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Funding makes difference to local residents

Clearing up abandoned vehicles
St Paul’s awarded grant to tackle bullying & anti-social behaviour
Skates on at YMCA

Clearing up abandoned vehicles

November 2007
THE SAFER Hastings Partnership has contributed £1,700 towards the removal of 30 abandoned vehicles in Coghurst Woods.

The vehicles were originally dumped by joyriders. The East Hastings Multi-Agency Tasking Team (MATT) applied for the small grant from the SHP to remove the vehicles, many of which are burnt out. The £1,700 from the SHP has paid for a specialist winch, while another £3,000 has been supplied by the local Neighbourhood Renewal Unit. The multi-agency clearance event will involve 1066 Housing Association’s Resident Services Organisation, the Probation Service, Hastings Borough Council’s Warden Service, Police and the Youth Development Service. Paul Fagan, Priority Area Project Officer, said, “We are very pleased to receive this contribution from the SHP to help us fund the clearance of these abandoned vehicles in various states of decay.

“An awful lot of hard work has been carried out by a number of agencies through the East Hastings MATT over the last 18 months, and this ‘Community Clearance Day’ will see that work culminate in creating a much cleaner, greener and safer area of wooded land, which can be used by all members of the community.”

If you run a project that contributes to improving community safety in Hastings & St Leonards and you would like to apply for a small grant from the Safer Hastings Partnership, please email: jlockwood@hastings.gov.uk

St Paul’s awarded grant to tackle bullying & anti-social behaviour

November 2007
A 10-WEEK anti-bullying campaign was launched by St Paul’s CE Primary School this week using funding from the SHP.

The SHP donated £870 specifically to fund the purchase of anti-bullying resources for the school, which has 630 pupils, to launch its campaign to coincide with National Anti- Bullying Week, which began on Monday 19th November. The grant has been used to buy resources such as posters displaying playground rules and games, as well as materials needed to establish an effective School Council. Head teacher Mrs Lock, pictured left with students, said, “We aim to raise the children’s awareness of the consequences bullying has upon the lives of those at the receiving end, both at school and within the community.

“We believe the resources this funding has enabled us to purchase will educate the children in their responsibility, citizenship and the local community.”

If you run a project that contributes to improving community safety in Hastings & St Leonards and you would like to apply for a small grant from the Safer Hastings Partnership, please email: jlockwood@hastings.gov.uk

Skates on at YMCA

November 2007
FOR THE second year in a row, the Safer Hastings Partnership has allocated a small grant of £2,000 to enable the YMCA to continue with its popular rollerskating sessions.

The Tuesday Skate Session has grown massively since it was launched in September 2006, with more than 600 members and an average weekly attendance of around 80 young people. Karen Manning, CEO of Hastings & Rother YMCA, said, “A huge thank you to the SHP for once again helping to fund our extremely popular Tuesday night Skate Session. It is great to be able to offer a free session that encourages sports and fitness in a safe environment. We give young people somewhere to go, something to do and a sense of belonging.” The SHP grant will be spent on staffing the session and paying for the hall hire.

The Tuesday Skate Session takes place from 8pm to 10.30pm and is open to young people aged 14 and older. A nominal 50p is charged for skate hire.

If you run a project that contributes to improving community safety in Hastings & St Leonards and you would like to apply for a small grant from the Safer Hastings Partnership, please email: jlockwood@hastings.gov.uk

Pick up free safety equipment and meet the Safer Hastings Partnership at Priory Meadow

January 2008
The Safer Hastings Partnership will be giving away personal attack alarms, bike locks, tamper-proof tax disc holders, property marking pens and a variety of other crime reduction items at its ‘Meet the People’ day inside Priory Meadow Shopping Centre on Saturday 26th January.

The SHP is once again linking with the local Neighbourhood Renewal Team to hold this event to consult members of the public about their priorities, in order to form the Community Safety Plan 2008-11.

Following car crime analysis, which reveals the five cars that have been most targeted in Hastings over the last three years, Sussex Police will be giving out free steering locks to owners of Ford Fiestas, Ford Escorts, Rover Metros, Vauxhall Astras and Vauxhall Corsas who bring their log books down to Priory Meadow on the day.

Members of the SHP & Neighbourhood Renewal teams will be available from 9am to 5.30pm to hear residents’ concerns about safety and to advise on crime prevention.

Representatives of the SHP’s Anti-Social Behaviour Unit, Sussex Police, Hastings Borough Council’s Warden Service & Licensing Team will also be there to talk to members of the public.

Chief Inspector Andy Gooch, the new Chair of the Safer Hastings Partnership, said, “I want to encourage residents to come along to talk to us about community safety issues that concern them. This is an important opportunity for local residents to shape our priorities for reducing crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour in our town over the next three years.”

The Safer Hastings Partnership brings together the work of Sussex Police Authority, Sussex Police, Hastings & St Leonards Primary Care Trust, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, East Sussex County Council, Hastings Borough Council and other agencies such as 1066 Housing Association.