Next week (30 June to 6 July) is national Anti-Social Behaviour Awareness Week.
Organised by Resolve UK, who are the UK's leading experts in tackling anti-social behaviour and enhancing community safety, the week is an opportunity to raise awareness of what anti-social behaviour is, the reporting processes and the local and national support available.
The themes for this year are:
- guaranteed support for victims of ASB
- resolve delays in the Justice System
- one single, national Information Sharing Agreement
- make it easier to report ASB
Cabinet Member for Communities and Housing, Cllr Brian Bishop said:
As much as we all wish that ASB did not exist – it does, in various forms and this week is our opportunity to share the ways people can report and identify the different forms of ASB and where they can get support.
Bexley’s Community Safety Partnership regularly focuses on the themes outlined by this week. We do that by sharing relevant information and working closely together.
We have recently improved our ASB reporting process online and made it clearer that different agencies report different ASB matters.
If you have an interest in community safety or ASB, join one of the webinars or get in touch with our community safety team to find out how we could help. Together we are #MakingCommunitiesSafer”
As part of the week we are working with partners to deliver a series of webinars:
- Monday 30 June, 9.30am to 10.30am: Tackling ASB in cinemas
- Tuesday 1 July, 11am to 12noon: Social Housing Roundtable
- Wednesday 2 July, 9.30am to10.30am: Clarke Willmott Solicitors Fact or Fiction?
- Thursday 3 July, 9.30am to 10.30am: Practical Use of the Closure Powers
- Friday 4 July, 9.30am to 10.30am: Preparing for Respect Orders
Find out more and register for these webinars
At the start of the week (Monday 30 June) the Erith Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) will be inviting residents to join them for a walk around the local area to talk with them about ASB and get information on keeping safe, reporting mechanisms and support available.
Meeting point: Erith Morrisons, James Watt Way, DA8 2AH
Meeting time: 10.30am
Find out more about your Safer Neighbourhood Team
Bexley’s Targeted Youth Hubs will be talking with young people about ASB in the community during the week and their roles and expectations. Email youth@bexley.gov.uk for more information or come along and visit a hub:
- Thamesmead Hub, Parkway Primary School, Alsike Road, DA18 4DP – Tuesday 4.30—7pm (Years 6 & 7) / Thursday 5.30-8pm (Year 8+)
- Welling Hub, Lovel Avenue, Welling, DA16 3JQ – Wednesday and Friday 6.30-9pm
- Slade Green Hub, Howbury Community Centre, Chrome Road, Erith DA8 2EL – Monday and Friday 6-8.30pm
- Sidcup Youth Hub, St Andrews Road, DA14 4SA – Wednesday 6-8.30pm