The Next meeting of the LINk Committee is:
The meeting scheduled for Thursday 23rd February 2012 has been postponed. We will advise of a new date in due course.
Click on the link at the bottom of this page to download past Committee meeting papers (papers for upcoming meetings are not available until one week before the meeting).
The Next meeting of the Workplan Implementation Group (WIG) is:
There are no meetings of the Workplan Implementation Group planned for 2011/12. The LINk's Management Sub Committee (MSC) meet monthly and deal with Workplan Business.
LINk Committee
The LINk Committee has 11 individual members and 6 organisational members, but there are spaces available for 1 more individual and 6 more organisations which we can accept at any time. For more information about becoming a Committee Member please contact our office for an informal chat.
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What is the role of the LINk Committee?
The Committee make decisions on behalf of the LINk together with the Management Sub-Committee. The Chair is Georgie Bigg representing Voluntary Action North Somerset and the Deputy Chair is individual Member, Stephen Buswell.
Authorised Representatives
The LINk has statutory powers to enter and view health and social care service providers, to observe activities being carried out. Individuals who have applied to carry out this role are referred to as 'Authorised Representatives'. North Somerset currently have 5 members who are authorised to carry out enter and view visits. These LINk Members were approved by the LINk's Workplan Implementation Group. All have attended specific Enter and View training and have been CRB checked. They are:
Nikki Edwards
Bill Carruthers
Pauline Godden
Hazel Ashby
Tony Hawkings
LINk Leads
Claire Murphy, LINk Organisational Member, who works for the Mental Health advocacy organisation FRIEND in Weston-Super-Mare, is the Equal Opportunities and Diversity Lead for the LINk.
Strategic level Representation
The LINk has a number of representative positions on various strategic level groups and boards. To see the most up-to-date list of rep roles,
click here.