Present at the meeting:
- Councillor J S Birch (Chairman)
- Councillor M Aldred
- Councillor Mrs B Bourne
- Councillor B J Fagan
- Councillor Mrs P L Holland
- Councillor M Klieve
- Councillor R T Splaine
.1 Apologies for absence: Councillors J Moodie, P Thompson and P A Tushingham.
.2 Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 13 November 2008 were approved as a correct record.
.3 Interview on the PACT Process with Ms A Fell (Area Manager), Mr S Morton (Development Manager) and Ms Paula Richmond (Advanced Practitioner), Wigan Children and Young People’s Service: The Select Committee welcomed the representatives from Wigan Children and Young People’s Service and invited them to answer a range of questions regarding their involvement in the PACT process.
The Select Committee questions, and officer responses, centred on:
organisational involvement with PACTs to date, corporate reflections on experience, ‘value added’ and lessons to be learned in forward refinement of the process;
approaches to sustaining the legacy of youth service activity developed via the PACT process, within communities; and
engagement and involvement of young people in community decision making.
Resolved: The Select Committee formally note their gratitude to the Children and Young People’s Service colleagues for their attendance and fulsome responses on the questions put/challenges presented.
.4 PACT Review Process: Work Plan Update: The Policy Officer updated the Select Committee on interview dates agreed with colleagues from Environmental Services and the Chief Executive’s Service. The Policy Officer provided an overview of research that is underway to investigate the approaches to PACT that have been developed by other authorities. Copies of the Cabinet Office report, ‘Engaging Communities in Fighting Crime’ and a summary of the approach to neighbourhood management developed by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, were distributed to members of the Select Committee.
Resolved: The Select Committee notes the progress to date.
.5 Date and time of next meeting: Resolved: The next meeting of this Select Committee will be held on 8 December 2008 at Wigan Town Hall.
