Issue - meetings

Report of Cabinet Member for Health, Adults and Leisure, providing an update on delivery of the Southampton Children and Young People's Strategy and Start Well programme.

The Board received and noted the report of the Cabinet Member for Health, Adults and Leisure detailing progress of the delivery of Southampton’s Children and Young People’s Strategy and Start Well Programme to ensure that Children in the City were given the best start in life.

The Board particularly noted the following points:-

·  The progress made in respect of Child Friendly Southampton; and the nomination of the ‘health’ badge. This would provide an opportunity for all partners, whether primarily working with children or adults, to come together to build a collective whole family focus on emotional and mental health and healthy weight. Both have also been identified as priorities and commitments for the next two years in the Health & Care Strategy.

·  The citywide focus on Trauma Informed Practice, again a priority and commitment in the Health & Care Strategy. Partners were encouraged to sign up to the Emotional & Mental Health training led by the Anna Freud Centre and Charlie Waller Trust which was being rolled out across the city.

·  The City Council priority regarding locality working.

·  The Board’s Corporate Parenting responsibilities in respect of the city’s Southampton children.

Councillor Margetts was in attendance at the meeting and with the consent of the Chair addressed the meeting.