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Safer Streets Fund – Crosby and Town

Town centre groups are being urged to apply for cash to fund community projects to help vulnerable groups and tackle anti-social behaviour.

The Safer Streets Fund will mean groups in Crosby and Town can apply for up to £3,500.

It is hoped the fund will empower communities by involving residents in projects such as social activities for vulnerable groups and street sports and mentoring for young people.

The projects can focus on tackling problems such as drug use, graffiti, fly-tipping, violence and arson.

The funds can also be used to set up and develop residents’ groups and community safety champions as well as raising attendance at Neighbourhood Action Team meetings and Neighbourhood Watch groups.

Apply now using the form below:

Apply for Safer Streets fund

Report crime or anti-social behaviour. Learn how the Community Safety Partnership and the Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Case Review can support crime reduction.

Reporting a crime

We take crime and fear of crime as important issues and work closely with our partners to reduce both.

If you need to report a crime you should contact Humberside Police.

In an emergency you should dial 999 when:

  • there is a danger to life or a risk of injury being caused, such as a serious road accident or assault
  • a crime is in progress, such as a robbery, burglary or theft, and the offender is still on the scene or has only just left the area
  • the immediate attendance of police officer is necessary

Non-emergency crime reporting

In some cases an emergency response is not appropriate, for instance:

  • burglary of non-domestic or commercial premises, for example, sheds and outbuildings
  • theft
  • criminal damage
  • theft from or damage to vehicles

If the matter is less urgent then you should call the non-emergency number – 101 or use the online reporting form below:

Report a non-emergency crime

However if you want to report a crime or you think the police should be made aware of something, but you don’t want to give your name or address to the police then you should call  Crimestoppers  on 0800 555 111.

Preventing Terrorism

Prevent is a part of the Government’s national counter-terrorism strategy, which aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism, before they are drawn into criminality.

It is designed to tackle all forms of terrorism regardless of ideology or cause: online extremism and radicalisation can impact all our neighbourhoods and communities.

North Lincolnshire Council are a key partner in helping to safeguard and support individuals at risk of being drawn into terrorism.

Work around Prevent is co-ordinated by the Council’s Safer Neighbourhoods Service, working with Children and Adults Safeguarding Teams. We have adopted an open and transparent local approach to Prevent.

If you want to access training or find out more information, please contact us.

This video explains the Prevent Programme.

The Channel programme

Channel is a multi-agency, safeguarding programme run in every local authority in England and Wales. We work with a range of partners including Social Care, the NHS, education settings and South Yorkshire Police.

It works to protect adults, children and young people from being drawn into terrorism and provides a range of tailored support such as mentoring, counselling and help with education and employment.

Participation in Channel is voluntary, and individuals (or their parents / carers for children aged under 18) must consent to receiving support.

Participating in Channel does not lead to a criminal record.

The local Channel Panel is chaired by council managers from Children’s and Adult’s Social Care and links closely to our other safeguarding processes.

Refer someone to the Prevent Team | Humberside Police

ACT Early

If you are worried someone close to you is becoming radicalised act early and seek help. The sooner you reach out, the quicker the person you care about can be protected from being groomed and exploited by extremists.

Friends and family are best placed to spot the signs, so trust your instincts and share your concerns in confidence. They can help if you act early.

You won’t be wasting police time, and you won’t ruin lives, but you might save them.

CONTACT – ACT Early | Prevent radicalisation

Who To Contact

If you’re worried about someone being drawn into terrorism, you can:

  • follow the guidance on the ACT Early website
  • contact the local Police Prevent Team by ringing 101
  • call the Anti-Terrorist Hotline (reports can be anonymous) on 0800 789 321.

In an emergency where your own or others’ safety is at risk, call 999.

You can also report any illegal terrorist information, pictures or videos you’ve found on the internet through the government’s website.

Report online material promoting terrorism or extremism – GOV.UK

The Standards and Compliance Unit (StaCU) ensures that anyone applying the Prevent duty, or providing training on Prevent, follows the right process and standards. You can make a complaint or raise a concern about how the Prevent duty has been applied on the government’s website.

Make a complaint about Prevent – GOV.UK

Resources

Further information is available on the Get help for radicalisation concerns page on GOV.UK

Anti-social behaviour

Report anti-social behaviour

To report ASB, call:

  • 999 in an emergency
  • Humberside Police on 101 (non-emergency)
  • North Lincolnshire Council on 01724 297000
  • Registered social landlord.

What is anti-social behaviour?

Anti-social behaviour (ASB) is a broad term that is used to describe a number of different types of behaviour that can have a negative impact on local communities. Terms such as ‘nuisance’, ‘disorder’ and ‘harassment’ are also used.

