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						&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mgLabel&quot;&gt;Venue: &lt;/span&gt;Committee Room 1, Wycombe District Council&lt;/p&gt;
		
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			&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;AI10102&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;1.&lt;/p&gt;
				
					
					&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Election of Chairman&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;RESOLVED&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;That Mr F &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Downes&lt;/span&gt; be elected
Chairman of the Community Cohesion and Equalities Forum for the
ensuing year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Mr F &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Downes&lt;/span&gt; in the Chair&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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			&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;AI10103&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;2.&lt;/p&gt;
				
					
					&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Appointment of Vice Chairman&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;RESOLVED&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;That Mr K &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Ramdeholl&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;GramE&quot;&gt;be&lt;/span&gt; elected Vice-Chairman for the ensuing
year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;p&gt;2.05&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

			&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;AI10104&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;3.&lt;/p&gt;
				
					
					&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Apologies for Absence / Changes in Membership&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Apologies were received from Mr M Holt, Ms M
Butler, Mr K &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Ramdeholl&lt;/span&gt;, Mr S
&lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Choudhry&lt;/span&gt;, Mrs P Pearce, Mr N Gibson, Mr
R &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Pushman&lt;/span&gt;, Mrs M Clayton and Mr P
&lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Hodson&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

			&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;AI10105&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;4.&lt;/p&gt;
				
					
					&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Declarations of Interest&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span xml:lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;To declare any personal
and prejudicial interests&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Mrs L Clarke declared a personal interest as a
Member of the Women&amp;rsquo;s Local Government Society.&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

			&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;AI10107&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;5.&lt;/p&gt;
				
					
		
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;of the meeting held on 10 March 2009 to be
confirmed&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The minutes of the meeting held on 10 March
2009 were confirmed as a correct record.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Mr J Tripp asked for Mr P &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Hodson&lt;/span&gt; to clarity the following point which appears
on page 3 of the minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The results observed that none of the
organisations provided a statutory function although a number
contributed to these&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;He said that &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;REC&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/span&gt; do provide a statutory function.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Action: Mr P &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Hodson&lt;/span&gt; to respond.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;To receive and confirm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Members had received the Terms of Reference
for the Forum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;It was highlighted that the Forum name was
incorrect on the document.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Action: Clerk to amend&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;It was proposed that
the Forum should keep the current Terms of Reference and look at in
further detail at a future meeting of the Forum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A Member said that in
their opinion the Forum should be much more about action and not
just a debating forum and that there is a real need to look at the
Terms of Reference in greater detail.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;In discussion a Member
said that Point 3, under item 3 should read:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;To provide a
channel of communication and consultation with the county&amp;rsquo;s
communities&amp;rdquo; not community as detailed, commenting that there
are several communities within Buckinghamshire.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Chairman accepted
the amendment and agreed that the Terms of Reference be tabled for
a future meeting of the Forum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Action: Clerk to amend&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;p&gt;2.20&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

			&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;AI10109&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;7.&lt;/p&gt;
				
					
		
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&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Members had received a report from Mrs Y
Thomas, Policy and Equalities Manager for Buckinghamshire County
Council (BCC).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Officer highlighted that the report
outlines what BCC are doing in schools and made the following
points:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Since September
2007 schools have had a duty to promote Community Cohesion and
&lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Ofsted&lt;/span&gt; have been inspecting schools on
their duty to promote Community Cohesion since December 2008.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;In 2009
Buckinghamshire was part of an &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Ofsted&lt;/span&gt;
pilot inspection and generally speaking most schools did well.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Community Cohesion
and Equalities will be an area monitored during an &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Ofsted&lt;/span&gt; inspection and will affect the overall grade
a school receives. This represents a significant change in the
inspection framework.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Officers have been
working with and supporting schools.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Senior Managers in
schools have received training on &amp;lsquo;Meeting Schools Equalities
and Cohesion Duty&amp;rsquo;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Local Authority
(LA) has put forward and been successful in securing funding for
two projects to develop work on Community Cohesion through&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;School linking
between schools in the County&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Inter-faith
dialogue &amp;ndash; RE Connecting Faiths set up by the Standing
Advisory Committee on Religious Education (SACRE)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Three secondary
schools The Grange, Chesham High and &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Highcrest&lt;/span&gt; have all received funding from the Thames
Valley Police to work in collaboration with other secondary schools
locally on PVE. These schools were selected to lead on this work in
their area based on work where they were already doing within their
communities.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A series of
workshops for &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Headteachers&lt;/span&gt; has been
planned in collaboration with Thames Valley Police and these are
currently being rolled out to schools. The workshops have been
offered to maintained schools and Independent schools in
Buckinghamshire.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A conference for
6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Formers titled &amp;lsquo;Sharing Identity-In Difference
&amp;ndash; Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE)&amp;rsquo; was held in June
2009 good feedback was received from both students and
teachers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Following discussion Members then made the
following points:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A Member enquired if there was any feedback on
the conference and the Officer said that the young people involved
had raised concerns that adults were making things worse and that
in fact young people did not have any issues in engaging with
people who were different. They also commented that&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;PVE was not just about young Muslims becoming
radicalised it was a wider issue and should include looking at the
rise of the British National Party (BNP) and animal protestors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Mr J Williams commented that the work with
schools was impressive and enquired how the Fire Service could
assist and ensuring a consistent message is given out. Mrs Y Thomas
said she would contact Mr J Williams to discuss and highlighted
that she works closely with schools and police officers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Action: Mrs Y Thomas&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Members discussed the recruitment of BME
governors and the Officer advised that they have trained community
members and approached community groups such as the Muslim parents
association to help with the recruitment of more BME governors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;p&gt;2.35&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

