Purpose

To make various appointments, including appointing the
Cabinet and Deputy Leader, to agree the portfolios of the Cabinet
Members and the extent of the delegations to them, and to confirm
matters reserved to the Cabinet.
 

Content

Consideration was given to a report of the Borough
Solicitor and to a tabled addendum.
 
DECISION –
 
(i)           
THAT Councillor Patricia Callaghan be appointed as the
Council’s Deputy Leader.
 
(ii)         
THAT the following be appointed
to the following Cabinet Portfolios:
 
·     
Cabinet Member for Safer Communities – Councillor Pat
Callaghan
 
·     
Cabinet Member for Better Homes – Councillor Meric
Apak
 
·     
Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing, and Adult Social Care
– Councillor Anna Wright
 
·     
Cabinet Member for Finance and Cost of Living –
Councillor Richard Olszewski
 
·     
Cabinet Member for Best Start for Children and Families
– Councillor Marcus Boyland
 
·     
Cabinet Member for Young People and Culture –
Councillor Sabrina Francis
 
·     
Cabinet Member for New Homes, Jobs, and Community
Investment – Councillor Danny Beales
 
·     
Cabinet Member for Voluntary Sector, Equalities, and
Cohesion – Councillor Nadia Shah
 
·     
Cabinet Member for a Sustainable Camden – Councillor
Adam Harrison
 
(iii)        
THAT the above portfolios will
be as follows:
 
Leader of the Council
 

 
Leading on
the overall delivery of the Council’s We Make Camden themes,
Missions and Challenges, organisational innovation,
and supporting the participation of all citizens in community life
and decision-making. Given their long-term significance, to retain
oversight of High Speed 2, equalities policy and
programmes and work to support residents struggling
with the cost of living.
 
To have overall
responsibility for the functions within the remit of the Cabinet
and the ability to make any decision that can be made by any
Cabinet Member and the Cabinet collectively, or has
been delegated to officers.
 
 
To take a particular lead
delivering the following:
 
-       
To
lead the delivery of We Make Camden – our community-led
vision for Camden – including working with citizens and
partners in the delivery of our We Make Camden mission and
challenges;
-       
Opening up the Council so all citizens can have a say and
working to make sure citizens are at the heart of delivering our
services;
-       
To
take a lead on developing strategic and Missions-oriented
partnerships in the Borough;
-       
Helping to make Camden a home of innovation and creativity,
where we learn together, and lead the Council’s work to test
new ideas to tackle inequality, injustice, and entrenched
challenges;
-       
Leading on our development of a Community Wealth Fund to
unlock our wider Camden resources to deliver our We Make Camden
ambitions and missions;
-       
To
take the lead in supporting refugees to flourish in Camden and the
Council’s work to ensure we are a Borough of
Sanctuary;
-       
Ensuring the Council is campaigning in London and
nationally on behalf of our residents; and
-       
To lead the Council's participation and resident engagement
programmes, ensuring that residents have a say in how services are
delivered in their neighbourhoods and shape their
communities.
 
To have overall
responsibility for Council communications.
 
To lead on overall strategy
and have responsibility for the policy and performance of the
Council, together with taking a strategic oversight of the
Council’s major projects.
 
To take the strategic lead on all devolution
issues for the Council.
 
 
To be responsible for health
and safety issues that fall within the remit of this
portfolio.
 
To be Cabinet lead for all
matters within the remit of the Cabinet (subject to those allocated
below) relating to the activities of the Strategy Family, Strategy
and Design, Participation and Communications, and Law and
Governance divisions of the Corporate Services
directorate. 
 
To maintain oversight on HS2
and Euston Station, with the strategic lead being the Cabinet
Member for New Homes, Jobs, and
Community Investment and
with each Cabinet Member being responsible for delivery within
their portfolios of relevant aspects of the project.
 
To maintain oversight of
integrated care systems and the development of population health
approaches in Camden and at a sub-regional level, working with the
Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing, and Adult Social
Care.
 
To take, with the Cabinet
Member for Finance and Cost of Living, the lead in seeking to
protect Camden residents (including resident EU nationals)
businesses, and other organisations against the
negative consequences of the UK’s exit from the
EU. 
 
To work with the Cabinet
Member for Finance and Cost of Living to support residents
struggling with deepening poverty and the cost of
living.
 
To take the lead on work
with anchor institutions to ensure that the opportunities and
commonwealth are shared through our Missions-oriented approach and
the development of a Community Wealth Fund, working alongside the
Cabinet Member for Finance and Cost of Living and the Cabinet
Member for New Homes, Jobs, and
Community Investment.
 
