Almost 100 community activities and
projects were delivered by the newly merged Hambleton and
Richmondshire Community Safety Partnership in the last 12
months.
Designed to tackle the community safety
priorities for both districts, they included the launch of a hate
crime campaign, the production of burglary reduction and home
safety leaflets and the distribution of home security marking kits
to crime victims and vulnerable residents.
A range of diversionary activities and capital
projects were also funded - market town evening and weekend
football projects in Bedale, Richmond and Stokesley and a mobile
youth project in Stokesley area.
Alcohol misuse was targeted with funding to
alcohol reduction campaigns spearheaded by North Yorkshire County
Council Trading Standards. They worked with alcohol retailers
and licensed premises to reduce direct and proxy sales to underage
drinkers in Northallerton and Leyburn. And night marshalls
patrolled Northallerton to reduce nuisance behaviour at peak
periods.
Several road safety awareness events were
delivered in conjunction with 95 Alive; Urban Rodeo - driving
lessons for older people; Drive to Survive - young driver’s
survival and car modification advice; Safe Winter Driving; Drink
Drive Roadshows; and Parish Speed Monitoring - an ongoing project
which provides parishes with equipment, advice and resources to
enable speed measurement and management solutions for their
area.
Awareness campaigns promoting domestic abuse
issues and where to obtain help were launched with a very
successful Christmas initiative - ‘Don’t be on the receiving end
this Christmas’.
“We had a very busy 12 months which saw the
partnerships involved in a wide range of projects to help people of
all ages across the two districts,” said Partnership Chairman, Liz
Smith.
“The next year promises to continue that work
– and the successes. We are already supporting a range of new
projects for key themes such as anti-social behaviour, road safety,
domestic abuse and alcohol misuse, but we also need our community
to tell us what they think.”
She said that full details will be available
on the partnership’s new webpages – due to be launched within the
next six weeks at richmondshire.gov.uk and hambleton.gov.uk
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