			&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;AI10110&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;8.&lt;/p&gt;
				
					
		
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&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Mrs Y Thomas, Policy and Equalities Manager
for Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC) &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Childrens&lt;/span&gt;&amp;rsquo; and Young People&amp;rsquo;s Services
gave a presentation on Racist Incidents in Buckinghamshire Schools
- Report on 2007-2008 returns.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The main headlines from the report were as
follows:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;100% schools had
submitted their annual returns&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;There had been a
decrease in the number of primary schools reporting incidents
compared to the past three years and the lowest since reporting
began.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;There had been a
decrease in the number of secondary schools reporting incidents
compared to last year, although this still represented an increase
from 2005/6.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The most common
type of incident in both primary and secondary schools was
&amp;lsquo;racist comments&amp;rsquo; followed by &amp;lsquo;verbal
abuse&amp;rsquo;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Officer explained that it is the
responsibility of schools to report racial incidents. Reporting is
based on a perception of what is understood to be a racial incident
by an onlooker or the person involved in the incident and there may
sometimes be a lack of knowledge regarding what is a racial
incident. Training in this area had been carried out in
schools.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Mrs Thomas advised that for the first time the
information for Chiltern and South Bucks had been reported as
separate districts. The Officer commented that all districts with
the exception of Chiltern had seen a reduction in the number of
reported incidents and Officers had worked with a school in the
Chiltern area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Some schools were still not reporting racist
incidents and send in Nil returns. Officers continue to encourage
schools to take up training on an ongoing basis.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Committee was advised that an online
reporting system will be introduced. This will mean incidents can
be logged as and when they happen. This will be good for the County
Council as it will enable Officers to see when incidents are
occurring and identify possible trends such as time of day or year.
It was highlighted that most primary school incidents happen in the
playground and for secondary schools these are in the classroom as
a result more training has been targeted at play assistants for
primary schools and for teachers in secondary schools.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Members made the following points in relation
to the report:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A watchful eye
needed to be kept on the level of incidents within Special Schools.
The Officer advised that this was very challenging as behaviour may
also be a major issue.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A Member asked that
as data is now being divided into individual district areas whether
any particular District Council stood out. The Officer said there
was not one district which stood out but what was noted was that
schools which were more diverse had fewer incidents whereas schools
which were more mono-diverse had more reporting.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Are we improving?
In response the Officer advised that the number of schools with nil
returns was going down which suggested that there had been a trend
of embedding and improvements could be seen.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Officer was thanked for a very
comprehensive report.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;ul class=&quot;mgActionList&quot;&gt;
	
