±«Óătv

Audience Councils

Role and remit

The Audience Council Wales scrutinises the ±«Óătv's services on behalf of ±«Óătv audiences in Wales.

The Audience Council Wales works on behalf of ±«Óătv audiences in Wales, and on behalf of ±«Óătv audiences across the UK alongside the other Councils in Scotland, Northern Ireland and England.

The role and responsibilities of the Audience Councils are set out in the ±«Óătv Royal Charter.

Key Areas of Responsibility

The Audience Council Wales' responsibilities are primarily two-fold :

1. To scrutinise the ±«Óătv's performance on behalf of audiences living in Wales, and to advise the Trust on issues relating to ±«Óătv audiences and services at a Wales level. This is particularly important in the context of devolution. The National Trustee and the Audience Council are well placed to understand the needs, circumstances and concerns of audiences within Wales, and to advise the Trust on current issues.

2. The Council undertakes a continuing assessment of ±«Óătv programmes and services in Wales and the extent to which the ±«Óătv's network output and other activities reflect the diversity of the UK and its nations, regions and communities. Such work will include the identification of audience priorities for ±«Óătv (based on feedback and research in Wales) and the assessment of the ±«Óătv's performance.

The Audience Council's programme of work will be aligned to the Trust's business cycle, but flexible enough to respond to the needs and concerns of audiences in Wales.

Membership of the Audience Council Wales

The Chair of the Audience Council is the ±«Óătv's National Trustee for Wales, Elan Closs Stephens, who also sits on the ±«Óătv Trust. As well as the Chair there are twelve other members of Council, appointed on the recommendation of the Trust's Selection Panel for Wales. They will be appointed for initial terms of up to three years, with the option of an extension of tenure for up to a further 2 years.

Employees of the ±«Óătv are not eligible for appointment.

Meetings of the Audience Council

The Council holds at least eight meetings every year, usually in Cardiff, but also, on occasion, in other parts of Wales. Meetings discuss Council's input on behalf of audiences in Wales to the ±«Óătv Trust's accountability activities; and presentations on strategic plans for ±«Óătv services or genres by members of ±«Óătv Wales Board of Management and/or the ±«Óătv Management centrally are frequently given.

Minutes

The minutes of Council meeting held during 2015 are . See below for the minutes of meetings held since then.

November 2016

September 2016

June 2016

May 2016

March 2016

February 2016