CABINET MEMBER UPDATE REPORT Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regeneration and Skills – 15 March 2016) COUNCILLOR PORTFOLIO DATE Patricia Hardy Communities and Housing March 2016 NEIGHBOURHOODS AND PARTNERSHIPS Strategic Partnerships Area Partnerships Area Partnership priorities are as follows:- Sefton East Meeting held 28 January 2016 which focused on reviewing progress against current priorities and discussing new priority areas. The Dementia Friendly Communities priority is being delivered as part of the reestablished Sefton Dementia Action Alliance work. Updates will continue to be provided to the Partnership. It was agreed Young People, particularly in relation to positive activities, should be a future priority. Formby Meeting held 8 January 2016 which focused on reviewing progress against current priorities and discussing new priority areas. It was felt work on Formby Hub and Duke Street Park projects had progressed well and so could continue as standalone sub groups, with update on progress occasionally provide to the Area Partnership. New priorities were agreed as: Young People - isolation and engagement - intergenerational work Crosby Work continues on consideration of future meeting structure and priorities and how work with the Operational Group is integrated into this. Southport Next meeting to be agreed. Work ongoing re: developing a Partnership event. South Sefton Next meeting to be agreed Sefton Safer Communities Partnership (SSCP) • The Disarm cross border work with Kirkdale continues. Operation Elmsdale is underway which involves both Sefton and Liverpool working in partnership regarding issues with HMP Liverpool. • Sefton continues to approach the issue of Tackling Female Involvement in Organised Crime. The group has met on two occasions since the previous update and they have identified a small cohort of individuals that will be targeted for support. • The Multi Agency Response to Gun and Gangs (MARGG) continues to use a holistic approach to tackle and disrupt families who are involved in these illegal activities. The Sefton MARGG has received its Home Office Peer Review report and the findings were positive. The report has been circulated to the SSCP, DISARM and the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board. A number of actions will be undertaken to ensure the lessons learnt from the review are delivered. • The SSCP has commissioned the Get Away N Get Safe (GANGS) project to deliver 15 x 5 week sessions within our hotspot areas with Year 6 primary school children and some High Schools. There has been an excellent response from the schools to the programme and those that have taken part so far have requested further programmes and commended the projects effectiveness and content. • The SSCP is currently reviewing the Sefton’s Strategic Needs Assessment (SSNA) and will produce its priorities plan for its meeting in March 2016. • Finally, the installation and use of SMARTWATER in the Litherland area to prevent and deter destruction of the CCTV cameras and columns is now in place and it will be piloted for six months. Neighbourhood Co-ordination Anti-Social Behaviour Unit (ASBU) The table below highlights performance figures of the Sefton Anti-Social Behaviour Unit as at January 2016. ASB Incidents reported on HUB (Police, Registered Social Landlords 118 (RSL’s), Elected Members etc.) ASB Incidents reported through Sefton Contact Centre (Victim self- 70 referrals) Current Active Cases (2 staff) 76 Current LIVE Criminal Anti-Social Behaviour Orders 9 Criminal Behaviour Orders – Pending 6 Live 5 Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (A.B.C.’s) – Pending 19 Live 33 Parental Control Agreements (P.C.A.’s) – Pending 0 Live 16 Closures – Pending 0 Live 4 Public Spaces Protection Order – Pending 0 Live 2 Tenancy warnings – Pending 0 Live 7 Community Triggers (threshold met) 2 Incidents of Significance: Sefton Community Justice Panels will be operational early 2016, this restorative justice project will be a beacon service in the North West, community volunteers will be trained to deliver the Justice Panels which as part of the Ministry of Justice Pilot in 2011-14 reduced ASB by up to 30% in some areas. The panels also encourage community resilience and the panels will be owned and delivered by the community whilst under the management of SMBC. Training for volunteers for the Community Justice Panels will take place on 25th, 26th of February and 4th of March, currently 30 people are booked for the training. A certificate award ceremony with media coverage will take place on the 4th of March at Bootle Town Hall, both the deputy PCC and Cabinet Member for Communities and Housing will award the certificates. We have increased the use of the new Community Protection Notice; this power enables ASB officers to issue warnings for anti-social behaviour of an individual or business, and on breach issue a fine of up to £75, non-payment may lead to more formal court action. A closure order has been made in South Sefton Court on 3/2/16 63 Daley Rd