***This is an open meeting*** Members of the public are welcome to observe from the public gallery

Tackling Poverty Scrutiny Inquiry Panel Date: 13 October 2016 Time: 4.00 – 6.00

Venue: Committee Room 5, Guildhall, Swansea

Summary: This is an agenda pack for a meeting of the Tackling Poverty Scrutiny Inquiry Panel taking place on the 13 October 2016. The main item is an evidence session gathering views of community based organisations. Background reports are included.

Members of the Panel:

Sybil Crouch (CONVENER) June Burtonshaw David Phillips Gloria Tanner Joe Hale Yvonne Jardine David Cole Mike White

Mike Day Jeff Jones Chris Holley Lynda James Susan Jones Hazel Morris Bev Phillips (co-opted member)

Copy of agenda for information to : Chris Sivers, Corporate Director People; Jane Whitmore, Head of Poverty and Prevention (Interim)

AGENDA No. Item

1. Apologies

2. Declarations of Interest

3. Terms of ReferenceAttached

4. Community PerspectiveSession gathering the views of community based organisations on the Council’sTackling Poverty Strategy:

• Denis Greenall – My Community Bank• Reverend Chris Lewis – Eastside Foodbank/South Wales Baptist Association• Cllr Lesley Walton – Swansea Bay Fair Credit Campaign

5. Session Planning

6. For information:Briefing note – Neath Port Talbot Credit Union

7. Evidence Summary – Wellbeing Perspective 26 September

8. Meeting Notesa) 26 Septemberb) 3 October

9. Timetable of WorkPlease note meeting dates and venues.

***Please note members should declare party whipping in the usual manner*** Contact: Rosie Jackson, Scrutiny Officer, 01792 636292, rosie.jackson@swansea.gov.uk

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Version 1: Agreed by Scrutiny Programme Committee 9/5/16

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Tackling Poverty Scrutiny Inquiry Panel Terms of Reference

Key Question

The panel has agreed that the primary focus for the inquiry should be on reviewing the Tackling Poverty Strategy. The key question, therefore, is:

How can the Council’s Tackling Poverty Strategy be improved?

Main Lines of Inquiry

a) Action Plan : How well has the action plan been delivered? How should it be updatedand improved?

b) Target Areas : This policy is central to the strategy. Is the target areas policy beingconsistently delivered and understood?

c) Partnership Working : The Council cannot tackle poverty in isolation. What has beenthe role of the Local Service Board in developing and delivering the strategy? Whatshould be the role of Swansea Public Services Board in future?

Additional Lines of Inquiry

d) Outcomes : While the strategy is long term it is still important to know what outcomesare expected and what has been achieved in the short term. Can these be outcomes beidentified and are the long term outcomes the right ones going forward?

e) Resources : The strategy seeks a fundamental shift in the way that the Council operates.To what extent has the strategy influenced the council budget and attracted resources?

f) Councillors : Councillors play an important and active role in their communities and yetmay not be fully involved in the strategy. How can this be improved?

g) Cross Cutting : To be effective the strategy needs to influence how every departmentoperates. Has this happened? How could the strategy be more cross cutting?

h) Awareness : To have impact the strategy needs to be widely understood. Do peopleoutside those directly involved understand the strategy and what it means for them?

i) What Works and what doesn’t Work : What has the strategy done well? How can theCouncil do more of what works?

Intended Impact and Contribution

Tackling Poverty is one of the Council’s priorities. This inquiry intends to support this work by providing:

• Evidenced proposals that will lead to the strategy being more effective• The views of people experiencing poverty• The views of key stakeholders• Consideration of the conclusions and recommendations from national reports and an

assessment of the implications for Swansea• Identification of good practice/research elsewhere and whether there is any learning for

Swansea's approach• Increased councillor understanding about the Tackling Poverty Strategy• Greater public awareness of the work of the Tackling Poverty Strategy

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Tackling Poverty Scrutiny Inquiry Panel Community Perspective

This session will consist of a discussion with:

• Denis Greenall – My Community Bank• Reverend Chris Lewis – Eastside Foodbank/South Wales Baptist Association• Cllr Lesley Walton – Swansea Bay Fair Credit Campaign

The aim is to capture the views of community based organisations that can help the panel address the key inquiry question:

How can the Council’s Tackling Poverty Strategy be improved?

