ABERDEENSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING BOARD

WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER, 2015, at 1.00 P.M.

Your attendance is requested at a meeting of the COMMUNITY PLANNING BOARD to be held in COMMITTEE ROOM 2, WOODHILL HOUSE, on WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER, 2015, at 1.00 P.M. (with a sandwich lunch being available from 12.30 p.m.)

16 September 2015 Director of Business Services

To: Cllr R Thomson, Cllr A Evison, Cllr J Gifford and Cllr M Kitts-Hayes.

Contact Person:- Victoria McCaskill Tel: 01224 665103 Email: [email protected]

Community Planning Partnership Board

23 September 2015 at 13:00 Committee Room 2, Woodhill House, Aberdeen

Networking lunch from 12.30pm onwards

AGENDA

Welcome, Introductions, Apologies and Declarations of Members’ Interests

1. Statement on Equalities: Consider, and if so decided, adopt: “In line with the Council’s legal duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 the Committee, in making decisions on the attached reports, shall have due regard to the need to”:- (i) eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation; (ii) advance equality of opportunity between those who share a protected characteristic and persons who do not share it; and (iii) foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.

2. Minute of Meeting of 10 June 2015 and Action Sheet 13.00-13.05

3. Local Community Plans: 2014-15 Annual Reports – Successes and Challenges (5 minutes per LCPG). 13.05-14.20

a. Banff and b. Buchan c. d. e. Kincardine & Mearns f.

Summary Discussions & Close

TEA AND COFFEE

4. Single Outcome Agreement Annual Report 2014/15 14.25-14.50

5. Communications Plan: Single Outcome Agreement Annual Report 2014/15 14.50-14.55

6. Programme of Support and Challenge for Partnership Priorities 2015/16 14.55-15.05

7. Health & Social Care Integration Presentation 15.05-15.15 (briefing note to be circulated as a late item)

8. What Works (N Bland & J Henderson) 15:15-15:30 (oral presentation, no report to be circulated)

9. Aberdeenshire Citizens’ Panel - Annual Consultation Plan 15:30-15:35

INFORMATION ONLY:

10. Older People’s Charter Annual Report

11. Energetica Six-monthly Update

12. Improvement Plan Monitoring

13. Financial Monitoring 2015-16

14. Community Planning Partnership Future Funding Arrangements

PUBLIC SECTOR EQUALITY DUTY – GUIDANCE FOR BOARD MEMBERS

What is the duty?

In making decisions on the attached reports, Board Members are reminded of their legal duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 to have due regard to the need to:-

(i) eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation; (ii) advance equality of opportunity between those who share a protected characteristic and persons who do not share it; and (iii) foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.

The “protected characteristics” under the legislation are: age; disability; gender reassignment; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; sexual orientation; and (in relation to point (i) above only) marriage and civil partnership.

How can Board Members discharge the duty?

To ‘have due regard’ means that in making decisions, Board Members must consciously consider the need to do the three things set out above. This requires a conscious approach and state of mind. The duty must influence the final decision.

However, it is not a duty to achieve a particular result (e.g. to eliminate unlawful racial discrimination or to promote good relations between persons of different racial groups). It is a duty to have due regard to the need to achieve these goals.

How much regard is ‘due’ will depend upon the circumstances and in particular on the relevance of the needs to the decision in question. The greater the relevance and potential impact that a decision may have on people with protected characteristics, the higher the regard required by the duty.

What does this mean for CP Board decisions?

Board Members are directed to the section in reports headed ‘Equalities, Staffing and Financial Implications’. This will indicate whether or not an Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) has been carried out as part of the development of the proposals and, if so, what the outcome of that assessment is.

An EIA will be appended to a report where it is likely that the action recommended in the report could have a differential impact (either positive or negative) upon people from different protected groups. The report author will have assessed whether or not an EIA is required. If one is not required, the report author will explain why that is.

Where an EIA is provided, Board Members should consider its contents and take those into account when reaching their decision. Board Members should also be satisfied that the assessment is sufficiently robust and that they have enough of an understanding of the issues to be able to discharge their legal duty satisfactorily.

For more detailed guidance please refer to the following link:- http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/uploaded_files/EqualityAct/psed_technical_guid ance_scotland.doc

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ABERDEENSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING BOARD

WOODHILL HOUSE, ABERDEEN

10 JUNE, 2015

Present: Councillors R Thomson (Chair), A Evison, J Gifford and M C Kitts-Hayes; J Bell, Scottish Enterprise; E Garrett, Mearns and Coastal Healthy Living Network; J Griffin, Scottish Government; D Hekelaar, Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action; J Loveday, Federation of Rural Partnerships; D Meldrum, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service; D Murray, NESTRANS; R Nicoll, Aberdeenshire Youth Council; G Robertson, Aberdeenshire Alcohol and Drugs Partnership; L Smith, Skills Development Scotland; L Smyth, Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce; K Stephen, ; and S Webb, NHS Grampian.

Apologies: R Bisset, NHS Grampian; A Coldwells, Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership; D McCrindle, Scottish Enterprise; G McDougall, Skills Development Scotland; M McLaren, Police Scotland; and D Rout, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

Officers: R Johnson, Director of Communities; A Macleod, Housing and Community Planning Manager; S Swinhoe; Commissioning Services Manager; D Findlay, Youth Worker/Dialogue Youth Development Worker; E Wood and S Humphries, Strategic Development Officers (Community Planning); L Williams, Communications and V McCaskill, Committee Officer.

DECLARATION OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS

No interests were declared in respect of the Declaration of Members’ Interests as required by the Code of Conduct for Members.

PUBLIC SECTOR EQUALITY DUTY

In making decisions on the following items of business the Board agreed, in terms of Section 149 of the Equality Act, 2010:-

(1) to have due regard to the need to:-

(a) eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation; (b) advance equality of opportunity between those who share a protected characteristic and persons who do not share it; and (c) foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and persons who do not share it.

(2) where an Equality Impact Assessment was provided, to consider its contents and take those into account when reaching their decision.

1. MINUTE OF BOARD MEETING OF 18 MARCH, 2015

There had been circulated, and was approved, the Minute of Meeting of the Community Planning Board of 18 March, 2015.

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2. ABERDEENSHIRE COMMUNITY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN

There had been circulated a report dated 15 May, 2015, by the Housing Strategy and Community Planning Manager, which sought the agreement of the Board that a sub-group of the Community Planning Partnership would develop the Aberdeenshire Community Learning and Development Plan by 1 September, 2015.

The report stated that the Requirements for Community Learning and Development (CLD) (Scotland) 2013 Regulations placed a duty on the local authority to produce a three year CLD plan by 1 September, 2015, and made clear that this plan must be produced with partners and learners. The report then set out proposed arrangements to progress work on the plan in order to circulate the draft to the Board, via email, in late August 2015 for electronic sign-off.

After due consideration, the Board agreed that a sub-group of the Community Planning Partnership would develop the Aberdeenshire Community Learning and Development Plan by 1 September, 2015, as set out in the report.

3. ABERDEENSHIRE THIRD SECTOR INTERFACE (TSI) WORKPLAN 2015-16

There had been circulated a joint report dated 15 May, 2015, by the Chief Executive of Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action and the Strategic Development Officer (Community Planning), which asked the Board to discuss and endorse the Third Sector Interface (TSI) Workplan 2015-16.

The report stated that TSIs provided a single point of access for support and advice for the third sector within the local authority area. TSIs must prepare an annual workplan which should be endorsed by the Community Planning Partnership and agreed by the Scottish Government. The Aberdeenshire TSI Workplan was appended to the report for members’ information.

During discussion, members asked questions on the ability to meet objectives; further information on the Saltire Awards; and the promotion of volunteering opportunities available in Aberdeenshire.

Thereafter, the Board agreed:-

1) to endorse the TSI Workplan 2015-16; and

2) to request that further information be provided on specific figures relating to the Saltire Awards.

4. SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE STRATEGIC PLAN 2016-2019 DEVELOPMENT

The Chair introduced David Meldrum from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, who was in attendance to provide the Board with a presentation on the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Strategic Plan 2016-2019. The presentation commenced with an overview of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and its operating context. It then went on to focus on the development of the Strategic Plan and the timeline for consultation and implementation before outlining the emerging way forward for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. The presentation concluded with a number of questions for stakeholders and invited responses to these questions from the Board.

In addition to the presentation, there had been circulated a report dated 27 May, 2015, by the Local Senior Officer Aberdeenshire and Moray, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, which asked the Board to discuss and acknowledge the intention of the Local Senior Officer to commence with consultation and engagement at a local level and for Board members to provide feedback on the presentation. Item: 2 Page: 3

During discussion, members asked questions on retained firefighters; consultation and engagement; using assets for outreach and engagement with business.

Thereafter, the Board agreed:-

1) to acknowledge the presentation on Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Strategic Plan 2016-2019;

2) to acknowledge the intention of the Local Senior Officer to commence with consultation and engagement at a local level; and

3) that Board members would provide feedback on the development of the Strategic Plan.

5. SINGLE OUTCOME AGREEMENT REVIEW AND UPDATE

There had been circulated a report dated 30 April, 2015, by the Housing Strategy and Community Planning Manager, which sought the agreement of the Board to update the Single Outcome Agreement for 2016/17 onwards.

The report explained that the Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partnership had a Single Outcome Agreement (SOA) that set out its priorities for the period 2013-2023. It was suggested that it may be an opportune time to update the SOA due to a number of factors, those factors being:  to allow for the opportunity to set out the new arrangements and the priorities, outcomes and actions of the Health and Social Care Strategic Plan, due to be published in late 2015;  to allow the SOA to reflect the transfer of community justice responsibilities to the Community Planning Partnership;  to take into account the impact of the new Community Empowerment Bill on the partnership’s ‘supporting communities and volunteering’ priority;  to allow the updated Local Community Plans for 2016-2019 to feed into the updated SOA;  to more clearly articulate Aberdeenshire’s approach to prevention and joint resourcing in line with the increased emphasis on these issues at a national level; and  to allow for the opportunity to refine the existing document to make it more accessible to partners and communities.

The report suggested that update work should be undertaken during 2015/16 and set out a timetable for this work with the SOA being agreed in March 2016.

After discussion, the Board agreed:-

(1) to the update of the Single Outcome Agreement for 2016/17 onwards; and

(2) to instruct officers to report back to the September 2015 Board meeting on the prioritisation tools and process when undertaking work on the review.

6. IMPROVEMENT PLAN MONITORING

There had been circulated a report dated 12 May, 2015, by the Strategic Development Officer (Community Planning), which asked the Board to consider the update on the Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partnership (CPP) Improvement Plan and to agree to extend the deadline for four actions as detailed within the report.

The report stated that an Aberdeenshire CPP Improvement Plan had been agreed as part of the quality assurance of Aberdeenshire’s SOA 2013-2023. The improvement plan had been Item: 2 Page: 4

refreshed in 2014 and, again, in 2015. A copy of the updated Improvement Plan was appended to the report and it was highlighted that four actions within the Plan had missed deadlines. These four actions were as follows:

 Consider the establishment of a community planning/prevention change fund (action 2);  Ask partners/partnerships to focus on available funding for preventative actions (action 3);  Agree to monitor a range of preventative activities, using an agreed method, in order to evidence the results of the prevention approach (action 4); and  Ensure all statutory partners and Third Sector Interface, table business plans at Board and evidence alignment to SOA (action 7).

It was recommended that the deadline for completion of actions 2, 3 and 4 be extended to September 2015 and that the deadline for action 7 be extended to November 2015.

After discussion, the Board agreed:-

1) to extend the deadline for actions 2, 3 and 4 to September 2015, and the deadline for action 7 to November 2015; and

2) to instruct officers to bring a report to the November 2015 meeting of the Board detailing actions taken to progress action 7.

7. FINANCIAL REPORT: FINANCIAL MONITORING 2014-15, BUDGET ALLOCATION 2015-16 AND REVIEW OF FUNDING CONTRIBUTIONS

There had been circulated a report dated May, 2015, by the Strategic Development Officer (Community Planning), which set out budget monitoring information for 2014/15 for the Community Planning budget, Local Community Planning budgets and Fairer Scotland Funding. It also set proposals to fund projects from unallocated funding in 2015/16 and to keep £5000 as contingency funding. The Board was asked to agree, subject to confirmation, reduced funding partner contributions in 2015/16, making use of the balance of allocated funding. The Board was also recommended to agree that the Community Planning Executive would lead a review of funding contributions for 2016/17.

After discussion, the Board agreed:-

(1) to note the budget monitoring information for 2014/15, as at the end of March 2015, for the Community Planning budget, Local Community Planning budgets and Fairer Scotland funding;

(2) to fund projects from the unallocated funding in 2015/16, as set out within the report, and to keep £5000 as contingency funding;

(3) to reduced funding partner contributions in 2015/16, subject to confirmation, making use of the balance of unallocated funding;

(4) that the Community Planning Executive would lead a review of funding contributions for 2016/17 onwards, with a detailed approach to be presented to the September 2015 Board meeting; and

(5) that the Scottish Government would write to the Community Planning Team to clarify the position on funding frameworks for Community Planning Partnerships.

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8. GRAMPIAN HEALTH AND TRANSPORT ACTION PLAN ANNUAL REPORT 2015

There had been circulated a report dated 2 April 2015, by the Health & Transport Action Plan Programme Manager, which advised that, in 2008, the North East Scotland Joint Public Sector Group approved the Health and Transport Actions Plan for the region. A refresh of this Action Plan was endorsed by the Moray, Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City Community Planning Partnership Boards between August and December 2014. At the time of endorsement, it was agreed that each Board would receive an annual report for consideration. The annual report for 2015 was attached to the report.

After due consideration, the Board agreed to approve the Grampian Health and Transport Action Plan Annual Report 2015 and acknowledge the contents of the report and the progress made by partner organisations.

9. SOA FOCUS: OLDER PEOPLE AND OLDER PEOPLE’S CHARTER MONITORING APPROACH

There had been circulated a joint report dated 19 May, 2015, which (1) set out the progress made in delivering the ‘older people’ outcomes set out in the Single Outcome Agreement; (2) asked each partner to consider how it was contributing to the ‘older people’ priority; (3) encouraged the Board to challenge the Community Planning Partnership’s performance; and (4) sought the Board’s agreement on the proposed approach to monitoring of the Older People’s Charter.

After due consideration, the Board agreed:-

(1) to acknowledge the progress made by the Aberdeenshire Older People’s Strategic Outcomes Group in delivering the outcomes set out in the Single Outcome Agreement;

(2) to acknowledge the comments made by partners demonstrating how they were contributing to the ‘older people’ priority;

(3) to acknowledge the information provided on the Partnership’s performance to improve outcomes, plan preventatively and join up resources;

(4) to agree the proposed approach to the monitoring of the Older People’s Charter as set out in the report; and

(5) to request that a short presentation on Health and Social Care Integration be delivered to the Board at the September 2015 meeting.

10. DELAYED DISCHARGE ACTION PLAN

There was circulated a report by the Chief Officer, Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership, which was a copy of a report that had previously been submitted to the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership Transitional Leadership Group on the subject of the Delayed Discharge Action Plan.

The report explained that, within Aberdeenshire an ambitious plan had been set out for the redesign of services through investments of the Integrated Care Fund. At the heart of these plans was the desire to switch as much emphasis as possible to anticipatory planning and schemes which supported preventative measures. These were clear examples of longer-term redesign to support the migration of the system to one which was more sustainable within the resources available to the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership.

The Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership Transitional Leadership Group had already identified the delayed discharge as one of its priorities and had used two of its recent seminar sessions to explore issues which surrounded delayed discharge. These two sessions Item: 2 Page: 6

had aimed to ensure that all members of the Transitional Leadership Group were aware of the challenges and potential solutions to reduce the number of individual patients who were delayed within a hospital setting. The detailed paper set out a series of actions which had been developed by both the Transitional Leadership Group and the Aberdeenshire Strategic Group for delayed discharge.

During discussion, members asked questions about budgeting arrangements for integrated Health and Social Care; what savings and efficiencies could be made and how resources would be managed.

Thereafter, the Board agreed to note the contents of the report.

11. SOA FOCUS: ALCOHOL AND DRUGS

There had been circulated a joint report dated 19 May 2015, by the Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Commissioning and Performance Manager and the Strategic Development Officer (Community Planning), which provided the Board with an update on progress made by the Alcohol and Drugs Partnership in delivering the outcomes set out in the Single Outcome Agreement.

During discussion, members asked questions about other organisations that could help to support the delivery outcomes; the variation of Alcohol Brief Intervention delivery across Aberdeenshire; the role of the recovery community in prevention; and the impact of the cessation of the bus pass project.

After due consideration, the Board agreed:-

(1) to acknowledge the progress made by the Aberdeenshire Alcohol and Drugs Partnership in delivering the outcomes set out in the Single Outcome Agreement;

(2) to acknowledge the comments made by partners demonstrating how they were contributing to the ‘alcohol and drugs priority;

(3) to acknowledge the information provided on the Partnership’s performance to improve outcomes, plan preventatively and join up resources; and

(4) to instruct officers to provide further information on the impact of the cessation of the bus pass pilot project.

12. LOCAL COMMUNITY PLANS 2013-2016 EXCEPTION REPORTING

There had been circulated a report dated 29 May, 2015, by the Strategic Development Officer (Community Planning), which asked the Board to approve the proposal to receive Exception Reports from Local Community Planning Groups on a six monthly basis. An example Exception Monitoring Report was appended to the report for members’ information and comment.

After due consideration, the Board agreed:-

(1) to receive Exception Reports from Local Community Planning Groups on a six monthly basis; and

(2) to note the example Exception Monitoring Report form which was appended to the report.

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13. VERBAL UPDATE – COMMUNITY JUSTICE TOOLKIT FOR CPPS AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE EVENT

The Board was advised that a Community Justice event was scheduled to take place at HMP Grampian on 2 July, 2015. The event was jointly organised by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partnerships.

The Board agreed to note the information provided on the planned Community Justice event.

14. 2014-2020 EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND ALLOCATION – UPDATE

A report dated 13 May, 2015, by the Strategic Development Officer (Community Planning) was circulated for members’ information. The report provided an update on the progress of Aberdeenshire Council’s European Social Fund allocation and stated that the Board would be kept informed of developments going forward.

The Board agreed to note the contents of the report.

15. COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP UPDATE

No update report was submitted to the Board on the Community Safety Partnership.

16. COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT BILL UPDATE

A report dated 29 May, 2015, by the Strategic Development Officer (Community Planning) was circulated for members’ information. The report advised that there were changes proposed to the Community Empowerment Bill. A summary of the Stage 2 amendments was appended to the report for members’ attention.

The Board agreed to note the contents of the report.

17. COMMUNITY PLANNING OUTCOMES PROFILE UPDATE

A report dated 12 May, 2015, by the Strategic Development Officer (Community Planning) was circulated for members’ information. The report asked the Board to note the development of an initial set of profile measures for the Community Planning Outcomes Profile, as published in March 2015. It was advised that further recommendations would be reported to the Board in due course.

The Board agreed to note the contents of the report.

Last updated: 14/09/2015

Aberdeenshire Community Planning Board - Action Sheet from 10 Jun 2015

# Agenda Action Lead Status Item 1. 3 Further information to be provided on specific figures relating to the D Rodger, TBC – Update Saltire Awards AVA requested 2. 4 Board members to feedback on SFRS Strategic Plan development All Complete

3. 5 Report to Board on prioritisation tools and process for SOA revision SH/EW Executive approved prioritisation tool. SOA revision process to be circulated asap 4. 7 CP Executive to lead review of funding CPP arrangements and Executive Information being report to Board in September. collated, Executive agreed to consider in October 5. 7 Scottish Government to clarify position on CPP funding frameworks JG TBC – Update requested 6. 9 Presentation on Health and Social Care Integration at September AC September agenda. Board meeting 7. 11 Circulate information on the impact of the cessation of the bus pass G Robertson / Complete pilot project EW 8. Carried Energetica 6-monthly update (next due in September ‘15) JW September agenda over from (Information Only) March 9. Carried Early Years SOA indicators: Partnership Analyst to explore if area- FA SOA revision due to over from focussed data is available in order to highlight variations within begin late 2015. Area

March Aberdeenshire focussed EY data Page: 8 Item: 2 included in Strategic Assessments. Last updated: 14/09/2015

10. Carried Community Safety Partnership to provide 6-monthly update and to CS March update over from share as information bulletin to councillors circulated. March November agenda 11. Carried Investigate ways to improve linkages between Community and SH/PB On-Going over from Spatial Planning, particularly with the development of the next Nov ‘14 Strategic and Local Development Plans. 12. Carried Provide update on Smith Commission findings to the Board EW/SH Report to be produced over from and tabled when Nov ‘14 appropriate

13. Carried To research the introduction of a performance indicator related to Police Long-term action. over from serious organised crime, counter-terrorism and preventing Scotland / Discussion taken place Sept ‘14 radicalisation ACSP on progress. Info to be gathered. Await priorities of new SOA. 14. Carried Engagement with Transport Scotland to resolve issues related to EW/IW Vehicles have been over from the retention period stipulated in the conditions of the Low Carbon sold, Transport Sept ‘14 Vehicle Procurement Support Scheme funding, Scotland contacted. Funds from sale to be used towards EV charging infrastructure – being progressed 15. Standing Circulate Board Summary Bulletin to all partners EW/SH Completed for March item and June Meetings

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ABERDEENSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING BOARD – 23 SEPTEMBER 2015

LOCAL COMMUNITY PLANS: 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORTS

1 Recommendations

1.1 To review, discuss and endorse the six Local Community Plan Annual Reports for 2014-15.

2 Background/Discussion

2.1 At its meeting in November 2012, the Board agreed a new format and approach to the development of Local Community Plans, which strengthened the evidence-based approach. The six Local Community Plans for 2013-16 were endorsed by the Board in September 2013.

