CLEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD PROGRAMME 2008-9: tackling
enviro anti-social behaviour
Funding
Up to £80,000 in 08-09. There will be a maximum of £7k per CSP.
There will be up to £100k in 09-10, and 10-11 for the Enviro ASB programme
dependant on how it goes in 08-09.
Purpose of Clean Neighbourhood Programme
Making people safer, and feel safer, in their own homes, neighbourhoods and
town centres through environmental improvements: tackling the apparently
low-level issues that can have a significant cumulative impact on people’s
quality of life and perceptions of the safety of their area, and halting the
spiral of decline by sending a clear signal that the well-being of the area and
its residents matter.
Criteria
- Community Safety Partnerships need to sign up to tackling one or more of the
following:
- Graffiti and fly-posting
- Litter and fly-tipping
- Noise nuisance
- Vandalism (criminal damage)
The Clean Neighbourhood Programme can also target issues such as dog fouling
as a secondary part of the programme.
Work can be across the CSP area as a whole or target identified grotspots.
CSPs can also choose to focus on town centres and/or residential areas and/or
parks and open spaces.
Each project must:
- Be multi-agency
- Sign up to prevention/clean up and enforcement action
- Be a continual drive over at least 12 months, not a one-off clean up
- Involve the local community
SMART targets will be agreed for each project eg graffiti cleaned up within
48 hours of reporting, or 24 hours when it is hate-related.
Suggested partners:
- CSP
- Council
- NI Housing Executive
- PSNI
- Translink
- NIFRS
- NIE
- BT
Good practice
- Have a dedicated resource to co-ordinate between parties
- Make it easy to report enviro-asb (including out of hours) eg a dedicated
phoneline, online reporting form
- Respond swiftly to reports
- Engage with communities – meet their needs and give them ownership
- Involve PSNI – graffiti for example can be an indicator of other problems in
an area
- Be clear about what enforcement action you will take. And take it.
- Maintain a good relationship with council Operational Services or whoever
will be undertaking the actual cleaning
- Feedback to the community what action you have taken
Application to participate
- Must be made on the Clean Neighbourhood Programme project template
- Must be made by the Community Safety Partnership
- Must be on at least a 12 month basis
- Should indicate a dedicated co-ordinator for the programme
More information
from:
John Doyle
Community Safety
Manager
Armagh Community Safety Partnership
The Palace
Demesne
Armagh
BT60 4EL Tel: 02837529600