Specifically the session is intended to support the inquiry’s contribution in the following areas (however views on the full range of the terms of reference are welcomed):

a) Partnership Working : The Council cannot tackle poverty in isolation. What hasbeen the role of the Third Sector/Local Service Board in developing anddelivering the strategy?

b) Awareness : To have impact the strategy needs to be widely understood. Dopeople outside those directly involved understand the strategy and what it meansfor them?

c) Action Plan : How well has the action plan been delivered? How should it beupdated and improved?

d) Target Areas : This policy is central to the strategy. Is the target areas policybeing consistently delivered and understood?

e) What Works and what doesn’t Work : What has the strategy done well? Howcan the Council do more of what works?

Additional questions that the panel has agreed it would like to cover include:

• Your comments and views on the Tackling Poverty Strategy and Action Plan• What are the main problems faced by the people you work with?• What or who helps to solve them? For example local services, family, friends,

neighbours?• Who or what makes it more difficult?• Thinking about the main problems and the people and services who help, what

would help them to do it better?

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Item 6

Report of the Scrutiny Research Officer

Tackling Poverty Inquiry Panel – 13 October 2016

Neath Port Talbot Credit Union

Purpose The purpose of this report is to brief the Panel on Neath Port Talbot’s Credit Union.

Content This report contains details of Neath Port Talbot Credit Union.

Councillors are being asked to

• Give their views• Consider the report as part of their work into

tackling poverty.Lead Councillor(s)

Councillor Sybil Crouch, Convener

Report Author Jenna Tucker, Scrutiny Research Officer, 01792 637732

1.0 Introduction

1.1 The Tackling Poverty Scrutiny Inquiry Panel requested a briefing on Neath Port Talbot Credit Union at their meeting on 19 September 2016.

1.2 The following briefing note outlines details of Neath Port Talbot Credit Union.

1.3 Neath Port Talbot Credit Union was established on 1st April 2005. It is a community-based financial co-operative that provides straightforward, affordable financial services to people in Neath Port Talbot. It is run by its members for the benefit of the members. The Credit Union's mission is to provide its members with access to reasonably priced financial services and encourage the development of good financial practice. On the 28th September 2008 they merged with Afan Savers Credit Union and since then they have grown substantially.

1.4 Each member makes regular payments into a range of savings accounts – this fund then provides the basis for preferential rate loans. The income generated by lending helps them meet their operating expenses, build their reserves and paysavers an attractive annual dividend. So members are encouraged to save for their future, and in return they receive affordable credit, financial advice and a healthy return on their money.

1.5 The performance of the Credit Union is monitored by the Financial Services Authority and staff and volunteers involved in the running of the Neath Port Talbot Credit Union must be approved by the FSA. It is also regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Being a Member of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme means that in the event of a credit union failing, savers will be compensated. Credit union members also have

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the option of complaining to the Financial Ombudsman Service, if they don’t get satisfaction from their credit union’s internal complaints procedure.

1.6 Benefits of being a member of the Credit Union include:

• Payroll deduction facility may be possible if the employeroperates a payroll deduction scheme

• Deposits can be paid into credit union account by BACSTransfer/standing order mandate

• Dividend paid on shares• Interest on loans applied on a daily basis, on the reducing

balance, making loans even cheaper• No penalties for early completion of loans• No administration or setup fees on loans• All shares in the credit union are protected by a “fidelity bond”

insurance and are covered by the Financial ServicesCompensation Scheme

• Account can be checked via web site1.7 Neath Port Talbot Credit Union also work in partnership with other

organisations: • They received help and support from Coastal Housing Group

with assistance and training on their loan delinquency. This was because the credit union were inexperienced in proceeding cases to Court to obtain judgements. The credit union benefitted from the saving made on the training exercise and the longer term benefits of recouping arrears which would have otherwise been lost.

• An initiative between Warm Wales, ES Pipelines and Neath PortTalbot County Council was undertaken in 2007 to extend the gas pipeline from Seven Sisters into the neighbouring villages of Onllwyn and Banwen. The connection cost per household was £390. Warm Wales approached Neath Port Talbot Credit Union on whether they were able to assist those owner occupiers without the means to meet the costs but who could afford to take out a loan for under £8 per week to commit to it at the crucial time when the work was being done in the area. Coastal Housing Group, who had been involved in the regeneration work in the neighbouring area of Seven Sisters agreed to put a sum of money into the scheme. By doing so it assisted the credit union with any shortfall in their ability to lend so that they could meet demand and expanded its ability to make the loans and as a consequence increase their loan return.

