Cambridge
This initiative involves the intensive supervision and surveillance of identified offenders in their community. Offenders who breach their order or re-offend are returned to court or parole board more rapidly and attitudes towards drug misuse and offending confronted. The problems associated with social reintegration are also dealt with.
Community Drugs Policy
This is a three-year project to equip the local community (all ages) to recognise and tackle drug-related problems. It also aims to develop a consistent approach to drug-related problems. The areas targeted are Kings Hedges and Trumpington (Manor and Netherhall secondary schools).
Community Support Worker
A Community Support Worker has been funded jointly with South and East Cambridgeshire. The post aims to support the development of the Community Safety Partnerships in developing the Communities Against Drugs fund and most importantly supporting local community groups and associations that are looking to deliver actions that impact on the use or supply of drugs.
The Community Support Worker is currently funded until March 2004, after this the post will be funded by the DAAT.
Pub club Registration Scheme, City Council
This project aims to have an effective pub/club registration scheme implemented by 2003/04. The scheme will take into account national developments as well as the local situation by fully researching 'what works'. It is hoped that the scheme will cover all of the city centre pubs and clubs.
Environmental Improvements, City Council
The work for this project has begun and will be completed by March 2003. It aims to decrease the opportunities for drug dealing and acquisitive crime caused by poor environmental design. It is hoped that it will also decrease the fear of crime caused by a poor environment.
Situational Crime Prevention (improved lighting), City Council
This initiative involves improving the lighting at the Gwydir Street public toilet area to stop the area being used for drug use.
Targeted Policing
The funding awarded to targeted policing is being used to make more police officer time available for tackling drug-related offences. The time is being spent disrupting the local drug markets and increasing police data on drug-related offending. An increase in arrests for drug dealing/supply and a reduction in drug-related offences is aimed for. The additional targeted policing began in early 2002 and will continue until at least March 2003.
Diversionary activities in "Safer Futures" target areas
City Council Project proposal yet to be confirmed.
Operation Ortolan, Police
Operation Ortolan was the name given to the police operation to tackle crack/cocaine in and around Cambridge. The operation has now finished but drugs do continue to be a police priority.
Reducing Burglary Initiative, Police
The funding provided under this heading is to continue the work of the previously funded Home Office Reducing Burglary Initiative (RBI). The RBI aims to reduce the number of burglaries in student accomodationion by highlighting the problem and providing students with the knowledge to protect their property. This specific funding will pay for some signs and property marking kits during 2002/03.
Summer Splash Project - Arbury, Kings Hedges, East Chesterton
To deliver diversionary adventurous activities in identified wards. To work with young men and women aged 11-17, who live or socialise in those wards and may be at risk of offending or engaging in anti-social behaviour. The project is a short-term diversionary project to run over one week during the summer holidays.
YETI (Europeer), City Council
The project is the second phase of a drug peer education project for young people aged 11-25 years who live in Cambridge.
The first phase involved a group of 5 young people aged 15-25 taking part in a series of workshops and activities over a 8 day period, in Helsingborg, Sweden with Swedish and Slovenian young people. The second phase has two objectives:
- To take a presentation, the young people have to put together, to schools, colleges, youth groups and anywhere else that young people meet in groups. As there is no way of predicting who will use illegal drugs the group want to reach as many young people as possible.
- To provide ongoing support for the project and develop the work of the group whilst recruiting more young people to be part of the project.
Summer Project (Kings Hedges), Community Education
The initiative will provide a positive diversionary activity to reduce the inclination among a group of young people to misuse substances. A group of young males, some of whom have become known to the police locally, have shown an interest in setting up a DJ/MC project. It would appear that over the years, school has not met their needs and one of the outcomes of this has been exclusion from school, truancy, anti-social behaviour and drug taking.
The project hopes to make use of The Junction 'Club School' which runs for a week in the school holiday. The youth workers would meet with the young people before the event, transport them and follow up the work afterwards. Contact will be maintained throughout the summer and equip the young people to continue with the project in September and run it as a peer led programme.
Targeted Family Support Programme (IMPACT), Social Services
Provision of intensive/high level support to families where crack/drug use is adversely impacting on their ability to parent their children. To provide an immediate intensive service from a worker or workers with knowledge of the issues surrounding the use of Crack (in particular) and support the needs of parents or young people who are users.
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