(a)       Declaration of Substitutes – Where Board members, Councillors are unable to attend a meeting, a substitute agreed with the Chair may attend, speak and vote in their place for that meeting.

(b)       Declarations of Interest by all Members present of any personal interests in matters on the agenda.

(c)       Exclusion of Press and Public – To consider whether, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, or the nature of the proceedings, the press and public should be excluded from the meeting when any of the following items are under consideration.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Children’s Trust Board held on 6 June 2016.

Peter Fraser, Head of Partnerships and Community Engagement to provide an update on the progress made – following the request from Youth Parliament.

Karen Oellermann to present the Annual Report of the Trust Board – setting out progress made against the priorities within the Children and Young People’s Plan.

Helen Redding to provide an update on the Framework.

Following on from the presentation at the last Board meeting (6 June 2016), the Board is asked to consider a request from the Special Needs Action Panel (SNAP) to become a member of the Board.

The Protocol for Joint Working between Strategic Boards including that Chairs and partners will have an ongoing and direct relationship, communicating regularly.  This standing item is to provide members of Boards with an opportunity to update the Children’s Trust on any matters and to provide comment on any annual reports circulated.

The Forward Plan sets out dates of future meetings and proposed agenda items for Board Members to note and consider.

Amanda Coleman will present the quarterly monitoring report for Trust Board Members to review and challenge.