Issue - meetings

To approve the minutes of the meetings of 18 January and 10 February 2011 (attached).

To approve the minutes of the meeting of 18 January 2011 (attached).

To approve the minutes of the meeting of 13 December 2010 (attached).

To approve the minutes of the meetings of 5 October and 8 November 2010 (attached).

To approve the minutes of the meeting of 5 October 2010 (attached).

To approve the minutes of the meeting of 14 September 2010 (attached).

The Panel noted that some young people had been approached regarding their participation in the review with a view to two of them being co-opted onto the Panel.  Whilst they were keen to meet and feed in their views, they were not in a position to commit to regularly attend meeting of the Panel.  The young people in question were part of a group of care leavers who met on a monthly basis.  Their next meeting was in two weeks time. 

There were a number of ways in which the Panel could meet with relevant children and young people in order to obtain their views.  There was the Children in Care Council, which would shortly be having its inaugural meeting.  In addition, there was the Leaving Care Forum and the Study Club.  It was agreed that dates of forthcoming meeting would be circulated to Members of the Panel so arrangements to visit appropriate forums could be made.

AGREED:

That the minutes of the meeting of 14 September 2010 be approved.