Castlereagh Community Safety Partnership

What is Community Safety?

Community Safety is defined as preventing, reducing and containing the Social, Environmental and Intimidatory Factors, which affect an individual’s  right to live without the Fear of Crime and which impact upon their Quality of Life. It includes  preventative measures that contribute to the Reducing of Crime, Fear of Crime and  Anti-Social Behaviour. Community Safety is about delivering local solutions to local problems that have been identified by local people.

Background to Establishment of Community Safety Partnerships.

The Review of the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland (2000) recommended, 'the development of a Northern Ireland Community Safety Strategy based on extensive consultation with relevant agencies, political structures and the voluntary, private and com munity sectors.' It saw the aim of such a strategy as being, 'to create the conditions which promote an inclusive partnership-based approach in developing community safety initiatives… with a view to reducing crime and enhancing community safety.'

The Northern Ireland Office Community Safety Unit has the overall responsibility for the delivery of Community Safety within Northern Ireland and can be contacted via the :

Community Safety Unit
4th Floor
Millenium House
Great Victoria Street
Belfast
BT2 7AQ

Tel
028 90828555

Email
info@communitysafetyni.gov.uk

Further Crime Reduction information can be found at  www.crimereduction.gov.uk

Castlereagh Community Safety  Partnership

Castlereagh Community Safety Partnership membership includes Local Councillor’s, Police Service Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Housing Executive, South Eastern  Education Library Board, Youth Justice Agency,Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service along with youth and community representatives.

The Partnership has 19 members and operates at Strategic Level.

An action plan has been developed for the period 2008-2011which is focused on :

• Reducing Anti – Social Behaviour by 5%
• Reducing Violent Crime

within the Borough of Castlereagh.

For further information regarding Castlereagh Community Safety Partnership please contact the following :

Stephen Addley
Manager
Castlereagh Community Safety Partnership
Castlereagh Borough Council
Bradford Court
Upper Galwally
Castlereagh
BT8 6RB

Tel: 02890 494546 / 028 9049 4661

Email: csp@castlereagh.gov.uk