Local Area Committees (LACs)

• A summary of the three Local Area Committees meetings - 12 January 2009
• Local Area Committees meeting (East) - 16 January 2009
• A Summary of the Rushcliffe Local Area Committee - 13 January 2009

We believe the local committees will provide us with a new and exciting way of engaging with residents and communities.  We want to work together to make a real difference to the services we provide and the local committees will provide a very important way for people to get involved and have a say about what happens in the future. The three local committees are now in place for East, West and Rushcliffe areas. They will be keeping an eye on our work, how we perform and making sure we deliver improved services and the promises we make to customers.

What is the role of the local committees?

The local committees are locally based groups which sit underneath and work closely with the our Board. While monitoring our performance they will ensure that local issues, priorities and interests are acted upon. Each committee will have a Local Improvement Budget to spend on local priorities.

The key aims of the committees are to:

• provide a new and exciting way to work together to improve services and the communities we serve

• make sure we deliver what we said we would
• listen to what residents and customers are saying and make sure the Board has this information
• comment on how we are doing
• suggest changes and improvements to how we do things
• ensure we work in partnership with residents, customers and other local organisations, and
• use the Local Improvement Budget for the benefit of the area.

Who sits on the local committees?

Local committees will work on a partnership approach with residents, staff and independent people working together. Each committee will be made up of six individual residents, four independent people and will be chaired by a member of the Spirita Board. Staff will also attend and support the committees. In two areas, the East and Rushcliffe areas, the Chairman is also a local resident.

East Area

Chair - Michael Perkins
Lead Director from Spirita - David Clarke, Director of Asset Management
Ken Armstrong
Anne Bethell
Neil Bettison
Janet Brown
Karen Formon
Philomena Mead
Alan Overall

West Area

Chair - Phil Jackson
Lead Director from Spirita - Steve Richards, Director of Housing Services
Jean Lynch
Frank Harrison
Ann Jackman
Elizabeth Ann Travers
Frank Troughton
Bruce Williams

Rushcliffe Area

Chair - Yvonne Cannaby
Lead Director from Spirita - Gill Newton, Acting Director of Community Services
Michael Barron
June Carrington
Tony Laban
Krysia-Maria Rigley
Diane Smeeton
Bryan Tansley
Sam Boote
Mary Bunney