2.2 As part of the new approach the plans are to be reviewed annually to account for any emerging priorities and an annual report is to be produced for each area. This annual report should at a minimum showcase achievements and provide some detail of what is planned for the coming year.

2.3 Local Community Planning Groups are now beginning to use the Council’s Covalent performance management system to monitor actions in the plans. This system is internet-based and all partners responsible for significant monitoring of local actions are encouraged to use it.

2.4 The Board may wish to consider how it supports the delivery of Local Community Plans in the future. A fuller review of the plans is currently underway to allow the production of revised Local Community Plans 2016-19 in Spring 2016.

3 Equalities, Staffing and Financial Implications

3.1 Any resource commitments from partners will have been previously agreed within Local Community Planning Groups. 3.2 An equalities impact assessment will be undertaken for revised Local Community Plans as part of the development process.

Covering report: Erin Wood, Strategic Development Officer (Community Planning) September 2015 Item: 3 Page: 2

What We Have Achieved in 2014-15  Supported the Secret Garden Project with the promotion of the garden and getting partners involved in volunteering opportunities.  Provided support to the Here for You Partnership to set up an information and advice point for vulnerable adults affected by the recent Welfare Reform, in the Fraserburgh area.  The closer integration of services, working in partnership with SFRS to improve the identification, management and delivery of high risk referrals, through the development of referral pathways for older people, cared for and those in supported accommodation and in particular, ageing people living alone in rural communities.  Community Action Plans – worked with local communities across to develop plans which reflect the local Communities needs and aspirations as well as ensuring they are outcome focussed.  Refocus session of Local Community Planning Group to review the roles, responsibilities and accountability of the Local Community Planning Partnership.  Supported diversionary projects in partnership with CLD in the Fraserburgh and Banff areas to engage young people in range of activities.  Asset based approach community profiling exercise in , to map services, provisions, community activity in the area.  Successfully re-established Community Council Forums in Banff and Buchan, aim - to establishing better links with Community Planning and ensure the community have a voice in the development of local plans and the Community Plan 2016-2019.

Some of what we are going to do in 2015/16  Continue to support the needs and aspirations of the communities within Banff and Buchan.  We will support our communities through the opportunities and impacts that arise from the forthcoming Community Empowerment Act.  Continue to support our local Welfare Reform Group with roll out of Universal Credit  Work in partnership to support and enable the Health and Social Care integration.  Continue to work in partnership with the Local Community Learning Partnership to help support young people to move onto positive destinations. Item: 3 Page: 3

What We Have Achieved in 2014-15

The Making the Most of project is the result of a partnership approach between Council, Voluntary and Third sector partners whose aims meet SOA outcomes around our local Economy, Health & Physical Activity and Communities. The project has successfully delivered on a number of related activities and events including the setting up of the Aden Allotments site also featured on the ‘Beechgrove Garden’, ‘Wild About Aden’ and Aden-een Halloween Events and Cinema showings. Numbers to the Park have steadily risen year on year with 2014 achieving a record 298,368 visitors to the Park.

The Modo ‘Oot and Aboot’ project was developed through the Buchan Community Planning Partnership in response to a number of concerns recorded around antisocial behaviour and youth annoyance incidents, that raised a need for diversionary activities for young people within . Support provided by Police Scotland, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service and Community Safety ensured that the programme delivered targeted interventions in ‘Hot Spot” areas, to engage the young people who were causing the issues, and direct them towards social, positive activities as a route towards a more positive lifestyle.

Delivery of local services during 2014 -2015 involving public, voluntary, third sector services with communities has provided outcomes that meet the SOA priorities for the area and Aberdeenshire. Examples include:  Support for MACBI Community Hub which held a community engagement event in order to highlight Road safety in an educational but informal way.  Support to the Here for You Partnership and the Gift Tree Project which assisted vulnerable individuals and families during the festive period  Support for Volunteers to build upon their skills, experience new opportunities and help to deliver local initiatives within their communities.

Some of what we are going to do in 2015/16  We will support the needs and aspirations of our communities by engaging regularly, feeding back and celebrating community achievement.  We will provide support through opportunities that arise from the Community Empowerment Act such as through local asset transfers and projects driven by local communities.  We will work together to make best use of our resources to support the vulnerable and disadvantaged within our communities such as those affected by Welfare Reform and Fuel Poverty.  We will work in partnership to support and enable the Health and Social Care integration by ensuring that community contributions are valued and acted upon.  We will continue towards being an enabling partnership by supporting communities to become more resilient and sustainable, for example supporting project initiatives such as Wind Turbine, Aden Country Park - and Catto Park - Peterhead. Item: 3 Page: 4

Formartine Community Plan 2013-16

Some of what we have achieved in Formartine during 2014-15

 We have worked with the communities of , Fisherford & and Parish to identify the needs and aspirations leading to the development of their Community Action Plans

 We have worked in partnership to create a living community plan for & District.

 We supported the community to set up Ellon’s very own Men’s Shed.

 The second Fit Like Ellon event was held in June 2014 – 48 groups exhibited and around 300 people attended.

 Forty seven businesses across Formartine successfully participated in the Retail Improvement Scheme

 A Crash Live event was held at the Haughs in Turriff in November 2014 with around 30 attendees and with input from a range of community planning partners

 The Community Planning Group and Community Safety Group jointly funded the purchase of speed monitoring equipment for use in Formartine.

 100 Day Projects were completed as of 31st March 2015 Daviot, , Newburgh, and Turriff.

 We held Café Conversations in Turriff and Ellon in 2015 supported by the voluntary sector and community volunteers.

 Turriff, , , Newburgh and Auchterless signed up to the new community- led Green Dog Walking Scheme initiative launched in January 2015

Some of what we are going to do in 2015-16

 Following up on the priorities identified through community engagement in the development of the Formartine Community Plan 2016-2019

 We will continue to support the community of Ellon and their aspirations for the town centre.

 We will support Ellon becoming an Integrated Travel Town, including progress on projects such as foot and cycle paths, some will be from SUSTRANS' funding.

 The Turriff & District Making It Real group will continue its work delivering priorities in its Community Action Plan

 We will continue to promote and support road safety throughout Formartine.

 We will actively support our communities through the Health and Social Care Integration

 We will work in partnership to deliver health and wellbeing initiatives across Formartine.

 We will actively seek to create meaningful activities for people with learning disabilities to enable them to feel valued members of the community

 We will support our communities through the welfare reforms and roll-out of Universal Credit

 We will support our communities through the opportunities that will arise following the enactment of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act

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Garioch Community Plan 2013-16

Some of what we have achieved in 2014-15

 We have worked with the community of Kintore to identify the needs and aspirations of the community which will lead to the development of a Kintore Action Plan  We have worked with the community of Port Elphinstone to identify actions and priorities for the community through the Port Priorities project  We have supported the community of Kingseat to work through their Action Plan which they developed in 2014  We supported the community to set up and District Men’s Shed  We commissioned a mapping exercise of needs and supply of handyperson/domestic tasks/befriending schemes in Garioch and throughout Aberdeenshire  Through the Community Link Worker in , 29 people, mostly men, regularly attend the lunch club and take part in a wider activities group  An Oil Club was set up in Insch providing economies of scale to the community and providing financial assistance to those who need it  Dementia Friendly Communities Development Workers undertook a pilot project within Inverurie to raise awareness of dementia  Inclusive Inverurie Development Workers worked with local shops and services around raising awareness of learning disabilities  Inclusive Day Services Enabling Aberdeenshire (IDeA) worked with businesses and social enterprises in Garioch to develop links for learning disabilities service users

Some of what we are going to do in 2015-16

 We will work with the communities of and Blackburn/Kinellar to identify their needs and aspirations  We will work with local and national partners to support ex services personnel within Garioch and Aberdeenshire  We will promote and support road safety through the purchase of speed monitoring equipment for use throughout Garioch  We will hold a Crash Live event in Inverurie in 2015  We will set up a Safe Place Scheme in Inverurie, working with the shops and services, which will provide assistance to those who are more vulnerable that need help whilst in the town centre  We will seek to offer meaningful activity to those with learning disabilities to enable them to feel valued members of the community  We will support our communities through the welfare reforms and roll-out of Universal Credit  We will support our communities through the opportunities that will arise following the Community Empowerment Act

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K&M Community Plan 2013-16

Some of what we have achieved in 2014-15

 K&M Welfare Solutions Group have been developing local signposting information; networking and open days for local staff and residents and better local access to public computers.  A range of engagement styles have been used to get the ideas of as many residents and organisations as possible on the kinds of improvements that would make travel in more accessible, sustainable and active.  The Transport to Health Information Centre (THInC) has been recording unmet transport needs for health and social care purposes to support community transport providers with funding applications.  Information sheets on local housing needs have been circulated to community councils and other organisations to raise awareness of demand for affordable housing in the area.  Young people have been supported by CLD to produce two films that address bullying and stereotyping of mental health.  A social enterprise café has been set up in Community Centre offering training and employment opportunities for a range of people who need them.  South Aberdeenshire Alcohol & Drug Forum brought local people together for a ‘big blether’ on alcohol and drugs to raise awareness around recovery from substance misuse. The event helped strengthen a local recovery support group and generated an alcohol free session as part of Stonehaven Folk Festival.  A Timebank project to encourage the sharing of skills and support among older people is being piloted among a number of local voluntary organisations while businesses in Stonehaven have been supported to become more dementia friendly.

Some of what we are going to do in 2015-16

 We will work with the communities of St. Cyrus, , Durris and Portlethen to identify their needs and aspirations and actions to meet them  South Aberdeenshire Alcohol & Drug Forum will continue to promote and support recovery from substance misuse  We will seek to offer meaningful activity to those with learning disabilities to enable them to feel valued members of the community  We will support our communities through the welfare reforms and roll-out of Universal Credit  We will support our communities through the opportunities that will arise following the Community Empowerment Act

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Marr Community Plan 2013-16

Some achievements from 2014 – 2015

A snap shot from Marr

 We held twelve Local Community Ward Forums across Wards 14, 15 and 16 covering a diverse range of topics including; The role of Community Councils in the planning process, Community growing projects, Debt/welfare, home safety and repairs, fuel clubs, Community fundraising and LEADER funding, Licensing and volunteering.  We worked with the Community to develop and launch a Brand and enhance the appearance of Scott Skinner Square through a creative artworks project. This included an engagement exercise with two local primary schools and Banchory Academy with a total of 77 young people involved with the process.  To combat fuel poverty we set up an Oil Buying Club in Rhynie, Lumsden and Clatt (Oct 2014) and supported the set of one in and (Feb 2015) total estimated savings by June 2015 from both Oil Clubs are £4,035.  Networks of Wellbeing was supported through the Room to Roam Green Travel Hub Climate Challenge Fund to develop a business plan to develop the project into a social enterprise.  CLD has supported young people to participate in the Aberdeenshire Youth Consultation ensuring young people have a voice in their communities with a specific West Aberdeenshire report also being produced.  We worked with Marr’s primary schools to develop an approach to make food growing projects easy for schools to deliver.  The process of developing a new Marr Community Plan 2016 – 2019 was started by engaging with local communities and asking the question “What’s Important for Marr”. Workshops took place at Local Ward Forums on the role of Community Planning and how we will work with communities in developing the next plan.

Some of what we are going to do during 2015-16

 We will work with young people to develop a new Marr Youth action Plan with a planned launch date of spring 2016.  We will complete the redevelopment of Scott Skinner Square in Banchory improving seating and lighting options and providing a contemporary shared space in the heart of the community.  We will continue to support projects to enable communities to reduce fuel poverty and improve the sustainability of communities.  We will work with the communities of AB54 (Marr only) to develop an area wide action plan. This will identify planned projects, community aspirations and gaps where projects could be developed in order to support the community to make the most of the Windfarm Community Benefit funds coming to the area.  We will continue to support the aspirations of Marr Communities through the supporting the development of Community Action Plans and reviewing plans.  We will support our local communities to take advantage of the opportunities that may arise following the Community Empowerment Act (Scotland)  We will support The Green Travel Hub in to get the Car Club and E-Bike Hire project off the ground and make it sustainable.  We will source funding to get the growing in schools project off the ground in Marr.

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ABERDEENSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING BOARD – 23 SEPTEMBER 2015

SINGLE OUTCOME AGREEMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2014/15

1. Recommendation

It is recommended that the Board:

1.1. Approve the draft 2014/15 annual report for the Single Outcome Agreement.

2. Background

2.1. Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partnership publishes an annual report on its performance in delivering the Single Outcome Agreement (Appendix 1).

2.2. Progress is measured by a number of performance indicators. The outcomes and indicators were approved by the CPP Board and Scottish Government when the 2013-2023 SOA was published.

2.3. The annual report presents the most recent data available for each indicator. There are often lengthy delays between the collection and publication of large data sources (e.g. Scottish Household Survey) or data is published infrequently (e.g. health indicators). As a result, the most recent data may not be for the current (2014/15) reporting period. This challenge to assessing progress on the SOA is faced by all Community Planning Partnerships across Scotland.

2.4. In addition to delays in access to current data, the CPP Board approved the removal of 11 indicators from the SOA annual report at a meeting on the 24th September 2014. These indicators do not currently have an identified data source and have also been excluded from the 2014/15 Annual Report. It is expected that a number of indicators will be reviewed during the 2016 update of the Single Outcome Agreement.

2.5. A status update is provided for each indicator to identify whether it is: on or exceeding the current target (green), off target by 2.5% (amber), or off target by greater than 5% (red).

2.6. The annual report is compiled using Aberdeenshire Council’s performance management system, COVALENT. This system uses a mathematical assessment of performance based on the target thresholds. As such, a declining indicator can retain a ‘green’ status if performance remains less than 2.5% of the target. Similarly, an improving indicator can have a status of ‘amber’ or ‘red’ if performance remains greater than 2.5% or greater than 5% away from the target.

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3. Discussion

3.1. The annual report indicates that good progress is being made towards the agreed outcomes for Aberdeenshire. Of the 101 indicators that have both data and set targets (85 indicators), more than half are meeting or exceeding targets (69.5% - green status), a minority of indicators are within acceptable margins of the target (8.2% - amber status). However, a proportion of indicators are not on target and further action is required to progress towards the desired outcomes (22.3% - red status).

3.2. Exception reporting for the priority themes is as follows:

Early Years Achievements: - Proportion of newborn children exclusively breastfed at 6-8 weeks is at its highest over the past five years and is now on target

Challenges: - Estimated proportion of children with a health weight in P1 has declined year on year, now at lowest in the past five years - Percentage of children walking or cycling to school is declining and below target

Economy & Transport Achievements: - Proportion of households with home internet access is above target

Challenges: - Number of affordable homes developed is lowest in five years and below target

Employment & Inequality Achievements: - Percentage of school leavers going into positive destinations continues to increase and is at its highest

Challenges: - Percentage of looked after children school leavers in positive destinations is below target and is consistently below that of general school leaver population

Health & Alcohol and Drugs Achievements: - Deaths per 100,000 from alcohol related disease at lowest rate and continuing to decrease

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- Rate of early cancers deaths for <75s per 100,000 is above target and has seen no significant change in recent years

Older People Achievements: - Number of very sheltered housing units has been increased substantially - Percentage of time in the last six months of life spent at home/community setting is consistently highest in Scotland

Challenges: - Number of bed days lost to delayed discharge s increasing and is well above target

Safer Communities Achievements: - Number of recorded vandalisms continues to decline year on year

Challenges: - Rate of serious assaults per 100,000 has increased considerably compare to the previous year and are now above target

Stronger Communities Achievements: - Percentage of residents satisfied with the four main public services (Aberdeenshire Council, Police Scotland, SFRS, NHS Grampian) has increased back after a significant reduction in 2013/14

Challenges: - Satisfaction with Police Scotland and NHS Grampian remains below target

3.3. As in previous years, an easy read summary of the annual report will be produced for circulation to a wider audience after the Board has approved the 2014/15 Annual Report. It is the intention that Aberdeenshire Council’s Design and Print team will prepare this document for distribution in the same style as the annual reports for the Local Community Plans.

4. Equalities, Financial and Staffing Implications

4.1. An Equalities Impact Assessment was completed at time of publication of the Single Outcome Agreement. There were no negative implications for people with protected characteristics.

4.2. There are no staffing implications.

4.3. There is a budget allocation of £400 for design and print costs for an easy read summary of the SOA annual report.

Francesca Ainsworth - Partnership Analyst, Aberdeenshire Council, 20-08-2014 DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT 2014/15

The 2013/23 Single Outcome Agreement was agreed in early 2013 by the Community Planning Partnership Board and the Scottish Government. Progress towards the desired outcomes for Aberdeenshire, as outlined in the Single Outcome Agreement (SOA), is measured through a number of performance indicators.

This report presents the data for those indicators, accompanied by trend and contextual commentary provided by each of the Lead Partnerships. It is produced through a performance management system (Covalent) which provides a colour-coded status update on each indicator, based on set targets, using the key below.

Legend Percentage of all indicators with data and targets Target has not been met – further attention required to progress towards desired outcomes 22.3% – figure is 5% away from current target Performance is within acceptable range of the target – further attention is required to progress towards 8.2% desired outcomes – figure is 2.5% away from current target Target has been met or exceeded – continue existing work to maintain positive outcomes 69.4% - figure is < 2.5% away from current target No target has been set

A declining indicator can still have a ‘green’ status if performance remains within <2.5% of the target. Similarly, an improving indicator can have a status of ‘amber’ or ‘red’ if performance remains greater than 2.5% or greater than 5% away from the target.

The 2013/23 SOA includes 11 indicators that have no known data source at this time. It is the intention of the Community Planning Partnership to remove or replace these indicators when the SOA is updated in 2016. As no data is available, these indicators have been removed from the annual report (a record of these indicators is provided at the end of this document).

More information on the work of the Community Planning Partnership can be seen on the website:

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Priority 01: Children have the best start in life through action with parents and children from pre-birth to 8 years Context Lead Partnership – Early Years Strategy Group (EYSG)/GIRFEC Partnership

Prevention A 3 Year Strategic Action Plan has been launched with a focus on early intervention to ensure that Aberdeenshire’s children have the best start in life and their wellbeing is supported at the earliest stages. The plan’s aims are based on GIRFEC wellbeing indicators and the Curriculum for Excellence Four Capacities. The EYSG continues to drive forward the implementation of the Early Years Collaborative with training being delivered on the Model for Improvement methodology within Peterhead, Portlethen, Upper-Deeside and Garioch. There are 89 Improvement Projects currently being undertaken and 8 High level Improvement Projects that will be up-scaled across Aberdeenshire, aligned to the national Key Change Government priorities. These include; Healthy Start Vouchers, 27-30 month review, Play@Home, Engagement & Communication, Child Poverty, Named Person, Childhood Obesity and Governance.

The Family Nurse partnership is being introduced across NHS Grampian from April 2015, offering evidence-based solution-focussed care for children from pre-birth to 2 years of first time mothers under 19. In Aberdeenshire, UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) has continued to be a priority, with Aberdeenshire CHP achieving full accreditation in June 2015. Through the Childsmile programme children have access to tooth brushing, oral health advice and fluoride varnish applications in targeted nurseries, schools and dental practices. Grow Well Choices has been developed by Education and NHS Grampian to promote healthy lifestyles and healthy weight. In 2014-15 the key focus has been on developing an Early Years Grow Well Choices Toolkit for Early Learning and Childcare staff. Training and the resources are now being rolled out across Aberdeenshire.

Aberdeenshire’s Early Years Extended Service (AEYES), which provides a universal service for families requiring short term support, now operates across 14 clusters. In 2014/15, a total of 38 families accessed this service with feedback from users being positive. A comprehensive procurement exercise for the provision of Early Learning and Childcare services within Aberdeenshire was completed with all successful bidders required to meet a minimum standards grading. This included an updated Service Level Agreement. This provides a clear pathway for quality improvement to ensure that all settings have consistent and high quality learning experiences. Additional proportionate support to improve is provided where required.

Quality improvement processes and procedures have been developed with the Extended Early Years Team to support partner providers in understanding and implementing continuous improvement through the self-evaluation cycle. A new performance measure has been introduced which quantifies the percentage of 3 and 4 year olds accessing an Early Learning and Childcare place in either a partner provider or local authority nursery. Discussions are ongoing with Health to identify reasons where an Early Learning and Childcare place has not been requested.