• In 2007 the Schools Saving Scheme was set up with fundingfrom the local authority for a part time schools officer. The savings club gives children a practical experience of handling money, reinforcing their classroom-based financial education. The overarching aim of this scheme is to help cut the generational debt culture cycle. Currently there are 42 schools throughout Neath Port Talbot involved in this scheme with over 2162 junior savers.

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1.8 At their AGM in March 2016 they reported that membership had increased with now over 9500 members and savings balances totalled over £2.7million. They handle over 52,000 telephone calls per year and over a million transactions. This increase in business levels has demanded upgrades to premises and IT systems, as well as additional staff to ensure they continue to provide a high standard of customer service to all members. Last May a Business Centre in Neath was opened to house all administrative staff and ensure that the branches in Neath, Port Talbot and Pontardawe had the capacity to deal with the increase in demand for loans, budgetary advice and savings services. Since they began in 2005, almost £10m has been paid out in affordable loans by Neath Port Talbot Credit Union. In overall business terms it has been calculated that they have provided about £30m as a cash injection into the local economy. They also employ 21 full and part-time staff, who already receive the Living Wage well in advance of the legal requirement. They refer to themselves as “a sizable force in the local economy.”

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Evidence Summary: Tackling Poverty Scrutiny Inquiry Wellbeing Perspective

3 October 2016

Panel Members Sybil Crouch (Convener) David Phillips Gloria Tanner David Cole Jeff Jones Chris Holley Joe Hale

Scrutiny Officer: Dave Mckenna, Scrutiny Manager

Presentation and discussion with

Penny Gruffydd - Sustainable Development Unit Amanda Edwards – Swansea Council for Voluntary Services

Presentation

PG

• Role of the Integrated Impact Assessment is to assess a policy or strategy tosee how it is or how it could contribute towards the social, economic,environmental and cultural needs of Swansea and its communities and toavoid unintentional future negative impacts

• The Benefits of the process are:– More robust product– Excellent bang for your buck– Address regional and local issues– Critical friend approach– Builds capacity and opportunities for collaboration– Space to include corporate / local priorities– Assesses for the requirements of the Well-being of Future Generations

Act• Feedback from Panel members was positive• The assessment:-

– took 4 hours– there was a significant resource in the room– generated a lot of positive discussion and debate

• The recommendations:-– represent the collective professional opinion of the panel members– do not have to be adopted but should be given due consideration

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– are supportive and constructive• The IIA took place at a good time so that it had scope to influence the strategy• The IIA Panel had ten expert members including three external to the council• The IIA scoring looked at the contribution the activity makes to the impact on

each question –– Undermining – significantly undermines the objective– Poor – does not fully explore the potential to contribute to the

objectives– Neutral – does not contribute to the objective or is not applicable– Fair – makes some direct or significant indirect contribution to the

objective.– Good – makes a significant positive contribution to the objective– Excellent – makes a close to optimal contribution to the

objective

Panel

• Is the IIA a council centred process?

PG

• The IIA process is intended to include a partnership element – this results in amore robust process and a cross pollination of ideas

IIA

• General recommendations for the poverty strategy from the IIA:– A section needs to be included in the Strategy around health and

wellbeing (mental health and the Social Services and Wellbeing Act)– The Strategy needs to look at having a section towards the front which

highlights links to other policies i.e. Equalities Plan, UNCRC.– Strategy clearly recognises the long term but does not reflect this in its

actions. It needs clear and measureable milestones, viewed within thecontext of the long term, to enable it to see the long term outcomesthrough to fruition.

– There should the Council definition of “Poverty” at the start of theStrategy

– Strategy could take a more ‘co-production’ approach linking to as manyservices as possible i.e. try to make every contact count.

– There needs to be more clarity in the Strategy about how the aims andoutcomes of the Strategy influence other strategies i.e. planning,learning and parks.

– Suggest aims and outcomes of this Strategy are embedded in thecommissioning process.

– Need to develop and put into place an evaluation and reportingprocess.

AE

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• The key recommendations for the strategy from the IIA are that the approachis holistic (links to other strategies) and that it includes a definition

IIA

• The score for healthy living was fair / good• Recommendations for Healthy Living:

– Include the ‘inverse care law’ - access to services/poverty/ill health andtranslating the higher level statements into the Action Plan.