			&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/moderngov/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=12972&quot; class=&quot;external&quot; title=&quot;Link to issue details for item 9.&quot;&gt;Find out more about item 9.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Mr P &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Nanji&lt;/span&gt;,
Principal Leisure and Communities Officer, Chiltern District
Council gave a presentation on Chilterns Community Cohesion Plan
2009-2012.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The presentation highlighted the following
points:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Officer
informed the Committee that this was a plan about delivering
community led projects in partnership with a broad range of
agencies that meet the needs and aspirations of the local
community.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The proposed plan
consisted of six themes including reducing health inequalities,
community engagement, building community capacity, supporting
economic prosperity and improving leisure/culture.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;What different
service make can be demonstrated through;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Outcomes (LAA/Place
Survey)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Targets&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Partnerships&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Addressing
sustainability is a big challenge&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The consultation is
coming to an end in November and a formal draft plan is to be
circulated early in 2010.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The plan was due to go to Cabinet for approval
in December 2009 but it is now anticipated this will be early next
year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Members made the following comments:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Education is not
included as one of the plans themes. Education and learning are
important and should add to the strategy as a whole. Mr P
&lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Nanji&lt;/span&gt; agreed that learning and
education in its broadest sense should be included within the plan
and this would be considered when drawing up a final version.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Mrs Y Thomas
commented that Chesham High School and Chesham Community College
will be arranging an exhibition looking at intergenerational
work.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Community
involvement is welcome and it is important to raise Health and
Inequalities. The PCT reported in 2006 that life expectancy figures
in Buckinghamshire had changed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Does Chiltern
receive Community Cohesion funding? It was highlighted that only
Wycombe is the only District Council within Buckinghamshire which
received such funding based on the outcome of the BVPI Survey
carried out in 2006.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The District
Council should liaise more with Chiltern REC and Mr P &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Nanji&lt;/span&gt; noted this suggested.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Officer was thanked for updating the
Committee.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt; 
					
		
		
		
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&lt;ul class=&quot;mgActionList&quot;&gt;
	
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&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Papers:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;
a)&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
Report&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;
b)&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
Draft response to Specific Equalities Duties &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;- To Follow&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Member had received a report the purpose of
which was to provide the Forum with an overview of the Equality
Bill and outlines the policy proposals for the specific duties to
support the new Equality Duty.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Mrs A &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Sarchet&lt;/span&gt;
introduced the report and invited Members to NOTE the report and
AGREE that it wishes to respond to the Government&amp;rsquo;s
consultation proposals for the specific equalities duties. The
Forum was also asked to AGREE the contents of its response, which
includes the results of the consultation exercise carried out by
the BCC Cohesion and Equalities Team.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The report highlighted the following
points:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The new Bill will
create a public sector single equality duty on listed public
authorities when carrying out their functions and on other persons
when carrying out public functions.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;There are four key
principles which underpin the new specific duties:&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Use of
evidence&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Consultation and
involvement&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Transparency&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Capability&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The
Government&amp;rsquo;s proposals for public authorities include the
following:&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Develop and
publicly set out their equality objects taking into account certain
priority areas&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Set out the steps
they will take towards achieving the equality objectives over a
standard three year period and be required to implement the steps
it has set unless reasonable or impracticable to do so.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Review their
equality objectives at least every three years&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Have a specific
duty to report annually on progress against their equality
objectives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Officer commented that the report was
originally due to be discussed at the June meeting of the Forum but
due to a high number of apologies received that meeting was
cancelled. The consultation process on the specific duties closes
on 30 September 2009. To date the County&amp;rsquo;s Cohesion and
Equalities Team have prepared two consultations questionnaires, one
focussing on the procurement proposals and one of the remaining
issues, which, together with supporting information, were sent to
colleagues through the Bucks Equalities Network, other relevant
officers within the County Council and the community and voluntary
sector. In addition a workshop was arranged with officers who have
a procurement and/or commissioning role so that the procurement
proposals could be discussed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Officer advised that the Cohesion and
Equalities Team had collated the responses and drafted a
response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A Member asked how many questionnaires were
sent out in total and the Officer advised that over 100
questionnaires went sent out and 11 responses were received.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Chairman asked that if any Member had any
comments to send them to Mrs A &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Sarchet&lt;/span&gt;
by 5pm on Monday 28 September 2009.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Chairman was asked to clarify who the
response was to be submitted on behalf. The Chairman confirmed in
agreement with Members the response would be a joint response on
behalf of Buckinghamshire County Council and the Forum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Members NOTED the report and AGREED that it wishes to respond to
the Government&amp;rsquo;s consultation proposals for the specific
equalities duties. The Forum was also asked to AGREE the contents
of its response, which includes the results of the consultation
exercise carried out by the BCC Cohesion and Equalities Team.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt; 
					
		
		
		
				&lt;p&gt;3.20&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;ul class=&quot;mgActionList&quot;&gt;
	