Page: 5 Item: 4 Resources Health visiting caseloads are currently being reviewed using the national caseload weighting tool. This tool uses indices of deprivation to ensure that sufficient Health Visitors (HV) are in post to allow them to work effectively with families in the early years. Scottish Government money to increase the number of HV

DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT 2014/15 students has already been made available and by the end of 2015 there will be sufficient newly qualified staff to fill current vacancies across Aberdeenshire. The procurement process for the Provision of Training Services over the next three years, for both accredited and non-accredited training, has been completed. This will ensure that all staff involved in the delivery of Early Learning and Childcare have the opportunity to access high quality training to support and empower them in the delivery of the service. The increase in funded hours of Early Learning and Childcare, in accordance with The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, has been implemented across Aberdeenshire. All three and four year olds whose parents have requested up to 600 hours of Early Learning and Childcare, received their entitlement of hours in a provision within their cluster. Thirty-four families requested split placements between providers in 2014/15, mainly to support family working patterns, with all requests being accommodated.

All two year olds eligible for 600 hours of Early Learning and Childcare whose parent/carer applied for a funded place were offered provision within their cluster or neighbouring cluster in either a partner provider nursery, or, in one of the eleven local authority nurseries now registered for two year olds. An additional eight local authority nurseries are due to be registered for 2 year olds from August 2015.

The Early Years Parenting Strategy and Early Years Play Strategy are in the process of being developed and have lead officers aligned to their implementation.

Place Peterhead Early Years Forum has been supported to look at improving the governance and partnership implementation of early year’s services within a geographical area. This included looking at systems & processes, communications and partnerships. A Toolkit has now been produced and is in the process of being adopted across the 17 Early Years Forums’s to ensure there is a standardised approach of best practice.

In September 2014, a consultation on the future delivery of Early Learning and Childcare, involving all stakeholders, took place across the 17 clusters in Aberdeenshire. As a result of this consultation, the demand for greater flexibility of provision for Early Learning and Childcare was evident, therefore one outcome of this consultation was that for 2015/16, that partner providers will be able to provide a wider range of models to accommodate families working commitments. Following this consultation, Education and Children’s Services are undertaking a review of the future structure of Early Learning and Childcare staffing within local authority nurseries to ensure that the council can meet its future obligations under the children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 in terms of flexibility and increased hours. Staffing ratios in nurseries providing either AEYES and/or ASN enhanced provision have an increased staff/child ratio of 1:8. Nurseries which provide Early Learning and Childcare for two year olds have a staff/child ratio of 1:5.

A rolling programme of building work to enable additional settings to be registered for two year olds is in progress across all seventeen clusters

The Engagement and Communication Improvement Project has now held a multi-agency networking event in Portlethen (July 15) which was attended by

approximately 100 early years professionals including 24 service stall holders. The feedback from the event has been extremely positive, with an increased Page: 6 Item: 4 awareness of early year’s services available locally. This project is ready to be up-scaled in all 6 geographical areas of Aberdeenshire (with an additional one in Marr due to its size) by summer 2016.

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Priority for Aberdeenshire Children and families have the very best introduction to lifelong learning, which supports and prepares children and their parents to develop the skills and knowledge that will allow them to become resilient and effective learners The development of a continuous professional development programme to further enhance the skills, knowledge and experience of the early years workforce Physical improvements to a broad range of local authority and partner pre-school education providers, to provide very high quality digital and physical environments Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary

Target Value Discussions are ongoing with Health colleague to 2011/12 94.3% identify why a small proportion of Early Learning Percentage of uptake of children who are and Childcare places are not being requested by 2012/13 93.9% eligible for Early Learning and Childcare parents of eligible children. 2013/14 2014/15 100% 90.7% Source: Aberdeenshire Council

Every child’s life chances are maximised by providing appropriate and proportionate support to children and families when it is needed, placing a priority focus on children in their earliest years The development of up to 10 centres which offer early intervention and preventatives facilities for children aged 3-5 and the development of 2 centres which offer early intervention services to children aged 0-3 Agreed partnership approach across Aberdeenshire to improve outcomes in early years with clear focus on identified communities and agreed consistent approaches across Aberdeenshire through area GIRFEC groups and driven by the EY Strategy Group Value No target set as increase/decrease in numbers may be for conflicting reasons (e.g. increase/decrease in 2010/11 217 number of looked after children can reflect both Number of Looked After Children (under 2011/12 218 appropriate intervention and failure of effective early 8 Years) 2012/13 202 intervention).

2013/14 204 Source: Aberdeenshire Council

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary A high proportion of 27-30 month reviews showed children to have reached expected milestones by Proportion of children who have reached Value this age. Where concerns were raised, these the expected developmental milestones related mainly to speech, language and 2013/14 83.2% at the time of the child's 27-30 month communication development and some child health review 2014/15 87.9% behavioural development issues.

Source: NHS Grampian Proportion of children who have reached This data is not currently measured. It is expected that the first available data for this indicator will become the expected developmental milestones available for 2015/16. at the time the child starts primary school Priority for Aberdeenshire Parents have the necessary support to be economically active where appropriate and provide wider benefits to the Aberdeenshire economy through the availability of high quality, flexible, accessible and sustainable early years and childcare services Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary The performance for 2014/15 is at 100%; this represents seven pre-school centres meeting a satisfactory or better evaluation in all three quality Long indicators. Target Value Status Trend This demonstrates that the 3 pre-school 2011/12 100.0% 100.0% establishments which did not meet a satisfactory or Percentage of positive pre-school better grade in the three quality indicators reported establishment inspections 2012/13 100.0% 100.0% on in 2013/14 (one playgroup commissioned by a 2013/14 100.0% 78.6% partner provider, two Local Authority nurseries), made positive progress after action plans were put 2014/15 100.0% 100.0% in place.

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Priority for Aberdeenshire Children who are overweight will be identified early and families supported to make the changes needed to address this Children living in families who are vulnerable are identified and are offered support early Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long For 2013/14 exclusive breastfeeding rates for Target Value Status Trend Aberdeenshire (34.6%) were higher than for Scotland (27.1%) but lower than the Grampian rate 2010/11 35.0% 32.2% (35.2%). Rates since 2010 have remained steady, Proportion of newborn children although quarterly figures since 2013 indicate small exclusively breastfed at 6-8 weeks 2011/12 35.3% 32.6% improvements in both exclusive and mixed 2012/13 35.0% 32.3% breastfeeding rates.

2013/14 35.0% 34.6% Source ISD

Long In 2014, 72.4% of Aberdeenshire P1 children had Target Value Status Trend no obvious signs of dental disease. This is better than the Scottish (68.2%) average, but remains 2010/11 75.0% 72.8% below NHS Grampian’s local target of 75% by 2016. Percentage of children in Primary 1 with There has been significant improvement since no signs of dental disease 2011/12 75.0% 73.5% 2006/07 (63.4%) but improvement has now levelled 2012/13 75.0% 70.8% off.

2013/14 75.0% 72.4% Source: National Dental Inspection

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary In 2012/13, less than one in ten children in Aberdeenshire were found to be obese (8.8%), significantly below the Scottish obesity level (9.3%). Long Target Value Status However in 2013/14 this increased to 10.5%. Since Trend 2009/10 Aberdeenshire rates of P1 children at risk of obesity and overweight combined have fluctuated 2010/11 85.9% 79.6% Estimated proportion of children with a (range18.6 – 24%), with its poorest rate in 2013/14 healthy weight in Primary 1 2011/12 87.1% 78.0% with proportionately fewer healthy weight P1 children. 2012/13 80.0% 77.0%

The variation across Grampian school clusters is 2013/14 80.0% 76.9% greatest in Aberdeenshire with Banff (14.8%) having more than two and a half times the percentage of overweight children in Alford (5.6%). Source: ISD 2011 data is the most up to date. From the available data, there has been a slight decrease in the Long percentage of children in households that are Target Value Status Proportion of children living in Trend dependent on out-of-work benefits or child tax households that are dependent on out- 2010/11 32.4% credit. This will be monitored when new data is of-work benefits or child tax credit available to determine whether this downward trend 2011/12 32.3% 29.5% continues on target.

Source: ScotPHO 2008-2013 figures have been updated based on a Long Target Value Status new dataset from Sustrans, released in June 2015. Trend There has been a decline in the percentage of 2010/11 50.0% 46.3% Percentage of children walking or cycling children both walking and cycling to school, to school 2011/12 50.0% 47.7% compared to the previous year. However, there has Page: 10 been an increase in scooter use as an alternative Item: 4 2012/13 50.0% 47.6% active travel to school method.

2013/14 50.0% 46.4% Source: SUSTRANS Hands Up Survey.

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary

Long Target Value Status Trend Year on year, the percentage of school leavers entering positive destinations (further education, 2010/11 92.0% 92.0% higher education, employment, and training) has Percentage of school leavers in steadily increased, remaining above the Scottish sustained and supported destinations 2011/12 94.0% 93.6% average. 2012/13 94.0% 94.0% Source: Skills Development Scotland 2013/14 94.0% 94.1%

Teenage pregnancy rates for Aberdeenshire as a whole have reduced in the reporting period, this rate is consistently lower than the Scottish rate. Long Target Value Status However, this masks a significant variance across Trend communities associated with deprivation, with the most deprived communities having four times the 3-year average rate of pregnancies 2008/09 5.1 5.5 rate of the least deprived areas. among under-16 year olds per 1000 2009/10 5.4 5.5 population Health Hubs and/or sexual health clinics have been 2010/11 5.4 4.8 established in four areas of Aberdeenshire which have the highest teenage pregnancy rates to 2011/12 5.4 4.1 provide advice and support to young people.

Source: Information Services Division

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Low birth weight is associated with poor health Long Target Value Status outcomes and deprivation. A consistently high Trend percentage of babies born in Aberdeenshire have a Percentage of babies with a healthy birth 2010/11 99% 98.9% healthy birth weight. weight 2011/12 99.8% 99.2% Source: Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics (next update not expected until 2016 with new release of 2012/13 99.8% 98.5% SIMD) The levels of pregnant women smokers in Long Aberdeenshire are significantly lower than for Target Value Status Trend Scotland as a whole. However women living in in the most deprived areas of Aberdeenshire are Percentage of women recorded as 2009/10 16% 17.2% nearly 4 times as likely to smoke in pregnancy as smoking during pregnancy for 2010/11 14% 15.9% women living in the least deprived areas – as Aberdeenshire determined by SIMD 2012 rankings (ScotPHO 2011/12 13% 14.7% Tobacco Control Profile 2015, SIMD 2012)

2012/13 12% 14.5% Source: ScotPHO Tobacco Control Profile 2015,

SIMD 2012, Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics Long Target Value Status Trend Estimates of child poverty have increased slightly over the reporting period in line with the impact of 2010/11 8.5% 8.5% the recession. However, a slight decrease has been Child poverty 2011/12 8.5% 9.0% observed since the previous reporting year.

2012/13 8.5% 9.0% Source: End Child Poverty 2013/14 8.5% 8.4%

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Priority 02: Aberdeenshire will be recognised as a great place to live, work, invest with opportunity for all Context Lead Partnerships – Aberdeen City and Shire Economic Future (ACSEF)* & NESTRANS

Prevention Economic growth is a key preventative measure to tackle the health and social problems associated with unemployment and poverty. Over the past year, ACSEF has taken the opportunity to refresh its strategy and review its approaches to the key sectors. A new North East Food & Drink Strategy, review of Tourism support structures, a framework for supporting the Life Sciences sector, and a Regional Skills Strategy will feed into an Economic Strategy for the Region. This will be the blueprint for the North East’s economic development up to 2030. ACSEF is also working closely with the Oil & Gas Industry Leadership Group to input to its strategy refresh, and is also inputting to the Energy Jobs Task Force.

Nestrans’ Regional Transport Strategy and Aberdeenshire’s Local Transport Strategy are focussed on prevention. Transport is an enabler rather than an end in itself and therefore actions to improve the transport infrastructure contribute to prevention in other areas. Aberdeenshire Council continues to operate a range of supported bus services, demand responsive transport and community transport services providing vital links for communities, to help improve accessibility and prevent social exclusion. Through its Road Asset Management Plan, Aberdeenshire Council continues to make considerable investment in preventative road resurfacing and dressing programmes. Funding is also allocated on an annual basis in the Nestrans budget for strategic prioritised maintenance.

Resources ACSEF has agreed funding to support various projects including the North East Invest in Youth group and the development of a Regional Skills Strategy amongst others, together with the contributions made by the partners to the ACSEF budget. Getabout is funded by Nestrans and supported by all partners to deliver sustainable transport improvements to promote the benefits of cycling and walking. This is with the aim of reducing congestion, improving air quality and increasing levels of physical activity. A Health and Transport Action Plan Co-ordinator post is jointly funded by Nestrans and NHS Grampian to deliver the regional Health and Transport Action Plan. In October 2014 Nestrans appointed a Cycling Development Officer. This post is funded by Nestrans with support from Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity. The role of the Cycling Development Officer is to work with both Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils as well as cycling organisations to develop cycling initiatives across the north east. The following infrastructure projects have also started construction: Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) / Balmedie to Tipperty and the construction of the Inveramsay Bridge.

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agenda essentially underpins the work of ACSEF at present. Key strands of this work include delivering the strategic objectives of Energetica and ensuring Item: 4 the region’s ports and harbours are fit for purpose to compete globally to exploit future opportunities. ACSEF is also working with its funding partners to prepare the submission of a City Region Deal to the UK Government. Constraints around infrastructure in rural areas, particularly around lack of broadband availability, with the subsequent restrictions on growth opportunities and social inclusion, continue to be a key priority for the partnership.

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In October 2014 Nestrans, in conjunction with NHS Grampian re-launched its ‘Access to Foresterhill Health Campus by Bus’ leaflet. The purpose of this leaflet is to highlight how well the hospital is served by bus and encourage staff, patients and visitors to the hospital to use public transport and help to ease congestion at the site. Aberdeenshire Council have identified the towns of Peterhead, Huntly, Portlethen, Fraserburgh, Inverurie and Ellon as Integrated Travel Towns and aim to develop these as hubs for walking, cycling and public transport. Funding for cycling improvements in these towns has been awarded through the Sustrans Community Links project and will be delivered between 2014 and 2016. The first publicly funded fibre optic cable street cabinet in Scotland was commissioned in Kirkton of Skene in April 2014 and a further 77 cabinets have been installed in Aberdeenshire. Progress has also been made taking forward studies into the junctions as well as the Aberdeen to Peterhead/Fraserburgh road.

*ACSEF partners include Aberdeenshire & Aberdeen City Councils, Scottish Enterprise, VisitScotland, Skills Development Scotland, Nestrans, Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, together with Academia and Private Sector Board membership. Priority for Aberdeenshire Businesses and individuals have access to an integrated transport network Condition of the local and strategic road network within Aberdeenshire has been improved by the deployment of Asset Management Techniques. Condition of the local and strategic road network within Aberdeenshire has not worsened as compared to 2011. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary It is accepted that a good road infrastructure is vital for a rural authority like Aberdeenshire. The main Long Target Value Status principle behind the road asset management plan is Trend to manage the Council's assets so as to give the 2009/10 32.0% 25.9% required level of service at the minimum long term cost. Percentage of road network that should 2010/11 32.0% 26.7% be considered for maintenance A vital part of minimising long term cost is timely 2011/12 32.0% 24.7% intervention with preventative maintenance 2012/13 32.0% 24.3% programmes that will prevent future deterioration at low cost. Performance remains high and compares 2013/14 32.0% 24.7% well nationally.

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Priority for Aberdeenshire Improved digital infrastructure Work to improve Aberdeenshire's broadband Long Target Value Status offering is well underway. Over 80% of the region Trend will have access to fibre-optic broadband by the end Proportion of households with home 2009/10 67.0% 70.0% of 2016 - with further improvements in the following internet access years. There is an expectation that the figure will 2011/12 76.0% 79.0% exceed 90% by the end of 2017.

2012/13 80.0% 84.0% Source: Scottish Household Survey Priority for Aberdeenshire Improved transport infrastructure. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Major infrastructure projects such as the Aberdeen Target Value Status Trend Western Peripheral Route, Balmedie-Tipperty dualling and Inveramsay Bridge will help to tackle Percentage of driver journeys delayed 2009/10 10% 12% congestion transport on a longer term basis. due to congestion transport

2011/12 10% 12.9% Source: Scottish Household Statistics 2012/13 10% 12.8%

Priority for Aberdeenshire Options have been developed to expand the DRT and supported bus network across Aberdeenshire to support employment and training opportunities. Long These figures show satisfaction with the overall Target Value Status Trend level of service experienced by bus users in Aberdeenshire. Trend shows an increase on the Percentage of bus users very or fairly 2010/11 90% 92% previous year and satisfaction of bus users in satisfied with the quality of public 2011/12 90% 90% Aberdeenshire in general remains well above the Page: 15 transport Scottish average when looking at different aspects Item: 4 2012/13 90% 89% of the journey.

2013/14 90% 91% Source: Nestrans

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Priority for Aberdeenshire Communities and businesses benefit from a more coordinated partnership tourism campaign. Enhanced profile of tourism opportunities. The Tourism sector continues to grow and accounts for 8% of total jobs in the region. Target for the annual Annual overnight visitor spend in overnight visitor spend is £440m-£510m by 2020. The most recent figure available indicates that the annual Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire overnight visitor spend was £492m in 2012/13. Priority for Aberdeenshire Communities benefit from delivery and improved access to affordable housing. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary During 2014/15, 72 affordable homes were delivered. 14 units were delivered for Aberdeenshire Council's New Build Programme of which 3 were for Particular Need clients. Work continues on site to deliver a further 155 Social Rent units across 8 development sites with the majority anticipated for completion over the course of the coming months. Meantime our Long Target Value Status Registered Social Landlords partners are working to Trend deliver a further 52 Social Rent units for social rent 2010/11 300 227 with completion anticipated Spring 2016. One property was also bought from the open market and was 2011/12 150 122 brought into Council's mainstream stock. Number of affordable homes developed

2012/13 200 182 Discussions are at an advanced stage in terms of 2013/14 200 122 delivering Mid-Market Rent units through Create Homes Aberdeenshire (National Housing Trust - Council Variant). It is anticipated that 24 homes will 2014/15 200 72 be delivered during 2015/16. 57 Low Cost Home Ownership properties were also delivered across 9 sites. Meantime work continues with private Page: 16

developers with 70 properties anticipated for Item: 4 completion by March 2016.

Source: Aberdeenshire Council

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Priority for Aberdeenshire Energetica will increase its contribution to the performance of the Scottish Energy sector. Number of energy companies located Dun and Bradstreet show 77 energy companies within the Energetica corridor. Energetica has attracted £260m of within the Energetica corridor investment of a potential £750m during its first five years. Priority for Aberdeenshire Improved infrastructure will provide a supportive business environment, promoting investment in the region and providing increased employment opportunities. Improved town centres in line with the place agenda. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Target Value Status Trend Good progress is being made on this indicator with 2010/11 60 43 Business birth rate in Aberdeenshire per a year on year increase. 10,000 population 2011/12 60 57 Source: Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics 2012/13 60 58 2013/14 60 67

Long Target Value Status Although Quality of Life ratings remain high, the Trend cost of living in the region is impacting on satisfaction along with infrastructure constraints. Proportion of adults who rate their 2009/10 72.0% 69.0% Tackling availability of affordable housing and neighbourhood as a very good place to 2010/11 70.0% 70.0% transport infrastructure issues will seek to address live – Aberdeenshire this. 2011/12 71.0% 67.2%

Source: Scottish Household Survey 2012/13 71.0% 64.0%

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Target Value Status Trend Aberdeenshire's employment rate remains one of the highest in Scotland. A regional skills strategy is 2010/11 80.0% 81.0% being developed to ensure that future employment Employment rate for 16-64 year olds – gaps and opportunities are identified to ensure that Aberdeenshire 2011/12 81.0% 79.6% this remains the case. 2012/13 79.6% 79.9% Source: NOMIS 2013/14 82.0% 80.9%

The Aberdeenshire economy continues to perform above the national average due, mainly, to the Long Target Value Status continued strength of the oil and gas sector. Key to Trend maintaining this growth will be anchoring the oil and 2009/10 2.5% 1.4% gas supply chain in the region, together with Increase in Gross Value Added continued development of the region's other key 2010/11 2.5% 6.2% sectors, including Food & Drink, and Tourism.

2011/12 2.5% 6.5% Source: ONS – update figure not available for this indicator

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Priority 03: The unemployment rate in identified areas of deprivation in Aberdeenshire will be less than the national average Context Lead Partnership – Tackling Poverty & Inequalities Strategic Group

Prevention To prevent unemployment the partnership has introduced and supported a variety of projects and initiatives. Examples of these include: Community Benefit Clauses, the partnership has recognised the importance of engaging with employers and supporting outcomes through the Community Benefit Clauses in relation to capital projects; Employer Engagement, the partnership has secured funding for an Employer Engagement post that coordinates all activity around employer engagement to increase employability outcomes, Youth Employment Scheme, the partnership has been involved in this scheme which has created 35 posts for young people to be employed by local businesses across Aberdeenshire.

