Earlier today the Performance and Finance Overview & Scrutiny Board signed off their review of Shared Services. This work was started last October and conducted through a small task and finish group of councillors. You can find the final report of the review, and the findings report detailing all the evidence collected, on our reports library page here. Why This […]
Looking at the future of ICT
March 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Today the Performance & Finance Board heard from Dave Tosh, the Council’s Head of Information & Customer Services about the Council’s ICT contract. This was originally set up in 2005 and there was a major scrutiny report produced at the time. You can find the report here (PDF). Dave took the Board over the significant features […]
The Building Blocks to improving Literacy in Swansea
March 1, 2011 by 1 Comment
The Board agreed to refer its latest report to Cabinet for decision at its meeting on Monday 28th February. The Review of Literacy has been a detailed piece of work which has culminating in a number of recommendations for improvement. Councillors spoke to literacy advisors, Headteachers, school governors, local teacher training colleges and parents. They […]
Talking to Partners about Shared Services
February 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Earlier today councillors from the Performance and Finance Overview and Scrutiny Board held a focus group for local partners as part of their review of shared services. The focus group included people from the police, the health sector, Swansea University, Job Centre Plus and Swansea Council for Voluntary Services. The purpose was both to learn from experiences […]