			&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/moderngov/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=12912&quot; class=&quot;external&quot; title=&quot;Link to issue details for item 11.&quot;&gt;Find out more about item 11.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Members had received a Performance Update from
Angie &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Sarchet&lt;/span&gt;, BCC, Community Cohesion
and Equalities Manager.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Angie &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Sarchet&lt;/span&gt;
introduced the report and highlighted the following:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;N101-
Place&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Survey&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Members were informed that results indicated
that a higher percentage of people now feel people from different
backgrounds get on well together and a lower percentage feel that
they do not. Results for all Bucks, Aylesbury, Chiltern and South
Bucks are above that reported nationally (76%), and the result for
Wycombe is on a par with it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Officer commented that the BME categories
as defined have changed and this made trend analysis
impossible.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;GramE&quot;&gt;Responses from female
respondents has&lt;/span&gt; increased from 62% to 79.6%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Analysis of the Place Survey results show that
respondents under 21 and those aged 21-30 reported significantly
higher levels of disagreement compared to the overall figure of
20%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;NI01-Delivery Plan Performance Update&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The consultation around reviewing the role of
the Racial Equality Councils (&lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;RECs&lt;/span&gt;) has
been delayed but this will be compensated for by extending the
consultation period by eight weeks so that it closes in
January.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The exclusion report is usually received at
the September meeting of the Forum. However, the Officer who would
normally produce and present the report was unable to attend the
meeting and this item will be moved to the December meeting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;CCEF Action Plan&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Assessing the impact of new migrants on
localities &amp;ndash; this action has been included in the research
project with ICOCO and therefore no longer needs to remain as a
stand alone action.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Officer highlighted that it had been two
years since the action plan was drawn up and that there had been
considerable change in Forum membership during that
time.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; It was proposed
that a half day conference be scheduled for early Summer 2010,
which would provide opportunity for an in-depth discussion of the
findings of the ICOCO research report and review the role of the
Forum, including taking account of earlier comments made at the
meeting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;NI04-Place Survey&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The overall score suggests people in the three
upper age bandings all agree that they are able to influence
decision significantly more whilst those in age back Under 21
reported significantly less agreement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;NI35-Building resilience to extremism&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The two funded districts (Aylesbury and
Wycombe) had self assessed against the indicator and their targets
for improvement were highlighted. Buckinghamshire has undertaken a
self assessment as a process for identifying improvements that
would support the work of partners and has set its own improvement
targets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Following a successful partnership bid for
funding to the CLG &amp;pound;50k has been awarded and training will be
rolled out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;In March 2009 the Government published a
revised version of its counter terrorism strategy, commonly known
at Contest 2. The revised strategy sets out its strategic context
looking at issues such as the background to international terrorism
and the UK, its impact, the current threat and how this has
changed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;In response to the report Members made the
following comments:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Page 6, item 6
comments about reviewing the role of the &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;RECs&lt;/span&gt;. Wycombe REC provides immigration advice and
translation services daily. There is talk about altering method of
funding but primary funding is needed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;In relation to pg
47, item 19, Mr N &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Hussain&lt;/span&gt; commented
that another County Councillor Mr R Khan and he had recently been
interviewed by &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;newsnight&lt;/span&gt; regarding
their work on community cohesion within Buckinghamshire since the
terrorist activities in Wycombe, which included re-establishing
links with Thames Valley Police. He said that the media coverage
had been positive.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
The Forum NOTED the report.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt; 
					
		
		
		
				&lt;p&gt;3.35&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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					&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Updates from Partners&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul class=&quot;mgActionList&quot;&gt;
	
