South Ayrshire Community Safety Team
The Community Safety team, support the development of the Community Safety Partnership, which is a Strategic Delivery Group of Community Planning. The four key priorities of the CSP are:- • Reduce the level of violence and antisocial behaviour in our communities (this to include tackling violence against women and children, fire raising, vandalism etc.)
• Reduce the impact alcohol/drug misuse has on our communities (this to include stronger links with the Alcohol and Drugs Partnership and Strategy)
• Reduce the number of serious accidents at home and on our roads (this to include stronger links with the Health and Social Care Partnership)
• Increase positive community engagement to tackle ASB and community safety issues within communities.
The Community Safety team take a preventative and early intervention approach to addressing community safety and antisocial behaviour issues within local communities. This includes working with young people who are involved in, or on the periphery of antisocial behaviour in their community. Some of this work involves engaging with groups of young people and involving them in positive activities within their local area.
Increasingly this has involved Work with individual young people who have been involved in, or in the periphery of ASB or offending in their local community. Much of this work is developed and carried out with partners, and linked to wider strategic plans and young people are often referred to these programmes from a number of referral sources including Social Work, School, police, Campus Officers and complaints from the local community.
There are 5 Community Safety Officers who work on a locality basis and are linked with the secondary school in their area. Each officer works closely with the Campus Police officer, and has supported young people within secondary schools, and the cluster primaries.
Community Safety Officers
Heather Davidson – Ayr Academy
Chris Campbell – Kyle Academy
Geraldine McGivern – Belmont Academy/Queen Margaret Academy
Paul Scully – Marr College/Prestwick Academy
Bryan Jamieson – Carrick Academy/Girvan Academy Resources
The Community Safety team have developed a number of resources which can be used with groups of young people to raise awareness of a range of community safety issues. Details of these are included below, together with contact details of the lead officer for delivery of each resource.
In addition to these resources, the team are able to work with schools to develop activities based on the needs of the young people a number of activities in partnership with schools, some examples are outlined below:-
Girvan Environmental Project
Newton Primary FEVA Project (Environmental project)
Dalmilling Allotment Project (one to one work with young people)
Kyle Mountain Biking
Gardenrose Primary (worked with young people around bullying issues)
Marr College Rugby project Resource Title Subject Description Contact
No Knives Better Lives Knife [email protected] Crime/Respectful Relationships
Reckless Driving Wrecks Road Safety/Safe The Reckless Driving Wrecks Lives (RDWL) initiative has David Porte/Paul Scully Lives Driving been running annually since March 2005. Senior [email protected] secondary school pupils from East, North and South [email protected] Ayrshire are invited to attend an event which shows them in detail what happens during and after a serious road crash. The event demonstrates the impact of the crash on friends and family. A shorter version of the dvd is available to be used with targeted groups General ASB input ASB Aimed at p6/7 covering different types of low level ASB [email protected] input- making young people aware of their behaviour while in their community. Cyber Bullying –Lets fight it Cyber Resource pack aimed to help young people understand [email protected] together- Bullying/Internet the impact that cyberbullying can have on different Safety people, and to recognise that cyberbullying, is not acceptable. General Input Safety Online Input Safety Aimed at parents to give them an overview of the risks [email protected] of been on line. One Life Your Choice Rail Safety/Safe One Life, Your Choice is an educational resource which [email protected] Drinking uses a real life story showing the hard hitting consequences for the life of a young man after a night of binge drinking and to raise awareness of the dangers of excessive drinking. The DVD, launched in January 2016, has been used as an intervention tool to facilitate discussion among young people and identify ways to stay safe on a night out. The DVD and lesson plan is now being delivered to secondary schools and is being used by partners outwith South Ayrshire including, Police Scotland, NHS, BT Police, Scottish Health Council and Network Rail. Bright Blue Packet NPS
Friends Request Stalking/Internet South Ayrshire Film School Project –‘Friend Request’ Susan McCardie/Geraldine McGivern in Safety has been developed by South Ayrshire Multi-Agency partnership with CPC Partnership to tackle Violence against Women and Children in partnership with South Ayrshire Child [email protected] Protection Committee and explores the subject of online stalking. It is important that young people are [email protected] informed of the dangers that can exist as a result of stalking and the steps that need to be taken to keep them safe – with the advance in technology more guidance and advice is required for young people on how to stay safe and protected from harm. An important element of the film school project is that it was developed by young people for young people. The resource comprises a DVD, lesson plan, powerpoint presentation and guidance for teaching staff. It can be used from S1 upwards One Punch Violence/Fighting Input centred on a young person who died in Glasgow [email protected] following a school fight. The film focusses on what happened prior to the incident and helps to facilitate discussion with young people around the consequences for all involved. Pass the Ball Respectful Linking sports e.g. football or rugby sessions with Susan McCardie/Geraldine McGivern with Relationships/Sports inputs from Women’s Aid and Campus Police Officers VAW Multi Agency Partnership (MAP) around internet safety/positive healthy relationships .