To be responsible for
appointing a Senior Coroner as required under Schedule 3 of the
Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
 
Should the Cabinet Member
for Best Start for Children and Families decline to act in relation
to the appointment of school governors (for whatever reason), then
the Leader or Deputy Leader will take the decision on school
governor appointments or removals. For decisions relating to the
removal of school governors then the Leader/Deputy Leader will
either make the decision in consultation with the Executive
Director Supporting People or should the Leader/Deputy Leader not
have made the initial decision and should an appeal have been
lodged, will receive the recommendation from the Governors Appeals
Panel after an appeal.
 
New Homes, Jobs, and Community Investment
 
 
Leading on job creation,
protecting mixed communities, and sharing our common
wealth including investment in new homes, schools, green
space, and community facilities (including planning, Community
Investment Programme, regeneration, place-making,
supporting an inclusive economy and jobs and acting as the Cabinet
strategic lead on HS2). The portfolio includes special
responsibility for creating vibrant markets.
 
 
To take responsibility for
the delivery of the priorities, challenges, and missions of We Make
Camden that relates to the portfolio functions outlined below.
In particular by:
 
-      
building as many genuinely affordable homes as we can as
quickly as we can, and help others (including housing associations
and developers) to do the same;
-      
working with the business community to deliver genuinely
inclusive growth that benefits everyone;
-      
ensuring that the private rented sector in Camden is
well-regulated, including the holiday short-term lets market, to
maximise the availability of affordable, accessible,
and decent housing for Camden residents;
-      
work
for an inclusive economy through promoting a good work standard and
supporting businesses that invest in
communities;
-      
increasing the number of affordable workspaces in the
borough;
-      
helping those furthest from the labour market
into rewarding work as part of overall responsibility for the
Council’s employment and skills
programme;
-      
focusing on building communities that are mixed, with
well-designed homes and infrastructure that encourage integration,
cohesion, and active lifestyles; and
-      
preserving and enhancing a culture of lifelong
learning by working with our colleges, employers, universities, and
the voluntary sector, to support citizens to develop skills and
knowledge to access work and opportunities, but also to continue to
enrich their lives and foster individual
wellbeing;
-      
working with the Cabinet Members for Young People
and Culture as part of the leadership of the Youth Mission to
support equitable access to economic opportunity and
entrepreneurship for young people;
-      
leading our work to promote vibrant markets and high
streets.
 
To have responsibility for
functions within the remit of the Cabinet which relates to the
development of an inclusive economy, including job creation in
Camden, as well as the planning service.
 
To oversee the
authority’s functions as a local planning authority (other
than those which are the responsibility of the Council and its
Planning Committee) including enforcement with
particular reference to planning policies and
place-shaping (including HS2 and Euston), the Local Plan Review,
Section 106 legal agreements, Community Infrastructure Levy and
Neighbourhood Planning.
 
To lead on employment and
skills for the Council including adult apprenticeships in Camden,
and relationships with the Camden Business Board and business
improvement districts. To increase the number of Camden residents gaining
well-paid and decent employment, based on the skills and vocational
training they have gained.
 
To lead in protecting mixed
communities including investment in schools, new homes, green
space, and community facilities, (including planning, Community
Investment Programme, regeneration, and
place-making).
To have responsibility for
all matters within the remit of the Cabinet which relate to
regeneration.
 
To have corporate oversight
of cross-cutting Community Investment Programme
issues.
 
To have oversight of the
regulation of the holiday short-term lets market in
Camden.
 
To be responsible for the
health and safety issues that fall within the remit of this
portfolio.
 
To take special
responsibility for creating vibrant markets. 
 
To have responsibility for
the North London Waste Plan. 
 
To take the overall
strategic lead on HS2 and Euston Station and well as have specific
responsibility for the aspects of the council’s response to
HS2 and Euston Station that fall within these portfolio
responsibilities.
 
Better Homes
 
 
Leading on improving
council homes and estates, tenant and leaseholder
participation, and promoting quality private rented accommodation
(including council stock; housing management, and housing
strategies).
 
 
To take responsibility for
the delivery of the priorities, challenges, and missions of We Make
Camden that relates to the portfolio functions outlined below.
In particular, by:
 
-      
continuing to work to make homes in Camden safe,
well-managed, and well-maintained, and make sure that
people’s homes meet their needs, seeking to reduce the number
of households living in unsuitable accommodation
-      
seeking to influence the private rented sector so that it
improves the standard of accommodation
-      
to
lead on the Estates Mission focusing on ensuring Camden's estates
and their neighborhoods are healthy and sustainable and unlock
creativity taking primary responsibility for mission delivery,
partnerships, and collaboration with other Cabinet Members and
Cabinet Advisors;
-      
delivering the highest level of safety in our housing stock
by working together with tenants and leaseholders.
 
