Agenda and draft minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method.  Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on.  By entering the ‘meeting room’, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual, or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

Minutes:

The Chair referred to the filming of meetings and this information was noted.

2.

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS pdf icon PDF 109 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chair welcomed everybody to the meeting.

 

3.

APOLOGIES

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies had been received from Rachel Lissaur and Cllr Mike Hakata.

4.

URGENT BUSINESS

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with at agenda item 13).

 

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

5.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

 

6.

QUESTIONS, DEPUTATIONS, AND PETITIONS

To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B, Paragraph 29 of the Council’s Constitution.

 

Minutes:

There were none.

7.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 228 KB

To confirm and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 21 September 2020 as a correct record.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 21 September 2020 be agreed as a correct record.

 

8.

PRESENTATION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS pdf icon PDF 921 KB

Report to follow.

 

Presentation by Will Maimaris

Minutes:

Mr Joe Benmore, Ms Chantelle Fatania and Mr Will Maimaris introduced the item.

The meeting commented that: 

·         The report was full of information and summarised many perspectives and issues very well.

·         It was important to view the work partly as an early intervention strategy to ensure that an appropriate level of understanding was present in young people which would reduce the likelihood of individuals becoming perpetrators and victims in the future.

·         It was important to note that not all forms of violence was reported and that the actual number of violence experienced by individuals was much higher than that which was reported.

·         The Individuals suffering from violence often had families and the children and those families were also victims.

·         A woman had been recently murdered in the borough and although the Police response was clear in that particular situation, more clarity was required from other agencies regarding their responses.

·         Some work needed to be done regarding having more clear dialogue with young girls regarding the issue across schools in Haringey.

·         More clarity was required when discussing Black and Minority Ethnic groups. More effort needed to be placed on ensuring that the correct language was used and groups which needed to be targeted for communication was clear.

·         More joint communication was required regarding the issue whether it was between the Council, the Police or the Public Health team.

·         An Expo Workshop had been held and one of the things highlighted by some of the groups at the workshop regarding accessing services for those who may be at risk. Raising awareness was also important regarding the issue. The Jewish Women’s Group also raised issues regarding work that needed to be done in a more sensitive way. Further, it was also important to continue working with men and boys regarding the issue. 

·         The use of the word ‘domestic’ when referring to violence risked minimising the issue of violence.

·         Whittington Health was doing some work with the Police and other organisations. However, as the hospital was technically located in Islington, some checks would have to be made to ensure that there was a cross-border working between Islington and Haringey.

·         Mental Health and wellbeing were strands that should run through the processes in relation to tackling the issues raised as It could help set a useful framework for how to address the issues.

·         The issues were long-standing and the issues also existed in relation to older women, many of whom would not go out at night due the level of concern.

·         Statistics showed that the gender pay gap had not narrowed in the last 25 years. This was important to note as it was also not clear the extent to which women and girls were involved in all of the conversations regarding processes and services in general, including housing design, economic interventions and other areas. The lack of safety that women were under also resulted from systemic and cultural inequalities.   

·         Understanding intersectionality locally was also fundamental to ensuring all women's voices were heard.

·         Consideration could  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

9.

PARTNERSHIP PLAN ADDRESSING RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION pdf icon PDF 204 KB

Report to follow.

 

Presentation by Charlotte Pomery

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Ms Charlotte Pomerey, Ms Christina Andrew, Ms Lynette Charles, Ms Frankie White and PC Neil Billany introduced the item. The presentation included an overview of the Partnership Programme Plan and specifically highlighted areas such as economy and employment, workforce, community safety and policing and an overview of Operation Hampshire. This was an overview of Hate Crimes committed against the Metropolitan Police Officers and Staff working in Haringey and Enfield. A specific case was outlined where an officer had suffered considerable racist abuse and the processes put in place to support the officer to could help him be able to continue working as a Police officer.

RESOLVED:

That the progress made to date be noted

10.

MEETING IN COMMON OF HARINGEY HEALTH AND WELLBEING BOARD AND HARINGEY COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP FORWARD PLANNING

Report to follow.

 

Presentation by Charlotte Pomery.

Minutes:

The Chair stated that the work outlined at the meeting was large and should be the key items examined in the next few meetings.

The meeting noted the difficulties of holding a higher frequency of meetings of the Meeting In Common and therefore the Chair suggested that small breakout sessions be held to hold conversations regarding operational matters.

RESOLVED:

That the discussion be noted.

 

11.

NEW ITEMS OF URGENT BUSINESS

To consider any new items of urgent business admitted at item 4 above.

Minutes:

There were none.

12.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND MEETING DATES

Members of the Board are invited to suggest future agenda items.

 

To note the dates of future meetings:

 

21 July 2021

22 September 2021

24 November 2021

26 January 2022

16 March 2022

Minutes:

To be confirmed. .