Issue - meetings

to note the report and the attached internal audit report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Internal Auditor which presented an audit on Volunteer Arrangements which was undertaken to review the area of volunteer arrangements to ensure the Council was operating an effective control framework regarding the engagement of volunteering services.

The report recommended:

that the Committee review, discuss and comment on the issues raised within the report and the attached appendix, and then endorse the recommendations made.

In response to a question relating to whether the actions identified in the audit report would be completed within the timescales, the Interim Chief Officer - People and Citizen Services advised that a report on Corporate Volunteering Policy would be submitted to Staff Governance Committee later in the year and that progress was on track to meet the timescales.

In response to a question relating to whether Disclosure/PVG checks were undertaken, the Interim Chief Officer - People and Citizen Services advised that volunteers were not carrying out regulated work with children or vulnerable adults therefore would not require a check to be undertaken.

In response to a question relating to the number of volunteers and where they were working, the Interim Chief Officer - People and Citizen Services advised that currently she did not have the total number of volunteers as this was something the Working Group were progressing and that the areas covered included museums and galleries, parks and gardens and tourism.

The Committee resolved:-

to note the report and the attached internal audit report.