– The paragraph on the top of page 2 needs to be expanded to look atspecific groups of people in Swansea who can be impacted. The term’communities of interest’ needs to be clarified.

– The Strategy needs to be more explicit about links in health literacy.– Need to consider if the Strategy is best placed to deliver high quality

health and well-being, or if its role is supporting & enabling localcommunities and individuals to build their own resilience in accessinghigh quality access to services

Panel

• Does the strategy link to healthy cities?

PG

• The IIA found that there was more scope to link with what partners were doingin terms of health

AE

• In the IIA panel we debated whether the strategy should only apply to whatthe council was doing directly or to facilitate the involvement of other partners

Panel

• We need to have a strategy that distinguishes between what is beingdelivered directly and what is being contributed through other programmes /strategies

AE

• The strategy should distinguish between direct delivery and more co-productive approaches

Panel

• The strategy needs to be more co-productive as there are some things thatthe council cannot do

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• Some of the people we have been hearing from as a panel should have beenbrought around the table when the strategy was being developed – thecouncil cannot tackle poverty alone

PG

• The need for the council to take a partnership approach to tackling poverty fitsvery well with the requirement in the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act forpublic bodies to employ a collaborative way of working

Panel

• The need to work in partnership also supports the need to involve peopleexperiencing poverty

IIA

• The score for Learning was fair / good• Recommendations for Learning

– Strategy needs to make better links with on-going learningprogrammes, and pull these together into the Action Plan. Focusshould not just be on adult learning but lifelong learning.

– Strategy needs to make links to the Swansea learning partnership &SERP, and recognise implications that wider activities in Swanseahave on tackling poverty.

– Strategy needs to be clearer on how it contributes to developing life-long skill and improving achievement / attainment.

– The recognised need in the Strategy to address workforce skills andcapacity needs to be turned into actions through the Action Plan.

Panel

• The following recommendations from the IIA are critical:– Strategy needs to make better links with on-going learning

programmes, and pull these together into the Action Plan. Focusshould not just be on adult learning but lifelong learning.

– Strategy needs to be clearer on how it contributes to developing life-long skill and improving achievement / attainment.

• It is not clear how learning aspirations in the strategy link with the action plan

AE

• The strategy needs to show how other strategies are embedded in it

PG

• The strategy recognises that tackling poverty takes time so requires a longterm approach but this could be better reflected in the action plan, i.e. theaction plan needs to include long and short term deliverables.

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IIA

• The score for Prosperity was Poor / Neutral• The recommendations for prosperity were:

– The Strategy needs to be clear on its scope in relation to raisingeconomic prosperity. Both in the Strategy and Action Plan itself andthrough link with other strategies like the Swansea Bay RegionEconomic Regeneration Strategy. (contact Steve Philips / ClareJames).

– Helping people consider self-employment and/or business start-upsneeds to be included within the Strategy and Action Plan.

– Upskilling needs to be addressed within the Strategy and Action Plan.– The Strategy needs to be more explicit about how it can raise people’s

prosperity by exploiting job creating opportunities.

Panel

• Both the Bevan Foundation and JRF focussed on the importance of economicdevelopment for tackling poverty strategies – these need to be in the actionplan and would help provide a sense that we are making progress

PG

• The IIA panel felt that the strategy needs to be clearer on its scope in relationro raising economic prosperity and should make clearer links with otherstrategies like the Swansea Bay City Centre Region Economic RegenerationStrategy.

AE

• The action included ‘making every contact count’ that was relevant toprosperity

Panel

• The council pays more than the minimum wage but we want every other localemployer to do this as well – could be in the action plan

• Once we know something e.g. tidal lagoon, is happening we could beplanning to improve people’s skills

• Prosperity is achieved by improving people’s disposable incomes• Would expect to see more integration across the council – should be

everyone’s business like safeguarding

IIA

• The score for Environment was Poor /Neutral– The benefits of a high quality environment need to be included in the

well-being, learning and empowerment section of the strategy

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– Good-quality, affordable and resource efficient sustainable housingneeds to be addressed

– The link around the benefits of green space and the role communitiescan play in improving their natural environment i.e. pride of place

– Access to and engagement with the natural environment andgreenspace needs to be clearly addressed in the Strategy, contactCouncil’s Nature Conservations, Parks and Planning Teams.

