Issue - meetings

This report presents the Executive with the final report arising from the Play Provision Scrutiny Review.

Please note that Annex A (Sample of National Examples of Best Practice) is available on line.

Resolved:     The Executive agree that:

(i)           A Best Practice Guide be introduced for Members containing a range of information (including those detailed in paragraph 40ii of the report), to be used when committing ward funds to the future development of community spaces schemes which incorporate play provision. 

(ii)          The Best Practice Guide be used to support Members when new open spaces improvement schemes come forward. For example the proposed playground capital investment schemes in 2017 (see paragraph 40vi of the report)

(iii)        An appropriate Member training package be introduced to provide members with the necessary skills toeffectively engage with children and young people in their local wards.

Reason:        To take the recommendations from the Scrutiny Task Group forward in order to facilitate future improvements to the neighbourhood working model.

Members considered a report which presented the final report arising from the Play Provision Scrutiny Review.

The Executive welcomed and accepted the findings of the review and thanked the Chair of the Task Group for undertaking the review.  It was requested that the Best Practice Guide be developed as quickly as possible, given that playground capital investment had been agreed and schemes would be taken forward.

Resolved:     That the Executive agree:

(i)           That a Best Practice Guide be introduced for Members containing a range of information (including those detailed in paragraph 40ii of the report), to be used when committing ward funds to the future development of community spaces schemes which incorporate play provision. 

(ii)          The Best Practice Guide be used to support Members when new open spaces improvement schemes come forward. For example the proposed playground capital investment schemes in 2017 (see paragraph 40vi of the report)

(iii)        An appropriate Member training package be introduced to provide members with the necessary skills toeffectively engage with children and young people in their local wards.¹

Reason:        To take the recommendations from the Scrutiny Task Group forward in order to facilitate future improvements to the neighbourhood working model.