Last week, the Environment & Communities Overview & Scrutiny Board were pleased to be invited to attend a specially arranged meeting of Swansea Waste Forum . The forum were keen to to participate in and provide evidence for the Board’s current review into Waste Minimisation, Recycling and Composting in Swansea. The Board is particulary interested in gathering views on […]
Time Banking: A new approach for social care?
November 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Last week the Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Board visited an innovative and exciting project in the village of Blaen Garw in Bridgend as part of their current review into the work towards personalisation and transformation of adult social care in Swansea. The Board met with David Pugh who is Co-ordinator of […]
What is the Best Way to Deliver Shared Services?
October 15, 2010 by 1 Comment
If you haven’t heard of shared services before it is a phrase you might come across more and more if you have anything to do with providing public services. Essentially it means different organisations sharing different parts of their business to achieve savings. So, for example, all public service providers need legal and finance functions and, […]
What Do You Think About Literacy in Swansea Schools?
October 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Children, Young People and Learning Overview & Scrutiny Board are undertaking a major piece of work on literacy in Swansea schools. The issue of literacy is obviously a vital one not just for individuals but for the economy more widely. Improving the literacy levels of all pupils remains a local priority; raising standards in reading and writing […]
Environment & Communities – The Big Swansea Challenges
June 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Today the Environment & Communities Overview & Scrutiny Board met to discuss their work plan for the year. This is perhaps the board with the widest brief so it was crucial for them to narrow down their priorities to just a few topics. To help they had these presentations from the Corporate Directors for Environment […]
How Can We Be Better Corporate Parents?
June 4, 2010 by 1 Comment
According to the Who Cares Trust about 75,000 children are in care in the UK. They also provide a sobering list of statistics about the life chances of those in care compared with those who are not. So, for example: Only 13% of children in care obtain five good GCSEs – compared with 62% of […]