The DSO provided a progress update on the Councillor Development Reviews (CDR’s). The DSO explained that a total of 30 out of 36 CDR’s were completed, with the addition of 6 new CDR forms received since the last meeting on Tuesday 23 July 2024.

The DSO updated Members on their identified training and development needs which had been updated with the information provided on the latest CDR’s. The DSO informed Members that the key themes have broadly remained the same and provided a summary of each identified training need, highlighting previous training on each topic with further actions to be taken. Where training has already been held recently, it was agreed that the materials would be provided for all Members to refer to.

The DSO presented the new Member Development Programme for 2024/2025.