The partnership has identified that additional opportunities are required at stage 2 (needs assessment, confidence building, core skills development) of the employability pipeline and partnership working has identified these opportunities to support development in this area. Resources had previously been targeting stages 4 and 5 (employer engagement, job matching, in work support) of the pipeline. Clearer mapping has aided in identifying gaps in provision which has enabled resources to be targeted at areas of need. This has supported individuals to move towards or into employment.

Resources An Employability Delivery Group meets bimonthly to carry out joint planning of provision and the use of resources. There are a number of providers who have secured resources to deliver a range of programmes / support packages. These are reported into the partnership on a regular basis which allows gaps, trends and progress to be highlighted. The partnership has secured DWP funding through its delivery of a partnership contract, this has been seen as good practice and value for money. A number of employment providers have secured resources from the employability partnership and report back regularly to the partnership. An Employment Action Plan and Provision Calendar have been introduced. These documents contain all provision, services and opportunities available throughout Aberdeenshire and are updated every three months.

The Here For You Centre has been developed in Fraserburgh town centre. This partnership approach has secured funding from a range of sources including support from SCORE, an international engineering company based in the North East. The partners are using their core budget to deliver employability projects, increasing work experience, increasing volunteering, retail skills, information and advice services and to support the development of financial capabilities. The partners have developed an integrated approach which includes joint planning, outcome, delivery, co locating staff and resources to ensure good value and increased accessibility to services and opportunities. The outcomes and learning from this project will be shared at a local and national level as a good practice model. Page: 19

Item: 4 Place The partnership provides a joined up approach to providing a range of employment and financial inclusion services, and opportunities for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups and individuals living in both urban and rural areas. This will enable individuals to enter, sustain and progress in the labour market.

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Priority for Aberdeenshire All school leavers, including looked after children, not in positive and sustained destinations, will have activity agreements. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Year on year, the percentage of school leavers Long Target Value Status entering positive destinations (further education, Trend higher education, employment, training) has steadily increased, remaining above the Scotland average. 2010/11 92.0% 92.0% Percentage of school leavers in sustained and supported destinations 2011/12 94.0% 93.6% The partners have developed a range of interventions to support pupils through the senior 2012/13 94.0% 94.0% phase of their education.

2013/14 94.0% 94.1% Source: Skills Development Scotland The proportion of young people in receipt of out of work benefits is showing a shift in a positive Long Target Value Status direction and is below the target of 2.5%. Trend Better use of work experience and work trial 2010/11 2.5 2.9 placements by Jobcentre Plus and commitment by Youth claimant count 2011/12 2.5 3 large capital projects to allocate job opportunities specifically to this age group could further reduce 2012/13 2.5 2.6 the number of 16-24 year out of employment.

2013/14 2.5 1.2 Source: Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary In line with information now published and accessible via Insight (new national attainment reporting tool) from 2015, this measure has been Target Value Status Long Trend revised - with 2011/12 and 2012/13 figures comparison figures being updated. Positive 2011/12 88.9% 66.7% destinations include Higher Education, Further Percentage of looked after children Education, Training, Employment, Voluntary Work school leavers in positive and sustained 2012/13 88.9% 79.6% and Activity Agreements. The Employment Support destinations 2013/14 88.9% 72.5% Team is actively involved in the development of The Family Firm and we hope to see an improvement in 2014/15 88.9% 72.6% the coming year. There is monitoring and tracking of the destinations of Looked After Children.

Source: Skills Development Scotland Priority for Aberdeenshire Improved employer engagement that ensures employers' needs are met Improved skills of the workforce through sector-based academies. Increased employment opportunities by using Community Benefit Clauses through procurement process. Vulnerable customers are recognised and supported through the Universal Credit journey towards or into work. The partnership is looking to expand and introduce Long Target Value Status new partners and organisations to give clients Trend already engaging with local services the best choice 2010/11 328 of provision and support. Whilst doing this we have developed new processes to allow us to collect Number of clients engaged with the 2011/12 921 854 performance data from the partnership in a timely Aberdeenshire Employment Action Plan manner. Hanlon (a new online recording system) 2012/13 921 1,212 will be a key instrument in providing such data and Page: 21

2013/14 1,000 1,131 will be fully functional in September 2015. We Item: 4 anticipate an increase in clients as a result of 2014/15 1,000 1,210 redundancies in the oil and gas industry. Source: Aberdeenshire Council

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary 0.8% of the population in Aberdeenshire are in receipt of Jobseekers’ Allowance, one of the out of Long work benefits, compared to 2.2% in Scotland. (June Target Value Status Trend 2015)

2010/11 8% 8.8% Increases in local opportunities for work in the following sectors may have positively affected Percentage of the population aged 16-64 2011/12 6% 6.2% claimant rates. in receipt of out of work benefits - Construction 2012/13 6% 6.2% - Care 2013/14 6% 5.6% It would be safe to predict an increase in this figure, 2014/15 5% 5.2% in the short term for next year.

Source: Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics Long Target Value Status Trend The below report states 6% of the population in Aberdeenshire have no qualifications compared to 2010/11 8% 8.2% 9.4% in Scotland.

Percentage of the population aged 16-64 2011/12 8% 7.4% This area will come under scrutiny at the next Local with no qualifications Employability Partnership meeting in September. 2012/13 8% 7.8%

2013/14 8% 8% Source: Scottish Government Annual Population Survey 2014/15 8% 6%

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary As a result of Welfare Reform, partners have seen an increase in demand for employability programmes. Furthermore, individuals who would Long have previously claimed Disability Living Allowance Target Value Status Trend have moved to Personal Independent Payment (PiP). PiP has a different criteria which has resulted Number of clients requiring support due 2011/12 228 278 in more individuals being referred onto employability to a disability that have participated in 2012/13 300 280 programmes. employability programmes 2013/14 300 370 The implementation of a sub-group to look closely at this specific area will give a clearer picture of 2014/15 300 395 interventions required to tackle this area and give greater clarity to the SOA.

Source: Aberdeenshire Council

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04 Reductions in inequalities in health outcomes between communities and across Aberdeenshire Context Lead Partnerships – Health Inequalities Group (HIG) & Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (ADP)

Prevention

In 2014, NHS Grampian identified the level of preventive spend across its entire budget. In 2013/14, approximately £15.5m of this spend funded services and interventions in Aberdeenshire and NHS Grampian wide services which residents of Aberdeenshire benefit from. For the HIG, the focus is on prevention of illness and chronic disease and the promotion of good health and wellbeing, specifically in communities where health outcomes are poorest. Projects and initiatives have included: Prevention of Tobacco Harm, the Local Tobacco Alliance is supporting partners to adopt Smoke Free Grounds (NHS Grampian hospitals now have smoke-free grounds and Aberdeenshire Council are also working towards this goal); and smoke-free homes/cars activity being integrated into the Early Years Collaborative action plan; Childsmile programme, providing children with access to tooth-brushing, oral health advice and fluoride varnish applications in targeted areas; Keep Well anticipatory care health checks are offered to individuals at risk of preventable serious ill-health, targeting in particular: offenders, homeless, gypsy travellers and those affected by substance misuse. ADP prevention work has included: Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABI),; Take Home Naloxone, the heroin antidote continues to be issued in substantial numbers; Work focussed on Young People, including raising awareness of new psychoactive substances (NPS) and the “alcohol and parenting don’t mix” campaign; Meet the Hendersons; Diversionary Activities, ADP are currently funding activities in this area through the Education, Intervention and Prevention group; ADP Community Engagement Forums, support prevention activities and a range of community projects; Licensing, ADP supports all three licensing forums in their decision making processes; Partnership Working, particularly with HMP Grampian and Police Scotland focussed on interventions for offenders.

Resources

A range of partners and providers are involved in the planning and delivery of actions to achieve the shared health outcomes at both an Aberdeenshire and area level. NHS Grampian and Housing, Leisure and Social Care services all contribute significant resources to addressing health inequalities. Examples include: Health and Social Care Integration, £380,000 of Integrated Healthcare Funds has been allocated to initiatives focussing on prevention, building community capacity and maximising health and wellbeing; a Principal Health Improvement Officer post has been created, joint funded by NHS and Council to lead planning and delivery of actions to improve health inequalities outcomes. The ADP financial arrangements that are currently in place take into account the diverse range of services required to meet the population need. The balance of spend between drugs and alcohol has started to be addressed with the shift towards alcohol services being a priority. The NHS finance officer in conjunction with the ADP Commissioning and Performance Manager ensure that all ADP spend is appropriate and takes forward the agreed agenda. ADP have involvement in a bid for ESF funding towards an Addiction Page: 24

Workers Training Programme. ADP secured match funding from DWP to support additional resources for Moving On activity. ADP services are being Item: 4 redesigned to improve access and performance this included a pilot on Single Points Of Access which is being rolled out to additional areas in Aberdeenshire.

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Place Resources and programmes have targeted those communities and individuals with poorest health outcomes. Specific focus has been in North Aberdeenshire (mainly Banff, Fraserburgh, Peterhead) and Huntly. Due to distribution of health inequalities in Aberdeenshire, focus has also been on vulnerable groups and those living in rural / isolated areas. ADP services operate on an Aberdeenshire wide basis. A focus on place is provided through three ADP Forums (North, Central and South). These forums lead the community engagement agenda to develop local solutions to local problems and they have an allocated budget and use a form of participatory budgeting. Priority for Aberdeenshire Physical activity increased across the population including those who are vulnerable through shifts in culture, improvements in infrastructure, opportunities and community empowerment Harm is prevented by a reduction in alcohol and other drugs and a culture of safe, sensible drinking. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Noting that self-reported alcohol consumption accounts for only around half of all alcohol sold, trends for consumption can be seen. There is generally a downward trend in the numbers exceeding weekly drinking Estimated percentage of male adults guidelines. The latest available estimate is 45.7% from 2011/12. Unfortunately there have been no updates to the drinking in excess of weekly sensible ScotPHO profiles for this indicator. We are unsure when and if these will be updated. We are finalising our drinking limits delivery plan and suggest that this outcome is replaced by an indicator in the plan that we can be assured we will be able to update Source: ScotPHO Alcohol and Drugs profile Noting that self-reported alcohol consumption accounts for only around half of all alcohol sold, trends for Estimated percentage of female adults consumption can be seen. There is a general downward trend in the numbers exceeding weekly drinking drinking in excess of weekly sensible guidelines. The latest available estimate is 36.5% from 2011/12. Unfortunately there have been no updates to the drinking limits ScotPHO profiles for this indicator. Source: ScotPHO Alcohol and Drugs profile This indicator has seen a downward trend over the Long past few years and expect that increased activity on Target Value Status Trend ABI (Alcohol Brief Interventions) and education will have had a positive impact on this. There is 2010/11 16.3 13.9 currently a specialist group that meets to discuss Deaths per 100,000 from alcohol-related this issue and to monitor and evaluate the current disease 2011/12 13.3 11.3 situation and trends from drug related deaths. This Page: 25

2012/13 10.8 10.1 activity is now being explored for alcohol related Item: 4 deaths. Aberdeenshire has one of the lowest 2013/14 9.7 8 alcohol –related death rates in Scotland.

Source: National Records of Scotland

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary There has been a steady increase in the % of alcohol dependant people accessing services. Due Long Target Value Status to the increase in numbers and variety of support Trend required, Aberdeenshire ADP are ensuring they Alcohol clients engagement with have as broad an offer of support as possible and 2011/12 6.0% 5.0% specialist alcohol services as a are increasing services to meet demand e.g. percentage of the total alcohol 2012/13 6.0% 8.0% offering community detox and also increased dependant population numbers of ABIs (Alcohol Brief Interventions) 2013/14 12.0% 14.0% conducted by a range of organisations.

2014/15 15.0% 15% Source: Aberdeenshire Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Long Target Value Status This figure also continues to rise. It should be noted Trend however that the prevalence figure does not take account of all problematic drug use e.g. NPS (New Drug clients engagement with specialist 2011/12 57.0% 56.0% Psychoactive Substances). drug services as a percentage of the 2012/13 57.0% 53.0% total problematic drug using population 2013/14 57.0% 57.4% Source: Aberdeenshire Alcohol and Drugs Partnership

2014/15 57.0% 58.6%

Long Target Value Status Whilst these figures are still not achieving the target Trend Percentage of clients seen within 3 for 2014/15, performance has improved greatly and weeks from referral received to 2012/13 90% 88.3% from March 2015 Aberdeenshire ADP has achieved appropriate specialist alcohol treatment the overall target of 90% and 100% of clients being that supports their recovery 2013/14 90% 82% seen within 5 weeks.

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Whilst these figures are not demonstrating an improvement in performance much work has been done with services in regards to improving waiting times. This has resulted in achieving the 90% Long Target Value Status target in March, April and May 2015. We continue Trend Percentage of clients seen within 3 to monitor this frequently and review services to weeks from referral received to 2012/13 92% 89.56% ensure a person centred approach is taken and appropriate specialist drugs treatment people are seen as quickly as possible. Further that supports their recovery 2013/14 90% 83.6% development of single points of access will also help improve our performance as well as ensure people 2014/15 90% 79.1% requiring support get to the most appropriate service as quickly as possible.

Source: ISD The development of Recovery Oriented System of Value Care and service redesign will hopefully improve the number of people leaving services under a planned 2011/12 42.7% discharge. There is training for staff planned to Number of planned discharges from 2012/13 42.5% ensure recording is consistent across Services 2013/14 41.9% Aberdeenshire and in line with national guidance.

2014/15 43.4% Source: Aberdeenshire Alcohol and Drugs

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Participation in sport in the four weeks prior to the Scottish Household Survey, includes people walking for at least 30 minutes for recreational purposes.

In 2014, 13,126 Active Aberdeenshire memberships were purchased, these memberships help reduce Long the cost to individuals and families of participation in Target Value Status Trend sporting activities. Aberdeenshire Leisure Services recorded 552,913 attendances to Aberdeenshire 2011/12 77.0% 76.0% Sporting participation leisure facilities in the 2014 calendar year. In May 2015 the Aberdeenshire HIG (Health Inequalities 2012/13 77.0% 76.0% Group) held an event to explore how Physical 2013/14 77.0% 80.0% Activity (including Sporting Participation) could be more effectively promoted and supported by all Community Planning partners and in particular to identify strategies to support the inactive to become more active.

Source: Scottish Household Survey National average is 46%. NHS Grampian and its partners, particularly within the third sector, have Long Target Value Status supported an extensive programme of Health Walks Trend across Aberdeenshire. These have helped The proportion of adults making one or individuals, including those who are socially isolated 2011/12 64.0% 57.0% more visits to the outdoors every week and those living with long term conditions to enjoy 2012/13 visits to the outdoors, including local green spaces.

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Target Value Status Trend Life expectancy at birth for females in Aberdeenshire has continued to steadily improve 2009/10 82 81.7 over the last two decades. It also remains higher Life expectancy at birth – Female 2010/11 83 82.1 than for Scotland as a whole.

2011/12 83 82.1 Source: National Records of Scotland

2012/13 83 82.2

Long Target Value Status Trend Life expectancy at birth for males in Aberdeenshire 2009/10 78 77.5 has continued to steadily improve over the last two

Life expectancy at birth – Male 2010/11 79 78.9 decades. It also remains higher than for Scotland as a whole. 2011/12 79 78.9 Source: National Records of Scotland 2012/13 79 79.2

Cancer remains one of the biggest causes of death and poor health in Aberdeenshire, Grampian and Long Scotland. Prevention work focussed on improving Target Value Status Trend lifestyle factors (e.g. supporting individuals to stop Rate of early cancer deaths in smoking and improving diet) and addressing 2011/12 105 150.5 Aberdeenshire for >75s per 100,000 inequalities is reducing early death in cancer and population48 complements early detection and treatment 2012/13 105 149.9 programmes. In 2014/15 380 Keep Well checks 2013/14 105 149.9 were provided to at risk clients in Aberdeenshire.

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary The rate of alcohol-related hospital discharges in Long Aberdeenshire has fallen since 2011/12 and Target Value Status Trend remains significantly lower than the Scottish average (696.7). The Aberdeenshire Alcohol and 2010/11 380 382.6 Drugs Partnership and its partners including the Rate of alcohol-related admissions per NHS, Police and third sector undertake a rage of 100,000 population 2011/12 360 387.7 preventive and early interventions to inform and 2012/13 360 361.7 minimise the risks to individuals of excessive alcohol consumption. 2013/14 360 358.8 Source: ISD Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) remains one of the biggest causes of death and poor health in Long Aberdeenshire. Prevention focussed on improving Target Value Status Trend lifestyle (e.g. smoking, physical activity, diet) and Rate of patients hospitalised with addressing inequalities is reducing CHD and 2011/12 300 425 coronary heart disease per 100,000 complements screening diagnostic and treatment population programmes. In 2014/15 380 Keep Well checks 2012/13 400 390.1 were provided to clients in Aberdeenshire at risk of 2013/14 360 364.4 CHD.

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Analysis of hospital discharges and bed days by deprivation showed that the rates of emergency admissions and A&E attendees increases with greater deprivation. Some admissions are unavoidable but we know that many of the people who come to hospitals as emergencies could have been offered alternative support or services earlier on, which would have prevented the need for them to come to hospital, or may have involved a planned visit to hospital.

NHS Grampian and its partner’s comprehensive approach to improving health and wellbeing is articulated in the Aberdeenshire SOA. The co- Long Target Value Status ordinated provision of alternatives to hospital care, Trend over time will make the need for hospital admissions less likely. This includes work to reduce accidents and 2010/11 7,179 7,898 improve safety in the home and elsewhere; work Rate of emergency hospital admissions focussed on reducing the incidence of particular per 100,000 population 2011/12 7,504 6,047 diseases and life-threatening conditions; support for carers; and anticipatory care and integrated health and 2012/13 7,054 7,656 social care services designed to address the 2013/14 7,054 7,290 challenges of an increasingly ageing population with long-term conditions and complex needs.

The redesign of NHS primary care services and in particular further work to recruit and retain General Practitioners across Aberdeenshire will further assist in patients receiving care in a timely manner. Therefore, the use of hospital A&E and minor injury units being used in instances where a visit to a GP would be more appropriate should not be necessary. Page: 31

NHS24 and advice from Pharmacists can also help Item: 4 prevent inappropriate emergency admissions.

Source: ISD

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Aberdeenshire has a higher level of self-reported mental wellbeing compared to Scotland as a whole, Long Target Value Status as identified by the Scottish Household Survey. In Trend the Aberdeenshire Citizens’ Panel, males reported The average score of adults on the slightly higher levels of mental wellbeing (50.72) Warwick-Edinburgh mental wellbeing 2011/12 50.1 50.63 than females (50.46). This is broadly in line with scale 2012/13 results from the Scottish Health Survey. This question is asked bi-annually. 2013/14 52 51.43

Source: Aberdeenshire Citizens’ Panel

Value The Scottish Household Survey found a greater proportion of Aberdeenshire men reporting Self-assessed health (good or very 2011/12 69% good/very good health compared to Scottish men good) – Male 2012/13 as a whole (76%).

2013/14 83%

Source: Scottish Household Survey

Value The Scottish Household Survey found a slightly greater proportion of Aberdeenshire women Self-assessed good health (good or very 2011/12 74% reporting good/very good health compared to good) – Female 2012/13 Scottish women as a whole (76%).

2013/14 78%

Source: Scottish Household Survey There has been a small decrease in the estimated proportion of adults who smoke in Aberdeenshire Long Target Value Status since 2011/12. Scottish Government policies such Trend as restrictions on smoking in public places and the 2011/12 19.0% 23.5% adoption of Smoke Free Grounds within the NHS Percentage of adults who smoke have helped motivate and support adults to give up 2012/13 19.0% 23.8% smoking, as has support provided by local smoking Page: 32 cessation services. Aberdeenshire smoking Item: 4 2013/14 19.0% 23.0% cessation services are currently being reviewed. Source: Scottish Household Survey

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Priority 05: Older people will live independent, healthier lives for longer in a homely environment, in a community which respects and values them, with informal carers who receive support to continue to care Context Lead Partnership – Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership - Older Peoples Strategic Outcomes Group

Prevention Community Planning Partners promote the message that older people make a contribution to their communities and families and possess a wealth of skills and knowledge. Prevention and early intervention are key themes within the Health and Social Care Partnership’s Joint Commissioning Strategy and between 2011 and 2015 the Change fund resulted in a significant investment in prevention and anticipatory care. Whilst the project impacts may not be evident for several years, projects were chosen on their ability to significantly impact community capacity building, to provide support for older people and prevent reliance on statutory health and social care services. Projects funded during 2014/15 fell under three broad categories - the creation of Community Support Networks to reduce social isolation, provision of Screening and Signposting projects (to avoid hospital admissions or exacerbation of health conditions) and projects encouraging people to make Healthy Lifestyle choices. These include: Aberdeenshire Signposting, a Grampian Health Walking Strategy, building community links and networks in Insch, falls screening and prevention and developing early diagnostic and treatment services in GP practices. The Co-Production Steering Group provided funding for community groups and voluntary organisations for activities which support older people to remain involved and independent within their communities. Around 30 projects were funded, focussing on prevention, rehabilitation, enablement and improving choices in long term care settings, with funding continuing into the next financial year for the most successful projects (e.g. Kincardine Befriending, Men’s Sheds). During 2015/16 funding has been allocated to projects developing community capacity, carer support and self-care and management.