AE

• The scores were poor for prosperity / environment in the IIA because therewere clearly identifiable ways that it could be improved

IIA

• The score for ‘community’ was Good• The recommendation for ‘community’ was:

– The Strategy needs to be clearer about how it defines “accessible” e.g.financial / physical / social accessibility

IIA

• The score for best practise and continuous improvement was Poor / Neutral /Fair

• The recommendations for best practise and continuous improvement were:– Strategy needs to be clearer on how it involves people in decision

making.– Make better use of the two Poverty Forums.– Future Trends and fore-sighting need to be addressed in the Strategy

and translated into the Action Plan. Recommend that this is consideredas part of the review process (contact SDU).

– Need to take Strategy’s aspiration to involve and engage withstakeholders and turn it into action in the Action Plan.

– Need to make the 3 documents (Strategy. Action Plan and Framework)link well together forming a clear narrative for aims, actions andoutcomes.

Panel

• Particularly important to have a clear narrative across strategy documents• Involving people also very important for the strategy• What is the role of the two poverty forums?

AE

• The partnership poverty forum has a good range of people – meets every 6weeks or so

• There is scope for the remit of the partnership poverty forum to be looked at

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• There are useful conversations taking place in the partnership poverty forumbut I would like to see more of an action focus

Panel

• Are the forums fit for purpose?• Why are there two forums? Better to have just one?• It is hard to know what is being discussed in the poverty forums – would be

useful to know what is being talked about and useful for important messagesto be shared more widely

• Would be good if the forums could focus more on the action plan and have awider range of participants

IIA

• The score for council Priorities was Excellent• The recommendations for council priorities were:

– The Well-being of Future Generations Act needs to be considered aspart of the review process in conjunction with the Social Services andWell-being Act and the Local Government Bill.

– The Rights of the Child needs to be made much more explicit in theStrategy.

Panel

• Role of the wellbeing of future generations act in the assessment?

PG

• The strategy was written before the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act

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Item 8a

Notes from the Tackling Poverty Scrutiny Inquiry Panel Meeting

26 September 2016

Panel Members Sybil Crouch (Convener) June Burtonshaw David Cole Mike Day Joe Hale Chris Holley Lynda James Andrew Jones Jeff Jones Susan Jones Hazel Morris David Phillips Mike White Bev Phillips (co-opted member)

Scrutiny Officer : Rosie Jackson

1. Apologies

Andrew Jones

2. Declarations of Interest

None

3. Terms of Reference

NOTED

4. Third Sector Perspective – views of organisations who are working directlywith people experiencing poverty

Presentations and discussion with • Anne-Marie Rogan – YMCA• Jackie Preston – Swansea Bay Citizens Advice Bureau• Nicola Russell-Brooks – Age Cymru Swansea Bay

See separate evidence summary for details

AGREED

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Participants to provide their thoughts on what actions they believe should be in the strategy/action plan following the meeting.

5. Session Planning

a) Planning for the Wellbeing Perspective Meeting 3 October

AGREED

Additional Questions to the lines of inquiry: • What were the key findings of the Impact Assessment?• Who was consulted, and was enough time allowed for the consultative

process?• What other organisations were involved?

b) Planning for the National Perspective Meeting 6 October

AGREED

Additional Questions to the lines of inquiry: • Has anti-poverty slipped down the agenda or is it still a priority for the Welsh

Government? • To what extent are anti-poverty priorities mainstreamed across ministerial

portfolios?

6. Evidence summary – Eastside foodbank and TOPIC House

NOTED

Cllr Phillips advised panel (in his capacity as a trustee of the foodbank),that changes are planned to the way the foodbank presents its statistics in order to better demonstrate the financial contribution of voluntary effort.

7. Work Plan

NOTED

RJ updated panel on progress with focus groups. The following have been arranged: • 27th September – Parent/Carers Forum – parents and carers of disabled

children • 12th October – Transcend Project – mental health peer support• 20th October – YMCA – Young People

Dates to be arranged: • Communities First – job seekers• Barnardo’s- Families First Project

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Notes from the Tackling Poverty Scrutiny Inquiry Panel Meeting

3 October 2016

Panel Members Sybil Crouch (Convener) David Phillips Gloria Tanner David Cole Jeff Jones Chris Holley Joe Hale

Scrutiny Officer : Dave Mckenna, Scrutiny Manager

1. Apologies

Yvonne Jardine Andrew Jones* Lynda James Susan Jones Mike White Mike Day Hazel Morris June Burtonshaw Bev Phillips, co-opted member

*Andrew Jones has withdrawn from the Panel.

