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Apologies for absence were received from Carl Cooper Chair of Powys Teaching Health Board, Hayley Thomas Chief Executive of Powys Teaching Health Board, Duncan Hamer Welsh Government, Christine Harley HM Prisons and Probation Service, Catherine Mealing-Jones Chief Executive of Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority and Diane Reynolds Director of Economic Development and Growth PCC.
The minutes of the last meeting held on 12th December 2023 were agreed as a correct record subject to the correction of a typo in paragraph 2.2.
Alison Merry and Mererid Bowley gave an update. The workstream was moving onto Step 8, the mobilisation and implementation stage. Work had commenced to establish working groups for each of the four themes: • Breastfeeding • Introduction to solid foods • Cooking Skills • Affordability of Healthy Food A detailed action plan was being developed for each of the themes to support the delivery of the Strategic Delivery Plan. Progress would be reported to the PTHB Executive Committee, the PSB and Welsh Government. A Strategic Steering Group which met every two months was in place to oversee delivery of the Strategic Delivery Plan which would be signed off at the next meeting of the Strategic Steering Group. Clair Swales noted that the Social Value Fund was open for applications from the third sector and community groups. One of the priority areas was eating better and spending less. She provided a link for colleagues to share with community groups.
Catherine James provided an update. The overall RAG status of the Step was Green. Since the last meeting, the first meeting of the reconstituted PSB Scrutiny Committee had taken place with Jennifer Owen-Adams of the PTHB elected Chair. The Step Lead had attended a shared learning event when Public Service Boards had shared examples of best practice and explored opportunities for collaboration. The Step Lead had also supported Public Health Wales in developing a programme of work surrounding systems thinking to inform PSBs, to be implemented nationally in 2024/25. A joint engagement group had been established with the Regional Partnership Board. A revised Powys engagement plan, aligning the work of the PSB and Regional Partnership Board into a singular Powys Well-being Engagement Plan was being developed and was near finalisation. An online event had been held with Town and Community Councils to advise around the work of the PSB and how they can get involved to help improve well-being in Powys. The data officer’s group had undertaken a gap analysis of the Well-being Information Bank and Well-being Assessment, with the intention of seeking to address these gaps a fundamental aim of their workplan. A workshop was held to further develop group relationships, including skills mapping and ideas generation to support the future data needs of Powys public sector. A workshop was being held with young people on 20th March to inform future policy making. It was confirmed that this work was supporting the Healthy Weights and Climate Emergency workstreams. Mererid Bowley advised that Public Health Wales was developing a Shaping Places Programme to be overseen by a national board. Three learning groups had been established: • Climate and Nature Emergency • Poverty and Inequality • Neighbourhood Wellbeing It was agreed that Officers would discuss where there were areas of overlap with the work of the PSB and how the groups could support the PSB priorities. It was suggested that the Community Safety Network provide an update.
Liz Hutchins reported that there had been good progress in the last quarter on developing the strategic climate action plan with the recruitment of a Climate Policy Officer and a Project Co-ordinator. However, uncertainty over funding after December was a risk. LH would look at potential sources of funding and asked for funding to be included on the agenda for the next meeting. She also highlighted Race to Zero, a global campaign to take action to halve global emissions by 2030. Race to Zero was an evidence-based approach which could help support any application for funding. The PSB could not join, but the County Council could, and the Leader confirmed that he would ensure that the Council would consider this.
Paul Clarke the Principal Crime Intelligence Analyst at Dyfed Powys Police gave a presentation on the key findings of the Serious Violence serious needs assessment. The Serious Violence Duty was part of the Government’s approach to prevent and reduce serious violence. The duty includes a requirement for local partnerships to complete a strategic needs assessment to understand how violence affects local communities. Analysis suggested that serious violence prevalence and risk was moderate in Dyfed Powys. Taking into account the strategic needs assessment, the local partnership had agreed the following strategic objectives for the next 12 months to prevent and reduce serious violence: • Online threat • Preventative response • VAWDASV • Night-time economy Alison Perry offered to share more detail from the strategic needs analysis with the PSB. The Leader asked if the presentation could be given to Powys County Councillors.
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Joe Wellard the Regional Partnership Board co-ordinator reported that the RPB was reviewing their assets health and third sector assets across the county so that best use could be made of them. It was suggested that all PSB partners should do the same so assets were shared.
Each of the partner organisations were in the process of reviewing how they delivered services. Powys County Council and Powys Teaching Health Board were both following the same place based planning process. PCC and PTHB were working together on communications and it was agreed that they would liaise with the NRW’s communications team.
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