MLB Meeting 20 January 2012

2

2.3/200112

Locality Board arrangements

Update on Locality Board for libraries’ funding approach to be presented at December meeting

ZC

By 17 Dec 2012

On target

MLB Meeting 28 March 2012

3.3/280312

Following the refinement of objectives and actions, the Locality Board approaches all housing associations operating in the borough to encourage them to make the best use of the local skills and when maintaining their properties to employ local tradesmen

ZC

By Mar 2013

On target

MLB Meeting 25 June 2012

3/250612

Tackling Worklessness

1.   Establish a co-ordinating function within MBC;

2.   Identify and engage with 10 local employers to support and mentor young people NEET;

3.   Secure 50 work experience placements by December 2012;

4.   Use Connexions data to identify 30 NEETs and work with them into employment within 6 months.

ZC

EK

EK

EK

By 31 Dec 2012

All actions on target

MLB Meeting 1 October 2012

2/011012

Maidstone Locality Board priorities and dashboard

1.  Margate Task Force to be invited to present at a future Locality Board meeting;

2.  Development of the Local Environmental Improvements Report Card.

3.  Development of the Locality Board dashboard and regular reports for the Board on how these indicators are changing for Maidstone.

4.  Set up sub-groups against the 3 priorities to agree and progress actions

SR

DE/AJ

DE/AJ

SR

By 17 Dec 2012

By Mar 2013

By Mar 2013

By Mar 2013

All actions on target

3/011012

Tackling worklessness and poverty

1.  Identify which agencies present issues/ barriers etc. and how these can be addressed.

2.  Identify how schools and young people (particularly 14-19 year olds) can be supported with volunteering placements.

SR/EK

SR/EK

By Dec 2012

By Dec 2012

All actions on target

3.2/011012

Maidstone’s offer to co-ordinate support into employment

1.   Create a matching website for skills training, volunteer and apprenticeship opportunities;

2.   Work with business to create a starter guide to setting up your own business;

3.   Identify and prioritise employment, education and training needs with young people and business;

4.   Identify and secure external funding for projects that improve access to employment;

5.   Investigate issues around transport costs – set up a task and finish group.

EK

SR/JT

EK

EK

EK

By Mar 2013

All actions on target

3.3/011012

4/011012

Maidstone Integrated Local Area Workforce Strategy

1.   Support hosting a Self Care Event as part of Self Care Week (12-18 November);

2.   Support an initiative to inform housing, leisure and other public facing service staff about community support for vulnerable adults;

3.   Support a ‘We Care in Maidstone’ initiative to recruit and incentivise young people into social care (apprenticeships, work experience, work with young people’s community services;

4.   To take forward these actions through the Tackling Worklessness and Poverty priority sub-group.

SR/JC/KM

By Nov 2012

Ongoing

All actions on target

4/0011012

Priority: Local Environmental Improvements

1.      Support a Task and Finish Group to finalise/agree a set of priorities and actions that link into the Environmental Improvements priority.

2.      Incorporate, develop and support the priorities and actions from this priority.

6/0011012

Any Other Business

1.      Review the Health and Wellbeing group and Local Children’s Trust Board

2.      Dissolve the Economic Development group and establish the Maidstone Business Partnership

3.      Dissolve the Environmental Equality group as part of the creation of the Environmental Improvements priority sub-group.

Jun 2013

Dec 2012

Dec 2012