SCoSS Charter Sub-Committee Meeting
Date: 2 October 2024
Time: 13:00
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Minutes
Present—
- Dr Marilyn Howard (Chair)
- Dr Mark Simpson (Member)
Apologies: None
In attendance (SCoSS Secretariat)—
- Andrew Strong, Head of Policy and Scrutiny
- Stephen Herbert, Secretary
- Lisa Kinnear, Governance and Engagement Officer
1. Welcome
The Chair, Marilyn Howard, welcomed the attendees to the third meeting of the Charter Sub-Committee. There were no apologies and no interests were declared.
2. Matters arising from previous meeting
No issues from the previous meeting were raised.
The minutes of the June Charter Sub-Committee were considered and agreed.
3. Updated project plan
Members considered and discussed an updated version of the project plan, which included a timeline and steps taken to date. Andrew Strong noted the significant progress in the focus groups and structured interviews since the last meeting of the sub-committee, with five further focus groups having taken place, and six structured interviews.
Members discussed the next steps of the Charter research project, including analysis of the qualitative data gathered, potential gaps in the evidence base with regard to neuro-diversity and how this will be addressed and the approach to reporting the project findings. Members also agreed to discuss promotion of the project findings at a future meeting.
Action: The Secretariat will contact Voiceability in order to arrange a discussion with their advocacy partners.
4. Focus group and structured interviews
The Sub-Committee discussed the findings from the recent focus groups and structured interviews.
Action: Members agreed that they would take some further time to consider the findings of both the focus groups and structured interviews and share key points with the Secretariat by 16 October.
Action: The Secretariat will contact the Scottish Human Rights Commission in order to make connections in relation to the human rights aspect of the research and final report.
5. Sub-committee Chair and membership
Members agreed, at the first meeting of the Sub-Committee, that Dr Marilyn Howard would Chair for the first six months from 10 April 2024 and Dr Mark Simpson the following six months. Members noted that this change would take effect from Thursday 10 October.
Members also noted that the composition of sub-committees will be agreed at the October Board meeting.
6. Any other business
The Members agreed that the next meeting of the Sub-Committee meeting would take place on Tuesday 22 October at 10am.
Meeting closed at 14:10
Date of next meeting: Tuesday 22 October 10:00-11:30.