the recommendations with regard to these plans.