To be responsible for all
strategic housing matters including the Council's housing strategy,
its relationship with registered social landlords and other housing
agencies across all tenures (including private sector issues), and
the Council's housing strategy.
 
To have overall strategic
responsibility for resident safety in
Camden. 
 
To lead in improving council
homes and estates.
 
To lead in responding to and
seeking to influence the Government’s agenda on housing
issues.
 
To lead on housing policy
and temporary accommodation.
 
To be responsible for the
health and safety issues that fall within the remit of this
portfolio.
 
To have responsibility for
effective arrangements for the provision of housing services funded
by grants.
 
To be responsible for the
improvement and maintenance (including responsive repairs, planned
maintenance, capital projects, and resulting health and safety
obligations) of the Council's residential stock (including estate,
street properties, and sheltered and hostel accommodation). This
includes oversight of the funding, procurement, and management of
the housing investment programme and related
regeneration and inward-investment initiatives together with
responsibility for the prudent management of the Housing Revenue
Account and housing capital budgets including the oversight of the
capital spend profile and annual rent-setting.
 
To have responsibility for
functions within the remit of the Cabinet relating to housing
management on Camden's housing estates and street properties
(including estate cleaning, grounds maintenance, environmental
management, void control, lettings, and rent
collection).
 
To lead on promoting quality
private rented accommodation (including council stock;
housing management and housing strategies.
 
To be responsible for
leading and improving tenant and leaseholder participation.
Ensuring that the views and interests of tenants and leaseholders
are considered in the creation of housing policy and service
delivery. To also ensure that the participation is representative
and maximise the level of participation.
 
To be responsible for the
aspects of the Council’s response to HS2 and Euston Station
that fall within these portfolio responsibilities.
 
 

Health, Wellbeing, and Adult
Social Care
 
 
Leading on healthy living
and ageing well in Camden, our work to address the causes and
social determinants of health, our population health approach,
supporting good mental health, reducing health inequalities, and
supporting independence for residents with disabilities or health
conditions (including health inequalities, adult social care, and
adult safeguarding).
 
 
To take responsibility for
the delivery of the priorities, challenges, and missions of We Make
Camden that relates to the portfolio functions outlined below and
in particular:
 
-      
to
lead on the Camden Food mission ensuring that everyone eats well
every day with nutritious, affordable, sustainable food; taking
primary responsibility for mission delivery, partnerships, and
collaboration with other Cabinet Members and Cabinet
Advisers; putting health and wellbeing at the forefront of all that
we do, promoting good health and ensuring that we consider health
and wellbeing in the delivery of our
services;
-      
supporting improving population health and addressing
entrenched health inequalities by working with all Cabinet
Portfolio holders to tackle the social determinants of health and
address health inequalities;
-      
seeking to ensure that healthy choices can be made and
promoting the taking part in physical activity, such as walking or
cycling working with the Cabinet Member for a Sustainable
Camden;
-      
The portfolio holder will work
with the Cabinet Member for Best Start for Children and
Families to ensure the
best health outcomes for children and young people in the
borough;
-      
tackling the poorer health outcomes that exist among residents in
social housing, using our relationship with our tenants to develop
new community-based interventions;
-      
supporting people to age well and live independently for as long as
possible. prioritising protecting people from harm,
and supporting people with disabilities to be in control of their
own lives; 
-      
seeking to reduce the prevalence of mental ill-health in
the borough and tackling the stigma that exists towards mental
illness; and
-      
ensuring that the safeguarding of adults is a priority and
is delivered effectively.
 
To have responsibility for
all functions within the remit of the Cabinet which relate to
public health, and adult social care, and take the
statutory/strategic political lead.
 
To be responsible for the
health and safety issues that fall within the remit of this
portfolio.
 
To lead on healthy living
and ageing well in Camden, supporting good mental health, reducing
health inequalities, and supporting independence for residents with
disabilities or health conditions (including health
inequalities/adult social care)
 
To have responsibility for
the Council’s health-related functions including public
health. These include executive matters dealt with by the relevant
parts of the Supporting People Directorate and the Council’s
Public Health Service but may also include other matters from time
to time. The function also includes lead responsibility for matters
relating to NHS adult services and the Mental Health and Social
Care Trust, and the range of adult social care services and their
commissioning, including accessible
transport. 
 