in relation to: o Drug dealing o Cars being driven at high speed o Noise o Motor bikes driving on pavements o Threatening behaviour & Anti-Social Behaviour in front of residents children o Two assaults on residents o Residents feeling Intimidated o People entering and leaving number 63 Daley Rd with Tasers o Smell of cannabis and other unknown substance in the area. This was a police led closure order to which we contributed community impact statements Neighbourhood co-ordination Neighbourhood co-ordination activities have continued in the areas with recent involvement including: • Work has been ongoing with the residents of Wood Avenue, HMP Liverpool, Police and Derby Ward members to deal with ASB issues in the area. There have been young people accessing gardens to throw packages into the grounds of HMP Liverpool. This is causing distress to residents. The alleyway they are accessing has been relit, rubbish removed and a CCTV camera has been installed on a temporary basis. Meetings are ongoing with the Police, Neighbourhoods and HMP Liverpool to discuss progress and a long term plan. • A Well North meeting has been held with Catherine Taylor and Davina Hanlon around communities in the Linacre and Church Ward area. We are working together to look at ways to consult with community and advising contacts in the areas. • Meetings have been held with Police, ASB and elected members about 107 Benedict Street. All night drinking and parties are disturbing local residents. The landlord of the property has been asked to contact his tenants about their behaviour. • Following successful launch of “Waterloo and Seaforth Cares” it is intended that a Crosby Hub will be established to address loneliness and social isolation across Crosby. It is intended there will be greater engagement with local business sector in order to harness businesses as a community asset, and to train staff for early identification of loneliness, isolation and/or dementia. • Work around the Leeds-Liverpool Canal Bi-Centenary continues to progress. A programme of celebratory events has been devised comprising of flotilla of barges, family fun day, historic event and family fun run around Aintree Racecourse. These events will take place within Sefton East Parishes areas between June and July 2016. • Members of Formby Hub continue to meet on a monthly basis in order to plan and implement events within Formby. • The first meeting of Operation Beach safe was held in February. Partners will continue to meet on a monthly basis until October, to ensure safe use of Sefton’s beaches; and to address related issues such as car parking. • Working on a three year plan of spend for the L30’s Million Project to submit to Local Trust before the end of March. • Starting the commissioning process for projects and activities to be funding in the local area. • Booking a series of Outdoor Cinema events for St Oswald, Netherton & Orrell ward funded by area committee and One Vison Housing for Killen Green Park and Netherton Park Neighbourhood Centre. • Working with Highways on parking issues on Sterrix Lane which includes installation of posts and shrubs. • Working with Springwell School and local residents to design a memorial for William Jones Klondyke to be installed at Springwell School. • Carried out discussions with Ainsdale Community Care and Youth & Community Partnership to ask them how they might improve or change their service in order to provide Adult Social Care services which help or delay people deteriorating and ultimately presenting to Council as a referral. The business plans they produced helped each organisation to be awarded £40k (£20k each) through Lauren Sadler’s Adult Social Care fund. • Area Committee funding and Southport BID contributed towards targeted free parking in Southport over Christmas. • Ward funded Community Skip arranged for Preesall Close, Southport in January collecting 1 tonne. Town Centres Bootle investment Strategy has been unveiled to partners and stakeholders at the end of January. Waterloo Town team are working with a local resident to establish a “Waterloo Festival” in the Sea Front Gardens in June. A special Southport Area Committee was held to discuss the draft Southport Town Centre Development Strategy produced by Nexus, which allowed residents to have their say on the document whilst in draft. The meeting was attended by Margaret Carney who promised to take away many of the residents’ comments for inclusion in the final report. Nick White, The Southport BID Assistant Manager, is leaving his role to take up the post of City Centre Manager in Chester. Sefton Trees Team have secured funding via Area Committee to plant 18 trees along Lord Street to replace the numbers felled recently. Halloween and Bonfire Night Planning Sefton was the safest borough in Merseyside for secondary fires with only 36 incidents in 2015 compared to 37 incidents in 2014. This amounted to a 3% reduction in secondary fires and was the only borough to see a reduction across Merseyside.
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