The Tourism Inquiry Panel recently met with a number of people who are knowledgeable about this subject including represenatives from the Business Improvement District (BID), Swansea Bay Tourism Partnership, an events organiser and a senior lecturer in Tourism Management at the Metropolitan University. The Panel found the meeting hugely benefical with a number of key issues being […]
Tourism and the public realm in Swansea
October 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Tourism Inquiry Panel met on the 26th September to look at destination planning in relation to environment and transport issues as part of their review of Tourism in Swansea. The Director for Environment and officers from the Tourism and Marketing Section attended the meeting to take part in a question and answer session. The discussion […]
Teaching Assistants Report goes to Cabinet
March 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Boards review of the role of teaching assistants across primary schools in Swansea is to be discussed by the Councils Cabinet on the 8th March. The Board found that the numbers of teaching assistants employed across schools in Swansea had increased substantially over recent years, along with our […]
Youth Support Services Update
February 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
Hafod Primary School – Partnership Working in Practice
January 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Councillors from the Partnership Overview and Scrutiny Committee visited Hafod Primary School earlier this week. The purpose of the visit was to follow up their scrutiny of Swansea Local Service Board. Specifically the idea was to test some of the things they had been told about the Local Service Board’s Prevention and Early Intervention Programme by […]