To consider any other business that the Chair accepts as being urgent.

Councillor Phil Davies informed that he had agreed that the Cabinet would receive a report on an initiative led by Age UK Wirral working in partnership with Wirral Citizen Advice Bureau, the Council, Merseyside Fire and Rescue, Merseyside Police and Merseytravel.  Staff and volunteers from all the organisations, along with a number of Wirral Councillors had spent three days working within the Mill Park Estate in Eastham.

Councillor Chris Jones reported that this had been a fantastic three days where staff and volunteers from all of the organisations involved had knocked on every single door on the estate, and talked to residents about their hopes, needs and aspirations. They had identified many issues that people were experiencing, and through their partnership presence, many of these issues had been dealt with on the doorstep. Some of these interventions had literally been life-changing for people.

Over the three days staff and volunteers had knocked on 1,100 doors, left 800 leaflets, had conversations with 300 people and made 64 referrals to the various partner organisations involved. They had reached many hundreds of people week that, without the Great Wirral Door Knock, they simply would not have otherwise engaged with.

Councillor Chris Jones thanked everyone who had been involved in this very worthwhile project.

Councillor Janette Williamson informed that the feedback from Mill Park residents, partner organisations and stakeholders had been brilliant, and they were now planning on visiting a different part of Wirral for three days every month.

RESOLVED:

That the report on the Great Wirral Door Knock initiative be noted.