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A message from Vic Hogg, Acting Director General, Crime Reduction and Community Safety Group
I am pleased to be able to welcome you to the first edition of the Community Safety eUpdate.
I am committed to working closely with all of our partners to achieve our aim of protecting the public. An integral part of being able to deliver for the public is communication and our ability to share information with each other - I hope this new Community Safety eUpdate makes it easier for you to access relevant information and find out what is happening in the Home Office and your regions, now and in the future.
As a community safety practitioner, it is important that we keep you up to date with the latest news and community safety campaigns and events. The eUpdate has been developed and designed with you in mind. We want this to be a useful medium through which to showcase keynote initiatives in your area.
I would welcome any feedback that you may have on this new communication as well as any suggestions for changes or improvements you would like to see.
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Welcome to the Community Safety eUpdate, issue 1
The new monthly eUpdate has been designed in response to your feedback. Coming straight from the Home Office to your PC, you'll receive information in a succinct and easy to read format. Thank you to those of you who took part in our recent research into Home Office communications. Your comments and ideas were extremely valuable. We would appreciate your feedback on the eUpdate. Please let us know what you think via ouronline survey >>
Your help needed with research to improve our websites
Early next year, we will be beginning a piece of research to find out how theCrime Reduction,Police,Respect and Drugs Home Office websites are viewed and used by our stakeholders. We will then use your feedback to refresh and improve these websites. If you are interested in taking part in this research and consultation process which will start in January 2009, please email your contact details toCommunity Safety eUpdate. |
 Highlights
 News from the Queen's speech
Knife Crime - Anti-knife billboard campaign launched in Wolverhampton
Tackling drugs changing lives awards
Not in My Neighbourhood Week 2008 a success
Action to tackle alcohol-related harm
Coming soon... stakeholder support for the anti-knife crime campaign
New Year consultation on violence against women
FRANK: New cocaine campaign launched 4 December
Youth Crime Action Plan latest
News in the regions
Quick news links
Report into neighbourhood policing released
Policing green paper responses published
Prime Minister's 'Fair rules' agenda aims to support communities |
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 Dates for your Diary
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...that Alan Campbell, Home Office Minister for Crime Reduction, wrote to all CDRP and CSP chairs in November to say that from January, the CDRP survey data that we require partnerships to complete on a quarterly basis, will be published online? All ASB co-ordinators should have received a letter with a copy of the survey. For more information please contact the ASB action line on 0870 220 2000. | | |
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Top story: In her speech at the state opening of Parliament on 3 December, the Queen set out plans for the new Policing and Crime Reduction Bill
Measures will include:
- Increasing police accountability and effectiveness by providing a clear voice for the public through directly elected representatives
- Protecting the public by facilitating and strengthening collaborative working of police forces at all levels, from local neighbourhood policing through to regional and national levels
- Preventing low-level crime and disorder taking root in our communities by tightening control of lap dancing clubs and the misuse of alcohol and the sale of alcohol
Full text of the speech |
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Knife Crime - Anti-knife billboard campaign launched in Wolverhampton
Young people are being encouraged to pledge support byuploading their own anti-knife photos on Bebo. These images will appear in posters on over 80 billboards across England and Wales in the next three months. This is the latest step in the Government's three year national interactive youth marketing campaign, 'It Doesn't Have to Happen'. Since its May launch, 9.6m young people have seen web ads and 2.8m people have heard the radio ads. |
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Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Awards
Ceremony on 10 December in London
These awards recognise people who have made an outstanding contribution to tackling drug issues and this year over 360 nominations were received. A careful judging process produced 10 individual and 10 team finalists, representing each region in England and Wales. National individual and team winners will be announced and each receives £10,000 to expand their organisation's work.
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Not in My Neighbourhood Week 2008
a success
This year hundreds of local partners across the regions ran activities to bring professionals and local communities together to say no to neighbourhood crime. Thanks to all the agencies and police who took part. Positive media coverage shows its success in show casing what is being done locally, from police in North Yorkshire running Safer Neighbourhood Surgeries to crack down on under-age drinking, to an organised clean up day to pick up litter and paint fences in Chelmsford.
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Action to tackle alcohol-related harm:
Alcohol Enforcement Skills Development Seminars
Are you working on the Licensing Act and the practical, effective enforcement of offences under it? Are you interested in working with other alcohol-related tools and powers like Designated Public Place Orders, ASBOs and Alcohol Disorder Zones?
Book your regional practitioner training workshop
The workshops run until March and will be supported by a comprehensive digital support package early in 2009.
Best practice examples:
-The Government Office for London's 'What works' to tackle alcohol-related disorder? guide
-Cheltenham's code of practice for reducing alcohol related violent crime and disorder
-Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council's 'Licensing Act 2003 Toolkit' |
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Coming soon...
stakeholder support for the anti-knife crime campaign
Early next year, we will launch a stakeholder support website to support the national campaign. This dedicated website, hosted on the Crime Reduction website, will form the hub of the stakeholder campaign. It will provide communications advice and materials, and will connect stakeholders by sharing ideas and good practice around knife crime. The website will also be supported by a stakeholder toolkit containing tips, tools and ideas for action with young people, parents and the local media around tackling knife crime. |
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FRANK:
New cocaine campaign launched 4 December
The new FRANK campaign will deliver multiple messages about the long and short term health risks of cocaine, how quickly and easily users can become addicted and how cocaine can affect users' personalities. It will also show the darker side of the drug, including trafficking and supply. The campaign targets 15-18 year olds and consists of a TV advert, online films and a viral video, as well a new interactive section oftalktofrank.com exploring issues raised by the campaign. A cocaine information pack will also be available early December.
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69 local authority areas with special funding are working with DCSF's Youth Task Force to agree activity for 2008/09.Details here
All parts of the country will get some support through the Youth Crime Action Plan. £22m will also be distributed to additional areas to improve work with families to prevent youth crime. Details will be announced in the near future. All areas will also be able to draw on improved advice and support on tackling youth crime.
Details of nearly £0.5m to create the next generation of support services for young victims of crime was announced in October.
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Young people asked to text about knife carrying
The charity Crimestoppers is targeting a campaign at young people to pass on information about who is carrying a knife.
Launched on 24 November, young people are being asked to pass on information about who is carrying knives in their schools, by sending a simple text message to a dedicated and anonymous hotline. It will be publicised in schools, colleges and youth clubs in the 10 areas of England and Wales that are part of the government's tackling knives action programme.View the Game over 4 knives website
The scheme was piloted in London over the summer and has, so far, received more than 40 pieces of actionable information that have been passed on to law enforcement agencies. |
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New neighbourhood crime and justice pioneer areas and launch of Community Payback
Sixty areas across the country have signed up to become new neighbourhood crime and justice pioneer areas, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced on 4 November. These sixty areas are working to increase confidence in the work being done by agencies and the police. As part of this approach the Home Secretary and Justice Secretary have introduced branded, high-visibility jackets for offenders in England and Wales on community service, making a tougher community payback scheme. Offenders will undertake hard community work for several hours a day, with communities themselves directly identifying local projects
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Violence against women strategy: New Year consultation on violence against women
The Home Secretary will launch a consultation in the New Year on proposals to better tackle violence against women (including domestic violence, sexual assault and rape, and human trafficking for sexual exploitation). This aims to link up government and stakeholders and to focus on better prevention and raising public awareness. The consultation will include public and stakeholder roadshows throughout the regions. A planning event was held in early November with representatives from Government Offices. We hope continued engagement and input will ensure these roadshows are a success.
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