Councillors from the Homelessness Scrutiny Working Group have met to look at what the Council can do to help homelessness in Swansea.  They looked particularly at the Councils activities to manage homelessness, the current position, performance of relevant services and the challenges faced. A meeting was held with a number of interested parties including: Swansea […]

Councillors from the Schools Scrutiny Performance Panel met on 7 June to look at ‘How Swansea pupils are being engaged and inspired in Science at school?’  They chose to look at this because science should not only give then skill and opportunities to improve their futures but should be exciting for young people. Councillors spoke […]

Swansea Councils education scrutiny body, the Schools Performance Scrutiny Panel, has the role of providing ongoing challenge to schools performance in order to ensure that pupils in Swansea are receiving a high quality education and that it is meeting its objectives to improve schools standards and pupil attainment. The up-coming meetings for this Panel are: Wed 18 July […]

Through all the confusion that is currently the regional picture in Wales the Regional Working Scrutiny Inquiry Panel felt that a clear focus must be on the outcomes of our citizens. This was the view of the Regional Working Scrutiny Inquiry Panel who have just completed a review looking at how the Council, along with its […]

Scrutiny Councillors are due to hold a Working Group meeting on 12 June to look at the issues faced in Swansea in relation to homelessness, the services available and to find out from several relevant organisations what is required locally for improvements to be seen. This will be the second of two meetings and will […]

Science should be exciting for young people, giving them the skills and opportunities to improve their futures. But currently not all young people are inspired by science. Science is everywhere. Inspiring young people and understanding that is key.  They can look outside the window, trees turn sunlight into stored energy and create the oxygen we need […]