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Respect Action Plan
The Government has launched a major new initiative to "rebuild the bonds of community" - the Respect agenda. The agenda focuses on 6 strands of work: supporting families, a new approach to the most challenging families, improving behaviour and attendance in schools, activities for children & young people, strengthening communities and effective enforcement & community justice.
Title: Respect Action Plan
Author: Respect Taskforce
Number of pages: 44
Date published: January 2006
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Measures included in the plan are
a new house closure order temporarily sealing properties that are the constant focus of anti-social behaviour;
schools able to apply for parenting orders where a child's behaviour requires it and local authorities being able to designate housing or community safety officers to do the same.
establishing a National Parenting Academy to train staff to help families where kids are at risk of getting involved in anti-social behaviour.
an additional £52 million for parenting classes and increased support to tackle poor parenting;
'Face the People' community meetings to allow residents to hold officials responsible for community safety issues to account and raise issues of concern;
a 'Respect Standard' for housing management to ensure that all social landlords take a proactive approach to tackling bad behaviour and promoting good behaviour;
consideration of a new offence of obstructing the progress of ambulance workers, when they respond to emergencies. This would complement existing offences that deal with the obstruction of police and fire officers.
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Last update: 10 January 2006