Agenda

Economic Development, Culture and Leisure Scrutiny Panel - Thursday, 17th October, 2013 7.00 pm

Venue: Conference Room A - Civic Offices. View directions

Contact: Joanne Wildsmith CCDS Tel: 9283 4057  Email: joanne.wildsmith@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for absence

2.

Declarations of Members' Interests

3.

Minutes of previous meeting - 12 September 2013 pdf icon PDF 146 KB

To approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on 12 September 2013.

4.

Review: Pathways Into Work for Young People pdf icon PDF 2 MB

To continue to receive evidence for this review.

 

a)    Witnesses to include:

 

 

i)              Leone Hill, Employer Account Manager, Job Centre Plus regarding local initiatives to encourage youth employment.

 

 

 

ii)             Dave Goodall, BAE Systems Maritime Services

 

 

b)    Written Evidence (available to view on the PCC website):

i)              Unison publication- "A better start for young people" attached; in particular pages 9-11 young people and post-16 education, young people finding a job, page 21 young people and volunteering

 

 

 

5.

Dates and timings of future meetings

Members are asked to agree the dates of future meetings which were provisionally booked for:

 

Thursday 7th November at 7pm (University of Portsmouth and Motiv8* representatives to attend)

 

Thursday 5th December at 7pm

 

*Motiv8's Chief Executive Charlie Adie has also invited members to visit Bicycle Recycling at the Community Cycle Centre in Gosport which provides volunteering and training opportunities for local young ; it is open Tuesday to Saturday and is situated next to Gosport Bus Station http://motiv8south.org.uk/bicycle-recycling/)