The Cabinet Member for Enterprise, Development and Regeneration will attend the scrutiny panel on the 14 July to update Councillor’s on the progress and impact of the scrutiny recommendations that were agreed by Cabinet on the 26 August 2014 in relation to inquiry into inward investment into the locality. The Inquiry found that Swansea has many assets that […]
What will education scrutiny look like over the coming year?
May 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Schools Performance Scrutiny Panel at their meeting on 18 May discussed their work programme for the coming year. The Panels brief is to provide ongoing challenge to schools performance to ensure that pupils in Swansea are receiving high quality education; and the authority is meeting its objectives in relation to improving school standards and pupil attainment. […]
8 things we learnt from the Welsh Assembly about public engagement
February 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment
This post is a summary of some of the things we learnt from a good practice session with the Welsh Assembly. We hope it will be of value to other scrutineers looking at how to improve public engagement. About the session All of us in the Scrutiny Team along with Councillors Mary Jones and Paxton […]
Why is Corporate Culture so important?
February 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
A positive corporate culture is important because, if we get it right, it sets the tone of the organisation and drives the desired behaviour which in term will help produce the right results. The culture of Swansea Council therefore needs to be aligned with (and used to reinforce) what the Council is seeking to achieve. […]
Engaging with staff to improve our corporate culture
January 27, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Corporate Culture Scrutiny Panel will meet tomorrow to look at the results of a recent staff survey and at how we as an organisation engage and communicate with staff. The staff survey was carried out during August to October 2014 and was made available online via the internal and external websites and in hard copy […]
What will the Child & Family Services Scrutiny Panel look at next week?
January 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Child & Family Services Scrutiny Performance Panel will meet on Monday 19th January at 2.00pm in Committee Room 3 in the Civic Centre. This month the panel is going to be looking at the implications for the local authority of the independent review of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham. The panel will consider the […]