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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Room 116, 16 Summer Lane, Birmingham B19 3SD

Contact: Wendy Slater 

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

Presented By: Chair

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Caan, Grinsell, Hamilton, Jaspal, Longhi and Shaeen and Ben Brook, Andy Hardy and Alison Tonge.

2.

Nomination of Substitutes

Minutes:

The following substitutes had been received:

 

Councillor Rose Martin for Councillor Marco Longhi (Walsall MBC) and Jason Campbell for Ben Brook (West Midlands Fire Service).

 

3.

Welcome and Introductions

Presented By: Chair

Minutes:

The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and introductions were duly noted. The Chair also took the opportunity to thank past members of the board for their contributions to the work of the board.

 

4.

Chair's Remarks

Presented By: Chair

Minutes:

The Chair reported that she was pleased that the WMCA had formally signed the Public Health Mental Health Prevention Concordat with Public Health England today. The concordat builds on the Thrive Action Plan and formalises the commitment that everyone has signed up to support.

5.

To note the schedule of meetings for 2019/20

·         18 October

·         17 January 2020

·         3 April 2020

 

All meetings scheduled from 10.00am-12.00pm

Presented By: Chair

Minutes:

The board noted the schedule of meetings for 2019/20

·         18 October

·         17 January 2020

·         3 April 2020

 

All meetings scheduled from 10.00am-12.00pm

6.

To agree to the re-appointment of Councillor Hamilton as Vice-Chair for 2019/20

Presented By: Chair

Minutes:

The board supported the re-appointment of Councillor Hamilton as Vice-Chair for the new municipal year.

 

Resolved: That Councillor Hamilton be re-appointed as the Vice-Chair of the board for 2019/20.

7.

Terms of Reference pdf icon PDF 112 KB

Presented By: Chair

Minutes:

The terms of reference for the board were noted.

8.

Minutes of the last meeting pdf icon PDF 164 KB

Presented By: Chair

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 5 April 2019 were agreed as a correct record.

9.

West Midlands On the The Move pdf icon PDF 201 KB

Presented By: Simon Hall/Ian Carey

Minutes:

Simon Hall, Physical Activity Policy and Development Lead, WMCA, outlined a report that summarised progress on the impact of delivering the 2019/20 priorities for ‘West Midlands on the Move’ since the last meeting.

 

Simon Hall highlighted key areas of the report which included the launch of ‘Include Me West Midlands’ in May which seeks to commit organisations to sign up to a more customer centred and inclusive approach to sport and physical activity planning and delivery. A letter would be sent to local authorities asking for their commitment; a draft letter was appended to the report.

 

Additionally, a consultation draft agreement between the WMCA and Sport England to seek commitment to collaborative engagement with partners in a place-based approach was attached to report and endorsed by the board.

 

The board also received a presentation from Ian Carey, Active Black Country Director, Black Country Consortium Limited on the Black Country Fund.

 

It was noted that the Black Country Fund is a place-based fund to tackle physical inactivity in priority areas that have the highest level of physical activity.Working with statutory and non-statutory partners, the two year project would seek to identify how services could be developed and adapted to better meet the needs of communities and evidence the role sport can play in delivering social outcomes. 

 

Ian Carey undertook to involve ward councillors in the consultation for the project and to attend a Black Country STP Board meeting at the request of Helen Hibbs.

 

The Chair thanked Ian Carey on behalf of the board for his presentation and asked that the board receive regular updates on the learning from the project.

 

Resolved:

 

1.    That progress in delivering priorities and early learning be noted;

 

2.    That the joint letter from the Wellbeing Chair and the Political Physical Activity Champion to local authorities and organisations seeking their commitment to the Include Me West Midlands report be approved and

 

3.    That the shared Statement of Intent between the WMCA and Sport England on collaborative engagement and the next steps be agreed.

 

10.

Thrive Update

Presented By: Sean Russell

Minutes:

The board received an update on Thrive from Sean Russell, Director of Implementation for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Radical Prevention.

 

Sean Russell provided an update on two key areas of Thrive, the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Programme and the Thrive At Work Programme.

 

It was noted that 31 January 2020 would mark the third anniversary of the launch of the Thrive report; a formal review of the programmes for the five key areas of Thrive would be undertaken in the run up to the anniversary and would be reported to this board.

 

The Chair conveyed her thanks to all those working on the Thrive programmes including those working behind the scenes who were changing people’s lives.

 

Resolved: That the update be noted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.

Developing Service User and Citizen Engagement Across the Thrive Programmes pdf icon PDF 100 KB

Presented By: Fiona Bottrill

Minutes:

Fiona Bottrill, Programme Manager – Justice and Community Engagement (Mental Health) presented a report that set out proposals to develop the citizen and service user engagement started by the Mental Health Commission Citizens’ Jury.

 

The report outlined proposals for Thrive Ambassadors, a Thrive Advisory Panel,

Include Me West Midlands Champions and the development of a WMCA volunteering and involvement policy.

 

It was noted that the report had been considered by the WMCA’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee earlier in the month.

 

In relation to the focus of the engagement remaining with the Thrive Programmes and mental health, Lina Martino considered the focus should also include wellbeing as the two areas of mental health and wellbeing were closely linked.

 

Sue Ibbotson reported that Public Health England’s Every Mind Matter campaign would be launched in the autumn and it would be beneficial if the citizens’ engagement work could be connected with this.

 

Fiona Bottrill thanked colleagues for their comments and advised that the proposals would be tested with focus groups. 

 

Resolved:

 

1.    That comments on the proposals to develop the citizen and service user engagement across the WMCA Thrive programmes be noted and

 

2.    That the proposals referred to in 1 above and outlined in sections 3- 6 of the report be developed, taking into account feedback from the WMCA’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee and this board be agreed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.

Update on Community Sentence Treatment Requirement Programme pdf icon PDF 114 KB

Presented By: Fiona Bottrill

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Fiona Botttrill, Programme Manager- Justice and Community Engagement Manager (Mental Health) presented a report that updated the board on the Community Sentence Treatment Requirement (CSTR) Programme.

 

The report set out progress of the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Treatment Requirements and outlined the roll out of the CSTR pilot to the Black Country starting in Walsall.

 

It was noted that the West Midlands pilots are influencing national policy as the CSTR programmes will be rolled out nationally.

 

The board welcomed the report and the extension of the pilot to the Black County.

 

Resolved:

 

1.    That progress in the Birmingham  and Solihull and CSTR pilot be noted and

 

2.    That the proposal to extend the Community Sentence Treatment Requirements programme to the Black Country as outlined in section 4 of the report be noted.

 

 

 

 

13.

Midlands Engine Update

Presented By: Sean Russell

Minutes:

Sean Russell, Director of Implementation for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Radical Prevention reported that he was pleased to announce that a bid to the West Midlands Engine for workplace wellbeing had been successful.

 

He reported that he would provide an update to a future meeting of the board and would circulate further details to the board within the next few weeks following the signing of the contract.

14.

Work Plan

Presented By: Sean Russell

Minutes:

The Director of Implementation for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Radical Prevention, Sean Russell, outlined a draft work plan of items to be considered at the next meeting and future meetings.

 

Sean Russell reported that for future meetings, it would be useful for matters reported to this board to be reported to local authority health and wellbeing boards/STPs and similarly, for issues discussed at local authority/STP level to be referred to this board where appropriate.

 

Paul Jennings and Sue Ibbotson undertook to discuss how health and wellbeing boards and STPs could take forward joint working with the board with regards to key work areas such as prevention plans and Five Year Plans.