Issue - meetings

Ms S Jagot asked for suggestions to combat the isolation issues within the borough particularly as Age UK Centre in Wigston is closing down, leaving a lot of people with nowhere to go.  Need transport. Social groups are lacking and need to have an option for careers. Ms M Flynn stated that there has been a lack of information with the community outraged. Cllr J Kaufman suggested a meeting with Age UK but D Gill stated that due to confidentially and legal privilege he did not recommend this and that alternatives needed to be looked into. He further suggested looking at how services can be replaced with a Community Centre Hub being a work in progress. Cllr J Kaufman asked for a short report. Ms S Jagot asked to be a part of the Community Centre going forward.

Ms S Jagot advised that by the beginning of the 2nd week of June, they hoped to have some town centre events with dates and venues confirmed.

ACTION: Cllr J Kaufman asked for the Community Hub to be a topic on the next agenda.

D Gill to produce a short report on the Community Hub.

K Radford asked the sub-groups to come up with KPI’s, alongside Community Champions and physical activity elements to feed into the new plan. 

Action: K Radford will circulate a template.

Dr R Palin will be stepping down as Clinical Director for O&W PCN, the role will be taken as a job share from April.  Cllr J Kaufman thanked him for his contribution to the Board.

There was no other business raised by attendees.