Resources

Where measures require resources, the case for investment can be strengthened by:

• Demonstrating public concern/demand, e.g as measured in local or national surveys:

For example: Home Office Research Findings 83: Concern About Crime

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/rfpubs1.html

• Demonstrating the wider benefits, e.g. impact on property values.

• Making links with other local and national policy objectives, e.g. :

          - Youth inclusion

          - Neighbourhood Renewal

          - School attainment

          - School attendance

• Access to/take up of further education or training

Making these links may help to access a wider range of funding sources.

Spending Review 2000

provided a three year funding package to support the work of the Arson Control Forum.

Other relevant strands of the crime reduction programme are listed below:

Crime Reduction Programme

http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/crimered.htm

CCTV

http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/cctv4.htm

Targeted policing initiative

http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/rbinit_2.htm

Beacon Councils

Beacon councils put themselves forward as exemplars of best practice. They have a job to do sharing their experience with others in a practical, open and informative way.

www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_control/documents/contentservertemplate/
odpm_index.hcst?n=2004&l=2

Summaries of Area based and other regeneration-related initiatives

Education Action Zones

Through partnerships with leading businesses, parents and the community, zones will use new skills, experience, and funding to raise educational standards.

Excellence in Cities

To raise standards in city areas, establish new opportunities for pupils of all backgrounds and abilities and to tackle barriers to learning wherever they arise.

The Local Government Association’s New Commitment to Regeneration

Based on the preparration of comprehensive, bottom-up regeneration strategies at the level of a local authority, or in some cases, groups of authorities. Strategies are concerned with the broad agenda, social, environmental and economic regeneration.

Neighbourhood Support Fund

The Neighbourhood Support Fund is intended to re-engage disaffected and disengaged 16 – 17 year olds living on the poorest estates into education, training and employment.

New Deal for Communities

The N.D.C. will tackle multiple deprivation in the very poorest areas, taking forward the Government’s commitment to tackle social exclusion in the context of the Social Exclusion Unit’s report ‘Bringing Britain Together: a national strategy for neighbourhood renewal’.

Single Regeneration Budget

To enhance the quality of life of local people in areas of need by reducing the gap between deprived and other areas, and between different groups. SRB Round 6, stresses the importance of direct involvement of local communities and supports initiatives which have a mix of objectives which includes, among others, reducing crime.

Sure Start

To work with parents and children to promote the physical, emotional, intellectual and social development of pre-school children – particularly those who are disadvantaged – to ensure they are ready to thrive when they get to school.

For the Surestart homepage please click here

Neighbourhood Warden Schemes

Neighbourhood Watch is largely associated with the concept of crime prevention. However, their role can be seen as having three core dimensions:

• Crime Prevention

• Environmental improvements

• Community development

http://www.neighbourhood.gov.uk/page.asp?id=568

On Track

‘On Track’ is a long-term initiative aimed at children at risk of getting involved in crime. It is a central element of the Government’s Crime Reduction Programmes agenda on tackling the causes of crime. £30 million is set aside for ‘On Track’ for the period April 2000-March 2002.

http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/crpinit.htm

Truancy and School Exclusion

The Government is committed to reducing levels of truancy and school exclusion by one third by 2002. DfEE’s Social Inclusion Pupil Support Grant will be providing nearly £500 million over the next three years to support effective action against truancy and school exclusion. The new programme will also make sure that for the first time all pupils excluded for more than three weeks will receive a full-time and appropriate education.

http://www.dfee.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2001_0112

Youth Inclusion

This is an initiative, supported across Government, which aims to prevent offending by young people through a range of activities including sports and other recreational activities. It is targeted at the most disaffected 13-16 year olds in disadvantaged areas.

http://www.youth-justice-board.gov.uk/PractitionersPortal/PreventionAndInterventions/YISP/

http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/crpinit9.htm