Resources The partnership of Aberdeenshire Council and Aberdeenshire Community Health Partnership has jointly managed and monitored a Change Fund of around £12m over the past four years, which will be replaced by the Integrated Care Fund (£3.7m for 2015/16, running until 2017/18). Around 80 projects were funded by the Change Fund and a small number of these projects will continue during 2015/16 from the new fund. Monitoring of all projects funded by the Integrated Care Fund will be the responsibility of the new Integrated Health and Social Care Partnership.

Place “Ageing Well In Aberdeenshire”, our joint commissioning strategy for older people 2013-2023, sets out how local care and health services will identify, prioritise and address the health care needs of our older population, in the context of reshaping care towards greater self-care and self-management and access to appropriate support in a rural environment. Future service re-design will have a strong locality focus where practicable and feasible and we will work closely with CPP partners to create a cohesive network in matters such as transport, healthcare, regeneration and community support networks to Page: 33

improve service access within local communities. The process around integration (as required by the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Act 2014) has Item: 4 commenced and public consultation is ongoing with further events planned in Autumn 2015 to facilitate the development of integrated services. Local reference groups for each administrative area have started to establish local integrated health and social care teams for adults – including representation from care services, the third sector and community planning - to ensure the specific needs of localities are reflected and taken into account.

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Priority for Aberdeenshire Communities will be beginning to embrace and move towards a position where they understand that they need to respect and value older people as equal members of society, utilising their skills and expertise, supporting them to stay active/ engaged Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Target Value Status Trend 2010/11 125 95 Capacity has been increased through the conversion of three sheltered housing complexes to 2011/12 150 158 very sheltered housing in Alford, Inverurie and Number of very sheltered housing units Ellon, completed during 2014/15. 2012/13 180 173 Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2013/14 180 173 2014/15 233 233

Priority for Aberdeenshire Individuals will be in receipt of more advice and support to self-manage their conditions and receive recovery orientated services. Long Target Value Status Trend 2010/11 39.5 38.8 Nationally Aberdeenshire has the lowest rate of emergency admissions for people over 65. Only Rate of people 65+ admitted as an 2011/12 39.5 41.9 Moray has done slightly better over the years, but emergency twice or more to acute Aberdeenshire has now surpassed them. specialities, per 1,000 population 2012/13 39.5 39.5 Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2013/14 39.5 38.1 Page: 34 Item: 4 2014/15 39.5 40.6

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Target Value Status Trend 2010/11 4,900 5,245 There has been an increase during 2014/15 – this is Emergency inpatient bed days rate per 2011/12 4,628 4,834 being monitored. 1000 for people over 75 2012/13 4,628 4,853 Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2013/14 4,500 4,490 2014/15 4,616 4,564

Long Target Value Status Trend This continues to be part of the GP contract. Although the number of Anticipatory Care Plans 2010/11 155 (ACPs) has increased substantially, there are issues about the quality and the level of Number of people 75+ living at home 2011/12 1,000 290 engagement with patients, families and carers since with an anticipatory care plan 2012/13 1,000 1,052 this was included in the GP contract. Work is continuing on improving the quality of all ACPs. 2013/14 1,000 2,194 Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2014/15 1,000 2,500

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Three pilots of rehab and enablement were completed in January 2014, and an evaluation report by Robert Gordons University was published in September 2014. Based on learning from the pilots an Aberdeenshire Pathway has been completed. It is proposed a 6 week rehab and enablement service will be offered to all appropriate individuals in Aberdeenshire. Service is under Long development and will be launched later in 2015. Target Value Status Proportion of older people discharged Trend The lack of data for 2013/14 is not only because the from re-ablement service to lower level 2011/12 50.0% 40.0% pilots ended before the end of the financial year, but care also because there were issues with the definition of 2012/13 70.0% 60.0% this measure in relation to the actual activity (many people referred to the pilots had no care prior to referral and were discharged with no care or a level of care lower than what they would have had without the rehab, and so would not be picked up by this measure).

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existing clients will move into SDS as they are Item: 4 2013/14 48 135 reviewed.

2014/15 53 179 Source: Aberdeenshire Council

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Long Target Value Status Trend The estimated over 75 population rose by 2.6% between 2013 and 2014, while the actual number of 2011/12 56.7 66.3 Rate of care home placements per 1000 over 75s in long-term care has fallen by 76 in population 75+ 2012/13 64.3 65.7 2014/15.

2013/14 63.8 66.3 Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2014/15 63.2 59.5

Long Target Value Status The Ambulance Service has changed the way falls Trend are recorded several times so base line of 19.5 may 2010/11 20 19.5 not be accurate and the current rate of 40.3 may not be comparable to earlier years. Rate of 65+ conveyed to Accident & 2011/12 20 25 Emergency with principal diagnosis of a It has not been possible to ascertain how many fall per 1000 2012/13 20 24.4 patients were admitted to a hospital bed or checked 2013/14 20 24.1 over in A&E and returned home

Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2014/15 20 40.3

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Priority for Aberdeenshire Individuals will continue to receive information, guidance and support on how to make better life choices and to lead healthier lives. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary This is no longer recorded as screener posts were discontinued during the year. Screener posts were Long Target Value Status temporary posts in the Care and Repair service Trend funded by the Change Fund. Their job was to Numbers of over 65s identified as at risk identify people referred to Care and Repair who of falls 2012/13 84 359 would be at risk of falling and provide advice on 2013/14 465 662 prevention. They were discontinued when the Change Fund ceased, and the identification of falls risks was mainstreamed. Priority for Aberdeenshire Informal carers will continue to be offered increasingly bespoke support to ensure that their needs are met so that they can continue to care. Long Target Value Status Trend Number reported are only for people not in receipt of Self Directed Support and who receive Number of short break weeks provided 2011/12 800 781.19 traditionally arranged services, hence a high level of for carers of people 65+ and people with 2012/13 1,000 961.84 under reporting. dementia

2013/14 1,000 1,000 Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2014/15 1,000 735

Long Target Value Status Trend New assessment and support planning systems for Self Directed Support are unable to record this Number of people 65+ using self- 2011/12 30 24 beyond 2013/14. directed support for respite

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Target Value Status Trend 2010/11 100 96.3 Number reported are only for people not in receipt of Self Directed Support and who receive Respite care (weeks) for older people 2011/12 100 96.8 traditionally arranged services, hence a high level of per 1000 of the population67 under reporting. 2012/13 100 94.6 Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2013/14 104 101 2014/15 104 15

Priority for Aberdeenshire The services for those with dementia will be reorganised to be more community based and, utilising the capacity in communities alongside professionals, able to ensure earlier diagnosis, post-diagnostic support and treatment. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Target Value Status Trend There is an element of under reporting as not all people with dementia are given that classification in Number of people with dementia 2012/13 80 74 social work recording systems. supported at home with telecare

2013/14 80 71.3 Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2014/15 114 87

Long Target Value Status Trend This is raw prevalence data per 100 patients (all ages) in GP practices. The rate for 2014/15 will not 2010/11 75% 73% Prevalence rates for diagnosis of be available until end of August 2015. No longer an dementia (QOF) 2011/12 75% 74.7% NHS HEAT target. Page: 39 Item: 4

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Long Approximate figure for 2014/15; staff who have Target Value Status Trend been trained and then left the service are not included. Further Best Practice in Dementia Care 2011/12 25% 17.8% training will be delivered depending on funding. It is Eligible home care and care home staff also planned to offer Stirling University’s Advanced trained in dementia care 2012/13 50% 39.4% Practice in Dementia Care course to senior staff in 2013/14 75% 77% 2015/16.

2014/15 75% 71% Source: Aberdeenshire Council

Priority for Aberdeenshire There will be an increase in locally provided health and care services and quality will be sustained and improved. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary These waiting times are the days waited between assessment and delivery. Improvement project Long Value working to streamline processes for assessment Trend and delivery to make the system tenure-neutral and Waiting times between request for a 2012/13 196 reduce waiting times among other aims is due to housing application, assessment of need report by October 2015. and delivery of any required adaptation 2013/14 192 Waiting time 282 at end of Dec 2014 – Figure for Q4 awaited. 2014/15 282

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary The increase in days lost is indicative of the problems associated with recruitment and retention of home care staff as well as the increase in complexity of social circumstances of patients. The Long availability of suitable care home places is Target Value Status Trend constrained also by the need to manage budgets, closures of care homes and temporary embargoes 2010/11 15,000 19,702 on admissions to care homes with low gradings from the Care Inspectorate. Number of bed days lost to delayed 2011/12 15,000 19,854 discharge One care home in Turriff closed during 2014/15 and 2012/13 15,000 15,156 another is to close in September 2015 which will 2013/14 15,000 26,003 have removed about 90 beds out of the system. Embargoes on admissions imposed by the Care 2014/15 12,500 30,329 Commission, on private care homes, are because of

quality issues and reduced capacity to provide safe care for very frail people.

Source: Aberdeenshire Council These figures are for Local Authority only and updated data is not available.

Long Value This measure is normally provided from the A measure of the balance of care split Trend Integrated Resource Framework, it has been between spend on institutional and 2011/12 55% difficult to obtain the information for Aberdeenshire community based care – Residential from the website. We would expect the shift in the 2012/13 45% balance of care to continue in a positive direction.

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary These figures are for Local Authority only and updated data is not available.

Long Value This measure is normally provided from the A measure of the balance of care split Trend Integrated Resource Framework, it has been between spend on institutional and 2011/12 45% difficult to obtain the information for Aberdeenshire community based care - Non-residential from the website. We would expect the shift in the 2012/13 55% balance of care to continue in a positive direction.

Source: Integrated Resource Framework 2013/14 data expected late 2015. Long Target Value Status Trend Aberdeenshire consistently achieves the highest Percentage of time in the last six months 2010/11 95% 94.7% percentage of all Community Health Partnerships of life spent at home or in a community on this measure, reflecting a focus on providing setting 2011/12 95% 95.9% care in the community.

2012/13 95% 94.7% Source: Aberdeenshire Council Long Target Value Status Trend Although the estimated 65+ population has risen by 2010/11 97.5% 97.1% 3.2% between 2013 and 2014, care home Percentage of people aged 65+ who live placements for 65+ appear to have reduced slightly 2011/12 97.5% 97.2% in housing, rather than a care home or a over the same period. This is evidence for an hospital setting achievement of a shift in the balance of care. 2012/13 97.5% 97.2%

2013/14 97.5% 96.9% Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2014/15 97.5% 97.2%

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Target Value Status Trend 2010/11 20% 18.7% This increasing percentage demonstrates that we are supporting more people with complex needs at Proportion of home care clients over 65 2011/12 20% 20.9% home and achieving a gradual shift in the balance of receiving 10hrs+ of home care per week care. 2012/13 25% 23.7% Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2013/14 30% 28.5% 2014/15 30% 30.1%

Long Target Value Status Trend Unable to report on provision of evening/overnight 2010/11 41.3% care due to the introduction of a new rostering and Proportion of home care clients over 65 recording system for home care staff. receiving evening / overnight care 2011/12 45% 58.3%

2012/13 62% 61.8% Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2013/14 65% 63.8%

Long Target Value Status Trend 2010/11 73% On target. Consistent with the increase in the proportion of people 65+ living at home means we Proportion of home care clients over 65 2011/12 80% 78.2% are successfully shifting the balance of care. receiving weekend care 2012/13 80% 79.4% Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2013/14 83% 80.5% Page: 43 Item: 4 2014/15 83% 81.5%

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Target Value Status Trend 2010/11 70 Increased target reflects increasing population, while the long trend evidences a gradual shift in the Number of people aged 75+ with a 2011/12 150 125 balance of care. telecare package 2012/13 200 191 Source: Aberdeenshire Council 2013/14 250 177 2014/15 278 254

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Priority 06: Aberdeenshire is the safest place in Scotland Context Lead Partnership – Aberdeenshire Community Safety Partnership

Prevention Actions The Community Safety Partnership (CSP) continues to embrace early intervention techniques across all priority areas and drives this forward through the newly formed Violence & Anti-Social Behaviour Tasking & Coordinating Group and the Tactical Assessment which identifies (through analysis of the evidence) our top 10 offenders and top 10 pre-offenders i.e. those on the cusp of offending. A large number of initiatives continue to run in conjunction with partners such as Police, Fire and Education. Examples of specific initiatives include: Conflict Resolution in Schools, Street Sports and Global Rock Challenge. The CSP continues with the effective weekly meetings, bringing together Police, Fire and Council colleagues, with a specific focus on anti-social behaviour related to housing (council and privately-owned). These meetings help to embed the early intervention and prevention approach and this process will be widened out to include all aspects of anti-social behaviour and then other priority areas. A newly formed multi-agency theme group Unintentional Injury is being developed with a focus on early intervention and prevention in regards to Home, Water and Fire Safety. Our pilot initiative working with Banardo’s and Youth Services continues with a view to rolling this out to other areas of Aberdeenshire.

Resources The CSP has a dedicated budget for staffing and funded initiatives and continues to work with partners to ensure monies achieve the best outcome for communities. Work continues towards the pooling of joint resources, through the development of the 2015/16 Action Plan. The CSP recently agreed to jointly fund a Health Analyst with Aberdeenshire Alcohol and Drugs Partnership and agreed that the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service will contribute to Community Safety Wardens in Fraserburgh once these posts are in place.

Place The CSP produced six area-based strategic assessments (to fall in-line with council areas) which examined all the evidence for Community Safety issues and established local priorities. These fed into Local Community Plans and Action Plans, as well as be an influence towards our Community Safety Groups ensuring that partners at all levels are focussing their attention and resources on the same priorities, albeit from different perspectives. These six strategic assessments will be place-based, followed by a focus on thematic areas taking cognisance of both victim(s) and offender(s) and will reflect the needs of our communities. These priorities will be used to produce an Aberdeenshire-wide strategic assessment for Community Safety, which will also focus on Reducing Reoffending.

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Priority for Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire communities experience fewer instances of anti-social behaviour and residents experience the best quality of life, particularly in relation to vandalism and perceptions of safety. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Target Value Status Trend No associated target for this indicator. There has been an overall downward trend over the past five years. Number of deliberate fires per 100,000 2012/13 n/a 72 population 2013/14 n/a 76 Source: Scottish Fire & Rescue Service based on population figure of 247,600 (Source for population estimate General Register Office for Scotland). 2014/15 n/a 70

The multi-agency operations continue to positively affect this indicator. Under the auspices of the dedicated Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) steering group, we remain committed to performance measurement and the analysis of hotspot areas, temporal factors and offending patterns, amongst others. A number of Long Target Value Status initiatives have been undertaken over recent months Trend aimed at reducing antisocial behaviour generally, 2010/11 2,651 1,950 including vandalism. Activities included, but were not limited to, a Barnardo’s ASB Pre-Referral Pilot Project, 2011/12 2,353 1,893 the purpose of which is to enable partners to identify Number of recorded vandalism offences and thereafter support those children & young people 2012/13 2,217 1,597 who are experiencing issues that negatively impact on their wellbeing and life chances. The role of the 2013/14 2,214 1,535 Property Security Co-ordinator (created in 2006-07 and made permanent in 2010) is also an important 2014/15 2076 1,292 factor in the reduction of vandalism over the years, allowing for swift responses where the physical Page: 46

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary This indicator is used as a proxy to gauge the public's sense of safety in a particular environment, namely in their local neighbourhood after dark. This may be extrapolated to indicate a general sense of Target Value Status wellbeing. Percentage of adult residents stating 2012/13 90% 93% they feel 'very safe' or 'fairly safe' when Given that general crime is currently at its lowest walking alone in the local neighbourhood level in at least 10 years, we could hope to again 2013/14 90% 92% after dark better the 90% target this year. 2014/15 91% 91% Note: the target figure increases by 1% every two years, reaching 95% by 2023.

Source: Scottish Crime and Justice Survey Again, this indicator is used as a proxy to gauge the public's sense of safety within a home environment. This can be extrapolated to indicate a general sense of wellbeing. Target Value Status

Percentage of adult residents stating 2012/13 90% 97% We exceeded the target on the plus-side by a they feel 'very safe' or 'fairly safe' when considerable margin last year and there is little to walking alone in the local neighbourhood 2013/14 90% 95% suggest we will not meet the 91% target next year. alone at night.

2014/15 91% 96% Note: the target figure increases by 1% every two years, reaching 95% by 2023.

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Priority for Aberdeenshire Fewer Aberdeenshire residents are injured or killed as a result of preventable accidents, particularly in relation to road collisions, accidental dwelling fires and deliberate and non-deliberate fires. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Please note that the SOA reporting periods do not Value Trend align with the Scottish Government’s Road Safety Framework to 2020 (which is based on calendar 2010/11 22 year reporting periods). As such there are no associated targets for these indicators. Number of persons killed in road 2011/12 11 collisions The three Local Authority areas in Grampian are 2012/13 15 currently compiling a cross-border strategic plan 2013/14 21 with regards to Road Safety in the region.

2014/15 28 It should be noted that a significant proportion of those deemed to have sustained a serious injury were not, in fact, seriously harmed - a 'serious Long injury' is recorded even if the individual was Value Trend detained in hospital overnight for observation purposes. It is thought that upwards of one third of 2010/11 199 the serious injuries recorded over recent years are recorded as such purely on the back of an overnight Number of people seriously injured in 2011/12 211 hospital stay. That said, it is pleasing to note that road collisions 2012/13 187 the trend over recent years is downwards. The partnership continues to focus a large proportion of 2013/14 180 resources on this particular issue and support initiatives such as Operation Zenith, Safe Drive Stay 2014/15 175 Alive, and other similarly focused activities.

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Please note that the SOA reporting periods do not align with the Scottish Government’s Road Safety Long Value Framework to 2020 (which is based on calendar Trend year reporting periods). As such there are no 2010/11 547 associated targets.

Number of people slightly injured in road 2011/12 444 Again, it is pleasing to note the downwards trend collisions over recent years, which suggests the collective 2012/13 476 efforts of all the agencies concerned is bearing fruit. 2013/14 386 However, much is still required to be done in order to meet the Scottish Government targets over the next few years. 2014/15 381

Source: Community Safety Partnership Value Please note that the SOA reporting periods do not 2010/11 0 align with the Scottish Government’s Road Safety Framework to 2020 (which is based on calendar Number of children aged under 16 killed 2011/12 0 year reporting periods). As such, there are no in road collisions 2012/13 2 associated targets. 2013/14 1 Source: Community Safety Partnership 2014/15 2

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Please note that the SOA reporting periods do not align with the Scottish Government’s Road Safety Framework to 2020 (which is based on calendar year reporting periods). As such there are no Value associated targets. 2010/11 6 We are aware from data analysis that a large Number of children aged under 16 2011/12 20 proportion of road-related injuries involving children seriously injured in road collisions 2012/13 7 tend to occur relatively close to the child's home. We therefore took into account the ways in which 2013/14 19 children travel to school during our most recent 2014/15 8 strategic review and will consider ways of ensuring children negotiate our road and paving network safely.

Source: Community Safety Partnership Targets derived from a 10% reduction on the Long previous 3 year average. Target Value Status Trend In order to further improve performance in this area 2010/11 n/a 78 SFRS are currently working with partners to enhance referral systems and processes to target Number of accidental dwelling fires per 2011/12 n/a 80 "High risk households/vulnerable persons". 100,000 population

2012/13 59.2 66 SFRS continue to offer Home Fire Safety Visits. 2013/14 62.9 70 Source: SFRS based on population figure of 2014/15 68.3 76 247,600 (Source for population estimates: General

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Long Child Protection Partnership Register has now Percentage of children on the North East Target Value Status Trend replaced NE of Scotland Child Protection Register. of Scotland Child Protection Committee Latest figure is for last quarter of 2014/15 and is not register for Aberdeenshire who are 2010/11 41.0% comparable to the figures from previous years. recorded as being affected by parental 2011/12 40.0% 22.0% substance misuse – Alcohol 2014/15 8% Source: Child Protection Partnership Register

Number Long Child Protection Partnership Register has now Percentage of children on the North East Target Value on Trend replaced NE of Scotland Child Protection Register. of Scotland Child Protection Committee register. Latest figure is for last quarter of 2014/15 and is not register for Aberdeenshire who are 2010/11 38.0% comparable to the figures from previous years. recorded as being affected by parental substance misuse – Drugs 2011/12 37.0% 24.5% Source: Child Protection Partnership Register 2014/15 34.0%

Long Target Value Status Trend Proportion of residents who worry quite 2011/12 13.0% 12.0% often or all of the time about certain anti- social behaviour – Drunkenness 2012/13 11.0% 8.0% Significant reduction experienced between the 2013/14 6.% 7.0% available reporting years. Long Target Value Status Trend Source: Scottish Household Survey Proportion of residents who worry quite 2011/12 8.0% 14.0% often or all of the time about certain anti- social behaviour - Underage Drinking94 2012/13 13.0% 10.0% Page: 51 2013/14 8.0% 7.0% Item: 4

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Long Target Value Status Trend Proportion of residents who worry quite Currently unclear if this measure has changed in the 2010/11 14.0% often or all of the time about certain anti- Scottish Household Survey, Partnership is social behaviour - Drug Taking95 investigating. 2011/12 13.0% 12.0% 2012/13 11.0% 8.0%

Priority for Aberdeenshire Reoffending is reduced in Aberdeenshire Fewer under-21s are reconvicted within one year Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Youth reconviction rates have fluctuated over the Long Target Value Status past three reporting periods. The most recent figure Trend does show an increase on the previous year but One-year reconviction frequency rate for 2009/10 35 39.2 remains lower than the 2009/10 rate. More recent under-21s figures not yet available for this age bracket. 2010/11 35 35.5 Source: Aberdeenshire Community Safety 2011/12 33 37.7 Partnership Long Target Value Status A long term positive trend has been observed in the Trend previous three reporting periods. Target was 2010/11 56% 31.6% achieved for 2011/12. One-year reconviction frequency rate

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary 2010/11 - 2014/15 data based on 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014 mid-year population estimates respectively (National Records of Scotland).

