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SAFE COMMUNITY RE-DESIGNATION APPLICATION Introducing Our Waitakere 2006 Safe Community Re-designation 2 2006 Application Message from the Mayor Our communities face increasingly difficult challenges in addressing safety issues for their citizens. As our world becomes more complex it is important our local communities explore and implement ways to make our city a safer place for all. The World Health Organisation’s Safe Community Network provides a framework for health and safety promotion as well as injury prevention. As New Zealand’s first city to be awarded WHO Safe Community accreditation, Waitakere has always been committed to improving safety for individuals, children and families. In 1993 we adopted the United Nations “First Call For Children” strategy and we are mindful of this commitment in all of our council agenda. Our WHO accreditation has provided a greater focus on what needs to be done and what can be done to achieve a safer quality of life and it gives us a benchmark to reflect on how we are delivering the safe community principles; signalling direction of developments and measuring our progress. Council is in the process of developing an action plan with the aim of declaring Waitakere a “City For Peace.” We believe adopting the principles of peace can provide a perspective towards helping our region to become a safer, more peaceful place. This complements the progress being made by Safe Waitakere and the Wellbeing process. It is through partnerships between Waitakere City Council, our local communities and government agencies that we strive to make Waitakere such a great place to live. This collaboration fosters a shared commitment to finding new and innovative approaches to make our region a safer place to live and work. While there still remains much to be done, we see identifying, planning and implementing safety initiatives as part of our commitment here in Waitakere. I am greatly troubled by the indications and statistics on what is happening in New Zealand but I am optimistic that by working together with the range of agencies we can look towards a more positive and safe future. Bob Harvey QSO, JP Mayor Safe Community Re-designation 3 2006 Application Safe Community Re-designation 4 2006 Application TABLE OF CONTENTS Message From The Mayor...............................................................................3 Waitakere - New Zealand’s Eco City for Sustainable Living ............................8 FROM THE BEGINNING- The SAFE WAITAKERE story ............................9 Policy FRAMEWORK ...................................................................................9 WAITAKERE ECO CITY ..............................................................................9 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES..........................................................................10 First Call for Children ..............................................................................11 Safe City .................................................................................................11 LONG TERM COUNCIL COMMUNITY PLAN............................................11 Strong Communities ...............................................................................12 Active Democracy...................................................................................12 PARTNERS IN SAFETY ............................................................................12 Maori.......................................................................................................12 Pacific Islands.........................................................................................13 New Ethnic Communities........................................................................13 Central Government Agencies................................................................13 Waitakere Community Sector .................................................................13 WELLBEING COLLABORATION PROJECT .............................................14 NATIONAL POLICIES................................................................................14 Safe Waitakere- The Team Grows .............................................................15 SAFE WAITAKERE INJURY PREVENTION 18 Fall-Safe Kids.............................................................................................18 General description.................................................................................18 Three phases of the campaign: ..............................................................19 Project activity included: .........................................................................20 Fall-Safe Strategic Plans and linkages with National Plans....................21 Governance arrangements .....................................................................21 Partner organisations..............................................................................21 Funding...................................................................................................22 Staffing....................................................................................................22 The Rock Fisher Project.............................................................................22 Strategic Plans and linkages with National Plans ...................................23 Populations targeted...............................................................................23 Governance arrangements .....................................................................23 Partner organisations..............................................................................24 Staffing....................................................................................................24 Funding...................................................................................................24 Results/evaluation ..................................................................................24 COMMUNITY ACTION ON YOUTH & DRUGS 25 Strategic Plans and linkages with National Plans.......................................25 National Drug Policy ...............................................................................25 Populations targeted...............................................................................26 Governance arrangements .....................................................................26 Partner organisations..............................................................................27 Staffing....................................................................................................27 Results/evaluation ..................................................................................28 Summary of main projects..........................................................................28 Current projects ......................................................................................28 Safe Community Re-designation 5 2006 Application Planned Projects.....................................................................................30 KEY PROJECTS ........................................................................................31 Aims and objectives................................................................................31 An Award Winning Project ......................................................................31 Target Audience .....................................................................................31 Partner organisations..............................................................................31 Evaluation...............................................................................................32 METHAMPHETAMINE CITY-WIDE EDUCATION PROGRAMME ............32 Aims and objectives................................................................................32 Populations targeted...............................................................................33 Governance arrangements .....................................................................33 Partner organisations..............................................................................33 Funding...................................................................................................33 Youth Assist (Year 2) .................................................................................33 Aims and objectives................................................................................33 Populations targeted...............................................................................33 Partner organisations..............................................................................34 Evaluation...............................................................................................34 YOUTH ASSIST Live Evaluation 19TH JUNE 06, Waitakere Trust Stadium ................................................................................................................34 CRIME PREVENTION PORTFOLIO 36 Crime Prevention Reference Group (CPRG)..............................................36 Assisting Council to set the Strategic Direction:......................................36 Partnership: ............................................................................................37 Membership/Composition: ......................................................................37 ................................................................................................................37 Waitakere Crime Prevention activity includes:............................................38 Graffiti