Issue - meetings

Update on Social Prescribing and Community Building

Meeting: 19/07/2017 - Cabinet (Item 22)

22 Update on the work within the Partnerships and Engagement Team pdf icon PDF 127 KB

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods which provides an update on the activities in the community and neighbourhood teams, to include our work on community building, social prescribing and VCS grants.

 

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Decision:

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

Minutes:

Cabinet considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods which provided Members with an update on activities within the community and neighbourhood teams including work on community building, social prescribing and Voluntary and Community Sector grants.

 

The Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods outlined the report and noted that Gloucester was the first local authority in the country to adopt Asset Based Community Development and strengths based working and that decision was influencing many other local authorities in the country.

 

RESOLVED that the report be noted.