Aware that Serious Assaults were on the rise over the course of 2014/15, a number of initiatives were put in place by the Community Safety Partnership. These included targeting of high risk offenders, Long Target Value Status robust inspections of problematic licensed premises Trend (alongside Licensing Standards Officers), Domestic 2010/11 3.4 3.0 Abuse Days of Action, and Immigration Enforcement operations, to name but a few. Rate of serious assaults per 100,000 2011/12 3.3 2.5 population As a result, recorded Serious Assaults are lower 2012/13 2.9 2.0 this year (2015/16) relative to the same period last 2013/14 2.9 1.7 year, and lower than the long-term average. The targets from 2013/14 onwards are based on a 2014/15 2.6 2.9 percentage reduction on the 2007/08 - 11/12 average. We are looking to reduce the base value by 40% by 2023. This is similar to the Scottish Government's targets for those killed in road traffic accidents. Prior to 2013/14 the targets were derived from rolling three-year averages.

Source: Aberdeenshire Community Safety Partnership

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07 Successful, inclusive, resilient communities with the confidence, capability and capacity to tackle the things that matter to them Context Lead Partnership – To be confirmed, reporting coordinated by the Central Community Planning Team

Prevention A focus on prevention is inherent within all partnership actions, with partners working to reduce inequality through targeting of the underlying causes of inter- generational deprivation and low aspiration. Action within Community Learning and Development (CLD) is focussed on building capacity, to reduce future demand on services through; building an in-depth understanding of needs, strengths and aspirations of communities, identifying and removing barriers to participation in planning and service design and the new Aberdeenshire Community Learning and Development Plan (due September 2015) will reflect this. Partners are working to pre-empt the impacts of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill, working with communities to build capacity and identify gaps in resources/understanding. ‘Supporting Our Communities’ events provide training for Community Councils to build their capacity and strengthen their role, for example training on the process around the Local Development Plan and Community Asset Transfers.

Resources Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action, who are the Third Sector Interface for Aberdeenshire, and the Rural Area Partnerships are full members of the CPP and have the opportunity to contribute knowledge and expertise at all levels of the partnership. The ADP supports 3 Community forums with the aim of helping marginalised communities get involved in making things better in their community through the use of a £60k participatory budgeting fund. Community participation levels have steadily increased such as the growth of peer led support groups.

Aberdeenshire Council’s budget is split between Four Core Outcomes, linked to the SOA priorities. The Outcomes focus on developing and supporting communities and individuals to be successful and resilient. The budget is allocated as follows; Lifelong Learning (46%), Strong and Sustainable Communities (11%), Caring for Communities (31%) and Public Service Excellence (12%).

Place A focus on place underpins partner’s management structures and the wider Community Planning Structure. Within the Council, Area Managers provide dedicated focus and governance over the needs and interests of communities within the six administrative areas. Local Community Planning Groups comprise of membership from Aberdeenshire Council (Community Learning Development, Area Project Officers, Community Planning Officers, Area Managers), NHS Grampian (Area Managers), Public Health Co-Ordinators, Rural Area Partnerships, Elected Members, Community Councils, Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action and other relevant bodies, working together to identify and tackle the most important local issues. Local Strategic Assessments for each of the areas, and feedback from community engagement, will be used to inform the new Local Community Plans 2016 – 2019, due in April 2016. Partners from Page: 54 a wide range of organisations have worked with communities to develop and deliver a number of Community Action Plans in a number of settlements across Item: 4 Aberdeenshire – to assist communities in identifying and addressing their own needs at a very localised level. Seventeen Local Learning Community Partnerships, with a broad and diverse membership base, will be formed to understand and deliver local learning needs through their Local Learning

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Community Plan and to ensure local learners have the opportunity to shape the design and delivery of services in their area. The Fraserburgh Pathfinder pilot originally focussed on “positive transitions” for 14-25 year olds and is now broadening out to look at adults with Additional Support Needs. However, each Local Learning Community Plan will be reflective of local needs.

Priority for Aberdeenshire Communities are better able to identify and meet their needs on their own or in partnership. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Target Value Status Trend Data not collected in 2014/15 due to changes in Number of Community Action Projects in Council Directorate structure. Data due to be Aberdeenshire 2012/13 18 18 collected in 2015/16 as part of Council’s Communities Directorate Service Plan monitoring. 2013/14 30 70

This data is collected from Citizens’ Panel members. There is clearly little change over time, Long Target Value Status however the figures are increasing in a positive Trend direction more recently.

Percentage of people participating in a 2010/11 14.0% 15.0% Planning issues and general community issues consultation or engagement exercise in 2011/12 16.0% 14.0% were the two most common themes for the the past 12 months consultation / engagement participation. Feedback 2012/13 15.0% 12.0% on the quality of the consultation / engagement shows a slight reduction in satisfaction. 2013/14 14.0% 13.0%

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Priority for Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partner Services are responsive to local people's needs. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Long Target Value Status Trend There is little change over time, however the figures Percentage of people who feel they have 2010/11 39.0% 46.0% are increasing in a positive direction more recently. enough opportunity to influence decision- 2011/12 47.0% 46.0% making in their communities101 Source: Aberdeenshire Citizens’ Panel 2012/13 47.0% 45.0% 2013/14 47.0% 47.0%

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Long Target Value Status The Aberdeenshire Citizens’ Panel gauges public Trend satisfaction with the four main service organisations Percentage of residents agreeing or on an annual basis. 2014/15 figures show an 2011/12 60.0% 56.0% agreeing strongly that they are satisfied increase in satisfaction ratings across all four with Aberdeenshire Council as a provider 2012/13 60.0% 67.0% organisations. This reverses the decline in of local services satisfaction shown the previous year. 2013/14 65.0% 58.0% Pressures on service delivery vary and 2014/15 67.0% 68.0% each organisation faces unique challenges. Some partners have undergone, or are in transition stages of reform i.e. the launch of national police and fire & 2011/12 76.0% 78.0% rescue services and the integration of health and Percentage of residents agreeing or social care. However, despite the different service agreeing strongly that they are satisfied 2012/13 78.0% 72.0% remits of each organisation, all continue to operate with the Fire and Rescue Service as a 2013/14 75.0% 67.0% in the face of increasing demand alongside reducing provider of local services103 budgets. Page: 56 2014/15 78.0% 75% Item: 4

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All of the agencies continually strive to improve 2011/12 70.0% 73.0% service Percentage of residents agreeing or delivery, seeking more detailed feedback from strongly agreeing that they are satisfied 2012/13 73.0% 72.0% service with the Police Force as a provider of 2013/14 75.0% 58.0% users for self-assessment. For example, 104 local services Aberdeenshire 2014/15 73.0% 63.0% Council runs a monthly Reputation Tracker, Police Scotland conduct a Customer Satisfaction Survey, the Health and Social Care Partnership runs the Health and Care Experience Survey, NHS Grampian has a complaints and feedback service, 2011/12 73.0% 74.0% Percentage of residents agreeing or and the Scottish Fire strongly agreeing that they are satisfied 2012/13 74.0% 71.0% and Rescue Service have an ongoing cultural with NHS Grampian as a provider of 2013/14 74.0% 65.0% survey local services105 that includes customer service and public 2014/15 74.0% 68.0% satisfaction.

Source: Aberdeenshire Citizens’ Panel Priority for Aberdeenshire Strong local community through the contribution of volunteers. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary The most recent estimates of adult volunteering shows a slight decrease in this proportion, for the Long Target Value Status second year running. As this data is released Trend infrequently at an Aberdeenshire level, it is difficult 2010/11 35.0% to assess the short and longer term trends. AVA Percentage of adults giving up time to have hit their targets for raising awareness of volunteer in the past 12 months 2011/12 35.0% 31.0% volunteering and volunteering opportunities for 2014/5, significantly exceeded their targets for 2012/13 35.0% 31.0% opportunities offered for 2014/15 and in providing Page: 57 support to volunteers. Item: 4 2013/14 35.0% 27.0%

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Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary Figures have increased consistently and substantially year on year, reflecting the delivery of more local training to staff supporting people on accreditation. There has also been an increase in Long Target Value Status central support to these staff to undertake this role. Trend Universities, Colleges and employers are also focussing on extra-curricular activities, contributing Number of young people achieving youth 2010/11 196 257 to the increasing numbers receiving youth accreditation (through a variety of award 2011/12 258 288 accreditation. schemes)

2012/13 289 570 During 2014/15 AVA significantly exceeded their targets for engaging young people in volunteering 2013/14 600 620 through the Saltire Awards and YAVA, with 751 young people registered and 250 YAVAs issued.

Source: Aberdeenshire Council Priority for Aberdeenshire Third sector organisations are well managed, connected and better able to influence and deliver quality services. Local Indicator Report Date Ranges Commentary The results received from the Community Council Survey so far are also largely positive. High levels of satisfaction can be observed in the support Long received from both area management teams and Target Value Status Trend from councillors. Satisfaction with the community planning process is also generally high. Satisfaction of Community Groups and 2011/12 90% 80%

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relevant and more understandable. The council will continue to provide training to community groups on a range of matters through ward forums. Corporately, work is ongoing to review training requirements and delivery methods. The service will also continue to engage with groups in relation to community planning.

It is worth noting that the initial survey, while largely positive, elicited a small number of responses and efforts are being made to obtain further responses. The questionnaire will be biannual from 2014 – no new data

Additional data is expected for 2014/15, following the publication of the revised Third Sector Interface work plan in June 2015, which includes additional key performance indicatorss on governance, management and influence of third sector organisations.

Source: Aberdeenshire Council

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Excluded indicators with no known data source:

 Child poverty in targeted areas  Proportion of the population in the most deprived datazones in Aberdeenshire (in 15% most deprived in Scotland) who are “employment deprived”  Proportion of the population who are “employment deprived!” in Scotland’s 15% most deprived datazones.  Estimated percentage of dependent drinkers  Number of planned discharges from the Recovery Orientated System of Care free from problematic alcohol or other drug use  Physical activity  Life expectancy at birth for males gap between Fraserburgh and Alford  Rate of early cancer deaths in Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Huntly per 100,000 population  Rate of alcohol-related discharges per 100,000 population in Fraserburgh/Peterhead  Rate of coronary heart disease per 100,000 population in Fraserburgh and Peterhead  Mortality rates per 100,000 populated aged under 75  Number of volunteering opportunities Page: 60 Item: 4

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ABERDEENSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING BOARD – 23 SEPTEMBER 2015

COMMUNICATIONS PLAN: SOA ANNUAL REPORT 2014-15

1 Recommendation

The Board is recommended to:

1.1 Discuss and agree the key messages and specific performance indicators that should be publicised by community planning partners following approval of the SOA Annual Report 2014-15

2 Background

2.1 The Draft SOA Annual Report 2014-15 has been circulated to lead partnerships for review and comment. In 2014 the Executive agreed that a communications plan should be drafted, recommending the key messages from the Annual Report that should be publicised.

2.2 As stated in Item 2 on the agenda, “…good progress is being made towards the agreed outcomes for Aberdeenshire. Of 101 that have both data and set targets, 69.4% are meeting or exceeding targets”.

2.3 A list of performance indicators from the annual report are listed below which highlight the most positive or most negative performance. Those in bold are the indicators which may be of most interest to the general public:

Positive Performance  Proportion of newborn children exclusively breastfed at 6-8 weeks - now on target  Percentage of school leavers going into a positive destination – continually increasing  Percentage of households with home internet access – on track for target of 90% by 2017  Deaths per 100,000 from alcohol-related disease – yearly downward trend continuing  Percentage of time in the last six months of life spent at home or in a community setting – highest of all Community Health Partnerships  Number of recorded vandalism offences – lowest figure in last five years as part of ongoing downward trend  Satisfaction with the four main public services has improved after a significant decrease in 2013/14

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Negative Performance  Estimated proportion of children with a healthy weight in Primary 1 – percentage decreasing year on year  Number of affordable homes – consistently not meeting target for this indicator  Rate of early cancer deaths for <75s per 100,000 – limited progress has been made on this indicator  Number of bed days lost to delayed discharge – substantial increase in this indicator, target has only been met once in the last five years  Rate of serious assaults per 100,000 – substantial increase on previous year

2.4 The Board are asked to agree which performance indicators they would like to be promoted by community planning partners following approval of the SOA Annual Report 2014-15.

2.5 The press release that will be drafted following the Board meeting, will be seen by all community planning partners in advance. Key Board members may be asked to provide a quote for the press release.

3 Equalities, Financial and Staffing Implications

3.1 An Equalities Impact Assessment was completed at time of publication of the Single Outcome Agreement. There were no negative implications for people with protected characteristics.

3.2 The communications staff or relevant contacts for all community planning partners will need to liaise to ensure that consistent messages are promoted as agreed by the Board. This will be coordinated by the Council’s community planning team.

3.3 There are no financial implications at this time.

Report prepared by Francesca Ainsworth, Community Planning Partnership Analyst and Sophie Humphries, Strategic Development Officer 7 September 2015

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ABERDEENSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING BOARD – 23 SEPTEMBER 2015

PROGRAMME OF SUPPORT AND CHALLENGE FOR PARTNERSHIP PRIORITIES 2015/16

1 Recommendations:

The Board is asked to:

1.1 Agree the draft programme of support and challenge of the priorities set out in the Single Outcome Agreement.

1.2 Comment on the current format (in the appendix) that is used to encourage a culture of “support and challenge”, to facilitate the opportunity for local issues to be raised and addressed, and to meet expectations in terms of performance management, prevention and resource shift.

2 Background

2.1 During the past year the Community Planning Board has dedicated time on its agenda to scrutinise the priorities set out in the Single Outcome Agreement using the agreed template. This helps to ensure that the Community Planning Partnership are satisfied that we are collectively doing as much as we can to improve outcomes, plan preventatively and join up resources.

2.2 The Board are asked to comment on the existing template in the appendix, as to whether it provides appropriate information from the SOA Lead Partnerships.

2.3 It is proposed that we continue to scrutinise each priority on an annual cycle. The relevant lead partnership will be asked to complete the template, facilitating input from wider partners and attend the Community Planning Partnership to discuss it. All partners around the Board table would continue to be expected to show how they can support and challenge the priority area.

2.4 This approach will shape the partnership’s agendas over the next six months. The Single Outcome Agreement will be reviewed over the coming months with a revised SOA to be approved at the CP Board meeting March 2016.

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2.5 The following cycle of scrutiny is proposed for 2015/16:

Priority Lead Partnership(s) Meeting Date Board Economic Recovery ACSEF 25 November & Growth Safer Community Safety 25 November Partnership Northern Community Justice Authority Transport NESTRANS 25 November Employment Tackling Poverty and March 2016 Inequalities Strategy Group Health Inequalities Health Inequalities Group March 2016 & Physical Activity Early Years Getting It Right For Every March 2016 Child (partnership) Older People tbc Older People’s Strategic June 2016 Outcomes Group Alcohol & Drugs Alcohol and Drugs June 2016 tbc Partnership Stronger Partnership under September 2016 Communities tbc development / Local CP Groups All Annual Report September 2016

2.6 Every year an annual report is prepared that captures performance data across a range of indicators within the Single Outcome Agreement. This remains an important part of our scrutiny and accountability arrangements. In addition, an easy-read summary has previously been and will continue to be prepared for public circulation.

3 Implications for Local Community Planning Groups and Consultation with Local Community Planning Groups

3.1 If “Stronger Communities” continues to be a priority within the revised SOA after March 2016, Local CP Groups would be given the opportunity to contribute to the information in the priority template to the Board. This would also coincide with Local CP Groups annual reporting to the Board on their Local Community Plans.

3.2 Local CP Groups are now consulted on draft reports to the Executive and Board as far as timescales allow. This is to improve the connection between the Board/Executive groups and to allow valuable local input.

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4 Equalities, Staffing and Resource Implications

4.1 It should be recognised that this approach has increased the reporting activity carried out by lead partnerships, but seems to have worked well. It is regarded as essential that lead partnerships are able to evidence how they are taking forward what the Scottish Government is now demanding of local partnerships.

4.2 Joint resourcing is a key part of the CPP’s Improvement Plan and forms part of the scrutiny arrangements.

4.3 An Equalities Impact Assessment was completed at time of publication of the Single Outcome Agreement. There were no negative implications for people with protected characteristics. An EIA will be completed again for the revised SOA.

Erin Wood, Strategic Development Officer (Community Planning) July 2015

Appendix

SOA PRIORITY:

LEAD PARTNERSHIP:

PREVENTION – How is the partnership shifting towards preventative planning? Are resources being shifted?

RESOURCES – To what extent is the partnership and its members jointly resourcing the shared outcomes?

PLACE – To what extent is the partnership focussing on place? This will include reference to any issues raised by Local Community Planning Groups

PERFORMANCE – How is the partnership performing in delivering the outcomes set out in the Single Outcome Agreement?

PERFORMANCE – How is the partnership performing in delivering the action plan set out in the Single Outcome Agreement?

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ABERDEENSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING BOARD – 23 SEPTEMBER 2015

ABERDEENSHIRE CITIZENS’ PANEL – ANNUAL CONSULTATION PLAN

1 Recommendation

1.1 To agree the approach suggested at 2.8 – partners will provide comment on the options report to be circulated electronically during early October 2015.

2 Background / Discussion

2.1 The Aberdeenshire Single Outcome Agreement 2013-23 identifies that the Aberdeenshire Citizens’ Panel ‘is used across the partnership and makes a considerable contribution to both priority setting and the performance management of the Single Outcome Agreement and supporting partnership strategies.’

2.2 The Aberdeenshire Citizens’ Panel currently undertakes four surveys per year, with topics being determined annually in advance.

2.3 Consultation with partnership stakeholders was carried out during Summer 2015, who submitted a significant number of potential topics for inclusion in the 2015/16 programme. The topics were nominated by: Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce; Aberdeenshire Community Safety Partnership; Aberdeenshire Council; Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership; Police Scotland; Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

2.4 Appendix 1 outlines the draft Annual Consultation Plan which has been prepared and contains the various nominated topics.

2.5 There may be some capacity for additional topics to be included during the year, as recent experience has shown that survey content and scheduling can be subject to late changes. In cases where changes are sought, priority will always be given to topics with SOA linkages.

2.6 The contract for the panel expires in March 2016, with the process for tendering commencing in November 2015. The total value of the four year contract for the Panel is restricted to £120,000. Due to uncertainties around future financial contributions from partners, the contract will make specific reference to the fact that future panel activity, beyond year one, will be dependent upon future funding and budget availability.

2.7 At the August 2015 meeting, the Executive approved the 43rd and 44th surveys (i.e. November 2015 and February 2016), however, partners have requested that an options report is circulated in advance of the October 2015 Executive meeting, which provides details of alternative engagement methods and costs. Concerns were raised at the Executive about the demographic representation of panel members and their suitability to answer questions on certain topics.

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2.8 A challenge was made to Local Community Planning Groups to provide detailed information on how they engage with communities, on an on-going basis and during the Local Community Plan revision process. It is recommended that the Board agrees to review and vote on an options report, to be circulated electronically, during early October 2015. Should no clear decision be reached electronically, the final decision will be made at the October 2015 Executive meeting.

3 Equalities, Staffing and Financial implications

3.1 There are no equalities, staffing or financial related implications as a direct result of this report. Details of any equalities or financial implications will be circulated with the options report.

