We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in North East across 37 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
Children's placements shortage
Children's services reported a shortage of foster carers and efficient regulated placements, with 433 children in care and a high rate of children in need of social work assessment. This is a major se…
“Uh, our front door we call the MACH, m a c h, multi-agency children's hub. It's based at Daisy Lane in Ormsby. Uh they've dealt with 14,000 contracts …”
Foster carer shortage
The children’s services report identified a shortage of foster carers and insufficient regulated placements as a major issue. The cabinet member said the council had 433 children in care and needed to…
“"There's a direct quote from marine inspectors in the report which notes that there's one area which requires improvement primarily because we're unab…”
Children's services overspend
The council reported a year-end overspend of £2.4 million, with members highlighting persistent pressure in children’s services and adults’ services. Children’s services were specifically cited as a m…
“"you will note that there has been a year end overspend of 2.4 million which obviously is large but is much smaller than the 5.3 million that was bein…”
Children's in-house placement savings
Members discussed transformation savings from developing in-house placements in children’s services, with £1.1 million already achieved and a further £1.8 million still to be realised. This indicates …
“"In councelor Mass's report we saw that the transformation um savings um that we achieved were 1.1 million um in terms of developing inhouse placement…”
Children's improvement schedule
Children’s services will move from frequent long reports to an annual detailed report with three shorter quarterly updates, matching quarterly data collection. This changes how scrutiny monitors perfo…
“This report used to come to council every 2 months. Uh I felt it was a bit repetitive, so in discussions with the DCS, that's the director of children…”
Children's services reporting cycle change
The cabinet member said the children and families report would move from bi-monthly reporting to an annual detailed report with shorter quarterly updates. This changes the governance and monitoring rh…
“"This this report used to come to council every two months. I felt it was a bit repetitive. So in discussions with the DCS that's the director of chil…”
Children's services overspend
Quarter three position shows significant overspending in children’s services, with an overspend of £8m and a total pressure of approximately £24m compared with last year’s level, despite putting £16m …
“"in the quarter three position which is coming to the next cabinet. We're looking at children services... overspent by £8 million"”
South Bank bridge transfer
The council confirmed that transfer of South Bank Railway Station Bridge to Network Rail has not yet formally completed, with legal teams from the council, TVCA and Network Rail working on heads of te…
“Had you have wanted to get a train from South Bank to do exactly the same, you wouldn't have been able to because you would can't get across to that p…”
Highways funding shortfall
The portfolio holder repeatedly stated that highways maintenance funding from TVCA has not kept pace with the scale, geography and climate pressures on the network. He said the council has had to rely…
“I've consistently raised concerns that recurren and Cleveland does not receive the fair share of highways maintenance funding through the TVCA given t…”
Highways maintenance investment
The highways portfolio reported substantial ongoing spend on resurfacing, patching, rights of way, drainage and coastal protection, alongside investment in new fleet, depot improvements, specialist ro…
“When I took over this uh portfolio three years ago, I had three priorities in mind. Fixing more roads, building a stronger service, and securing a fai…”
Graphene surfacing trials
The council is trialling graphene-enhanced surfacing on quieter and busier roads with Universal Matter and Tarmac, and also preparing to trial carbon capture biogenic asphalt. If these materials exten…
“Record and Cleveland is now being recognized nationally for its involvement in graphine enhanced surfacing. Working with record-based company Universa…”
Waste booking system upgrade
In response to questions about the household waste recycling centre, the council said it plans to upgrade the current IT system to improve booking control and match demand to capacity. The booking sys…
“"The council has recently carried out a number of improvements to the site which will enable residents to dispose of their waste much quicker and incr…”
Recycling education spend
The cabinet member referred to £186,000 spent on promoting recycling, in response to a query about stopping bin-tagging pilots. Members noted the apparent tension between ending a tagging policy that …
“"Now in your report you say that this policy was saving us money. Now it was a policy decision that was reversed very abruptly. Now considering the fi…”
Incinerator Decision
A motion to remove political and financial support for the Tees Valley Energy Recovery Facility; the project carries large cost and long-term commitments.
“The motion is that we remove all political and financial support for the Tease Valley Energy Recovery Facility going forward.”
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