Issue - meetings

The Board received the Community Centres Annual Report for 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018.

The report advised that the Community Centres Service provided the management and delivery of services from five buildings: Castlefields, Ditton, Grangeway, Murdishaw and Upton.  The Centres delivered programmes of community activity; varying models of community cafes; and service outlets such as children’s centres, youth centres and day services.   It was stated that these Centres provided a community hub; a central point at the heart of the communities within which they were located for residents to enjoy activities and receive services in their neighbourhoods.  They were based in deprived wards in the Borough and were well utilised.

The report provided detailed performance information for each Centre, as set out in section 4 of the report, which included results of customer satisfaction surveys as described by Officers.  It was noted that overall community centre usage continued to increase annually, up by 3,535 visits for 2017-18 with an increased income of £21k.

One Member queried the public website link to the community centres; this can be found at http://haltoncommunitycentres.co.uk/

RESOLVED:  That the report be received and comments made be noted.