(Joint report of Director of Street Scene and Leisure and Cabinet Member for Leisure, Youth and Arts)
The report gave details of the work of the Kent Woodland Employment Scheme, a new charity set up to provide training and employment for ex-Service personnel, young people and ex-offenders in Kent’s ancient woodlands. Proposals were brought forward for engagement with the charity in respect of opportunities for partnership working with the suggestion that Holly Hill woods be progressed as the first site under the scheme.
Following consideration by the Leisure and Arts Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Leisure, Youth and Arts resolved that:
1) subject to a legal review of the formal Management Agreement, the Council work in partnership with the Kent Woodlands Employment Scheme initially in the management of Holly Hill woods; and
2) the Council continue discussions with the Charity with the aim of broadening its engagement across other sites within the Council’s ownership.