Christine Townsend - Councillor for Bristol (Southville)

Councillor Christine Townsend

Green Southville Chair of the Children and Young People Committee

Email: Cllr.Christine.Townsend@bristol.gov.uk

Council: Bristol

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Full Council (Committee Member) Licensing (Hearings) Sub-Committee Children and Young People Policy Committee (Chair) Health and Wellbeing Board (Committee Member) (Committee Member) Member Forum - Questions & Statements from Councillors (Committee Member) Public Rights of Way and Greens Committee (Committee Member) Downs Committee Overview and Scrutiny Management Board People Scrutiny Commission Licensing Committee Area Committee 5 Selection Committee Area Committee 07 (Committee Member) Escalation Panel (Committee Member)

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

100 meetings · Page 1 of 20

Children and Young People Policy Committee Chair

Children and Young People Policy Committee - Thursday, 22nd January, 2026 5.00 pm

January 22, 2026, 5:00 pm
Public Rights of Way and Greens Committee Committee Member

Public Rights of Way and Greens Committee - Thursday, 22nd January, 2026 2.00 pm

January 22, 2026, 2:00 pm
Health and Wellbeing Board Committee Member

Board Meeting, Health and Wellbeing Board - Thursday, 22nd January, 2026 2.00 pm

January 22, 2026, 2:00 pm
Escalation Panel Committee Member

Escalation Panel - Thursday, 22nd January, 2026 10.45 am

January 22, 2026, 10:45 am
Committee Committee Member

Bristol Schools Forum - Wednesday, 21st January, 2026 5.00 pm

January 21, 2026, 5:00 pm

Decisions from Meetings

79 decisions · Page 10 of 16

Quarter 4, 2024/25 Corporate Risk Report

From: Children and Young People Policy Committee - Thursday, 8th May, 2025 5.00 pm - May 08, 2025

To provide an update on the current significant strategic risks to achieving the Council’s objectives as set in the Corporate Strategy and summarise progress in managing the risks.

Recommendations Approved

Elmfield Secondary School for Deaf Children – Relocation to the Badock’s Wood Academy site and DfE grant acceptance

From: Children and Young People Policy Committee - Thursday, 8th May, 2025 5.00 pm - May 08, 2025

To seek approval to accept DfE grant funding and to allocate funding to enable facility relocation.

Recommendations Approved

Period 10, 2024/25 Finance update report

From: Children and Young People Policy Committee - Thursday, 8th May, 2025 5.00 pm - May 08, 2025

Recommendations Approved

Independent Visitors and Advocacy Services Recommissioning 2025-2030

From: Children and Young People Policy Committee - Thursday, 8th May, 2025 5.00 pm - May 08, 2025

To seek approval to enter into a new contract to deliver the statutory Independent Visitor Service and Advocacy Service.

Recommendations Approved

Children and Education Transformation Update

From: Children and Young People Policy Committee - Thursday, 8th May, 2025 5.00 pm - May 08, 2025

1. To seek approval of an addendum to the Families First business case setting out the changed cost / benefit profile for the programme and to provide an update on the work being undertaken to mobilise the Families First programme. 2. To provide an update on the wider set of programmes and projects that together will constitute the Children and Education Directorate’s Transformation and Savings Portfolio in 2025/26.  

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 100

Average per Month: 4.2

Decisions Recorded: 79