Examples of ASB include:

  • nuisance neighbours
  • unacceptable behaviour and intimidating groups taking over public spaces
  • vandalism, graffiti and fly-posting
  • people dumping rubbish and abandoned cars
  • begging and anti-social drinking
  • misuse of fireworks
  • reckless driving of mini-motorbikes.

The responsibility for dealing with ASB can be shared between a number of agencies but particularly the local authorities, the police, registered social landlords, private landlords and a number of others.

Criminal damage can cover many things, from throwing an egg at your house, to scratching a car with a key. The official definition is, “criminal damage is any damage which has been caused by an individual intentionally or recklessly to property belonging to another without lawful excuse”.

The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 was introduced to put victims at the heart of how we deal with ASB. It reduced the number of powers available to six. The new powers were designed to give professionals the flexibility to deal with a given situation quickly, and encourage multi-agency working to help alleviate ASB within local communities. These powers are now available for North Lincolnshire Council, Humberside Police and key partners to respond to ASB. They include:

  • Civil Injunctions
  • Criminal Behaviour Orders
  • Community Protections Warning/Notice
  • Public Space Protection Order
  • Dispersal Power
  • Closure Power.

Along with this it also brought in the Community Remedy and the ASB Case Review (formally known as Community Trigger) to give victims of ASB a voice and enable them to request that their ASB case is reviewed if they feel this has not been adequately dealt with.

There are also a number of options for early intervention with the aim of resolving the ASB before it reaches a level where formal powers are needed. These interventions are very successful and bring together many agencies that can have a significant impact on ASB, and help to improve the outcomes for all involved. Some of the types of early intervention that can help are:

  • mediation
  • acceptable behaviour contracts
  • parenting contracts
  • good neighbour agreements
  • support for individuals and families.

A referral to drug and alcohol services can also be made to support individuals.

For more information, take a look at the Government’s anti-social behaviour leaflet.

Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) and issues

For further information about PSPOs please go to the Public Space Protection Order webpage.

Community Safety Partnership (CSP)

What is the Community Safety Partnership (CSP)?

Each Local Authority area has a Community Safety Partnership made up of both statutory partners and key local partners. The functions of the CSP are set out in the Crime and Disorder Act (1998) and are primarily aimed at working together to reduce crime, disorder, substance misuse and reoffending.

The CSP Board

The North Lincolnshire Community Safety Partnership Board is chaired by Superintendent Matt Peach – Humberside Police with Becky McIntyre – North Lincolnshire Council holding Vice-Chair.

The following agencies are represented on the North Lincolnshire Community Safety Partnership Board:

  • Humberside Police
  • Humberside Fire and Rescue Service
  • North Lincolnshire Council
  • National Probation Service
  • Humberside, Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company
  • Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care System
  • The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner
  • Ongo homes.

The Board meets quarterly to maintain oversight of the work of the Partnership, the progression of the action plans and future plans. The Board also has a decision-making function to approve funding bids and has the ability to use funding to commission services to meet identified gaps in services.

What are the aims of the CSP?

The CSP works together to:

  • Prepare a strategic assessment each year to assess areas of need in North Lincolnshire
  • Develop and implement a Partnership Plan to steer the work of the Partnership
  • Engage with the local community regarding their priorities
  • Local Delivery Plan for the Serious Violence Duty.

The CSP aims to build on the work of each partner agency and reap the benefits of working jointly to tackle key issues, whether these be identified by professionals, or by the public. The Partnership works jointly to reduce crime and help people in North Lincolnshire feel safe and be safe.

The CSP considers the outcomes we would like to achieve for North Lincolnshire and the current work streams being undertaken to establish how we are making a difference. Within this sit a series of performance measures where we can measure our progress and the impact of our work.

Our plan

Within our CSP Plan we have set out how we will work together to make North Lincolnshire a safe place to live, work and spend time.

The Plan has three themes covering all aspects of Community Safety work with 14 strategic priorities:

People are safe

  • Organised Crime Groups (OCG’s)
  • Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG)
  • Domestic Abuse (DA)
  • Night Time Economy (NTE)
  • Young People Violence
  • Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB).

Vulnerable People are Protected and Supported

  • Those who are at risk of Criminal and Sexual Exploitation (CCE and CSE)
  • Homeless and Begging
  • Risk Outside the Home Exploitation (ROTH)
  • Fraud.

Business Assurance

  •  Contest/Prevent/Protect
  • Substance Misuse
  • Modern Day Slavery
  • Reduce Re-offending.

Each theme area has a strategic action plan completed in collaboration with partner agencies. The action plans clearly define the next 12 months work streams. These are monitored by the CSP Board Manager and overseen by a Strategic Board Lead.

