Agenda item

To receive a verbal update from the Chair regarding the progress made on setting up the inclusion panel as per minute SC202.

A Draft Press Release is provided within the Communications & Events Officer report for sign off.

The Committee received and considered a verbal update from the Chair on the progress made on setting up the inclusion panel.  Members had met with Punam Owens who was an expert in this field which had proved to be invaluable.  It was planned to set up a Diversity and Inclusion Panel and it was suggested that Councillors and Senior Officers undertake Unconscious Bias Training. 

RECOMMENDED:             that the verbal update from the Chair be noted and that the Town Clerk investigates training options and brings them back to a future Personnel Sub-Committee;