The first board meeting of the new Board of Directors for the Cambridgeshire ULO was held on 30 April 2009 at Arbury Community Centre. The Board elected an interim Chair (Andrew Gardner) and Treasurer (Kadie Chapman) and started to develop a vision and some priorities for the ULO based on the research and feedback received from people across the county. These ideas are now being developed into a plan which will be available for people to consider and feedback on shortly. The Board also agreed that the Cambs ULO should now take steps to become a registered charity and it is hoped that this will be completed by July. Pen profiles of the Directors are available here: Pen profiles of the Directors

Between December 2008 and January 2009 we held a series of events across Cambridgeshire to find out more about what people wanted and how the Cambs ULO might be able to help. We also distributed over 1000 questionnaires.

We had great feedback with over 400 people taking part and all of our results are written up in these reports:

Results of the Engagement and Involvement exercise (word doc)

Results of the Engagament and Involvement exercise (easy read)

This report is also available in braille, large print or audio. To order a copy please contact the Cambs ULO Administrator on 01245 392300 or email cshah@ecdp.org.uk)

Thank you to everyone who took part. We are using these results to help us build a vision and plan for the Cambs ULO which will work creatively to meet some of these challenges and involve local people in developing and delivering the solutions. We hope to publish our plan on this website by the end of June

As well as looking at the results from our Engagement and Involvement Exercise we thought this was a great opportunity to reflect on what worked in terms of getting people involved and what didn't. We have written up our findings in the following report which can be downloaded here:

Learning from the Engagement and Involvement Exercise (word doc)

Learning from the Engagement and Involvement Exercise (easy read)

This report can also be ordered in braille, large print or audio. For copies please contact the Cambs ULO Administrator on 01245 392300 or email cshah@ecdp.org.uk

The Cambs ULO is committed to sharing all of its learning so that we can all make quicker progress to better solutions and we hope you find this report useful.

The fifth meeting of the project steering group was held in Ely on the 4th of December.

The steering group considered the Expression of Interest and Engagement and Involvement processes.

Notes and action points to follow.

The next meeting of the Project Steering Group will be held in February.

• Come to one of the Engagement and Involvement Events. For more details and booking form, please see the "Pubic Meetings" section below.
• Fill in the Questionnaire and return it to the Cambridgeshire ULO Development Officer by the 31st January 2009. See link below in Engagement and Involvement exercise.
• Set up your own Engagement and Involvement Event - Invite us to come to one of your own meetings to explain more about the project.