2. Declarations of Interest

None

3. Terms of Reference

Noted

4. Wellbeing Perspective – ‘What Makes an Effective Anti Poverty Strategy?’

Presentation and discussion with

Penny Gruffydd - Sustainable Development Unit Amanda Edwards – Swansea Council for Voluntary Services

[Karen Grunhut was unable to attend – her input would have been as an individual not representing her organisation as stated on the agenda]

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See separate evidence summary for details

5. Session Planning

Planning for the Third Sector Perspective Meeting 13 October

AGREED

• Ask attendees to review strategy documents before the meeting so they canprovide comments

• Following same questions as for focus groups:• What problems do people face?• What or who helps people solve them? For example local services,

family, friends, neighbours?• Who or what makes it more difficult?• Thinking about the main problems and the people and services who

help - what would help them to do it better?

6. Meeting notes 19 September

Noted

7. Evidence Summary 19 September

Noted

8. Timetable of work

AGREED

• Confirm date that focus group report will be available to the panel• Arrange informal session for panel members to meet with focus group

participants prior to session considering final report• Confirm ABMU person attend partnership session has PSB involvement• Invite Bob Chapman to participate in session and/or feedback on final report

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Tackling Poverty Scrutiny Inquiry Timetable of Work

Note - all meetings to take place 4pm-6pm unless otherwise stated

Date for Panel Meeting

Item to be discussed

Meeting 1

20 April

Pre-inquiry Working Group

• Cllr Will Evans, Cabinet Member for Anti-Poverty &Communities

• Sarah Crawley, Head of Poverty and Prevention

Meeting 2

8 June

Inquiry Planning Meeting • Dave Mckenna – Scrutiny Manager

Training Session

25 July

Poverty Awareness Training • Mary Sherwood – Tackling Poverty Unit

Site Visit

13 September

Site Visits: • Topic House• Eastside Food Bank

Training Session

15 September

Poverty Awareness Training • Mary Sherwood – Tackling Poverty Unit

Meeting 3

19 September

Evidence Perspective : To hear about what works and how evidence can be used to support anti-poverty strategies • Dr Victoria Winckler – Bevan Foundation• Emyr Williams – Public Policy Institute for Wales

Meeting 4

26 September

Third sector perspective : To hear from organisations working directly with people experiencing poverty • Anne-Marie Rogan – YMCA• Jackie Preston – Swansea Bay Citizens Advice Bureau• Nicola Russell-Brooks – Age Cymru Swansea Bay

Meeting 5

3 October

Wellbeing perspective : To hear from the Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) Panel members about recommendations from the IIA • Penny Gruffydd – Sustainable Development Unit• Amanda Edwards - SCVS

Meeting 6

13 October

Community Perspective : To hear from community organisations working directly with people experiencing poverty • Reverend Chris Lewis – Eastside Foodbank/South Wales

Baptist Association • Denis Greenall – Community Bank Wales (Credit Union)• Cllr Lesley Walton – Swansea Fair Debt Campaign

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Meeting 7

2 November

TBC • Leeds Truth Commission – video conference• Bob Chapman – Chair of the National Advice Network Wales

Meeting 8

7 November

Partnership perspective: to hear from organisations on the Public Services Board/Poverty Forum

• Attendees TBC

Meeting 9

10 November

National perspective : To understand the lessons from anti-poverty work in Wales/Welsh Assembly Inquiry • Mike Hedges AM• Cllr Peter Black

Meeting 10

17 November

Officer perspective: To hear from officers in the Tackling Poverty Unit

• Attendees TBC

Consultation Findings: • Survey Results• Focus Group findingsNB an informal session will be arranged before this meeting for focus group participants who wish to have a face to face discussion with Councillors about

Meeting 11

21 November

Corporate perspectiv e – To understand how the strategy is being delivered across the Council Directors / Cabinet Members / Heads of Service

• Attendees TBC

Meeting 12

28 November

Findings discussion – To consider the findings from the inquiry and suggest initial conclusions and recommendations before the final report is drafted. This meeting is for Panel Members only.

Meeting 13

1 December

Cabinet Member feedback

Meeting 14

5 December

Draft final report – To consider the final report prior to it being presented to the Scrutiny Programme Committee and Cabinet. This meeting is for Panel Members only.

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