Camelon & Tamfourhill Will Be a Safer, Happier, and More Attractive Place

Camelon & Tamfourhill will be a safer, happier, and more attractive place to live.

A COMMUNITY SAFETY STRATEGY

John R Hosie OUR PLACE CAMELON & TAMFOURHILL : TAMFORURHILL COMMUNITY HUB

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The Context and process for agreeing our community safety strategy

The process for confirming this community safety strategy has been focussed upon identifying the communities’ priorities and aspirations for making their community a safer, happier, and more attractive place to live. The resultant strategy represents the voice of local people and this has been set within the wider national context and with an awareness of the central driving forces and policy targets of our main partners.

The methodology of the community consultation period involved: a detailed survey, 1-1 interviews, Focus groups and meetings with key stakeholders and partners. The approach sought to emulate the Scottish Community Safety Networks Manifesto 2021 assertion that: Communities will be safer if there is more involvement of people in communities in the planning, delivery, and development of the services that they use. This is often referred to as co-production but additionally this document should be viewed as a community development and engagement framework where the key outcomes are underpinned by the notion of community empowerment and capacity building.

The strategy document has been mindful of the current work being undertaken by the Falkirk Community Planning Partnership and the emerging 10-year Falkirk Plan, and there is an awareness that Falkirk Councils long term planning processes can be a facilitator and enabler of our local community action plans. This community safety strategy can therefore work in full alignment with the local authorities’ wider contexts and contribute to the Scottish Government’s National Performance Framework: We live in communities that are inclusive, empowered, resilient and safe.

This local strategy is intended to be organic and fluid, it is a framework and the starting point of our community engagement activities; agencies and partner organisations are required to respond to their potential roles within each of the key outcomes, the success of the strategy being reliant upon our local activities being effectively aligned to both local and national government strategies and policies.

On a personal note, I would like to thank the various community groups, individuals and organisations for being open and welcoming and ever prepared to meet with me (virtually) to discuss issues and share experiences. Thanks also to my colleagues at Our Place Camelon and Tamfourhill, I have appreciated your positive feedback, encouragement and keeping me on the right track.

John R Hosie

Community Safety Engager

Our Place Camelon & Tamfourhill

26th April 2021

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Pop-up parks Number of operational are available at pop-up parks in the area agreed locations and statistical data of and are being groups and individual used and users. appreciated by Positive outcome from different groups community choices and application. organisations.

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A young people’s Group are Number of activities are community safety established and undertaken; group will be meeting accreditations gained by established regularly/taking young people part in community Record of regular safety activities attendees and accreditations gained by young people, projects implemented

Young people will Young people Surveys of participants be supported to sustain their and partner agencies participate in involvement relevant and have a community sense of development ownership of projects. developments at Easter Carmuirs Park, . Canal Clear up days and the CJFC projects

Youth work and Young people Programme of activities outdoor learning are attending that are undertaken; opportunities will relevant accreditations are be negotiated with activities and gained by young people. young people at have an Surveys of participants locations where increased and partner agencies they are awareness of considered to be at the importance Numbers attending and risk of being of conservation their session evaluations involved with ASB and making a positive contribution to their communities

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There will be Existing TCH, CEC, Variety and Participant surveys and an increase in community-based TCV, number of focus groups, record of the number youth activities will Woodcraft bonafida local new youth activities of Young be sustained, and folk, CLD, youth activities established in the area. people new programming Schools, that receive Individual Session involved with innovations will be Barnardo’s positive evaluations. projects and implemented. AXIS, feedback from activities that Community young people. address Police. Under community the Trees. safety and reduces their risk taking. Programmes and Young people ae Number of specific activities focused more aware issue-based sessions upon risk taking about different with young people that and community forms of risk take place. Session safety are taking and other evaluations and partner delivered in community agency reports and response to young safety feedback. peoples expressed considerations. needs.

Youth work and Young people Number of activities outdoor learning are attending undertaken; opportunities will relevant accreditations gained by be negotiated with activities and young people. Surveys young people at have an of participants and locations where increased partner agencies, they are awareness of individual session considered to be at the importance evaluations risk of engaging of conservation with ASB and making a positive contribution to their communities

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Young people There will be Falkirk Young people Recording’s system, user will have ongoing Council, TCH, feel that they surveys and detached increased consultation and CEC, Schools, are being data base established to opportunities engagement with Unattached listened to and analysis and evaluate to have their young people young are involved issues and priorities. voices heard through people in the with local about the outreach/detached community decision issues that work, Youth making. affect their Surveys and Focus safety within groups. the community A young people’s Group are Programme of activities community safety established and are undertaken; group will be meeting accreditations gained by established. regularly/taking young people part in community safety activities

There will be A Recovery Drop-in ASC Recovery Numbers regularly an increase in provision with a Recovery activities are taking park and the provision programme of Community, valued and participant surveys. of recovery linked activities will Cyrenians, regularly utilised and support be piloted. Barnardo’s by local people. opportunities AXIS, TCH, for CEC, Under individuals the Trees & and families CA. who have Support a There are Young people report been community referral Community positive impact in their impacted by process to referrals to lives through session substance Barnardo’s Axis substance use evaluations. Partner use and the substance use groupwork agency reporting and criminal Groupwork programmes. feedback. justice programme for system. young people.

Community Volunteers Numbers regularly Volunteering report the taking park and opportunities will positive benefits participant surveys. be provided from through the participating in #TidyCleanGreen community campaign & other projects.

