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Michael advised that a Plan Development Group had been

established and that the Group would deal with day to day

management of issues and progress the work between meetings of

this Board.

RESOLVED:- To note the information.

ACTION

ITEM

18 – Creation of Futures Board

Rebecca Halton and Liam Edgley delivered a presentation to the

Board. They were both members of Cumbria LEPs newly established

Futures Forum which comprised people aged 18 to 35. The group of

young people had been tasked with influencing key decisions on the

economic future for Cumbria and were committed to ensuring that

their views and the views of their peers seriously influenced

Cumbria’s economic strategy and investment decisions.

The Forum provided an opportunity to promote youth involvement and

empowerment at all levels of decision making in Cumbria. It was

intended that the Futures Forum would develop proposals to be

considered by the LEP Board and other Governance Bodies.

Members of the Forum were set to receive developmental support

including mentoring, to help them to progress in their careers and

operate at Board level.

Councillor M A Thomson asked if it would be helpful to have

representation from the Futures Forum on the two Sub-Groups of this

Board (The Communications and Engagement Group and the Plan

Development Group); the Chair agreed.

Julie Mennell commented that this Board needed to think about how it

could support the development and sustainability of the Futures

Forum. The Chair added that the Board needed to assist in

increasing the membership of the Futures Forum. This had been

welcomed by Rebecca Halton and she requested recommendations

for appropriate Private Sector representation. The Chair requested

members of the Board to seek relevant representation from within All Board

their respective organisations for the Futures Forum. members

Andrew Wren commented that demonstrating that we have a Futures

Forum had potential to place us is a strong position when submitting a
bid for funding.
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