(a)

Councillor Deacon (Cabinet Member for Customer Services, Culture, and Leisure & Sport) made the following announcements:

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the community youth team had been busy re-engaging with young people after a period of limited engagement due to the pandemic – thanks to funding received from the Fit and Fed programme and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner activities had been provided for young people. 17 young people from across the city had participated in a range of activities across the city including surfing, visits to Dartmoor Zoo, the Plym Trail and mountain biking;

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the young carers team aimed to reach as many young carers through the summer programme – over 80 young carers had signed up; young carers were also working on a project in Honicknowle as well as a digital project whilst learning photography skills;

(b)

Councillor Mrs Maddi Bridgeman (Cabinet Member for Environment and Street Scene) made the following announcements:

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currently in the street scene department they were experiencing disruption to staffing levels, more so now than in the pandemic – front line services were affected by staff absence including disruption to garden estate, street cleaning and waste services. Disruption was specifically affecting garden waste services, however the council was following government guidance on how to prioritise waste collection services;

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in her capacity as Deputy Lord Mayor, and accompanied by the Lord Mayor, both Councillor Mrs Maddi Bridge and Councillor Mrs Beer had visited street services and delivered pasties and drinks to the crew as they worked tirelessly through the pandemic; she pleaded with the public for their patience as the teams were exhausted but continued to work hard;

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she had visited the Forder Valley Link Road site along with Councillor Drean and highlighted that 85% of people employed on site were from Plymouth. 78% of orders were linked to small and medium sized businesses and there were four graduates and apprentice internships; the project was still on target;

(c)

Councillor Mrs Vivien Pengelly (Cabinet Member for Homes and Communities) made the following announcement:

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Manifesto Commitment 29 highlighted the council’s desire to create innovative plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 and Manifesto Commitment 75 described how this was going to work with housing associations to create a wider range of homes;

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she had reviewed the whole Plan for Homes Programme and in light of the Manifesto Commitments the allocation of funding to deliver zero and low carbon homes was increasing 6-fold to £1.5 million;

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she would continue to work with officers to maximise external funding for low and zero carbon homes such as the £600,000 secured from the Land Release Fund to support the delivery of 70 low carbon homes at Kings Tamerton, in partnership with Plymouth Energy Community and Plymouth Community Homes;

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this funding was already part of the Capital Programme, but if we want to make a real change in reducing carbon emissions from housing, which was the second highest contributor to our carbon emissions as a city  ...  view the full minutes text for item 155