I have just come hot foot from the Council’s Annual General Meeting where the new overview and scrutiny chairs have been elected for the next 12 months. The chairs and vice chairs for 2011/12 are: Overview & Scrutiny Boards Child & Family Services – Chair: Cllr Paxton Hood-Williams Vice Chair: Cllr Christine Richards Children, Young People & Learning […]
Have your say on our service!
May 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
It is that time of year again where we run our annual stakeholder survey. The purpose of the survey is to gauge perceptions about the work of overview and scrutiny over the past 12 months. The information gathered will be used to monitor performance and introduce further improvements. It also generates new topics that can […]
How Can We Get the Most Out of Our Consultation and Engagement?
January 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday the Overview & Scrutiny Business Committee had a presentation from Rhian Foote who is the Consultation Coordinator for the Council. The presentation, which you can see below, had a couple of purposes. First, the Committee had raised a few questions about Swansea Voices, the Council’s Citizen’s Panel and these were answered very ably. Second, it […]
Is Scrutiny a Critical Friend?
November 25, 2010 by 1 Comment
Earlier today I was involved in a really good debate about the critical friend role with the Overview & Scrutiny Business Committee. Critical Friend is an interesting term and one that gets used a lot. I’m not sure people really give as much thought as they should to exactly what it means and the best way to put it into practice. […]