Issue - meetings

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and outlined the procedure for the meeting.

Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of:

Samantha Somers, Community Planning Officer, Argyll and Bute Council

Susan MacRae, Skills Development Scotland

Janice Kennedy, Scottish Enterprise

Sophia McArdle, Ministry of Defence

Inspector Roderick MacNeill, Police Scotland

Jayne Burnett, Visiting Friends

Carole-Anne McDade, Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership

Sephton MacQuire, Dunbritton Housing Association

Vivien Dance, Helensburgh and Lomond Chamber of Commerce

Lynn Campbell, Department for Work and Pensions

Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of Judith Hawcroft - North Argyll Carers Centre and Tom Nelson - Mull Community Council.

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and invited the Community Planning Officer to give a brief overview of the aims of the Group. These included that partnership working was supported in order to identify possible gaps in service provisions and to fill these gaps for the good of the community.

The Chair welcomed everyone to the virtual meeting of the Bute and Cowal Community Planning Group.

Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of;

Alastair MacGregor – Argyll Community Housing Association; and

Cathleen Russell – Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust.

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and introductions were made. The Committee Manager outlined the procedure for the meeting.

Apologies for absence were intimated on behalf of:

Antonia Baird, Community Development Officer, Argyll and Bute Council

Catherine Anne MacAulay, Campbeltown Community Council

Lucy Sumsion, NFU Scotland

Emma Clark, Argyll and the Isles Tourism Cooperative

Tracy Preece, Argyll and Bute HSCP

Jane Cowen, Tarbert and Skipness Community Trust

Robert Judge, Live Argyll

Nicola Hackett, Live Argyll

Susan MacRae, Skills Development Scotland