STEERING GROUP

THURSDAY, 24 th January 2008

AT ACCRINGTON COMMUNITY FIRE STATION, ROAD, CHURCH

Present:

Cllr. Brian Roberts (Chair of Steering Group) Mick Frankland Fire & Rescue Service (Vice Chair of Steering Group) Howard Bee Hyndburn Borough Council Helen Gradwell Hyndburn Borough Council Rob Grigorjevs Hyndburn Borough Council Les Hardy JP Hyndburn Magistrates Helene Heyes Hyndburn Borough Council (Minutes) Lesley Jackson Hyndburn Community Network Navin Kumar LDAAT Irene Mawdsley Victim Support Lancashire Beverley Moorhouse Probation Service Chris Parker Government Office North West Anthony Pickover (representing Nigel Fenton) Hyndburn Homes Mike Przybysz Lancashire County Council Robert Ruston Hyndburn Borough Council Chris Saville (representing Richard Morgan) Lancashire Constabulary Joanne Slater Hyndburn Community Network Richard Spedding Lancashire Constabulary Lynda Waddington Lancashire Constabulary Dave Welsby Hyndburn Borough Council

Apologies

C.Cllr. Jean Battle Lancashire County Council Andy Cass PPO Co-ordinator Nigel Fenton Hyndburn Homes Davina Helm Hyndburn Borough Council Richard Morgan Lancashire Constabulary Joan Pilkington Neighbourhood Renewal Community Voice Valerie Watson Lancashire Youth Offending Team

Welcome/ Apologies

Cllr. Brian Roberts welcomed everyone to the meeting, introduced Mike Przybysz (CSP Partnership Officer) who gave an overview of his new role, followed by general introductions and apologies received.

Part One - Presentations

Discussion Action Points

1. Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) Funding Update

Rob Grigorjevs circulated and gave an overview of the PVE Update Report. In 2007-8 £6M PVE Pathfinder funding was made available nationally to fund work in 70 local authorities across the country. This amount totalled £500K in Lancashire and £75K in Hyndburn, the allocation based on the actual numbers of Muslim residents in the borough. Service Level Agreements have been signed with Hyndburn Cultural Association and Hyndburn Community Network to deliver seven projects between January-June 2008.

Concern was raised regarding the Citizenship Madrassah’s Project and the importance that this is aligned to the Citizenship Curriculum already taught in Schools.

Rob noted that nationally, the amount to be allocated to the PVE agenda for 2008-11 will be £45M to be spent on the following four priority areas:

• Work with children and young people (particularly those who are vulnerable to influence) • Joined up activity across all Government Departments • Encouraging communities to take a lead • Working with Muslim Women.

To date there is no indication of how much the allocation will be or how it will be distributed i.e. straight to the District Council or via Lancashire County Council. Proposals have been developed in Hyndburn in readiness for the 2008/9 allocation. Once the funding situation has been clarified a further update will be presented.

Robert Ruston reported on the role of the Community Cohesion group which was set up in June 2007 and noted that the Community Cohesion Strategy was submitted to the LSP Assembly (15 th January).

2. Bright Sparx Update

Mick Frankland reported on the highly successful joint Bright Sparx / Neat Streets initiative in the Scaitcliffe area of Accrington which ran from October 22 nd to November 5 th . 12 tonnes of rubbish was removed in the weekend over Bonfire Night and Hyndburn’s ranking improved regarding Nov 5 th callouts from 120 in 2006 to 70 in 2007 all other boroughs reported increases. Although there was a dramatic improvement in the Scaitcliffe area, the situation in the Blackburn Road area worsened. Therefore, it has been agreed with partners to expand the initiative this year to target the identified hotspot areas.

Brian Roberts thanked all the partners who had contributed to the success and noted the excellent press coverage that the initiative generated.

Part Two- Business Meeting

Discussion Action Points

1. Minutes of the last meeting

The minutes of the meeting held on 25 th October 2007 were accepted as a true and accurate record.

2. Matters Arising

a) Addressing Alcohol issues: BME Community Helen Gradwell to raise this at the next BME Forum meeting.

The importance of cross cutting issues relating to Alcohol was discussed and it was suggested that Alcohol is included as a standing agenda item on the CSP Steering Group meetings. HG to

provide Helen Gradwell noted that the first meeting of the LSP Cross Cutting Group th update at is on February 12 . next

meeting

b) CSP Strategic Assessment

Brian Roberts reported that the finalised document approved by Steering Group members was submitted to LCC mid-December, he also thanked the Community Safety Team for their work on the document.

3 LSP Update

Helen Gradwell reported that the CSP was adopted as part of the LSP at its th Assembly Meeting on January 15 ; copies of the draft LSP Performance Management Framework (PMF) were circulated for information. The LSP Assembly also approved the CSP’s bid for the Mobile CCTV Unit from the NRF underspend. (Attached as Appendix 1).

