Issue - meetings

Attendance of Aspire

Meeting: 08/10/2012 - Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee (Item 185)

Actions arising from the meeting with Aspire

Prior to the  start of the meeting the  Committee  will have met with Aspire, a youth led project group of  Young people that are currently in the care  of the council .The young people  will have put  forward  their vision and priorities as a group .  As Corporate parents the committee will agree actions  arising from this discussion to be taken forward by Children’s Services and  monitored by the Committee  over the year.

Minutes:

 The  Committee agreed that a that the notes and actions arising from the informal meeting held with Aspire between 6.30-7.30pm be compiled and  distributed to  Members of the Committee and Aspire .  It was agreed that the actions  be added to the formal minutes to allow the committee to monitor and  progress the agreed actions. (These are included below) It was  also agreed to invite Aspire to the  start of the next Corporate Parenting meeting on 04th December 2012.

 

Actions

What you told us (Aspire)

 What we have done(Council)

We want a regular budget

 

We want Access to printing and design  facilities when advertising  our events

 

 We want Publicity and promotion  of the group and its work

 

We want leadership training for up to 7 people

 

We want to cook together

 

We want LAC living outside the borough to know about our events and  be  given travel  expenses to attend Aspire events

 

We want Information about Aspire  in training for foster carers

 

We want  Leisure Passes for some LAC

 

We want support for  learning musical instruments   when  interest in  this  type of extracurricular activity  is shown

 

We want to know how  to complain and take forward a disagreement about our  care

 

We want the IT offer made clear to us