To be responsible for the
aspects of the Council’s response to HS2 and Euston Station
that fall within these portfolio responsibilities.
 
 
Finance and Cost of
Living
 
 
Leading on making the best
use of limited funds to meet our objectives, transformation
including promoting digital, making sure the Council is responsive
to citizens and other stakeholders, financial inclusion (finance,
property, HR, citizens and customer services, regulatory services,
transformation including digital lead).
 
 
To take responsibility for
the delivery of the priorities, challenges, and missions of We Make
Camden that relates to the portfolio functions outlined below
and in particular, in response to the challenging
financial outlook, to:
 
-      
design services focused on residents and their
needs;
-      
ensure strong financial management; and
-      
strive for Camden to continue its development as a leading
digital council.
 
To
also take a specific lead on delivering our commitment
to:
 
-      
increase resident satisfaction with the Council overall and
as a result of 'right-first-time' changes in service
provision;
-      
deliver efficiencies to meet the Council’s cost
reduction targets;
-      
set a
clear and long-term approach to the Council Tax levels taxpayers
can expect to pay in this difficult financial
climate;
-      
ensuring that Camden's residents, businesses, and
communities are represented in the UK's ongoing relationship with
the European Union – and support and represent Camden's
European citizens;
-      
the
Council’s systemic response to the challenge of poverty and
hardship in our communities resulting from the increasing cost of
living for our families;
-      
develop long-term plans to ensure that we remain a
financially stable authority in a very different financial climate;
and
-      
work
to preserve a dynamic evening and night-time economy, balancing the
needs of visitors and businesses with those of local people who may
be negatively impacted.
 
To have responsibility for
functions within the remit of the Cabinet which relates to the
Finance & Procurement and Human Resources &
Organisational Development divisions of the Corporate
Services Directorate as well as customer and citizen services and
Council transport services. These include, but not exclusively, the
executive matters dealt with by the Finance & Procurement
division of the Corporate Services Directorate but may also include
other matters from time to time. In particular, it
includes responsibility and political leadership on the Council's
approach to procurement, digital inclusion, the Council's corporate
use of technology, and overall digital and technology strategy,
including the digital service and the Council's Corporate Property
function.
 
To lead on making the best
use of limited funds to meet our objectives.
 
To lead on transformation
including promoting digital, making sure the council is responsive
to citizens and other stakeholders.
 
To lead on financial
inclusion (finance, property, human resources, citizens and
customer services, regulatory services, transformation including
digital lead).
 
To provide a political and
strategic lead on customer and citizen services in
Camden.
 
To have responsibility for
functions within the remit of the Cabinet which relates to the HR
function. These include, but not exclusively, the functions dealt
with by HR, in particular, workforce policy and
overseeing the implementation of national agreements.
 
To have responsibility for
some regulatory services including licensing (in so far
as they are not the responsibility of the Licensing Committee), and
street trading within the Supporting Communities
directorate.
 
To monitor the performance
of the Council’s people management policies and be the
Cabinet Member with responsibility for Health and Safety, relating
to employees and the Council’s internal advice
function.
 
To be otherwise responsible
for the health and safety issues that fall within the remit of this
portfolio.
 
To be one of the
Council’s representatives on the North London Waste
Authority.
 
To be responsible for the
aspects of the Council’s response to HS2 and Euston Station
that fall within these portfolio responsibilities.
 
To be responsible for
transport policy, street maintenance, the public realm, and
improvements projects and programmes relating to the
Dartmouth Park Safe and Healthy Streets Scheme only.
 
A
Sustainable Camden
 
 
Leading to cleaner air,
greener streets, addressing climate change and the climate and
ecological emergency, promoting sustainability, increasing
recycling, and making our communities accessible for all (including
parks, recycling, waste services, transport, sustainability esp.
air pollution, cycling, and walking).
 
 
To take responsibility for
the delivery of the priorities, challenges, and missions of We Make
Camden that relates to the portfolio functions outlined below, and
in particular the following:
 
-      
leading the Council’s response to the climate and
ecological emergency including working with Council services, the
wider public sector, businesses, and
citizens;
-      
seeking to improve air quality and biodiversity in
Camden;
-      
seeking to reduce carbon emissions in the borough, lowering
emissions from our estate and operations, and working with others
to achieve this goal;
-      
decreasing the amount of waste produced in the borough by
providing the infrastructure, information, and incentives for
people and businesses to reduce their waste and recycle as much as
possible of the waste that they do produce; and
-      
seeking to increase green space and ensure that green
spaces, streets, housing estates, and other public spaces are
clean, attractive, and safe and that residents, visitors, and
businesses are actively involved in contributing to
this.
 
