Promoting Strong Healthy and Safe Communities

Membership

25 Non-Executive Members of the County Council and up to 6 non-voting Co-optees are members of the Scrutiny Committee for Promoting Strong, Healthy and Safe Communities.

Chairman’s Welcome

One of the strengths of County Durham is the tremendous sense of community of its residents. This sense of community includes looking after the most vulnerable people in our society. We also need to play our part in tackling crime and the fear of crime and improving the health of those who live in our County.

We keep these principles in mind in the work of this Committee.

Councillors

Chair - David Boyes

Vice-Chair - Dennis Maddison

Armstrong, Bowman, Boyes, Campbell, Harrison, Maddison, Magee, Marshall, mavin, Nicholson, Potts, Shield, Shuttleworth, Stradling, Thomson, Walker, Wilkinson, Wood, Wright, vacancy.

Further information and a full list of all your councillors are available to view.

Co-optees

Mandy English (DAAT), M Iveson (Parish Councils), B Scott (Parish Councils), Cllr D Bates (Parish Councils), H Gibbon (Age Concern), K Ibbotson

Remit of the Committee

To fulfil the Overview and Scrutiny role in relation to:

• The Council's Social Care and Health functions (recognising the role of the Health Scrutiny Committee)
• Enhancing the capacity of communities and enable people to participate in community life;
• Supporting and protecting vulnerable adults, young people and children;
• Helping to reduce crime and the fear of crime;
• Helping to improve the health of the people of County Durham;
• Investing in our children and young people

Calendar of Meetings

Papers for Meetings of the Committee

Reports and papers from previous meetings of the Scrutiny Committee for Promoting Strong, Healthy and Safe Communities are available to view. You can also view reports and papers for forthcoming meetings of the County Council (including the Scrutiny Committee for Promoting Strong, Healthy and Safe Communities). Papers are normally available 4 - 5 working days before each meeting on the Forthcoming Papers Section of the website.

Papers for Meetings of the Sub-Committee

View reports and papers for previous meetings of the Scrutiny Sub-Committee for the Development of Lifelong Learning or view reports and papers for forthcoming meetings of the County Council (including the Scrutiny Sub-Committee for the Development of Lifelong Learning). Papers are normally available 4 - 5 working days before each meeting on the Forthcoming Papers Section of the County Council website.

Current Work Programme

Completed Projects and Reviews

*A Project is a new area of scrutiny being undertaken. A Review usually relates to a previous area of scrutiny which has concluded, but is being re-visited to ensure to what extent any previous recommendations or proposals have been implemented.

Suggest an Issue or Topic for us to Examine

Have your say and suggest an issue or topic you would like us to examine on the Development of Lifelong Learning. Whilst we cannot guarantee that an investigation into every suggestion will be undertaken, we do want to hear your views and all comments and suggestions will be fully considered.