Outer Hebrides Antisocial Behaviour Action Plan
2005 – 2008
Prevention
Priority Area & key links with legislation |
Objective |
Action |
To be Achieved by |
Resource Requirement |
Available Resource |
Funding Source |
Lead Agency/ |
Part 1 |
Responses to Antisocial Behaviour to be co-ordinated throughout the Outer Hebrides. |
Antisocial Behaviour Co-ordinator with responsibility for strategic development and operational support to be employed and based within Comhairle. |
March 08 |
£90,000 |
£90,000 |
Scottish Executive |
CnES |
Part 1 |
Use Intelligence Led Policing to effectively support local communities. |
Multi agency Vandalism Action Team to be established, drawing on key expertise as well as local knowledge. |
August 05 |
£2,000 |
£2,000 |
Community Safety Partnership |
Northern Constabulary CnES |
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Education programmes in schools, multi agency support, and intelligence led policing to be used to effectively target vandalism ‘hotspots’. |
March 08 |
£10,000 |
£10,000 |
Scottish Executive |
Northern Constabulary CnES |
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Annual ‘High Profile’ Local Police campaign to target Antisocial Behaviour. |
March 08 |
Staff Time |
Staff Time |
Northern Constabulary |
Northern Constabulary |
Part 1 |
Data collection and research to be integral aspect of ASB. |
ASB Co-ordinator to work with agencies to ensure that data collection is a key principle for tackling local problems. |
March 08 |
Staff Time |
Staff Time |
Scottish Executive |
CnES |
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Local data to be used to target resources, and agency focus effectively. |
March 07 |
Staff Time |
Staff Time |
CnES |
CnES |
Part 8 |
National guidance for the ‘Registration of Landlords’ to direct local action when published.
|
Implement registrations in line with Scottish Executive guidance. |
April 06 |
Staff Time |
Staff Time |
CnES |
CnES |
Education (Scotland) Act 1980 Children (Scotland) Act 1995 |
Education for excluded children |
Implementation of the local inclusion policy. |
August 05 |
£324,000 |
£324,000 |
Scottish Executive |
CnES |
Part 1 |
Community Wardens to deliver targeted actions for reducing ASB, in partnership with key agencies. |
Community wardens to be established in key areas throughout the Western Isles. |
March 08 |
£196,000 |
£196,000 |
Scottish Executive |
CnES |
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Community Wardens to establish close links with the community they work in. |
March 08 |
Staff Time |
Staff Time |
CnES |
CnES |
Part 6 |
Work with Communities to ensure the environmental aspects of Antisocial Behaviour are tackled efficiently. |
Provide community managed waste skips to prevent fly tipping, and ensure their uplift within 7 days of notification. Support community to assist in prevention of fly tipping and improve segregation of waste. |
March 07 |
£35,000 |
£35,000 |
CnES |
CnES |
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|
Provide free uplift of 1000 derelict vehicles throughout the Outer Hebrides to prevent unsightly abandonment within three weeks of notification by community. Provide community support role to assist in co-ordination of clearances. |
March 08 |
£190,000 |
£90,000 in 2005/06 |
CnES |
CnES |
Part 1 |
Ensure that communities are aware of remedies to tackle ASB. |
Develop a local information pack on ASB, available throughout the Outer Hebrides. |
March 06 |
£2,000 |
£2,000 |
Scottish Executive |
CnES |
|
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Further develop the 24-hour call facility for responding to ASB in the Outer Hebrides.
|
March 06 |
Staff Time |
Staff Time |
CnES |
CnES |
Part 1
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Support vulnerable tenancies through targeted support. |
Provide direct support to tenants that have specific needs relating to members of the household.
|
March 07 |
£120,000 |
£120,000 |
Scottish Executive |
CnES |
Part 1 |
Build social capacity within the community. |
Community Education worker covering Uist and Barra, offering targeted support to young people and community environmental support.
|
March 08 |
£30,000 |
£30,000 |
Scottish Executive |
Sustainable Communities, CnES |
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Youth activity in the Western Isles supported through the delivery of the Youth Justice fund. |
March 06 |
£22,000 |
£22,000 |
Community Safety Partnership |
Community Safety Partnership |
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Provide diversionary activities for young people throughout the Western Isles. |
March 08 |
£12,000 |
£12,000 |
Community Safety Partnership |
CnES |