To have responsibility for
the overall policy and strategic direction of the Council with
regards to sustainability, including issues around education and
communication of its policy to the Borough.
 
To be responsible for
transport policy, street maintenance, the public realm, and
improvements projects and programmes, with the
exception of any matters pertaining to the Dartmouth Park
Safe and Healthy Streets Scheme.
 
To be responsible for the
overall policy and direction of parking management for the
borough.
 
To have corporate oversight
of cross-cutting Community Investment Programme issues
related to sustainability.
 
To lead on cleaner air,
greener streets, promoting sustainability, increasing recycling,
and making our communities accessible for all (including parks,
recycling, waste services, transport, sustainability especially air
pollution, cycling, and walking)
 
To have responsibility for
policy and strategic direction around Parks.
 
To be responsible for the
areas of environmental services including recycling, waste
management, street cleansing, and public conveniences.
 
To be one of the
Council’s representatives on the North London Waste
Authority.
 
To be responsible for the
health and safety issues that fall within the remit of this
portfolio.
 
To act as the
Council’s representative on the London Councils Transport and
Environment Committee (TEC).
 
To be responsible for the
aspects of the council’s response to HS2 and Euston Station
that fall within these portfolio responsibilities.
 
To take a lead on matters
relating to animal welfare.
 
 
Best Start for Children and Families
 
 
Leading on keeping
children safe, reducing child poverty, supporting families,
excellence in education for all (including schools and keeping
children safe), and
supporting children and parents in our communities through our
early years' services.
 
 
To take responsibility for
the delivery of the priorities, challenges, and missions of We Make
Camden that relate to the portfolio functions outlined below and
in particular the following:
 
-      
working to protect Camden’s family of schools and our
shared vision of a collaborative and cooperative local
comprehensive education system;
-      
seeking to help all our young people to achieve academic
excellence and grow up to be active and engaged
citizens;
-      
ensuring that young people are well-prepared for adult
life, investing in education so that young people have the
knowledge, resilience, and relationships they need to
succeed;
-      
keeping safeguarding children as a priority, protecting the
most vulnerable, and finding ways to support people to keep
themselves and others safe;
-      
ensuring that all children have the best start in life
through early intervention programmes and are kept
safe and supported.
-      
Ensuring that children are supported to have the best start
in life through our early years' services.
 
To have lead responsibility
for all the functions within the remit of the Cabinet which relate
to children's social care, health, education attainment, and
play.
 
To be the Lead Member for
Children as defined in the Children Act 2004 (both now and as it
may be amended) and in the subsequent guidance from the Government,
and to fulfil all the necessary duties and responsibilities of this
role.
 
To lead on keeping children
safe, reducing child poverty, and supporting families, including
early interventions.
 
To ensure the Council is the
best possible Corporate Parent to children in its care.
 
To lead on excellence in
education for all, including schools.
 
To be responsible for the
health and safety issues that fall within the remit of this
portfolio.
 
To be responsible for adult and community
learning.
 
To have responsibility for schools and the Council’s
relationship with schools in the Borough seeking innovative
improvements to obtain the optimum outcomes for all children and
young people. These responsibilities include, but not exclusively,
relevant executive matters dealt with by the Early Intervention and
Prevention, Education (Achievement and Aspiration), and
Children’s Safeguarding and Social Work divisions of the
Supporting People directorate and the Property Management division
of the Supporting Communities directorate but may also include
other matters from time to time such as the appointment or removal
of and partnership with school governors, learning and standards of
achievement in schools and Children’s Centres
and school effectiveness, school organisation matters
and planning school places, schools capital developments and
corporate programme.
 
To be a company director of Camden Learning.
 
The Cabinet Member will also be responsible for the quality
and performance of traded services to schools, the quality,
commissioning, and performance of schools, contracts: school meals,
school cleaning, policies and strategies on school exclusions and
attendance, Special Educational Needs provision/support services
and policies.
 
The portfolio holder will have lead responsibility for
matters relating to the NHS Children Services and the range of
Children's Social Care Services and their commissioning with a
particular focus on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children and taking a strategic lead on issues around complex
families in the Borough. The portfolio holder will lead, working
with the Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing, and Adult Social
Care with responsibility for public health to ensure the best
health outcomes for children and young people in the
borough.
 
