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Meeting Summary
Wellbeing and Tackling Poverty Committee
26 Apr 2024 - 10:00 to 12:00
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Agenda

Date
Published Date
17 April 2024
Agenda Items
1 Declarations of Interest In Terms of the Ethical Standards In Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000
Submit a copy of the remit/functions of the Committee following agreement of the Policy and Strategy Committee on 7 December 2023
Submit report by the Chief Officer (People Resources) (1) providing Elected Members with an update on the Council's Delivery Plan for Equalities, and (2) seeking approval of (a) the Council’s Delivery Plan for Equalities - campaigns and activities, 2024/2025, and (b) the timeline of the review and development of the Equality Strategy and Equality Outcomes for 2025-29
Submit report by the Chief Officer (People Resources) seeking approval of the Council’s second British Sign Language (BSL) Plan, A Shared BSL Plan for Lanarkshire 2024-30
Submit report by the Chief Social Work Officer (Education and Families, Justice and Integrated Practice) (1) providing Elected Members with the progress being made towards achieving our ambition, and (2) seeking approval of the Trauma Plan which sets out the steps to ensuring North Lanarkshire becomes a leading trauma-informed Council
Submit report by the Chief Social Work Officer (1) informing that North Lanarkshire Council has achieved gold status in the first-ever Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Local Authority Award, recognising the Council's commitment and actions to date to support breastfeeding in the workplace and wider community, and (2) seeking approval to endorse the next steps set out at section 2.6 of the report
Submit report by the Chief Social Worker (Education and Families, Justice and integrated Practice (1) providing an update of the feedback received on the North Lanarkshire Local Child Poverty Action Report 2022/23 and the self evaluation outcome, and (2) seeking approval that the Tackling Poverty Officers Action Group consider and identify any related improvement actions
Submit report by Chief Social Work Officer (Education and Families, Justice and Integrated Practice) providing an update on the Tackling Poverty Strategy 2023 to 2026, Local Child
Poverty Action Report and associated Action Plans with a particular focus on the driver of Holistic Supports

Additional Meeting Documents

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Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Apologies
NameReason for Sending ApologySubstituted By
Danish Ashraf. 
Gordon Currie.Sandy Watson
Helen Loughran. 
Claire Louise Williams. 
Absent
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No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

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