Neighbourhood Wardens
Improving Your Local Environment
A £50 million street warden programme to crack down on neighbourhood nuisances such as litter, graffiti and dog mess was announced on 24 April 2001 by the Prime Minister at a quality of life issues conference in Croydon. Building on Neighbourhood Warden schemes, a pilot programme of street wardens will increase the range and number of places covered by the existing schemes. More than 250,000 households are set to benefit from the new wardens.
Local authorities will need to develop proposals for the schemes in their areas depending on their particular needs. The schemes will need to deal with the kind of irritating problems which make residential streets unsafe and unattractive.
In his speech the Prime Minister also announced a series of further community regeneration measures.
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A new scheme of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) to help councils and local businesses work together to improve their local area.
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New powers for local authorities to earmark money raised from specific fines - such as for illegal parking, litter and dog mess - and use it to pay for projects designed to improve local quality of life.
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A new community Payback scheme introduced by the Youth Justice Board - young offenders will be involved in removing graffiti, clearing up litter, repairing vandalism and improving communal areas.
Last update: 27/08/03