Issue - meetings

Councillor John Armour

Councillor Armour expressed concern at the poor attendance of partners at the meeting and noted that he was unsure what could be done to resolve this and encourage better participation. Rachel suggested that it may be beneficial to ask young people to attend the meetings, the Committee Manager confirmed that young people are invited as representatives to the meeting and noted that attendance was poor both in terms of Community Council and partner attendance. The Committee Manager suggested that it would be beneficial to highlight this at the next Community Planning Partnership Management Committee Meeting. Valerie Nimmo suggested that it may be beneficial to time limit presentations at the meeting and ensure that they were more concise to encourage people to come along. 

Brian Smith, Community Learning Team Leader

Brian advised that work was being carried out by the Community Learning team with young people around youth participation and advised that he would be happy to provide some information around this at a future meeting of the group.