Neighbourhood partnership working groups (NPWGs)
Each district committee has four neighbourhood partnership working groups (except the City and North district committee, which has five) and these mirror the four themes included within neighbourhood agreements, these are:
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safer, stronger communities
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economic development and enterprise
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children and young people
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health and older people
(The fifth one in the City and North district covers physical regeneration)
The members of each working group will be made up of councillors, council officers, key partners and community representatives. These meetings aren't open to the public, but each working group reports to its district committee that are.
The role of the working groups is to:
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devise action/work plans to address the relevant priorities in neighbourhood agreements
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monitor the performance of partners against the targets that are within the neighbourhood agreements and, if performance is failing, to develop and agree improvements plans and, if necessary, escalate concerns about performance to their district committee
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review the outcomes in the neighbourhood agreements, with regard to performance information, and take targeted action, if necessary, including the shifting of resources in areas of under-performance
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oversee the annual refreshment process of their theme within the neighbourhood agreements
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watch out for changes in policy that may have implications to neighbourhood working and report to the district committees on these
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prepare annual reports for consumption by a wide range of stakeholders at the end of each year