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    (i)        to note the current version of the draft Carers Strategy; and

  (ii)        to instruct the Head of Children’s Services to submit the final version, following consultation, for approval at the appropriate subsequent Committee.

The Committee had before it a report by the acting Director of Education and Children’s Services which advised of the draft Carers Strategy (‘A Life Alongside Caring’ - attached as Appendix One), which covered both adult and young carers, in response to requirements within the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016.

The report recommended –

that the Committee

(a)          note the current version of the draft Carers Strategy; and

(b)          instruct the Head of Children’s Services to submit the final version, following consultation, for approval at the appropriate subsequent Committee.

The Committee resolved:

to approve the recommendations.