Safer Neighbourhoods is the CDRP for North Lincolnshire. CDRP's are partnerships between the emergency services, local authorities, and public, private and voluntary sector agencies that work together to reduce crime, disorder and substance misuse. They were formed as a result of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and there are 376 such partnerships across England and Wales.
The Safer Neighbourhoods Partnership was formerly known as the Community Safety Partnership. In April 2004, the partnership amalgamated with the North Lincolnshire Drug Action Team and assumed the additional responsibility for substance misuse (including drug and alcohol misuse). The new partnership is named the Safer Neighbourhoods Partnership in recognition of it's role as the Safer Neighbourhoods Action Group of the North Lincolnshire Local Strategic Partnership.
What We Do
Every three years safer Neighbourhoods has to:
- Conduct an audit of crime, disorder and substance misuse in North Lincolnshire. We do this by:
- Collecting information from the Police, Local Authority, Health Service and a broad range of other sources
- Conducting surveys of local residents
- Analysing the information collected to ensure that the Partnership's perception of crime reflects public views as well as recorded statistics
- Devise and implement a strategy containing measures to tackle those priority issues identified
How We Work
We work together with a number of different levels to improve community safety in North Lincolnshire. From an executive boardroom to a resident's living room, Safer Neighbourhoods activity takes many different forms. For example we:
- Meet together at strategic levels to look at changing trends in crime and drug use
- Share information and ideas about crime and drugs
- Try to improve the way in which existing services are delivered
- Commission drug treatment services and crime reduction measures
- Encourage young people to take up useful leisure activities
- Work together with residents and voluntary groups on specific neighbourhood problems
How We Are Organised
The partnership is led by the Safer Neighbourhoods Executive Board and is operationally managed by the Safer Neighbourhoods Operations Group.
Multi agency Task Groups are formed to lead the Partnership's activities on priority themes and these are assisted by numerous Project Teams that work on specific issues or in particular locations.
There are numerous organisations in the wider Partnership and these make up the Safer Neighbourhoods Forum from which the Task Groups and Project Teams are formed.
The Partnership structure shown in diagrammatical form:
How Our Work Is Funded
Funding for Safer Neighbourhoods activity comes from a number of sources including the National Treatment Agency, the Government's Safer and Stronger Communities Fund, partner members and the many organisations and individuals who commit staff, volunteer time or other resources to our activities.
The Safer Neighbourhoods Team
The Safer Neighbourhoods Team is based at Shelford House, Shelford Steet Scunthorpe. We are a small team of people who work in partnership with police, fire, health and other key agencies, including voluntary groups, to develop Project Teams and Task Groups aimed at deterring crime and disorder.