Please email communitysafetypartnership@northlincs.gov.uk for a copy of the full plan.

Communication and engagement

The CSP focusses on actively listening to Community Voice. The aims of the CSP are to involve Neighbourhood Acton Teams (NATs), Neighbourhood Watch (NHW), Community Groups and Key Individual Network (KIN) contacts. We propose to do this by attending meetings, being involved in community consultation and provide open communication to the CSP Board Manager.

Police and Crime Commissioner Office

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) provides an annual investment to the Community Safety Partnership which includes contributions to Safeguarding Children and Adults, Youth Offending Teams and funding for projects to cut crime and improve community safety. Examples of recent investments in North Lincolnshire include The Forge Homelessness Project, Oasis Community Hub, interventions for nuisance vehicles in Ashby and ANPR cameras in Westcliff.
The CSP bids into the PCC Project Fund for local prevention schemes and crime reduction projects.

Accountability

The CSP action plans are evaluated and reviewed every three months and updates are provided to the CSP Board.
The CSP Board Manager meets with the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) quarterly to update on North Lincolnshire’s CSP Strategy and to ensure this also supports the implementation of the PCC Plan.

Contacting the Community Safety Partnership

Contact us via email: communitysafetypartnership@northlincs.gov.uk

Please note this email address should not be used to report crime or disorder – there is advice available on the Humberside Police website about reporting a crime.

Find us on Twitter – @SafeNorthLincs

ASB case review

The ASB case review gives victims and communities who are suffering from anti-social behaviour the right to ask that their case be reviewed if they feel that their complaint has not had an adequate response.

It is designed to make sure those agencies within the Community Safety Partnership work together to try to resolve anti-social behaviour within its locality.

The ASB case review will not replace any individual agencies complaints procedure, so you can still complain via the council’s corporate complaints procedure or to the Independent Police Complaints Commission if you wish to do so.

The ASB case review is for pre-existing anti-social behaviour (ASB) cases that have been reported to agencies at least three times in the previous six months and not for the general reporting of ASB incidents.

When can the ASB case review be used?

The ASB case review can be used to review a case if:

  • You (as an individual) have complained about three separate incidents of anti-social behaviour in the last six months to Humberside Police, North Lincolnshire Council or a Registered Social Landlord

The persistence of the anti-social behaviour, the harm or potential harm caused or whether it is hate motivated will be taken into consideration when looking at whether or not the case has reached the above criteria.

Who can use the ASB case review?

A victim of anti-social behaviour or someone acting on behalf of the victim can activate the review. This can be a member of the victim’s family, a carer, Member of Parliament or a local councillor. The victim can be an individual, a business or a community group.

How to activate the ASB case review

If you believe that your complaint of anti-social behaviour has not be adequately dealt with you can fill in the ASB case review form online:

Activate the ASB case review

Alternatively, you can:

Safer Neighbourhoods Team
Church Square House
30-40 High Street
Scunthorpe
DN15 6NL

You will need to provide details about the anti-social behaviour you are a victim to, the number of times you have complained, to whom you have complained and the method of complaint, for example, by telephone or via email.

If sending an email please make sure the subject is ‘ASB case review’.

What will happen next?

Once you have requested a review of your case, a member of the Safer Neighbourhood Team will ask any agency involved to provide details of your complaints.

A minimum of two officers from two separate agencies will decide if the request meets the criteria for a review. You will be informed of their decision and if your request has not met the criteria, you will be informed why.

If the threshold is met, your case will be taken to a Multi-Agency Review Panel who will look at the case and assess what has been done to try and resolve the case. The Review Panel will then decide what else can be done to help resolve the issues.

The review will take place within 28 days and you will be informed of the outcome in writing and whether or not further action will be taken with your case.  If further actions are needed an action plan will be discussed with you.

If you are not satisfied with the decision of the Review Panel you can appeal to:

Safer Neighbourhoods
Church Square House
30-40 High Street
Scunthorpe
DN15 6NL

You will be informed of their decision within 28 days.

Previous ASB case review activations within North Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire Council must publish the last reporting period of activations as soon as practicable.  This should include how many did not meet the threshold for the review and how many lead to further actions being taken.

