Met-Track's new Executive Board and Coaches Forum set the tone with clear direction for 2017
Met-Track's new lease of life for the coming four years has hit the ground running in the new year with the inaugural meeting of its Executive Board at City Hall, London on Monday (9th January). This was then followed by a coaches conference hosted by lead partner, the Metropolitan Police Service, in Charing Cross Police Station yesterday (Wednesday 11th).
The new oversight structure which is designed to drive forward planning as well as monitor performance against a number of established key performance indicators, sees the Executive Board lead thinking for the future with a mass of experience grouped around the table. Hosted by MOPAC, the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, the group included former Sussex Assistant Chief Constable Robin Merrett, now head of operational oversight for MOPAC. Mr Merrett was Bexley Borough Police Commander when then Superintendent John Powell founded the scheme in 2005. They were joined by representatives from England Athletics, fellow charity Access Sport, Charlton Athletic's Community Trust, and former Scheme Manager, Jason Hussain among others.
"This board will form a vital strategic think tank in taking Met-Track forward toward the next decade," explained Scheme Director John Powell MBE, who chaired the group. "There was a lot of positive energy around the table and I am really enthused with the potential our new management framework could have to offer in the coming years."
The coaches grouped together two days later to sign up to a statement of expectation that outlined high standards required of met-Track staff, and had input from Met' officers on two of the most sensitive subjects of the present day - the risk to our young people of radicalisation, and then the gang culture that is eating away at a small core of our young and resulting, in some cases, in tragic outcomes.
"We have yet to come the first meeting of the Performance Review Group which is more of a tactical group where we review performance and expectations closer to ground level, and use the feedback from that group to inform the next Executive Board," explained John. "It's really exciting times for Met-Track now, and I can see a very improssive evaluation emerging at the end of the first year of stage two in our association with the BIG Lottery Fund."
The new oversight structure which is designed to drive forward planning as well as monitor performance against a number of established key performance indicators, sees the Executive Board lead thinking for the future with a mass of experience grouped around the table. Hosted by MOPAC, the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, the group included former Sussex Assistant Chief Constable Robin Merrett, now head of operational oversight for MOPAC. Mr Merrett was Bexley Borough Police Commander when then Superintendent John Powell founded the scheme in 2005. They were joined by representatives from England Athletics, fellow charity Access Sport, Charlton Athletic's Community Trust, and former Scheme Manager, Jason Hussain among others.
"This board will form a vital strategic think tank in taking Met-Track forward toward the next decade," explained Scheme Director John Powell MBE, who chaired the group. "There was a lot of positive energy around the table and I am really enthused with the potential our new management framework could have to offer in the coming years."
The coaches grouped together two days later to sign up to a statement of expectation that outlined high standards required of met-Track staff, and had input from Met' officers on two of the most sensitive subjects of the present day - the risk to our young people of radicalisation, and then the gang culture that is eating away at a small core of our young and resulting, in some cases, in tragic outcomes.
"We have yet to come the first meeting of the Performance Review Group which is more of a tactical group where we review performance and expectations closer to ground level, and use the feedback from that group to inform the next Executive Board," explained John. "It's really exciting times for Met-Track now, and I can see a very improssive evaluation emerging at the end of the first year of stage two in our association with the BIG Lottery Fund."