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&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Equality
and Diversity Strategy which was previously presented to the Forum
&lt;span class=&quot;GramE&quot;&gt;has&lt;/span&gt; now been embedded in the service.
The service still needs to be looking externally at the equality
impact and a community impact assessment will be undertaken to
quantify and qualify data.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Members were informed that the South East Fire
Improvement Partnership are holding an Operational and Diversity
event for Fire and Rescue services on 23 September 2009 at MK Dons
stadium in Milton Keynes. Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue will be
launching their Community Cohesion Strategy and Community
Engagement guidance at the conference. Copies of the documents will
be circulated to Members for information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Action: Mr J Williams to forward documents to Clerk for circulation
to Members&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thames&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Valley&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Police&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Inspector Sarah
&lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Poolman&lt;/span&gt; informed the Forum that she had
been in post since August.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Thames Valley Police
continue to work closely with District Councils in relation to the
prevent agenda and improving communication.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A prevent engagement
officer for Buckinghamshire has been recruited and officers are
currently working closely with Wycombe REC and the Equalities
Forum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Sir Christopher
Prentice, Ambassador to Iraq will be visiting Wycombe for an event
which is to be held at Bucks New University and is aimed at young
&lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;muslims&lt;/span&gt; as part of efforts to tackle
extremism and promote cohesion.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Mr N &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Hussain&lt;/span&gt; highlighted that he is Chairman of
Aylesbury Independent Advisory Group and that he is attending a
National Independent Advisory Group conference in November.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Chiltern REC&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Buckinghamshire
Consortium has agreed its constitution.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Buckinghamshire Forum of Faiths&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Mr P Lawson reported that following the
application to the &amp;lsquo;Faith In Action&amp;rsquo; programme for
funding, they had been awarded &amp;pound;12k. The project is for
2010-11 and the aim is to have one set up in each of the district
areas. Members can contact Mr P Lawson in the first instance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Aylesbury Vale District Council&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Institute of
Community Cohesion (&lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;ICoCo&lt;/span&gt;) has
completed their baseline review, which had identified a number of
issues and recommendations and identified the following four
priorities:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Integrating new and existing communities&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Tackling disadvantage&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Young people and intergenerational tensions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
Empowering and modernising the voluntary sector&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A report on the review
will be included on the December agenda for the Forum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The grants review has
been completed. From 2010 applications would be considered against
an outcomes framework. If any Member requires further information
please contact Ms S &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Moffat&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:smoffat@aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk&quot; class=&quot;external&quot;&gt;smoffat@aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Wycombe District Council&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Wycombe District Council received 3
years funding (2008-2011) from CLG to support projects to improve
community cohesion in Wycombe District.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;In 2008-2009, the funding programme
supported projects delivering (&lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;)
cohesion through sports, (ii) cohesion through arts and (iii)
intergenerational work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;There is &amp;pound;146k available and for
the remaining two years the council is requesting applications to
run projects up until March 2011 that will contribute to at least
one Wycombe-One Community themes, these are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Improving cohesion:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Through Sport&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Through Inter-generational
work&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Through a community
event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;The information is on the website
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wycombe-one.org/&quot; class=&quot;external&quot;&gt;www.wycombe-one.org/&lt;/a&gt; and
the deadline for applications is 9 November 2009.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt; 
					
		
		
		
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			&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;AI10115&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;13.&lt;/p&gt;
				
					
		
					&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/moderngov/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=8990&quot; title=&quot;Link to document 'Planned Future Agenda Items' pdf file&quot; class=&quot;external&quot;&gt;Planned Future Agenda Items&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mgFileSize&quot;&gt; PDF 17 KB&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul class=&quot;mgActionList&quot;&gt;
	
			&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/moderngov/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=12906&quot; class=&quot;external&quot; title=&quot;Link to issue details for item 13.&quot;&gt;Find out more about item 13.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Members had received the report detailing the
planned future agenda items for the future meetings of the
Forum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A Member asked how they could contribute to
the work plan and were advised to contact Mrs A &lt;span class=&quot;SpellE&quot;&gt;Sarchet&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt; 
					
		
		
		
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			&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;AI10116&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;14.&lt;/p&gt;
				
					
					&lt;p class=&quot;mgAiTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Date of Next and Future Meetings&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 15
December 2009, 10.00am, Large Dining Room, Judges Lodgings,
Aylesbury.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Provisional dates for 2010&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Tuesday 30
March, 10am, Committee Room 1, Wycombe District Council&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Tuesday 29
June, 10am, Council Chamber, South Bucks District
Council&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Tuesday 21
September, 10&lt;span class=&quot;GramE&quot;&gt;am&lt;/span&gt;, Mezzanine 3, County
Hall, Aylesbury&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tuesday 7 December, 10am,
Large Committee Room, Chiltern District Council&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p class=&quot;mgSubItemTitleTxt&quot;&gt;Minutes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;mgWordPara&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Section1&quot;&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 15
December 2009, 10.00am, Large Dining Room, Judges Lodgings,
Aylesbury.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2010&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Tuesday 30
March, 10am, Committee Room 1, Wycombe District Council&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Tuesday 29
June, 10am, Council Chamber, South Bucks District
Council&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Tuesday 21
September, 10&lt;span class=&quot;GramE&quot;&gt;am&lt;/span&gt;, Mezzanine 3, County
Hall, Aylesbury&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tuesday 7 December, 10am,
Large Committee Room, Chiltern District Council&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt; 
					
		
		
	
	
	
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Attendance Details
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Venue: Committee Room 1, Wycombe District Council
Items
Note 
No.
Item
1.
Election of Chairman
Find out more about item 1.
Minutes:
RESOLVED
&amp;nbsp;
That Mr F Downes be elected
Chairman of the Community Cohesion and Equalities Forum for the
ensuing year.
&amp;nbsp;
Mr F Downes in the Chair
&amp;nbsp;
2.
Appointment of Vice Chairman
Find out more about item 2.
Minutes:
RESOLVED
&amp;nbsp;
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