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Community safety projects.

There will be Local events will be ASC, TCH, Local Events Number of community improved organised by the CEC, take place, and events that the Community Recovery Cyrenians, the Recovery Recovery community cohesion Community and CA, community are are involved with volunteers, and Community fully they will similarly Police, Scots represented in contribute too Canals, Gala the planning community Committees, and festivals and gala Great Place implementation days e.g., Mariners Project. of community Month events and gala days.

Community The wider Number of volunteering Volunteering community sessions supported and opportunities will acknowledge implemented be provided their through the contribution to Social media and #TidyCleanGreen the informal feedback campaign & other improvement regards the volunteers’ Community safety and quality of positive contributions projects. the local area

The level of Local events will be ASC, TCH, Local Events Number of community anxiety about organised by the CEC, CA, take place, and events that the local Recovery Transform, the Recovery Recovery community substance Community and Cyrenians, community are are involved with use will be volunteers, and Community fully reduced they will similarly Police, Gala represented in contribute with Committees. the planning community FC: Housing, and festivals and gala EET, Estates implementation days e.g., Mariners Team, of community Month Cleansing, events and gala waste days services.

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A Street-a-week Programme is Issues raised by tenants approach will be fully operational are documented and a adapted and within four record of follow up implemented distinct actions & outcomes are . neighbourhoods collated and maintained

The quality of Implement the KSB, TCV, There is a Number of litter picks & the local Tidy, Clean and CJFC, Under sustained groups carrying out green Green campaign. the Trees, increase in the litter actions, number of environment (full action plan schools, level of bookings of clear up and public available) Early Years community Hub equipment. spaces will Centres, litter picks and improve TCH, TTRO, clear up Litter surveys carried through a FVSC, CEC, sessions. out regularly to monitor reduction in Woodcraft agreed grot spots and the quantity Folk, priority locations. Data of littering, Cyrenians, collated and submitted fly-tipping, ASC, FC: to KSB Web based portal and dog Waste waste. Services & Cleansing, Scot Canals Pop-up parks Number of operational available at pop-up parks in the area agreed locations and statistical data of and being used groups and individual and appreciated users. by different groups and Positive outcome from organisations community choices application

Public spaces Implement the KSB, TCV, Provision of Number of operational and the green Tidy, Clean and CJFC, pop-up parks pop-up parks in the area environment Green campaign. schools, and number of and statistical data of will have an (full action plan Early Years groups and groups and individual increase in available) Centres, individuals users. the amount TCH, TTRO, reporting and diversity FVSC, CEC, positive Surveys of user of use by Woodcraft experiences of satisfaction are local groups Folk, Under using facilities. completed, and and the Trees, numbers of users are individuals. Cyrenians, recorded ASC, FC: Waste Services & Cleansing, Scot Canals,

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Great Place Project &CA

Community Local people are Surveys and focus projects and using public groups/forums, investments will be spaces more interviews with other supported that will often and key stakeholders make public spaces express feeling safer and more safer and attractive to use. happier at agreed target locations.

Young people will Young people Monitoring the level of be supported to sustain their community use at key participate in involvement green spaces relevant with the further community development of development Easter Carmuirs projects. Park, Canal Clear up days & CJFC projects

There will be Support projects SUSTRANS, SUSTRANS Pop The school community greater road that encourage Forth up Places acknowledge improved safety and an Low Traffic Environment Programme road safety, reduced increase in neighbourhoods, Link, FC operating at anxiety through Active the level of promote greater Network, Easter Carmuirs travel surveys, Active Travel Active Travel, and Roads & Primary School, evaluations and focus create safer school sustainable groups and more young streets. travel, people are recorded as Parent using active travel to Councils, and from school. Schools, CAP, FVSC, Under the Trees, Camelon Arts.

Young people will Young people There will be an be supported to sustain their increase in the use of participate in involvement community green relevant with the further spaces by young people community development of engaged with active development Easter Carmuirs travel projects Park, Canal .

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Clear up days and the CJFC projects

The Establish and NWS, Community Reduction in the sense community support a local Community safety group is of anxiety about home will have an community safety Police, Fire established to and property security improved group which has service, FC: facilitate and recorded through sense of ongoing linkage Housing, support tenant feedback. security and with community responses to reassurance Neighbourhood engagement, local security about their Watch Scotland EET, Estates priorities. homes, and other key Team. property, and Partners. assets.

Local people Establish and ASC, Community Number of meetings will have support a local Transform, safety group is that take place and greater community safety Cyrenians, established to documentation/minutes confidence in group which has Community facilitate and of the issues raised and the agencies ongoing linkage Police, Gala supports actioned. that deliver with Committees. responses to relevant Neighbourhood FC: Housing, local community services. Watch Scotland. EET, Estates safety priorities. Team, Cleansing, waste services.

Facilitate when Meetings and Number of meetings appropriate forums forums take that take place and and specific place to documentation/minutes meetings involving progress of the issues raised and the community, relevant issues actioned. agencies, and and concerns relevant stakeholders.

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There will be Establish and ASC, TCH, The community Number and variety of improved support a local CEC, is aware of partnership projects partnership community safety Transform, improved local implemented locally working and group which has Cyrenians, coordination greater ongoing linkage Community and delivery of collaboration with Police, Gala services between the Neighbourhood Committees. community Watch Scotland FC: Housing, and agencies. and other key EET, Estates Partners. Team, Cleansing, waste services.