Report by Ian Wallace, Community Planning Support Officer and Sophie Humphries, Strategic Development Officer (Community Planning)

10 September 2015

APPENDIX 1 - ANNUAL CONSULTATION PLAN 2015 / 2016

SURVEY PROGRAMME AND TOPICS 2015 2016 (see notes below) Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct 43rd Survey - November 2015  Health and Social Care (AHSCP)  Policing Priorities (PS) ●  Registrar Services (AC)  Gender Based Abuse (ACSP) 44th Survey - February 2016  Community Engagement (ACPP)  Digital Services / My Account (AC) ●  Scottish Fire and Rescue Priorities (SFRS)  Public Performance Reporting (AC)  Satisfaction with Public Services (ACPP) 45st Survey - May 2016  Adult Protection (AC)  Equalities (AC) ●  Housing; Childcare and Transport (AGCC)  Trading Standards (AC)  Unintended Injury (ACSP) 46th Survey - August 2016  Attitudes to Breastfeeding (AHSCP)  Employment opportunities for young people (SE) ●  Family History Research (AC)  Waste Services (AC)

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ABERDEENSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING BOARD – 23 SEPTEMBER 2015

OLDER PEOPLE’S CHARTER ANNUAL REPORT

1 Recommendations

The Board is recommended to:

1.1 Note the publication of the first Older People’s Charter Annual Report. 1.2 Endorse ongoing monitoring as detailed at paragraph 2.5

2 Background

2.1 In March 2014, the Community Planning Board agreed an Older People’s Charter for Aberdeenshire. This can be viewed on the Our Aberdeenshire website (March ‘14 papers, item 3, appendix 1). The Board agreed to monitor the Charter on an annual basis to assess whether the aspirations contained in the charter are being met by partners.

2.2 The Charter was initially developed by older people’s forums and with other older people involved in an event in 2011. The Mearns and Coastal Healthy Living Network has been involved with capacity building work with older people since 2011. The main way of engaging with older people has been the setting up or working with existing older people’s forums throughout Aberdeenshire.

2.3 The purpose of the Charter is to express the aspirations of older people on a variety of issues that concern them. The Charter is owned by older people and their communities as well as the public / third sector organisations who have signed up to it. It's not something which is directly to be implemented but proposes a set of standards by which older people's services / activities can be assessed. The Charter broadly reflects at a local level the national standards that exist for health and care services.

2.4 The Charter contributes to two of the outcomes in the 2013-23 Single Outcome Agreement:

• Older people will live independent, healthier lives for longer in a homely environment, in a community which respects and values them, with informal carers who receive support to continue to care • Successful, inclusive, resilient communities with the confidence, capability and capacity to tackle the things that matter to them

2.5 At their June 2015 meeting, the Board agreed a suggested to approach to monitoring of the Charter, as follows:

1. Feedback from older people’s forums and other groups about their views on progress towards aspirations in the Charter. Views will be Item: 10 Page: 2

gathered from all ten Your Voice forums in Aberdeenshire. The Charter will also be discussed at the Age Scotland network event in June.

2. Details of actions that the older people’s forums are taking in relation to the aspirations in the Charter

3. Feedback from other stakeholders on the Charter and progress towards its aspirations. The Charter will be taken to the Older People’s Strategic Outcomes Group (OPSOG) for feedback.

4. Details of how the Charter relates to progress regarding other action plans, in particular the Older People’s Action Plan

2.6 The Annual Report is attached in the appendix. The content of the report can be taken into account when developing the next Single Outcome Agreement, and can also be considered by Local Community Planning Groups.

3 Implications for Local Community Planning Groups and Consultation with Local Community Planning Groups

3.1 Feedback contained within the Annual Report may require to be considered by Local Community Planning Groups. Local CP groups were consulted during the development of the Charter.

4 Equalities, Financial and Staffing Implications

4.1 This report does not require an equalities impact assessment because its recommendations do not have a differential impact on people with protected characteristics.

Erin Wood, Strategic Development Officer, Council and Ed Garrett, Project Officer, Mearns and Coastal Healthy Living Network

September 2015

Aberdeenshire Older People’s Charter

Annual monitoring report

The charter was taken to the Your Voice older people’s forums for comment and feedback. It was also discussed at an Age Scotland Aberdeenshire network event in June. The following is a summary of this feedback, looking particularly at what’s working well and what needs improvement. Where appropriate links have also been made to the broader strategic context, including the Older People’s Action Plan 2015.

Charter What’s working well What could be improved Links to broader strategies/context theme Having a There is a real sense from the Some people thought that older 1.13 in OP Action Plan voice forums that they have made a people were still not listened to. difference to their communities. Your Voice older people’s forums People involved feel that they have A particular issue is knowing project funded through Integrated Care a stronger voice and have where to go to raise an issue and Fund for 2015-16. achieved changes such as having feedback once an issue is improvements to bus services and raised. Grampian Opportunities also funded to parking. The forums are seen as develop community engagement with the place to be if people want to communities about integration raise an issue. Communications Officer post funded for Some members of the forums 2015-16 to challenge stereotypes have also been involved in the community engagement events on health and social care integration.

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Charter What’s working well What could be improved Links to broader strategies/context theme Information Some communities have good Information is often online and not 1.3 in OP Action Plan and advice sources of information and advice all older people have access to the such as Gordon Rural Action or internet. There can also be a Co-production Steering Group has CABs. Community centres, health problem with filling in online forms. funded projects to improve awareness centres and libraries are also of and access to public health places to go for information. programmes – Garioch Kitchen and Grampian 50+ Network. Local newsletters and directories are good sources of local information. Transport There is good support with Transport to health appointments, 1.2 in OP Action Plan transport to medical appointments particularly to ARI, is a concern for in some areas with for example the many older people. Health and Transport Action plan RVS, the Mearns and Coastal developed. Development of THiNC Healthy Living Network and the Local bus services are not always project. community ambulance in meeting local need –for example in Portlethen. Banchory. Local diagnostic and treatment services have been expanded with funding from There are dial a bus services in There’s not always awareness of the Change Fund and the Integration many communities though these what is available – better Fund. seem to focus mainly on shopping. information needed.

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After a campaign in Portlethen changes were made by Stagecoach to services to Stonehaven Residential Some residential homes have The quality of food is often not 2.7 in OP Action Plan care good interaction with their local good and there needs to be more communities with coffee mornings support with eating. Intensive training has been provided for and church services. health and social work staff in dementia Complaints are often not listened and palliative care. to. Project officer post supporting There can be a difficulty in independent care homes came to an retaining good staff. end in March 2015. Network of private care home managers established. With some residential homes there is little interaction with their local communities.

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Charter What’s working well What could be improved Links to broader strategies/context theme There is a need for more very sheltered housing as an option between sheltered housing and a care home.

Day care There is day care provided in most No day care in Laurencekirk 2.9 in OP Action Plan of the communities. There are also volunteer run day centres in Not everyone knows about self Emphasis on recovery and rehabilitation several communities. directed support. in day care in Older People’s Action Plan. People are keen to choose their Day care needs to be more flexible own day care instead of traditional and available at weekends. day care. Self directed support should be a part of this. Assessment process for day care is too long and complicated. Living at There are areas where there is Home carers don’t get enough Funding through Co-production steering home support to enable people to live time group for third sector organisations to independently through help with deliver services such as help with things like shopping, gardening Often someone has several shopping and befriending. Not universal and transport. The RVS are active different carers – one example is across Aberdeenshire. in some areas and the Mearns and 10 in one week. Coastal Healthy Living Network Report on what helps older people live works in K and M. Few affordable and accessible independently at home prepared by housing options, particularly Grampian Opportunities. Befriending schemes exist in some bungalows. Item: 10 areas, particularly in Kincardine Out of hours care at home service Page: 6 and Deeside. Sheltered housing officers have developed. Charter What’s working well What could be improved Links to broader strategies/context theme Community alarms can be a good limited hours and no one is around New rotas in home care to improve way to preserve independence. at weekends. availability.

Insch community link worker has There is a need for more Carers Bill going through Scottish developed a range of community community services for people with Parliament at the moment. New SDO activities in the Insch area. dementia. post to be created to support implementation. Sheltered housing officers are often a good source of support Befriending, Signposting, Insch Community Link worker all funded through Integrated Care Fund.

Telecare and community alarm service more widely available. Communities There are communities where It can be a problem recruiting There is a priority in the SOA – groups feel well supported such as volunteers, particularly onto Supporting Communities and Huntly where they own their own management committees. There is Volunteering Pensioners Hall. not always awareness of support available such as Aberdeenshire There are a range of people to go Voluntary Action. to for support, including Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action, Short term funding can make it rural partnerships and CLD. difficult for some groups to plan for the future and keep people involved. Item: 10 Health People generally felt well treated In all the groups people felt they A1 in OP action Plan Page: 7 by health staff and people’s had to wait too long to see a health Charter What’s working well What could be improved Links to broader strategies/context theme experience of hospital was good. professional of their choice. Often Integrated Health and Social Care this could be several weeks. This teams being formed. There is generally good access to was described as unacceptable. services such as chiropody and Local diagnostic and treatment services physiotherapy. Getting an appointment can be have been expanded with funding from difficult in some areas. One person the Change Fund and the Integration had to phone 38 times to get an Fund. appointment.

There needs to be more support with eating in hospital. There also needs to be appropriate food in hospital – one person said there is not always food for diabetics in hospital.

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Briefing Note Energetica

Community Planning Board 23rd September 2015

1. Introduction

Energetica is a 25-year programme built around the ACSEF1 vision for Aberdeen City and Shire to be recognised as one of the most robust and resilient economies in Europe with a reputation for opportunity, enterprise and inventiveness that will attract and retain world-class talent of all ages.

The aim is to make the region the location of choice for high value oil and gas and renewable energy organisations, and a first choice for organisations of all sizes operating in other high value, quality niche markets.

The North East’s stunning natural environment, accessibility and hospitality make it one of the most interesting and enjoyable locations in the UK, in which to visit, live, work and grow up.

This update follows on from the presentation given to the Board by the Energetica Development Manager at the meeting of 18th March 2015 and the Board’s request for a six monthly update. This briefing note provides an update for the period March-September 2015.

2. Structure and Strategy

Energetica welcomed Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski, Principal of The Robert Gordon University as the new Chair of the Steering Group2 at the end of 2014. New Terms of Reference have now been agreed by the Steering Group and endorsed by ACSEF, confirming the Steering Group as the principal decision making body for Energetica.

1 Aberdeen City & Shire Economic Future 2 The Energetica Steering Group is made up of senior representatives of all three partner organisations and private industry. It is chaired by ACSEF’s Energetica Champion.

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The Energetica Team has been working to implement the new workstream structure, identify opportunities and respond to the challenges of the significant drop in oil prices.

The slump in oil prices has had a significant impact on the regional economy, which reinforces the high level aims of the Energetica Programme, to promote the region and help secure high value investment.

To do this the team has refined the Energetica Strategic Objectives, ensuring that these align with the three partner organisations3 own priorities and that of the City Region Deal.

The Four Energetica Strategic Objectives are:

i. Consolidate the region’s position as Europe’s energy capital ii. Attract new, high-value investment and people to the region iii. Grow the international trade of indigenous business iv. Maximise on quality of design/development and quality of life

The Aberdeen City Region Deal’s innovation and connectivity proposals complement the overall investment priorities of the Energetica Programme. Energetica projects have been submitted to and are reflected in the City Region Deal including improvements to physical and digital connectivity within the Corridor.

3. Work / Invest

The Energetica Programme is a key economic development and placemaking vehicle through which the high value energy related supply chain can be anchored in the North East and remain a key player in the world wide energy sector. Whilst there is a significant concentration on oil and gas related activity, new energy related technologies are also coming forward and are being promoted within the area.

There is a strong current focus to support investment in innovation and R&D, which are long-term, high value sectors which are recognised as lacking within the Region as a whole. The Investment Support Workstream has developed a consolidated package of support measures and assistance that are available through all of the Energetica Partners. Clear investment support measures are sign- posted through the refreshed Energetica Website.

Key to moving Energetica projects forward is infrastructure provision. It is widely recognised that the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR), and perhaps more specific to the corridor the A90 dualling

3 Energetica is an ACSEF priority delivered by three main public sector partners – Scottish Enterprise, Aberdeenshire Council and Aberdeen City Council.

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from Balmedie to Tipperty which will open up significant opportunities along the Corridor. Energetica has worked with Scottish Enterprise, Nestrans and Aker Solutions to prepare a concise brochure for commuters travelling to Dyce helping to explain options for public transport at a time when traffic will be disrupted by the AWPR works. This has been distributed throughout commercial premises in Dyce and has been generally well received.

As work has begun on the Balmedie to Tipperty dualling it is recognised that there are opportunities beyond Ellon linking key settlements within the corridor, not least Peterhead, which is a key economic driver at the northern end of the Corridor. Energetica has used its established network of stakeholders to help promote the A90 All-modes Transport Study through newsletters and presentations to raise awareness to businesses during the consultation period.

Work is continuing to open up and service the Energetica Commercial Park at Peterhead, which will bring forward 55 acres of employment land allocated within the current Local Development Plan. There have been issues associated with providing vehicular access to the park. The Development Manager continues to work closely with the site owner, Scottish Enterprise and their engineering team, to open up the site. Scottish Enterprise have secured funding to pursue new access options over the current financial year and are in discussion with Transport Scotland. There remains considerable interest from potential tenants and users in the site.

4. Live / Visit

The success of the Energetica Walking and Wildlife Festival in previous years led to an even more ambitious proposal for 2015. The Energetica Summer Festival was launched in May and ran through to August 2015 promoting the very best of what the Energetica Corridor has to offer to both residents and visitors alike.

The purpose of the Summer Festival is to promote the live and visit theme of Energetica and highlight the extremely high quality natural environment within the Corridor. A separate report has been appended providing a more detailed overview of the 2015 Energetica Summer Festival.

Energetica has also contributed financially to a new boardwalk at Newburgh and Coastal Path improvements from Collieston to and Cruden Bay to Slains Castle.

5. Raising Profile

Signage Work on gateway signage at strategic points along the Energetica corridor has been progressed. Two signage locations have been

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provisionally agreed with landowners at Peterhead and Ellon and applications for Advertisement Consent will be submitted later this year.

New signage at Aberdeen Energy and Innovation Parks at Bridge of Don incorporates the Energetica logo as part of the revamp of the Park’s signage. Energetica has also agreed that signage at the new AECC will also include reference to Energetica.

Energetica displayed signage on Union Street in Aberdeen during Offshore Europe. Plans are currently being progressed to increase the profile Energetica at Aberdeen International Airport.

Presentations/Investment Pitches Presentations have been given to a range of groups to raise the profile of Energetica and highlight investment opportunities. The Development Manager has presented on Energetica to a range of professional, business and community groups including national Young Planners Conference, Aberdeen Entrepreneurs, Peterhead Energy Hub, AGCC, Buchan Development Partnership and most recently visitors to Offshore Europe 2015.

The Development Manager has also met with both local and overseas oil and gas media who were keen to hear about the concept and structure behind Energetica.

This resulted in a positive piece for Energetica in the press in Canada which supported the aim of raising the profile of the Corridor to an international audience. The growth of the profile of Energetica within Canada has resulted in an enquiry from a Canadian company considering the Corridor as a location in which to open a European Office.

Energetica staff have also met with and briefed inward delegations from Norway and most recently China.

Promoting/Supporting Key Projects There are a number of key projects progressing, which demonstrate that the Energetica Corridor is an attractive location for innovative and high value investment.

• Carbon Capture and Storage at Peterhead Power Station • NorthConnect/ Four Field Project • Statoil’s Hywind Project • Growth of the Aberdeen Hydrogen project • New Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre

Coupled with the ambitious City Region Deal proposals there is a lot of activity in and around the Energetica Corridor. We hope to build on this momentum and carry this forward into 2016 and beyond.

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Supporting Documents

Appendix 1 Energetica Summer Festival 2015 Report

Prepared by James Welsh Energetica Development Manager 14th September 2015

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Energetica Summer Festival, May - Aug 2015 End of Festival Report

The 2015 Energetica Summer Festival ran from May through to August, showcasing the stunning coastal scenery and diverse wildlife of the Energetica Corridor, from the north of Aberdeen to Peterhead. In the two previous years the event was held over a single weekend, with the 2015 Festival being the first to span over the summer. The following provides an overview of the promotion and performance of the Festival.

Materials

• A 2015 Summer Festival brochure was produced, featuring the entire line up of events together with generic Energetica information and images. These brochures were circulated to VisitScotland Visitor Information Centres across the Energetica region, as well as to partner organisations, participating venues, council offices and other relevant venues. A digital version was also available to download from the Energetica and VisitAberdeen websites and was sent out to individuals as requested. • A 2015 Summer Festival poster was also produced. Again this was circulated to partner organisations, participating venues and council offices.

Website

• A new festival web page was created: www.energetica.uk.com/festival2015 • The page featured full programme details, booking details and a digital version of the festival leaflet.

Advertising

• Original 106 radio adverts • Sponsored Facebook posts • Colour advert in the Ellon Times/ Inverurie Herald/ Buchan Observer

Communications

• Press release announcing launch of the 2015 Energetica Summer Festival • VisitAberdeen e-blasts • Features in Press & Journal weekend supplement • Social media campaign – promotion and engagement through Twitter and Facebook • Press release announcing success of the Festival once completed • Regular communications with event organisers who also promoted the events

2015 Approx. Total Spend = £3,600 2014 Approx. Total Spend = £14,140

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Festival Events & Attendance

Date Event Attended

Sat 9 May Macro Magic 0 Sat 23 May Cruden Bay to walk 9 adults Sat 23 May Seabird Watch Bullers 47 adults/ 2 children Sat 23 May Woodside and Danestone Walk 20 Sat 23 May Marvellous Minibeasts Cancelled Sun 24 May Rockpooling 5 Adults, 8 Children Sun 24 May Collieston to Walk 9 Sun 31 May Abdn Uni Biodiversity Drop In NA Sat 6 June Free Wildlife Photography 21 Cancelled due to strong Sat 6 June Puffin - Life on the Ledge winds Sat 6 June Batwatch at Haddo 39 Sun 7 June Open Farm Sunday TBC Sun 7 June Shifting Sands Guided Walk 18 Sat 13 June Puffin - Life on the Ledge 12 Sat 13 June Wildlife Photography Workshop 12 Sat 13 June Seabird Photography Workshop 12 Sat 13 June Archaeology Walk 19 Sat 13 June Starlight Photography TBC Sat 13 June Batwatch at Haddo 11 Sun 14 Wildlife Photography Workshop- June NEW 12 Sat 20 June Oceanlab Event 45 Sun 21 June Puffin - Life on the Ledge- NEW 6 Sun 21 June Seabird Watch Bullers 36 adults/ 12 children Sat 27 June Project Wild screening 8 Sat 27 June Dolphinwatch 20 Sun 5 July Bumblebee Safari- Activities 20 Sun 5 July Bumblebee Safari- NEW 5 Thurs 9 July Rockpooling 7 adults/ 15 children Sat 11 July Dolphinwatch 15 Sun 12 July to cycle 27 Wed 22 July Pitmeddens Pollinators 8 adults/ 12 children Sun 26 July Peterhead to Aden Cycle 3 Thurs 6 Aug Secret Sands of Forvie 15 Sat 8 Aug OPAL Pond Survey 6 adults/ 12 children Sat 8 Aug Opal Bugs Count Survey 4 adults/ 7 children Sun 9 Aug Peterhead Town Trail 16 Sun 15 Aug BrewDog Tour TBC Sun 16 Aug BrewDog Tour TBC Sat 22 Aug Red Squirrel Guided Walk 15

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The above demonstrates attendance at the individual Summer Festival events. In total, approximately 570 attendees enjoyed the events on offer. Please note that at the time of writing, not all organisers have fed back to us so it is expected that this number is actually larger.

Engagement

Website As a result of the promotion of the Energetica Summer Festival, our various communications platforms received increased levels of traffic. Appendix 1 shows that 4,282 visitors to the site during the period of the Festival arrived directly to the Summer Festival pages. This represents 62% of the overall traffic during this period (8 May – 28 August).

Appendix 2 shows that in total the Summer Festival pages received 5,399 views (including those referenced above that arrived on the page). This represents 53% of all website traffic. The various peaks highlighted in Appendix 2 are explained by tweets and Facebook posts promoting the various events, as well as coinciding with VisitAberdeen eblasts. For example, the peaks in traffic during July follow the issue of a VisitAberdeen eblast (Appendix 3).

Twitter The Festival allowed us to generate interest in the @Energetica_UK Twitter account. An approximate additional 100 followers were gained during the duration of the Festival whilst our Klout score increased from 41 to 43 (Klout measures your influence in your field). During the Festival, the majority of our most popular tweets were around this subject, generating increased engagement with our followers. Examples of tweets are shown below:

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Facebook A promoted posts campaign with a budget of £500 was implemented for Facebook. This means that a sponsored post would appear on the homepage of our target audience, allowing them to click-through. The budget paid for click-throughs until spent. These posts were viewed 82,020 times with 7,559 clicks, impressive levels of engagement and impressions. Please see example posts below:

Coverage

Evening Express Press & Journal 20/05/15 21/05/15

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Press & Journal 9/06/15

Press & Journal 2/07/15

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Evening Express 26/08/15

Conclusions The 2015 Energetica Summer Festival was delivered over a significantly extended time period and incorporated a much wider programme of events compared to 2013 and 2014, on a much smaller budget than that of the 2014 Festival. It resulted in increased levels of engagement and proved successful in raising awareness of the Energetica Corridor with those on the doorstep of the Corridor and further afield.