The LSP Performance & Delivery Group (formerly the Task & Finish Group) met nd January 22 and is responsible for the delivery of the Hyndburn Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS)

th Noted The first meeting of the Children’s Trust will be on February 14 .

4 Lancashire LAA Update

Rob Grigorjevs circulated a report and gave an update in Davina’s absence which focussed on finances, governance, performance indicators and Ambition Lancashire - the Lancashire Partnerships SCS. Rob also noted that the performance reward grant for the new LAA will be based on the 35 indicators currently being selected and Alcohol is considered a priority.

th Mike Przybysz confirmed that the LCC Cabinet met on January 18 and a public announcement regarding finances is expected soon. Dave Welsby reported that all CDRP’s are concerned about SSCF and Area Based Grants (ABG) and that the lack of resources is a major issue. Chris Parker noted that Area Based Grants are more flexible. CS to

check BCU Mick Frankland queried the amount of BCU funding available. funding

5 Development of the CSP Plan 2008 – 2011

Brian Roberts circulated the Guidance Note prepared by Davina Helm (attached as Appendix 2) and noted that the Steering Group is responsible for the implementation of the Plan and asked that any comments are forwarded to Noted Davina.

Mike Przybysz confirmed that the consultation period ends on March 31 st with the completed Plan required to be signed off at LCC by the end of May.

6 CSP Performance Monitoring

Lynda Waddington reported that Hyndburn’s milestone target figure for 2007/08 is 4,801 crimes, a 15% reduction on the 2003/04 baseline of 5,648 crimes and a 2.7% reduction on 2006/07. The chances of reaching the milestone are assessed as ‘ Very Good’

Hyndburn is performing well with crime displaying a significant downward trend.

Each of the three quarters of this year and the last quarter of 2006/07 have

been the lowest quarter figures since April 2003 and it is currently estimated that

the year end total will be 4,093 crimes a reduction of 17.0% on last year. This is

due to Partnership working via the thematic groups as highlighted by the Bright

Sparx / Neat Streets initiative which was also partly responsible for the Quarter 3

15% reduction in Fires. ASB incidents are also reduced due in part to the

Dispersal Orders in Oswaldtwistle and Rishton.

Barnfield remains the top Ward for BCS Comparator Crime although it was acknowledged that the Ward includes Accrington Town Centre and residential areas.

Chris Saville reported that more legislation is now available to the police to disperse youths without the need for a Dispersal Order and this is due to be rolled out throughout Hyndburn shortly.

Lesley Jackson acknowledged the positive effect that the police have had in Rishton due to building relationships with the public.

Rob Grigorjevs asked if Alcohol data is available. Lynda Waddington responded LW to that alcohol data is reported to the Thematic Groups but will meet with Partners liaise with to progress to Steering Group level. Partners

7 PPO Update – Andy Cass

Attached as Appendix 3

8 CSP Performance Monitoring Group Recommendations

Brian Roberts reported on the following recommendations from the CSP Performance Monitoring Group: Chair to • CSP Membership – BME Rep. required from Hyndburn Cultural invite HCA Association (HCA) to

nominate • Encourage regular attendance from all partners. BME Rep • CSP not to change name to CDRP

• Additional ASB Thematic Group to be set up within the next 12 months.

• £27K Revenue still to be allocated. Bids, minimum £5K. Delegated Bids to be authority to Chair, Vice Chair & DH. forwarded to DH by • ASB post funded to end March 08 (SSCF). This post could then 12 th Feb cease unless partners can take on this role. 2 CS posts mainstreamed by HBC: CS Manager & CS Assistant

9 LDAAT Update

Navin Kumar reported that LDAAT has received a £1.5m Performance Reward Grant (PRG) as a result of achieving stretch targets for drug treatment and agreement has been reached that this capital funding can be utilised by CSP / CDRPS within District Councils and must be used on Young Peoples projects. This will be a rolling capital programme and proposals will be considered by the locality group. Bids (£10K minimum) to be submitted to Navin. Noted

LDAAT is currently mapping services and development of a directory is ongoing.

10 GONW Update

Chris Parker noted that work on the LAA Indicators is ongoing, focussing on priority areas and presenting a robust case for each indicator. The dates for the National Community Safety Conference have now been confirmed as June 4 th & 5th . He also congratulated the CSP on the excellent crime figures.

11 Any Other Business

Domestic Abuse Directory

Copies of the directory which was produced in association with Hyndburn CSP, BwD & Ribble Valley CDRP’s were circulated. Further copies available from the Community Safety Team.

12 Date and Time of Next Meeting

9.30 a.m. on Thursday 24 th April 2008 at Hyndburn Borough Council, Scaitcliffe House, Ormerod Street, Accrington.