Agenda item

Presentation by Sandeep Broca

Mr Sandeep Broca introduced the item.

In relation to violence reduction contribution, the meeting heard that:

·      Some of the findings from NAVRAG (North Area Violence Reduction Group) could be brought to the Community Safety Partnership for consideration. The Chair of NAVRAG could be asked for feedback on progress.

·      Sharing and cross referencing data helped progress understanding. Children who had been referred to the Youth Justice Service had background checks on where they resided in the borough any activities took place.  

·      A top 20 persistent offenders report was being completed and this would examine the life journey of the child before they were referred to the Youth Justice System. This was a large item of analysis work, but obtaining data from education, children's social care and health sectors were useful to understanding the needs of the child. This would likely be completed by the end of March and something that the Partnership could use as a whole. This would be presented at a future meeting of the Community Safety Partnership.

·      The illegal drugs market had an impact on violence as well and project ADDA was coming into Haringey and the Community Safety Partnership should take interest in the project. It would be useful to consider this for the next meeting.

·      The resources the borough had did not correlate to the amount of organised crime on the borough. There were many factors involved and the borough was not comfortable with the amount of resources it had been allocated currently. Neighbourhood policing would receive an uplift and this touched into serious and organised crime and part of this work would be focused on the two Clear, hold, build projects in the borough. Across London, Haringey would be allocated two sites. One was Finsbury Park and the other was Northumberland Park. Those specific areas had been chosen because that approach was the Home Office approach and although was there to reduce serious violence, it was to mostly target serious and organised crime. The borough recognised that serious and organised crime was a significant issue for Haringey and it was impacting the wider community, wider violence levels and local residents in terms of their feelings of safety and their actual safety. Recruitment was also important.

·      There was a significant amount of collaborative work that was being undertaken across the borough to try and address violence against women and girls and there were ongoing campaigns throughout the work that was led by the Council. There were good opportunities to raise awareness about how important the issue was, but also an opportunity to signpost people to local, regional and national Haringey Services. Over the next year, the Council would be recommissioning a number of Violence Against Women services, but specialist provisions had been put in place, such as for children and young people. Around prevention and early intervention, there was a Protect Our Women program that went out into schools and talked about healthy relationships. It was hoped that this offer would be increased into the next year. It was important to inform residents that these services were available.

·      The structure of Clear, hold, build had been set up after the two listed locations were agreed with the Council. The first task was to decide the boundaries as the ward boundaries were not being used. Then, an assessment was made relation to what the issues were in the area.  The next stage was identifying causes followed by actions that could be taken. The first workshop was coming up on 8 November 2023 (although this was a partnership only meeting). The next stage would be a more public event.  

RESOLVED:

That the presentation be noted.