April 2022 to end March 2023
  • three ASB Case reviews activated
  • one met the threshold for the review and this led to further action
  • two did not meet the criteria
  • no appeals
April 2021 to end March 2022
  • four ASB case reviews activated
  • three met the threshold for a review and two of these led to further action
  • one activation did not meet the threshold
  • no appeals
April 2020 to end March 2021
  • seven ASB case reviews activated
  • four met the threshold for a review and one of these led to further action
  • three activations did not meet the threshold
  • no appeals
April 2019 to end March 2020
  • eight ASB case reviews activated
  • five met the threshold for a review and four of these led to further action
  • three activations did not meet the threshold
  • no appeals
April 2018 to end March 2019
  • nine ASB case reviews activated
  • two met the threshold for a review and two of these led to further action
  • seven activations did not meet the threshold
  • no appeals
April 2017 to end March 2018
  • seven ASB case reviews activated
  • six met the threshold for a review and four of these led to further action
  • one activation did not meet the threshold
  • no appeals

Contact details

saferneighbourhoods@northlincs.gov.uk
01724 297000

Church Square House
30-40 High Street
Scunthorpe
DN15 6NL

Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC)

The MARAC is a meeting between representatives from different organisations in North Lincolnshire to discuss the risk of future serious harm to people experiencing domestic abuse and if necessary, their children. Their safety, health and wellbeing is considered and this includes providing a safety plan for them and their children.

Why hold a MARAC?

The MARAC is a coordinated response to domestic abuse where professionals share information to obtain a clearer picture. It is then able to provide the necessary targeted help to make the victim and children safer, with the aim of reducing the risk of further abuse. The MARAC is important in developing safeguarding action plans for the highest risk cases of domestic abuse.

How will the MARAC help me and my children?

If the agency that you are working with has suggested that your case should be discussed at a MARAC, it is because he or she believes you could be at risk of future serious harm due to domestic abuse.  Once they have made a referral to MARAC, an Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) will contact you to discuss immediate safety planning and how they can support you through the MARAC process.

At the MARAC agency representatives will work together to provide you with services that meet your needs, and where necessary, those of your children.  They will also agree a safety plan to assist in aiming to keep you and your family safer.

Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs)

North Lincolnshire has an IDVA service called The Blue Door. This service:

  • is for women and men living in North Lincolnshire who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse, sexual abuse or violence
  • offers support to all the service users of all risk levels
  • provides risk assessment, safety planning and support to service users
  • provides service users with their options, for example housing; criminal and civil options; support service users who have to appear in court as witnesses
  • represents service users at North Lincolnshire MARAC by representing their views during the meeting

Confidentiality

All information shared and discussed at the MARAC meetings is confidential.  Every organisation who attends these multi agency conferences must sign the confidentiality agreement before the meeting begins.

The MARAC will respect the victim’s right to privacy and confidentiality.  Any information resulting from the meeting will be kept secure and not shared with the perpetrator.

Any decision to disclose information at the MARAC must be necessary, justified and proportionate to risks identified.

How can I refer cases to a MARAC?

Any agency can refer a case to MARAC if they have assessed a client as high risk. The referral should take place as soon as possible.

Once a referral to MARAC is received by the Coordinator, an automatic referral to The Blue Door specialist domestic abuse support service is made. Once The Blue Door Service Manager is aware that a new referral has been received, an IDVA will be allocated to the case and contact with the victim will be sought within the next 48 hours.

When agencies make a referral into MARAC they MUST also consider any children that are involved with the case (victim, perpetrator or listed children), and either share information with the Single Access Point at Children’s Services on 01724 297000 or make an immediate referral in.

SafeLives also have some useful toolkits designed to help various agencies who sit on MARAC.

Training

Training for professionals is available through the Children’s Multi-Agency Resilience and Safeguarding Board (CMARS) and The Blue Door, or in-house for your agency by contacting the MARAC Coordinator.

For training on domestic abuse, risk assessments and impact on children visit the CMARS website.

Local services

Contact details

marac@northlincs.gov.uk
marac@northlincs.gcsx.gov.uk

Other sites of interest

Domestic Homicide Reviews

Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) were established on a statutory basis under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. It came into force on 13 April 2011.

Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) are responsible for undertaking DHRs where the death of a person aged 16 or over has (or appears to have) resulted from violence, abuse or neglect by:

  • a relative
  • household member
  • or someone they have been in an intimate relationship with.

A review panel, led by an Independent Chair and consisting of representatives from statutory and voluntary agencies is commissioned to undertake the DHR. The panel reviews each agency’s involvement in the case and makes recommendations to improve responses in the future. The panel will also consider information from the victim’s family, friends and work colleagues.

DHRs are not enquiries into how someone died, or who is to blame – nor do they form part of a disciplinary process. They do not replace (but are in addition to) an inquest and any other form of enquiry into a homicide.

The purpose of DHRs is to consider the circumstances that led to the death and to identify where responses to the situation could be improved in the future. Lessons learned from the reviews will help agencies to improve their response to domestic abuse – and to work better together to prevent such tragedies from occurring again.

The Community Safety Partnership has a local DHR Policy and Procedures for undertaking DHRs in North Lincolnshire [PDF, 591Kb].