Issue - meetings

The Armed Forces Covenant commits the Council to ensuring  that people who are currently serving and who have served in the Armed Forces and their Families receive respect, support and fair treatment and face no disadvantage compared with other citizens.

By virtue of its predecessor Councils being signatories to the Covenant, BCP Council is committed to the principles of the Covenant and delivery of relevant Council and multi-agency plans to implement the Covenant. Cabinet is asked to agree to the appointment of a Member Champion for the Covenant.

RESOLVED that Councillor David Kelsey be appointed Member Champion for the Armed Forces Covenant.

Voting: Unanimous

REASON

Signing up to the Armed Forces Covenant demonstrates the Council’s commitment to treating serving members of the Armed Forces, veterans and their families with fairness and equity and to understanding and meeting their needs. A member champion for the Armed Forces will be Councillor representative on the Dorset Armed Forces Covenant Partnership Board and a champion for the Council’s delivery of the Covenant.

The Leader presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated and which appears as Appendix 'A' to these Minutes in the Minute Book. 

The Armed Forces Covenant committed the Council to ensuring that people who were currently serving and who had served in the Armed Forces and their Families received respect, support and fair treatment and faced no disadvantage compared with other citizens. By virtue of its predecessor Councils being signatories to the Covenant, BCP Council was committed to the principles of the Covenant and delivery of relevant Council and multi-agency plans to implement the Covenant.

The Cabinet was asked to agree to the appointment of a Member Champion for the Covenant, to be the Councillor representative on the Dorset Armed Forces Covenant Partnership Board and a champion for the Council’s delivery of the Covenant.

RESOLVED that Councillor David Kelsey to be Member Champion for the Armed Forces Covenant as part of its Council-wide Commitment to the Covenant.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Leader of the Council