Cllr Chris Garland CG. Cllr Paulina Stockell PS. Cllr Stephen Beerling SB. Cllr Marion Ring MR. Cllr Fran Wilson FW. Cllr Paul Carter PC. Cllr Alan Chell AC. Cllr Ian Chittenden IT. Cllr Gary Cooke GC. Cllr Dan Daley DD. Cllr Eric Hotson EH. Cllr Paul Butcher PB. Martin Adams MA. Lynne Coveney LC. Alison Broom AB. John Littlemore JL. Sarah Robson SR. Duncan Bruce DB. Director, Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce. Kent County Council Youth Service.
Kent Apprentice Youth Worker. Cllr Garland welcomed everyone present to the meeting of the Maidstone Locality Board, 1 October Minutes of the last meeting 25 June were agreed as a true record with no amendments.
Recommendation: for the Maidstone Locality Board to endorse the strategy and action plan for delivering the Tackling Worklessness and Poverty priority. DE: KCC circulated the performance dashboard supported by two report cards for the priorities; tackling worklessness and poverty and local environmental improvements. As some indicators can only be measured annually, KCC is proposing to update the dashboard once a year and not six-monthly as stated in the report.
Both rates can be extremely variable. Our focus needs to be on growing the employment base. Decisions: The Maidstone Locality Board approved the following:. Set up sub-groups for the 3 priorities to agree, progress, monitor and report on actions. GC: Agreed that there needs to be a more joined up approach across agencies and unemployed young people. Guidelines need to be made clearer. Maidstone Borough Council is keen to co-ordinate and map all of the employment support available, linking closely with Kent County Council, ascertaining what makes it difficult for young people to get work and stay in work.
Progress has been made against the four actions agreed at the previous Locality Board meeting; Jobcentre Plus and Mid Kent College have agreed to support the four actions. Anthony: qualifications can only take you so far.
