Agenda

Members will be asked to declare any pecuniary, non-pecuniary and any other interests in respect of items on the agenda.

Webcasting of the Meeting

The Chair to announce the following: “In addition to the rights by law that the public and press have to record and film public meetings, I would like to remind everyone present that this meeting will be broadcast live by the Council to the Internet and can be viewed on our website for six months after the meeting.  After that time, webcasts are archived and can be made available on DVD upon request.

If you are seated in the room it is likely that the Council’s cameras will capture your image and you are deemed to be consenting to being filmed and to the use of those images and sound recordings for webcasting and/or training purposes.”

Any other announcements

Requests to speak at the Committee on a matter within its terms of reference must be made in writing to the clerk named on the front of this agenda by 5pm two working days before the meeting.

Report of the Cabinet Member for Voluntary Sector, Equalities and Cohesion.

The Cabinet Member for Voluntary Sector, Equalities, and Cohesion is providing the Culture and Environment Scrutiny Committee with her annual report for discussion.

Report of the Director of Recreation.

The report provides an update on the Council’s Biodiversity Strategy and Biodiversity Action Plan.

Report of the Director of Recreation.

This report describes the contribution that the Council’s Leisure Service, particularly its leisure centres, is making towards creating a physical activity environment to improve the health and wellbeing being of our residents. 

Report of the Director of Public Safety.

This report outlines the Council’s approach towards tackling ‘environmental crime’ which supports the strategic aim of a safe and clean Camden. The report refers to the creation of the new multi-disciplinary Community Safety Enforcement service which has been designed to underpin the enhanced Council approach towards tackling on-street anti-social behaviour and environmental crime.

The report provides an overview of the remit of the Community Safety Enforcement service and an indication of the activity delivered since its inception earlier this year

Report of the Executive Directors of Adults and Health, Children and Learning, Supporting Communities and Corporate Services.

This report focusses on the second quarter of the year (Q2) 2024/25 using a broad range of measures from each directorate and division across the organisation. In this report, Camden Directors have been asked to provide a narrative covering key areas of challenge, opportunity, and learning.  

This report is divided into two main sections:

• A summary which highlights key responses from directorates and highlights particular cross-cutting themes;  
• A detailed summary of individual service responses for Q2 2024/25 across each of our three Directorates. 

Appendix A contains the data dashboard.

Report of the Executive Director Supporting Communities.

This paper provides an update on the work programme for the Committee for the 2024/25 municipal year and tracks actions from previous meetings.