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Harden HA sponsors Respect programme
29th of July 2010
Pupils across Birmingham are being given lessons in how to be good citizens in a bid to reduce ASB.
Following the success of the project, delivered by the Children's Safety Education Foundation Birmingham housing provider Harden Housing Association is continuing to sponsor the programme for another year to help keep communities safe.
Secondary school pupils at Smiths Wood School took part in the 'Respect' educational programme, which informs young people to help them make the right choices and promote greater independence and wellbeing in life.
As part of the 'Respect' programme, the young people studied the affects that hate crime, anti-social behaviour, gang culture and gun and knife crime have on society.
To read the full story from West Midlands Housing News please click here
ACPO comment on ASB consultation document
29th of July 2010
Responding to the review of ASB, ACPO says that any approach must recognise the harm that anti-social behaviour causes and it will support a simplification of the tools and powers available to frontline practitioners
To read ACPO’s statement please click here
To view SLCNG's Bulletin 237 on the Home Secreatry’s announcement of the ASB review, please go to 'Library' in the members area of this website
YOTs future unclear
29th of July 2010
The role youth offending teams will play in the future is still up for debate, justice minister Crispin Blunt has told CYP Now.
Despite speculation that youth offending teams could take on a mainly commissioning role and that more frontline roles would be handed over to the voluntary sector and private providers, Blunt said no decisions had been made.
To read the full story from CYP Now plesae click here
ACPO comment on Policing in the 21st Century: Reconnecting Police and the People
27th of July 2010
The Association of Chief Police Officers says that it will examine in detail the government's proposals for police reform.
Within the reform proposals, the Association is to be established as a professional leadership body.
To read the Association's response please click here
To view SLCNG's Bulletin 236 on reforming the police, please go to 'Library' in the members area of this website
Metal thieves caught and jailed in Swansea
26th of July 2010
Two thieves have both been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for their part in a metal burglary in Swansea, after being caught with the help of SmartWater. A Swansea council property had been targeted in previous raids, during which copper piping had been ripped out and stolen. So the local authority fitted a SmartWater device, which sprays a high-tech liquid on intruders
To read the full story please click here
Night vision goggles are being used by police
26th of July 2010
Night vision goggles are being used by police in Essex to tackle ASB in parks. Officers are being be deployed in areas, such as parks, to look for teenagers who cause trouble after dark.
To read the full story please click here
Welsh Ministers now able to regulate RSLs in Wales
23rd of July 2010
A range of intervention powers to strengthen the regulation of RSLs by Welsh Ministers are to be brought forward in the Autumn.
For more information plesae click here
Prime Minister to launch National Citizen Service pilots for young people
22nd of July 2010
The Prime Minister will today announce plans for 16 year olds to take part in National Citizen Service pilots next summer.
Government-backed pilots for the scheme will start next summer and will provide around 10,000 places. Aimed at school leavers aged 16, the pilots will take place from June to September, following the end of the exam period, and will last for seven to eight weeks.
NCS aims to give every 16 year old the chance to learn new skills that will help them to make a positive contribution to their community.
To read the Cabinet Office press release please click here
Innovative rehabilitation pilot
21st of July 2010
A young offenders institute in Reading is piloting a scheme that aims to reduce reoffending and anti-social behaviour among young offenders.
To read the full article from the Ministry of Justice please click here
Housing powers devolved to Wales
21st of July 2010
Parliament has approved a legislative competence order that will transfer a range of powers over housing from Westminster to Cardiff. As well as giving the Welsh assembly the ability to suspend the right to buy, the order will allow it to look at the regulation of social landlords, homelessness provision, bringing empty homes back into use, and security of tenure.
To read more from Inside Housing please click here