To have responsibility for
the provision of play services in Camden.
 
For decisions relating to
the removal of school governors, should the Cabinet Member not have
made the initial decision, receive the recommendation from the
Governors Appeal Panel after an appeal.
 
To be responsible for the
aspects of the council’s response to HS2 and Euston Station
that fall within these portfolio responsibilities.
 
 
Safer Communities
 
 
Leading on reducing drug
activity, preventing anti-social behaviour and crime,
reducing domestic abuse and violence, violence against women and
girls, and rough sleeping.
 
 
To take responsibility for
delivery of the priorities, challenges, and missions of We Make
Camden that relate to the portfolio functions outlined below and
in particular the following:
 
-      
ensuring that we do everything we can to reduce crime and
keep our citizens safe;
-      
supporting everyone experiencing rough sleeping to have a
route off the street
-      
reducing and addressing the impact of anti-social
behaviour;
-      
reducing the sale, use, and impact of illegal drugs in our
communities;
-      
delivering the Youth Safety Taskforce recommendations
relating to enforcement and disruption; and
-      
renewing our target of reducing domestic abuse and violence
and its impacts, identifying early signs of abuse, and supporting
victims as early as possible;
 
To lead on reducing rough
sleeping.
 
To
lead on preventing anti-social behaviour and crime,
and to work collaboratively with the Cabinet Member for Voluntary Sector, Cohesion, and
Equalities who
leads Camden’s Prevent Strategy and work
programme on issues of hate crime and
radicalisation.
 
To build effective
partnerships with the Police to identify emerging areas of
concern.
 
To lead on Emergency
Management and responding to emergency incidents,
 
To lead on managing the
impact of the night-time economy.
 
To lead on reducing domestic
abuse and violence including keeping children safe from domestic
violence.
 
To lead on reducing violence
against women and girls.
 
To be responsible for the
health, wellbeing, and safety issues that fall within the remit of
this portfolio. In
particular, this portfolio includes responsibility for the
Council's approach to illegal drug
activity. 
 
To be responsible for effectively discharging the
Council’s strategic (non-landlord) duties under legislation
in relation to rough sleeping and the effective stewardship of
General Fund budgets associated with these responsibilities and
services.
 
To have responsibility for
all matters within the remit of the Cabinet which relate to
community safety, anti-social behaviour, and emergency planning.
These include, but not exclusively, the executive matters dealt
with by the relevant parts of the Supporting Communities
Directorate and other Directorates but may also include other
matters from time to time.
 
Working with the Cabinet Member for Best Start for
Children and Families, domestic and sexual violence, and child
sexual exploitation.
 
To be responsible for the
aspects of the council’s response to HS2 and Euston Station
that engage community safety issues.
 
As Deputy Leader, if for any
reason the Leader is unable to act or the office or the post of
Leader is vacant, to have the authority to act in his or her
place.
 
 
Voluntary Sector, Cohesion, and Equalities
 
 
Leading on volunteering,
neighbourhood empowerment, promoting health and wellbeing
through sport and leisure; special responsibility for the
voluntary and community sector (VCS), outcomes-led community work.
 This portfolio includes
an overall role in promoting community cohesion and leading on
equalities.
 
 
To take responsibility for
delivery of the priorities, challenges, and missions of We Make
Camden that relate to the portfolio functions outlined below and
in particular the following:
 
-      
to
lead the delivery of the Camden diversity mission focusing on
ensuring that those holding positions of power in Camden are as
diverse as our community – and the next generation is ready
to follow; taking primary responsibility for mission delivery,
partnerships, and collaboration with other Cabinet Members and
Cabinet Advisors;
-      
working with our partners in the voluntary sector to build
a resilient and independent sector, support social action and the
delivery of We Make Camden Missions and Challenges; and
-      
building a borough where different communities have
opportunities to come together and celebrate diversity and
shared values;

-      
working to promote gender equality in
Camden
 
To lead on volunteering and
neighbourhood empowerment. To lead and have oversight of the Council's work
to deliver services with our communities and in
neighbourhood settings, focusing on bringing together
collaborative partnerships of citizens, the public sector,
businesses, and third-sector groups. This includes working with the
Cabinet Member for Young People and Culture to increase active
participation in arts and culture, leading on the use of the
Council's buildings, working with other Cabinet Members to make the
most of collaborative opportunities between the public sector,
businesses, and community groups putting communities and citizens
at the heart of their work.
 
To lead on promoting health
and wellbeing through sport and culture.
 