The team worked closely with venues within and close to the Energetica boundary, who supported the Festival through organising and promoting events. Providing the local community with ownership of individual events has been fundamental to the success of the overall Festival, and all of those who kindly supported the Festival have been hugely enthusiastic.

Running the Festival over this extended period rather than a weekend as per previous years meant that the weather was not detrimental to its success, with the 2015 Festival encountering mixed conditions.

The Festival also generated significant coverage in the local media, examples of which are included within this report. None of this editorial was paid for, instead being the result of successful pitches and an interest on what was on offer.

Future Ambitions Following the success of the 2015 Festival, the Energetica team is eager to deliver a 2016 Festival utilising a similar format. Initial ideas for improvements include: • Working more closely with the event organisers to ensure that the Energetica message is included more clearly at events • Running a competition to encourage participants to take and share photos of the events they attend, the results of which would be used for a promotional calendar • Develop signage at key venues, perhaps with QR codes where internet access is available, to allow attendees to access further information • Work with local cafes, etc. to offer event attendees discount vouchers • Invite journalists from relevant publications to attend events and interview the organiser afterwards • To create a form for registrations to ensure data capture and allow us to understand where attendees heard about the event and allow future communications Author: Danielle McKinlay September 2015

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ABERDEENSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING BOARD – 23 SEPTEMBER 2015 IMPROVEMENT PLAN MONITORING

1. Recommendations The Board is recommended to: 1.1 Note the progress against the actions in the Improvement Plan; and 1.2 Discuss the updates provided and extend the deadlines for the actions outlined in 2.

2. Background/Discussion

2.1 A full copy of the Improvement Plan is included in Appendix 1 to this report. Several actions require an extension to their original deadline, all other Improvement Actions remain on target for delivery.

2.2 Actions where we are behind target:

No. Item Update Suggested deadline 2 Prevention Plan This was discussed at the August March 2016 2015 Executive and it is recommended that this is delegated to the Executive for consideration during the SOA revision process.

An outline of the proposed plan and the development process is included in Appendix 2. 11 Participation in a place Awaiting further progress on Total September 2016 based shared learning Place before determining gaps in event skills/knowledge which would benefit from the event 30 Delivery of a refreshed Awaiting further comments from November 2015 Communications Corporate Communications and Strategy delivery of new website. The Strategy will be discussed at the October 2015 Executive. 31 Improved co-ordination A new online shared events and March 2016 of engagement activities consultation calendar will be created as part of the new CPP website.

A challenge around engagement has been made to LCPGs and an options report on the Citizens’ Panel will be discussed at the October 2015 Executive, including the identification of opportunities for the wider sharing of Viewpoint questionnaires with under- represented demographics.

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3. Equalities, Staffing and Financial Implications

3.1 There are no financial or staffing implications arising from this report.

3.2 This report does not require an equalities impact assessment because its recommendations do not have a differential impact on people with protected characteristics.

Sophie Humphries, Strategic Development Officer (Community Planning) 11 September 2015

APPENDIX 1: UPDATED IMPROVEMENT PLAN (TIED TO AUDIT SCOTLAND REPORTS)

# Action Source Lead Times Status Comment cale Prevention – the CPP will develop a detailed plan for prevention across each of the SOA priorities where all partners are clear on their role and actions 1. Build in prevention as a Prevention/Joint Board Sept Included within parameters of the Total theme/principle in any Total Place Resourcing 2014 Place initiative. initiative Session Progress tabled at the Board on a regular basis.

2. Creation of a specific prevention Audit Scotland Executive/S Sept Produce prevention plan based on other plan – led by the Executive. Plan to (West Lothian, DO 2015 CPPs, with input from LCPGs, with the

include specific proposals and a Moray and aim of creating a Shire-wide plan with programme of work. Falkirk) and local and community input. Including; Prevention/Joint Consideration of the introduction of a Plan should not just be reflective of Resourcing prevention change fund and asking national priorities (e.g. GIRFEC and Session partners to focus on available funding for the Early Years Collaborative) but preventative actions go deeper and envisage locally Agreement to monitor a range of driven prevention programmes. preventative activities, in order to evidence results

Priorities Review the SOA priority setting Prevention/Joint SDO Nov Partnership Analyst attending national 6. process in line with national best Resourcing 2014 training courses on priority setting and

practice. Session strategic assessments. Executive approved the use of a Priority Setting Tool during the SOA and LCP revision process. Further information circulated with Sept 2015 agenda. Item: 12 7. Ensure all statutory partners and Prevention/Joint Board Nov Recommend deadline changed to Nov Page: 3 Third Sector Interface table Resourcing 2015 2015, end of year more appropriate

business plans at Board and Board deadline (partners previously challenged evidence alignment to SOA in Jan 2014).

SOA revision process begins late 2015 8. Rural Partnerships and Cairngorms Prevention/Joint Board April Rural Area Partnerships report to Area National Park Authority table Resourcing 2015 Committees annually. Rural Partnership

business plans at relevant Local Board and Audit rep on LCPG along with Area Chair and Community Planning Group to Scotland Report Area Manager. CNP have a rep on the evidence alignment to Local (Moray) Marr LCPG Community Plans

Place 9. Partners agree the location of a Board March Completed - Total Place Fraserburgh place-based initiative 2014

10. Detailed proposals of a place-based Board On- Regular item on Board agendas initiative are brought forward for going

agreement by the CPP

11. Participation in a Place Based What Works SDO Sept Awaiting further progress with Total Place Shared Learning Event Scotland 2015 before determining gaps in

skills/knowledge which would benefit from a Shared Learning Event. Recommend extension of deadline.

12. Partners to facilitate and encourage Audit Scotland Board June Quarterly meetings by Senior Managers Co-Location/Partnership Centres (West Lothian) 2015 to discuss assets and potential

where appropriate opportunities at the earliest stages of the project to be arranged

13. Greater connection with the spatial Policy Planners SDO Sept Developer Obligations Team is now planning team and work around and SDO 2015 working with LCPGs to gather evidence

Community Land Based Assets required for DO allocations.

Item: 12 Joint Resourcing Page: 4 14. Prevention/Joint Executive/S June Joint Resourcing was discussed at the Cross referencing of Partner Resourcing DO 2016 August Executive, where it was agreed to budgets to SOA Session

15. Source information on Partner Prevention/Joint SDO consider JR during the SOA Revision financial timetables and consider Resourcing process and beyond.

future alignment Session A new deadline for these actions has now 16. Establish a register of joint assets Prevention/Joint SDO been added. and joint staff posts (creation of an Resourcing

Asset Plan) Session

17. Review joint asset and staff register Prevention/Joint SDO Resourcing

Session 18. Joint training and development plan Audit Scotland SDO Report (West

Lothian) 19. Partners to consider adopting the Prevention/Joint North East TBC Council Officers considering implications Council’s current policy on offering Resourcing Joint Public of CE Bill on CAT policy and the need to

partners the first option on vacant Session Sector establish a register. properties Group

20. Partners reaffirm their commitment Prevention/Joint Board April Meetings held with range of partners to to sharing data at a local level Resourcing 2015 identify what can be shared.

Session Information Sharing Protocol(s) developed where necessary, e.g. Total Place. Nationally, Improvement Service also progressing this. On track, but to be kept under review

Inequalities 21. Sharing of information on specific Audit Scotland Executive Aug Complete. actions/approaches to address Report (West 2015 Update taken to August Executive,

inequalities, including engagement Lothian) presentation available online. Item: 12 mechanisms Executive agreed to consider inequalities Page: 5 as a key priority during the SOA revision process.

Development of a Combined Impact Assessment including Health Inequalities is on-going to assist in the identification of potential health inequalities.

Governance 22. Improve the local and central CPO Team SDO Ongoi LCPGs to feed into Draft Executive and connections: Include more detailed Meeting ng Board reports and feedback on progress

local information on progress will be provided under the ‘Place’ heading against SOA priorities on SOA Focus Reports – opportunity highlighted to LCPGs. Also Exception Reporting to the Board on Local Community Plan monitoring. 23. Improve the local and central Audit Scotland LCPGs/ Sept Opportunity for challenge and strategic connections: (Glasgow Board 2015 action on local barriers. LCP Annual

Annual reporting to the Board by Report) Report Focus planned for Sept 2015 LCPGs as part of the ‘support and Board meeting. challenge’ schedule 24. Support the What Works Scotland What Works Board Sept Support the sharing of best practice, projects (i) Local Community Scotland 2017 learning opportunities and share

Planning (ii) Health and Social Care resources/information as required. Integration (iii) Community Safety Update to be provided at Sept 2015 Board.

25. Community Planning Conference to Audit Scotland SDO April More information to be shared in due share best practice and work (Glasgow) 2016 course. Date to be set. To coincide with

towards developing the SOA. SOA development Representation from Board, Executive, LCPGs and partners.

26. Creation of a Risk Register to assist Audit Scotland Executive/S April Focus on delivery of the SOA. Review of Item: 12 in the identification and (West Lothian) DO 2016 existing registers to create a Page: 6

management of risks proportionate register. To be presented as part of the SOA packet in April 2016

27. Partners should have a clear Audit Scotland Board/SDO Sept Improvements to Induction Pack made, understanding of their roles and (Action into 2015 including new Who’s Who Document and

responsibilities Ambition) partnership structure diagram.

28. Community Council Representation Audit Scotland Board March A paper has been drafted for Area – Strengthening the links between (Orkney) 2016 Managers’ consideration and approval.

CCs and the CPP Progress underway on development of an Clarifying the roles and ALDO training course for Community responsibilities of CC Councillors and induction pack. Representatives

Communication & Engagement 29. Improved performance reporting Audit Scotland Board Sept LCP Annual Reports to include more Reports (All) & 2016 details on Next Steps, positive and

CE Bill Stage 1 negative progress and community Report capacity building and involvement. New annual report template and timetable agreed, ready for publication Sept 2016 to coincide with revised Local Community Plans 2016-19. 30. Delivery of refreshed Communication Executive/B Sept Refreshed Communications Strategy and Communications Strategy s Strategy & oard 2015 Action Plan being presented to Executive

Audit Scotland and Board for approval in Oct/Nov 2015. Reports (All) Awaiting further comms information. Annual reporting on Communications Strategy. New website will be live from 1st November 2015.

31. Improved co-ordination of Audit Scotland SDO/Board Sept More effective co-ordination, including the Item: 12 engagement activities Report (Orkney, /Executive 2015 creation of a shared online partner events Page: 7

Moray and and engagement calendar to promote Glasgow) best practice (through new website).

Sharing of available consultation data between partners when appropriate.

Traffic Light Key:

In progress within deadline

In progress but may not meet deadline

Deadline not met

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IMPROVEMENT PLAN MONITORING – SEPTEMBER 2015 APPENDIX 2 Prevention Plan – Outline of proposed plan and development process

Introduction The Prevention Plan was introduced as a new item to the CPP Improvement Plan in March 2015, following the publication of Audit Scotland’s reports on Community Planning (http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/work/scrutiny/cpp.php in October 2014

Following the Prevention/Joint Resourcing Session held in 2014, Aberdeenshire CPP committed to;  Considering the establishment of a community planning/prevention change fund to drive delivery of preventative projects  Asking partners/partnerships to focus on available funding for preventative actions  Monitoring a range of preventative activities, using an agreed method, in order to evidence the results of the preventative approach

These actions had an original proposed deadline of April 2015, however, this deadline has been extended to allow these actions to be considered as part of an Aberdeenshire Prevention Plan. The creation of a specific Prevention Plan will drive forward more localised preventative approaches, linked to our SOA and help to shift partners’ resources upstream (the preventative approach).

What are other CPPs doing? West Lothian CPP have developed a comprehensive ten year prevention plan (spanning 2013-2023) which identified 68 prevention projects across national priority areas and identified a number of broad areas for future focus (e.g. reduction of reoffending and alcohol misuse by young people) and the plan is referenced within their SOA. The plan refers to around £11.7 million of additional resources already allocated to preventative and early interventions projects through Change Funds across the Partnership. The Plan is based on a Life Stages Outcome Model, using an evidenced based approach, to tackle social inequalities (identified within their Strategic Assessment as an overarching theme). Whilst the plan cuts across all of their SOA priorities, it focusses mostly on Early Years and breaking the cycle of deprivation. Progress against the plan is reported by the Preventative Interventions Board to the CPP and through the CPP’s performance management system. The Plan, however, does not yet clearly explain how prevention will be integrated into the other work of Item: 12 Page: 10

the CPP, e.g. the respective roles of thematic groups and the Anti-Poverty Strategy Board. The West Lothian plan was highlighted as an example of good practice within Audit Scotland’s report on their CPP. The West Lothian Partnership Prevention Plan can be downloaded from: http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/media/3352/CPP- Prevention-Plan/pdf/Prevention_Plan.pdf

Audit Scotland recommended that Moray CPP develop a prevention plan with specific proposals and targets for monitoring their effectiveness, going beyond national required projects and including locally driven preventative projects. Falkirk CPP were also recommended to draft a prevention plan, to ensure there is a strategic approach to implementing preventative approaches across the partnership, including the allocation of resources and the sharing of best practice/learning. Audit Scotland recommended that the plans should be jointly owned and supported by partners to ensure their successful delivery.

Developing Aberdeenshire’s Prevention Plan It was agreed in March 2015, that progress against the Prevention Plan would be monitored in September 2015. The Prevention Plan will be developed in conjunction with the SOA revision process, which will conclude in April 2016. It is proposed, that once the new SOA priorities are decided by partners during October/November 2015, a prevention plan is developed using the following sources;  The evidence included within the six Local Strategic Assessments and overarching Aberdeenshire-wide Strategic Assessments (including any gaps in data/evidence)  Details of preventative/early intervention work included within annual SOA priority reports  Discussions with partners, thematic groups and Local Community Planning Groups to identify preventative projects currently underway or planned and the resources allocated to them – to provide a full understanding of projects and amount invested under each SOA heading (proposed 3 year period from 2012/13 to 2014/15)  Examination of partners’ strategic documents and the approaches taken to ‘Prevention and Early Intervention’ within these  Evaluation reports of Early Intervention/Preventative projects and Change Funds to measure their success and impact on outcomes  National evidence regarding preventative approaches and measurement of impacts on outcomes The plan will be developed in consultation with all partners and stakeholders to ensure the plan is jointly-owned by partners, which will contribute to its successful delivery. Item: 13 Page: 1

ABERDEENSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING BOARD – 23 SEPTEMBER 2015

FINANCIAL MONITORING 2015-16

1 Recommendations

The Board is recommended to:

1.1 Note the budget monitoring information for 2015/16 as at end of August 2015 for the Community Planning budget and Local Community Planning budgets and as at end of July for the Fairer Scotland Funding.

2 Background / Discussion

2.1 The Executive has delegated authority to make decisions on funding up to a value of £10,000 as detailed in the CPP Partnership Agreement.

2.2 Community Planning budget 2015-16 (partnership funded)

It was agreed by the Board in March 2015, due to no other proposed projects at that time, that if there was no gap in partner contributions for 2015/16, the underspend/carryover would be split proportionately and used to reduce partner contributions in 2015/16. Funding partners have now been invoiced for reduced contributions in 2015/16.

The contributions to the budget for 2015/16 are shown in the table below: CPP CONTRIBUTION DETAIL AMOUNT 2015/16 Aberdeenshire Council Reduced contribution £35,971 Nestrans Reduced contribution £9,636 NHS Grampian Reduced contribution £9,636 Police Scotland Reduced contribution £9,636 SFRS Reduced contribution £9,636 Carry over from 2014/15 £19,485 TOTAL £94,000

2.3 Local Community Planning Group Budgets 2015/16 In 2015/16, the Local CP Groups will each have a budget of £12,000. This funding is provided by the Council. Groups are currently considering proposals for initial allocation of the funding. Funding allocations should be aligned to the priorities in the six Local Community Plans.

2.4 Fairer Scotland Funding 2015/16 The Council allocates Fairer Scotland Funding to the Community Planning Partnership. This is delegated to the Tackling Poverty and Inequalities Strategy Group to manage on behalf of the CPP. Allocations and spend so far are shown in appendix 3. There is still a substantial Item: 13 Page: 2

unallocated amount showing, however the TP&I Strategy Group have agreed to support the Fraserburgh regeneration project and £33,000 funding will be allocated to that. The rest of the unallocated funding is to be used for match funding for the ESF bid, details of which have been circulated to Board members previously.

3 Equalities, Staffing and Financial Implications

3.1 The staffing and financial implications from this report are laid out above.

3.2 Equalities impact assessments will be undertaken as required of new projects and reported to the Board in due course.

Report prepared by Erin Wood, SDO (Community Planning) September 2015 Community Planning 2015/16 Budget – as at 31 August 2015 Appendix 1

BUDGET SUB-HEADING ALLOCATION SPEND HEADING Staffing PT Community Planning Support £52,500 £21,865 (including Officer (3 days), FT Partnership oncosts) Analyst and PT Communications Intern extension (until end June) Citizens’ Panel Panel management (incl 4 surveys) £25,000 £6,980 Viewpoint feedback newsletter costs £4,000 £1,945 Communications SOA Annual Report Summary £400 £0 Web Hosting and Maintenance £1,200 £180 Redevelopment of CP Website £4,840 £0 SG Participatory Budgeting Training £900 £0 Administration General admin, travel, catering £2,160 £1,290 Contribution to revised Living & £2,000 £0 Working in NE Scotland Booklet (group officially a CPP group as of 2008) CE Bill Day costs (third sector event) £1,000 £0 What is Community Planning? Leaflet £635 £635

2015/16 Total (£635 from 14/15 carryover added to total) £94,635 £32,895

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Appendix 2

Local Community Planning Group Budgets 2015/16 – as at 31 August 2015

LOCAL CP BUDGET CATEGORY ALLOCATED SPEND GROUP 15/16 BANFF & £12,000 Printing / Admin £20 BUCHAN Hospitality £132 Community Projects £1,717 Total Spend £1,869 Unallocated £10,131 BUCHAN £12,000 Community Projects £1,300 Printing / Admin £0 Hospitality / Meetings £24 Travel Expenses £0 Total Spend £1,324 Unallocated £10,676 FORMARTINE £12,000 Equipment £0 (incl repayment Printing / Admin / £10 for project hospitality) Hospitality Community Projects £0 Development of LCP £750 Total Spend £10 Unallocated £11,240 GARIOCH £12,000 Printing / Admin £63 Hospitality £222 Community Projects £4,575 Development of LCP £750 Total Spend £4,860 Unallocated £6,390 KINCARDINE £12,000 Printing / Admin £330 & MEARNS (incl repayment Hospitality / Meetings £547 of unused community Community Projects £212 project funds) Support for LCPG £0 Total Spend £1,089 Unallocated £10,911 MARR £12,000 Printing / Admin / £334 Mtgs Ward Forums £3,950 Community Projects £0 Development of LCP £750 Total Spend £4,284 Unallocated £6,966

Balance from Staff Funding - Marr has P/T CPO roles and transfer the balance of this funding to their Rural Partnership for community engagement work, project work etc Appendix 3 Fairer Scotland Funding – Tackling Poverty & Inequalities

As at end of July 2015

BUDGET HEADING ALLOCATION SPEND The Hotspot, Peterhead £59,000 £59,000 And Fraserburgh Regeneration

Staffing £80,000 £25,300 Administration £1,500 £400

Employability Projects £112,925 £37,640 (incl NE Scotland Credit Union, Volunteer Centre Aberdeenshire, Community Food Initiative)

Community Projects £120,500 £39,335 (incl Fraserburgh Development Trust, Peterhead Projects Ltd, Employer Engagement Post, Banff and Buchan Citizens Advice Service) Item: 13

Unallocated £156,075 £0 Page: 5

Total £530,000 £161,675

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ABERDEENSHIRE COMMUNITY PLANNING BOARD – 23 SEPTEMBER 2015

COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP FUTURE FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS

1 Recommendation

It is recommended that the Board:

1.1 Note the update provided.

2 Background / Discussion

2.1 At the meeting in June 2015, Board members agreed that the Community Planning Executive would lead a review of funding contributions for 2016/17 onwards, and present a detailed approach to the September 2015 Board meeting.

2.2 Information has begun to be pulled together including: current financial contributions to the CPP; what the CP budget currently funds; and annual Aberdeenshire budgets of CP partners with a view to offering proportionate contributions as an option.

2.3 A detailed report was not presented to the CP Executive in August due to information being incomplete. The Executive agreed to consider a report at their October meeting. They also felt that discussions were perhaps premature before the CPP decides its priorities through the SOA review process.

2.4 A recommendation from the October Executive meeting will be circulated to Board members in early November 2015.

3 Implications for Local Community Planning Groups and Consultation with Local Community Planning Groups

3.1 The central CP budget does not directly affect the Local CP Groups. The Council’s funding of Local CP Groups and Local CP Officer posts will be included in any information collated.

4 Financial / Staffing Implications

4.1 The central CP budget currently funds two staff posts within the CP Team and also the Aberdeenshire Citizens’ Panel.

Erin Wood Strategic Development Officer (Community Planning) September 2015