You might have noticed that Overview & Scrutiny in Swansea has changed a bit over the last few months. We have new meetings, new tools and new ways of doing things – these changes were fueled by the work of the Child & Family Services Overview & Scrutiny Board and by our Improvement Programme. Now that all […]
Our Ambition 7
July 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It is that time of year again; Our Ambition 7 – Swansea’s Annual Community Strategy Event will be taking place on the 30th September at 9 – 12:30 at the Liberty Stadium. The event will be an informal and interactive opportunity for policy makers and practitioners from the public, business, voluntary and community sectors to: […]
Scrutiny Improve Thyself
June 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
If there is a scrutiny equivilent of ‘doctor heal thyself’ then it might be ‘scrutiny improve thyself’. OK, it might not be a saying that catches on, but the point is that councillors involved in scrutiny should be as intrested in their own performance as they are in anyone elses. To show that we are serious about […]
Our Surveys Said
June 2, 2010 by 1 Comment
We have run a couple of surveys recently to get an idea of what topics people thought should be looked at by the overview and scrutiny boards. The first survey was through Swansea Voices – the Council’s citizen’s panel. We had 85 suggestions back from this. The second survey was an internal survey of staff and councillors and we […]
Introducing the r-Board
May 28, 2010 by 2 Comments
To coincide with the launch of the i-pad today I’d like to reveal our own piece of state of the art technology: the r-Board. Let me tell you about this very important piece of kit. The r-Board helps us keep track of the reviews that the overview & scrutiny boards are working on. It goes like this: […]
Workplan Time for the Government and Us
May 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Today the government has announced the bills it intends to bring to parliament in the Queen’s Speech. This list of 22 bills is in effect the government’s workplan for the next parliamentary session. Over the next three or four weeks all of the Council’s Overview & Scrutiny Boards will also be meeting to decide what their […]