To lead on tackling
inequality.
 
To
take the strategic lead for the Council on equality and cohesion
and on driving forward the Council’s work to create an
inclusive and equal borough. This includes work to monitor the
Council’s equality performance and policies and
ensuring that the work of other
portfolio holders is effective in promoting equalities.
 
To take the lead
on Camden’s work to
prevent radicalization and reduce hate crime including the Prevent
programme, and No Place for Hate, working
collaboratively with the Cabinet Member for Safer
Communities.
 
Working with the Cabinet
Member for Safer Communities, who leads on emergency management, on
incidents which impact community cohesion.
 
To lead on the development
and building of stronger communities, community cohesion, and
resilience.
 
To be responsible for the
health and safety issues that fall within the remit of this
portfolio. 
 
To have responsibility for
all functions within the remit of the Cabinet which relate to
leisure. To lead on the borough’s sport and physical activity
and, through this, to support outcomes around health inequality and
life expectancy.
 
To
have responsibility for the Coroners Service. 
 
To have lead responsibility
within Camden for Olympics heritage issues.
 
To be responsible for the
strategic relationship with voluntary and community sector
organisations in Camden.
 
To be responsible for the
aspects of the council’s response to HS2 and Euston Station
that fall within these portfolio responsibilities.
 
 
Young People and Culture
 
 
Leading on creating
opportunities for young people and, reducing youth
offending. This includes youth participation, ensuring successful
launch into work; early intervention for adolescence; youth
services, youth justice, and special responsibility for youth
violence. Supporting and promoting Camden's arts, culture, and
heritage including our community and major institutions, and
ensuring equal access and equal opportunity to arts and
culture
 
 
To take responsibility for
delivery of the priorities, challenges, and missions of We Make
Camden that relate to the portfolio functions outlined below and
in particular the following:
 
-      
to
lead on the Camden Youth Mission ensuring that every young person
has access to economic opportunity that enables them to be safe and
secure; taking primary responsibility for mission delivery,
partnerships, and collaboration with other Cabinet Members and
Cabinet Advisers;
-      
seeking to assist young people who have grown up locally,
or who have strong connections to the borough, to gain a foothold
in Camden and build their lives
here;
-      
preparing young people to be successful in their working
lives via the pathway that is right for them,
whether academic or vocational; and
-      
implementing the recommendations of the STEAM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Maths) Commission,
and supporting young people in Camden to gain the skills they need
to access 21st-century jobs.
-      
Increasing access to Camden’s cultural and heritage
assets and widening the opportunity for all to participate
in, contribute to and enrich the borough’s cultural
life
-      
To lead on promoting and
celebrating the arts and culture of Camden, and to lead on
protecting and enhancing Camden’s culture and creativity
working closely with the Camden Cultural
Partnership;
 
To lead in creating
opportunities for young people including youth employment and
apprenticeships.
 
To
have responsibility for all functions within the remit of the
Cabinet which relate to libraries.
 
To lead with regard
to those not in education, employment, or training (NEETS)
and employment in the Borough.
 
To
work to ensure the safety of Camden's young people and implement
the recommendations of the Youth Safety Taskforce, and the Youth
Safety Fund.
 
To
take a strategic lead for the Council on employment and skills
opportunities for young people with a particular reference to
schemes and support programmes that will contribute to
the We Make Camden objectives and the facilitating of
opportunities, including apprentice schemes.
 
To take the lead Cabinet
role, working with the Cabinet Member for New Homes, Jobs,
and Community Investment, in working with business to secure apprenticeships for
young people.
 
To have responsibility for
all matters relating to the youth and youth offending services in
Camden.
 
To lead on reducing youth
offending (including youth participation; ensuring successful
launch into work and maximising apprenticeship levy;
early intervention for adolescence; youth services, youth
justice, plus equalities and cohesion including responsibility for
youth violence)
 
To have responsibility for
ensuring that the voice of young people in Camden is heard in the
development of policies and services across the borough.
 
To be responsible for the
health and safety issues that fall within the remit of this
portfolio.
 
To be responsible for the
aspects of the council’s response to HS2 and Euston Station
that fall within these portfolio responsibilities.
 
(iv)        
THAT, whilst the above are the
legal and constitutional explanations of the relevant portfolios,
authority be delegated to the Borough Solicitor to prepare
summaries of those responsibilities for publication on the
Council’s website.
 
