14 April 2011

Launch of Derby City Council Funding

Ian Chennery, Derby City Council

Derby Plan & DCP Structures

Katrina Crookdake, Derby City Partnership

Summary of funding currently available

Liz Gumbely, Community Action

Support from Pro-Help

Lezli Hall, Business in the Community

Support Services offered by Community Action

Matthew Allbones, Community Action

Fringe Meetings

Health and Social Care

• Marie Cowie, Health Improvement Principal from NHS Derby City. Health and Wellbeing presentation
• Matthew Allbones gave a brief overview of the Health and Wellbeing Shadow Board and task group.
• The meeting agreed that Matthew Allbones from Community Action and Dionne Reid from Womens Work would remain as the VCS representatives unitl April 2012, to allow the strucutres to settle down

Ways forward for BME networking in Derby

Organisations represeted at the meeting were; Community Action, Hadhari Day Centre, DREC, Zim Derby, Asian Aid Advice Centre, The Butterfly Project, EMAC and Derby City Council. The meeting discussed:

• current community tensions
• concerns around the redundancies at the council specifically regarding community cohesion in Derby having an adverse effect
• Kirit Mistry from DREC stated he would take the issue to the Compact Forum and would also contact the City and Neighbourhood Partnerships department to ensure that the equality agenda maintains a high profile
• All agreed to ensure that practical support for BME groups in the city is available

For more information on any of the above please contact Kath Cawdell on 01332 342272.