Councillor Information
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WYRE FOREST DISTRICT COUNCIL
Annual report and review 2023/2024
Name of Member: Councillor Leigh Whitehouse
Ward: Blakebrook & Habberley South
Section 1: Attendance at Council, Committee and Sub-Committee meetings
Name of Committee No. of meetings held during the year No. of meetings attended
Appointments & Appeals 0 0
Council 5 5
Overview & Scrutiny 8 6
Licensing & Environmental 1 1
The calendar of meetings is agreed at the beginning of each municipal year. Occasionally the need arises for additional meetings to be arranged at short notice which not all Members are able to attend due to previous commitments. The table shows only the meetings in the agreed municipal calendar: additional meetings are ignored.
This represents an overall attendance of 86%
Other attendance Number
Period of Extended Absence, (e.g. Maternity leave/Sick leave):
-
Number of meetings attended as a substitute:
0
Section 2: Mandatory Training Completed
Training Activity Date attended
Code of Conduct Training 16-05-2023
Online Audit Training 23-05-2023
Licensing Training 25-05-2023
Generic Session Inc. Safeguarding & Scrutiny 06-06-2023
Community Housing: Housing Induction for members 24-07-2023
Refresher training Licensing – online 01-05-2024
Other training Number of modules completed
Core e-learning
0
Additional e-learning
0
Cyber security training
1
Section 3: Community Involvement
Over the past 12 months I have continued to attend a number of local community groups activities and continued to support them in any way I can. I continue to be proactive in the ward and regularly support the residents of my ward in a number of ways. I have conducted a large number of litter picks within the ward with other community volunteers. I have a keen interest in keeping the streets of the district clean and tidy so often report street cleansing and grounds maintenance issues to help keep our areas looking the best they can. I continue to remove graffiti myself with materials I have sourced from my own funds. I have proudly installed a number of Emergency Bleed Control kits throughout the ward, these aren't just used in knife crime incidents but are critical in any catastrophic bleeding cases. I continue to work hard to see the increasing number of defibs within the patch and throughout Wyre Forest. I have been encouraging local business owners, Community Housing, planning processes and licensed premises to do the same, I am committed to ensuring all residents in my ward are closer than ever before to this provision, something which is close to my heart. I continue to support a large number of people in line with the work I do around mental health, following founding You Matter, Mental Health Matters in 2019. I also support a number of families with SEND children. I actively support local schools with their endeavours to continuously provide provision to children with disabilities.
Section 4: Assisting Constituents
I have conducted several visits with local Policing teams and other key stakeholders to improve our area, such as reducing ASB and improving how our communities feel. I regularly conduct site visits and invite key people to these visits with me who will be able to assist me in getting things done for residents. My casework continues to grow year on year, and this is pleasing. The part I enjoy the most about being an elected member is putting right the concerns I am told about by residents and local businesses, something I have an excellent track record in. All emails and phone calls have been responded to within 24 hours and often on the same day. I conduct weekly proactive walkabouts in my ward, sometimes alone, but most of the time with local residents, Neighbourhood Watch groups and other community representatives. I often do this on foot or by cycling the area. My approach is always to deal with things proactively so residents in my ward do not need to go to the trouble of having to report issues themselves. My contact details, including my direct mobile number is published online, I try to leaflet my ward in a phased and targeted way in response to issues in the vicinity of the area I'm working in. In these publications/letters/leaflets I update residents with regard to what I have been doing in their area and they provide all the details they need to contact me. I continue to knock residents' doors in the ward on a monthly basis and always leave them with a business card should they need to contact me in the future. I regularly receive contact from residents via email, telephone calls but increasingly more via my Cllr Leigh Whitehouse Facebook page. I'd encourage residents to follow this page in order for them to keep up to date regarding what I am doing in the patch 365 days per year. I am contactable 24/7 and hold surgeries on an ad-hoc basis, depending on demand – the demand for surgeries is decreasing year on year as residents often contact me immediately rather than waiting for a surgery.
Section 5: Supplementary Information
I have attended a number of committees as an observer.
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