Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from the following:

Stephen Carroll

Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy

Sandra Looby                                    - John Carroll substituted

Stephen McDonnell             - Joan Hancox substituted                           

Reverend Nims Obunge

Pamela Pemberton

The Chair will consider the admission of any items of Urgent Business. (Late items of Urgent Business will be considered where they appear. New items of Urgent Business will be considered under Item x below).

There were no items of Urgent Business.

Members of the Board must declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests with respect to agenda items and must not take part in any discussion with respect to those items.

There were no declarations of interest.

Ø      Strategic Assessment Overview – Focus on trends, pressures and gaps (15 mins)

Ø      Policing and developments (5 mins)

Ø      Tottenham Regeneration Update (5 mins)

Ø      Youth Strategy (5 mins)

Prior to the workshop sessions looking at the priority actions and resources for the Community Safety Plan 2012/13 a presentation on the 2011 Strategic Assessment of crime in the Borough was given (attached at Appendix 1).

The following updates were also provided in order to inform subsequent discussion:

Policy and Policing Developments

Following the disturbances in August the Police had put in place a number of measures in place that were designed to build confidence in the area and improve capacity. These included an additional allocation of fifty police officers for Tottenham and these officers would be working with the Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs) to drive forward work around the new ‘Community Promises’, which had been formed by the Community Panel and  launched earlier in the month.

In addition to this a ‘Gangs Taskforce’ had been established in the Borough and this unit consisted of one Inspector, two Sergeants and fourteen Constables and this was intended to reinforce the Borough and MET Police’s commitment to tackling gangs in Haringey and London.

Engaging with the local community and responding its concerns were recognised as being critical in terms of the work being undertaken by the Police in the Tottenham area. Integral to this were the twelve ‘Community Promises’ agreed by the Community Panel and these would underpin the approach taken by the Police in terms of policing in the area.

It was noted that the senior management team of the Police in Haringey had been reinforced with three additional Superintendents and this recognised the need for greater capacity within the organisation to drive through changes.

The Chair requested that information with regard to the ‘Community Promises’ was circulated with the minutes. 

Tottenham Regeneration Update

Since the update provided in October it was noted that there had been a great deal of engagement work undertaken with local people and that was being fed into the regeneration strategy for the area.

Planning applications for several of the buildings damaged during the disturbances had now come forward. Following it sale to the Greater London Authority (GLA) the former Council building at 639 High Road Tottenham was being developed as a centre for employment and skills in partnership with the Council. 

The Tottenham Task Force group, which was Chaired by Councillor Strickland, was overseeing the development of the regeneration strategy for Tottenham and this would be completed by May 2012.

Addressing Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) and environmental crime was seen as being important to improving the quality of the area for residents. A zero tolerance approach was being adopted to these types of low level crime and the Council was establishing a dedicated enforcement team in Tottenham to tackle this.

Youth Strategy

A new strategy was being formed for Young People in Haringey to reflect the significant reduction in the level of resources available and how the resources in place would be used to target those in the most need of support. This had been consulted upon with young people and approximately seven hundred responses  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

Workshop 1 - Engagement, Confidence and Partnership Communications

Workshop 2 - Responding to key gaps around victim/offender/location profiles

Format for both:

a)     what is already working?

b)     What else is most needed?

c)      How can priority work be resourced?

Feedback Session (15 minutes)

The Board broke two groups for workshop sessions on the topics set out below. The notes from these are attached at Appendix 2.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 6 October 2011 as a correct record.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 6 October 2011 be confirmed as a correct record.

A verbal update will be provided by the Borough Commander.

This item was not taken.

A verbal update will be provided.

The Board was advised that the notes taken at the respective workshop sessions would be written up and there would be consultation with the Area Committees during their next cycle of meeting in March/April.

Following this the action plan would be drafted taking into account the responses received.

RESOLVED:

That the timeline with regard to the drafting of the final action plan be noted.  

The Board received a report that set out proposals with respect to the membership and structure of the Community Safety Partnership (CSP) and its subordinate bodies.

In addition to the proposals set out within the report the Community Safety Manger proposed that the CSP should meet three times a year, rather than on the currently quarterly basis and that meetings should be held in March, June and October.

In response to concerns that Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) groups were not represented within the CSP the Board was advised that VSC representation came via the various sub groups. However, this could be reviewed once the new arrangements had bedded in.

It was noted that the proposed membership list contained data analysts from both the Council and Police and it was suggested that a data analyst from the Fire Brigade should also be included within the membership.

RESOLVED:

1. That the proposals with respect to the membership and structure of the CSP and its sub group be agreed.

2. That the CSP should meet three times per year in March, June and October, rather than on a quarterly basis.

The Board considered a report that set out proposals from the Gang Action Group with regard to the allocation of funds towards the ending of Gang and Youth Violence funding for 2012/13.

It was noted that the Home Office had provisionally allocated £199,074 to Haringey for the development of long term strategies to reduce violence with a focus on early intervention and supporting gang members out of violent lifestyles.

Proposals for the use of the allocation would be submitted to the Home Office by ???

The Board discussed the funding proposals contained within the report and concern was raised the £14k allocated to ‘Further Commissioning of the Voluntary and Community Sector’ may not be approved it was not specifically linked to an area of work. There was agreement that this should be revised and linked to supporting the work of a data analyst.

RESOLVED:

1. That the proposals set out in the report be approved.

2. That quarterly updates with regard to the progress of the Ending Gang and Youth Violence work should be received by the CSP.   

To consider any new items of Urgent Business admitted under Item 2 above.

There were no items of Urgent Business.

To raise any items of AOB.

There were no items of AOB.

To note the dates of future meetings set out below:

There was a general consensus that

It was noted that the Council’s Calendar of Meetings for 2012/13 had not been agreed as yet and that the new dates would be circulated once they has been set.