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EDUCATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND LIFELONG LEARNING SELECT COMMITTEE - 21 JULY 2003
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BEST VALUE REVIEW
REPORT OF THE HEAD OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM
REASON FOR SELECT COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION
Members agreed to receive a report on the first draft of the Best Value Review of Community Development when setting the Select Committee’s work plan for the year.
ACTION REQUIRED BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE
To recommend the Review and its Improvement Plan for adoption by the Executive.
BACKGROUND
The Best Value Review of Community Development is part of the Council’s programme of service reviews. It was commenced in January 2002, and was conceived in two parts. Initially reviews of 8 of the individual services making up Community Development were completed and those reviews were then supplemented by an all embracing study into Community Development and the linkage between its constituent services.
The individual parts of Community Development subject to review were :
The Library Service
The Museums Service (including Dinosaur Isle)
The Records Office
The Schools Music Service
The Arts Service (including theatres)
The Parks Service
The Sports and Recreation Service
Ventnor Botanic Garden
The reviews of each service considered each of the 4 ‘C’s in relation to that service area and also included an analysis by a critical friend and visits to see examples of good practice in the service areas. Members and officers alike were involved with the visiting programme. The individual service reviews were completed by March 2003, following consideration by a Best Value Appraisal Group in January 2003. The individual reviews have been left in the Members’ Room for information.
Following completion of the service reviews, the IDeA were commissioned to act as a “critical friend” to Community Development as a whole. Using both the reviews and face to face interviews with Officers and Members, the IDeA report was able to comment on the overall effectiveness of the services, both individually and collectively as Community Development. The IDeA report and the individual service reviews were central to the production of the “high level” review of Community Development as a whole which is presented here today for Members’ consideration.
RELEVANT PLANS, POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
These are referred to in the Best Value Review document which accompanies this report.
All of the service reviews and indeed the overall review have made use of extensive consultation, as described in the review documentation.
FINANCIAL, LEGAL, CRIME AND DISORDER IMPLICATIONS
Are described in the review documentation.
APPENDICES ATTACHED
The Community Development Best Value Review has been sent separately to members.
BACKGROUND PAPERS USED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT
· Individual service reviews of the 8 services listed earlier.
· All other papers are shown in the Community Development Vest Value Review documentation (attached).
Contact Point : John Metcalfe, F 3825 e-mail: [email protected]
JOHN METCALFE
Head of Community Development and Tourism