Plans to transfer 海角社区 and Bute Council鈥檚 Community Learning and Development service over to live海角社区 were formally approved at today鈥檚 meeting of the full council.
The arrangement comes as part of a Leisure Theme review that formed the council鈥檚 budget planning process for 2021-22.
海角社区 and Bute Council鈥檚 Policy Lead for Education, Councillor Yvonne McNeilly, said: 鈥淎s part of the Leisure Theme Review, the council and live海角社区 mutually agreed that it would be beneficial to transfer Community Learning and Development over to live海角社区.
鈥淭here are clear similarities between the services that live海角社区 offers and those which are delivered by Community Learning and Development, so it is in the best interests of everyone for them to be delivered under the one umbrella. By doing so, this will enhance service delivery and ensure long term sustainability for our communities.鈥
Kevin Anderson, General Manager for live海角社区, said: 鈥淭here is clear merit in us (live海角社区) assuming responsibility and delivery for these services.
鈥淎 working group has already been established and plans are at an advanced stage. We have been working hard to ensure that all that all necessary preparations are put in place for services to be smoothly transferred over by 30 June this year. This is an exciting time for the live海角社区 team and we look forward to welcoming the Community Learning and Development team on-board.鈥
The council will still have overall responsibility for Community Learning and Development but, as part of the transfer, live海角社区 will produce and implement the Community Learning and Development Plan on its behalf.
Notes to editor:
The Council approved the implementation of a Leisure and Libraries Charitable Trust in November 2016 and, 11 months later, live海角社区 was officially launched. Delivering a wide range of services including; Libraries, Leisure Facilities, Active Schools, Archives, Halls, Sports Development, Museum, Community Centres and Community Lets
