Youth Support Services Update

The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board completed a review looking at youth support services in April 2010 and have received regular updates on progress since then.  The Board at its meeting on the 20th February will look at the latest progress update which will include asking questions on progress with recommendations, for example […]

Our First Year of Blogging

Yesterday was the first anniversary of the first post on this blog so it seems like a good moment to reflect on how it has gone. At the time we saw it very much as an experiment although now it feels like just another part of the service.  I have to give credit to the […]

What’s the Best Way to Meet the Needs of Children & Young People?

Yesterday the Children, Young People and Learning Overview & Scrutiny Board met and looked at the Team Around the Child Project.  Hilary Davies project manager, Eirion Davies the TAC co-ordinator and Rachael Webb, Headteacher at Hafod Primary School came along to explain progress made. TAC is an approach to meeting the needs of vulnerable children by getting […]

Scrutiny Improve Thyself

If there is a scrutiny equivilent of ‘doctor heal thyself’ then it might be ‘scrutiny improve thyself’.  OK, it might not be a saying that catches on, but the point is that councillors involved in scrutiny should be as intrested in their own performance as they are in anyone elses.  To show that we are serious about […]