(v)         
THAT
the following councillors be appointed to the Health
and Wellbeing Board:
 
·        
The
Leader of the Council
·        
Cabinet Member for a Health, Wellbeing, and Adult Social
Care
·        
Cabinet Member for Best Start for Children and
Families
 
(vi)        
THAT the following Champions be appointed and for all roles authority be
delegated to the Director of Corporate Strategy and Policy Design,
in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to prepare and
publish job descriptions for those roles and to supply from
time to time details of appropriate training
opportunities for champions in their respective areas:
 
1.   
Armed Forces Champion - Councillor Heather
Johnson
2.   
Cycling Champion - Councillor Julian
Fulbrook
3.   
Young People’s Champion – Councillor
Camron Aref-Adib
4.   
Heritage Champion – Roger Freeman
5.   
Gender Equality Champion - Helene Reardon
Bond
6.   
Tackling Cost of Living Champion –
Councillor Nasrine Djemai
7.   
LGBTQ+ Champion – Councillor Rishi
Madlani
8.   
Camden Visitors Champion – Councillor
Richard Cotton
 
(vii)       
THAT the following Champions be appointed who will
also be members of the Disability Oversight Panel:
 
9.   
Carers
Champion and Older
People’s Champion (Chair) -
Councillor Larraine Revah
10. Learning Disability and Hidden Disability
Champion– Councillor Kemi Atolagbe (Vice-Chair)
11. Physical Disability Champion – Councillor
Anna Burrage
12. Mental Health Champion - Councillor Lorna
Greenwood
13. Deaf & Hard of Hearing Champion –
Councillor Richard Cotton
14. Blind & Visually Impaired Champion
–Councillor Sylvia
McNamara
 
(viii)      
THAT the Disability
Oversight Panel be established with the following terms of
reference
 

 
The
purpose of the Panel which will meet up to three times a year
to:
 
·        
Discuss key issues for different groups of disabled
residents that the Equality Champions have identified through their
individual roles following engagement and networking across Camden
during the preceding year.
·        
Hear
directly from service users as to their experiences and any
recommendations
·        
Hear
from appropriate experts including but not limited to the Centre
for Independent Living
·        
To
support councillor Champions to be effective in their
role
·        
Identify issues and areas of exploration to pass to the
Joint Chairs of Scrutiny meeting so that key issues for those
groups can be considered for regular inclusion on the agendas of
the Council's formal scrutiny committees and consideration of such
issues forming the basis for relevant panel work by the
committees.
·        
Consider further individual liaison with the Chairs of the
relevant Scrutiny Committee to ensure that disabled residents are
involved in the scrutiny of relevant issues on the agendas to the
Council’s scrutiny committees.
·        
Consider whether other recommendations should be made to
other parts of the Council, in particular concerning
decision-making which impacts disabled residents
·        
Review progress and work undertaken during the
year
 
Note
that the Panel will seek to ensure that it provides oversight on
all disabilities and not just those listed under the responsibility
of the champions identified above’

 
The
Disability Oversight Panel’s membership shall consist of the
Equality Champions appointed by the Leader of the Council each year
after the annual meeting of the Council and nominated to the
working group by him or her.
 

 
To be
appointed by the Leader on an annual basis.
 

 
The Council will service up to three meetings a year. This
agreement relates to the preparation of an agreed agenda, formal
minute-taking, and facilitating the Panels links to the rest of the
Council as appropriate.
 
Note: The Panel will be in addition to the work the
Equality Champions undertake during the year with regard
to their particular areas.
 
(ix)        
THAT
the following councillors be appointed to serve on the
North London Waste Authority:
 
·        
Cabinet Member for Finance and Cost of Living
·        
Cabinet Member for a Sustainable Camden
 
(x)         
THAT the following be appointed to the London
Councils joint committees
 
·        
Leader’s Committee – Councillor
Georgia Gould
·        
Transport and Environment Committee –
Councillor Adam Harrison, Cabinet Member for a Sustainable Camden.
Deputies - Councillors Danny Beales, Meric Apak, and
Richard Olszewski
·        
Grants Committee – Councillor Nadia Shah, Cabinet Member for
Voluntary Sector, Equalities and Cohesion 
Deputies
–
Councillors Anna Wright, Marcus Boyland, Sabrina
Francis, and Meric Apak
 
(xi)        
THAT authority be delegated to the Borough
Solicitor, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to make
all necessary amendments to the Constitution, including amending
the delegations to Cabinet Members to reflect the above
decisions.
 
(xii)       
THATotherwise, the Cabinet terms of reference and
Leader/Cabinet decision-making remains unchanged and that all
matters not reserved to the Cabinet and its members are delegated
to officers.