Hello,
In Salisbury, the clean up of affected sites continues, alongside our work with partners on the recovery plan for the city. As part of this, we announced at the end of last week that the city will host the Grand Final of the OVO Energy Tour Cycle series on 31 May. As a milestone in the cycling calendar, this is a real coup for the city and it will also bring a huge number of people in to the area who we hope will have a look around the city and see for themselves how Salisbury is recovering. The action will be shown on ITV4, along with more than 100 countries worldwide.
We are putting a call out for your support as we need marshals to assist with the delivery of the event, which will attract a large number of spectators. You would be required on site in Salisbury city centre from 3:30pm to 10pm approx.
If you would like to be part of the team and help to deliver this exciting event, please contact events@wiltshire.gov.uk by Friday 4 May.
We attended this year's South Wilts Business Expo at the Guildhall in Salisbury on Wednesday, which was a great opportunity to let residents know about lots of exciting entertainment and activities coming up in the city. This includes BBC Wiltshire’s forthcoming live screening of the Royal Wedding at Salisbury Cathedral.
On Thursday we met with leaders from right across the health and social care system in Wiltshire, to look at how we could work better together. It was agreed by everyone that there is a great deal of excellent work taking place, but that we could actually deliver more benefits for our residents if this work was more integrated. All agencies committed to a single overarching strategy to provide more effective prevention, health and social care outcomes for the population.
As part of this we will strengthen the arrangements of the health and wellbeing board, develop an integrated workforce strategy, and develop and review governance. We also reaffirmed our commitment to appoint a joint Corporate Director/Accountable Officer post for the council and the clinical commissioning group this year. There’s a lot of exciting work ahead – and we’ll keep you updated along the way.
The Ofsted Annual Conversation also took place last week. The name, of course, doesn’t reflect how often we interact with Ofsted, and this meeting - a formal discussion which enables critical self-evaluation - is part of our ongoing dialogue with them. We discussed with Ofsted our social care self-assessment, education and skills performance, and our future transformation plans. The initial feedback we received was positive, with formal feedback expected in the next two weeks. We’ll share this when we have it.
This week we’ll be launching a month-long campaign to encourage 11,000 people to sign on to the electoral roll ahead of the annual electoral canvass later in the summer. The more work and preparation we do now, the better shape we’ll be ahead of the summer. You have to be registered to vote to have your say in any local or national election, and although there is no major election on the horizon, by-elections regularly take place throughout the county along with other local referendums. If you want to have a say on development in your area, such as neighbourhood plan referendums, you need to be on the electoral register.
The regular Coaching Network meeting takes place this week in Trowbridge, with a talk on ‘stillness in coaching’ by guest speaker Penny Gundry. We always say that our people are our greatest asset and we’re committed to the continuous personal and professional development of our staff. We fully endorse coaching as a tool – it provides a confidential environment for staff to explore themes affecting their daily working lives and ways to move forward positively in their roles. If you haven’t considered coaching before, we’d highly recommend a conversation with your manager about it.
You can find out more about our coaching offer on the intranet.
Finally, booking has opened for the second #EPIC Talk which takes place at the end of the month – sign up now to hear RUH cardiologist Dr Ali Khavandiv talk about how to improve our health, blood pressure, cholesterol and weight through contemporary evidence-based dietary interventions. Further details are available on our website.
You can see our latest highlights presentation on the Wire.
Alistair, Carlton and Terence
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