Introduction to the Safer Havant Partnership Plan 2008-2009

Vision

“To improve the quality of life in Havant Borough for residents, businesses and visitors”

Key principles

“To reduce the negative impact of anti-social behaviour, crime, alcohol and substance misuse”

 

“To ensure value for money through effective Partnership working”

 

The 2008/09 Safer Havant Partnership Plan supports the Havant Sustainable Communities Plan 2008 – 2011  and sets out a managed programme of coordinated partnership activity that is aimed at delivering improvements in community safety.  This includes indicators and undertakings aimed at reducing anti-social behaviour (ASB), crime and alcohol and substance misuse including measures to reassure local communities and make them feel confident that their concerns and fears are being addressed. 

 

The Partnership will complete an annual strategic assessment to inform priorities for action and each priority will have detailed actions.  The strategic assessment will seek to answer the following questions:

 

  • Do we know everything that we need to know?
  • What are we currently doing and is it effective?
  • What else do we need to do?

 

Reducing crime, disorder and ASB and the harms caused by drugs and alcohol is dependent upon many cross cutting themes.   The Safer Havant Partnership Plan is developed with these other themes in  mind, and commences a programme of community safety activities that will be coordinated alongside other initiatives that aim to improve conditions and services for education, skills, employment, housing and health.  This includes the coordination of this Plan’s programme of work with the Havant Local Area Agreement for 2008 – 2011, the Havant Sustainable Communities Plan 2008 -2011, the Drug Treatment Plan 2008, Children and Young Peoples Plan 2008–2011, the Joint Health Strategy 2008–2011 and the borough’s programme of neighbourhood renewal.

 

The partnership will also work in line with the national ‘Hallmarks of Effective Practice' (see Appendix A >>) and Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (see Appendix B >>) in order to create a Borough where we value and respect each other and the environment, and where we all enjoy lives free from crime, the fear of crime and substance misuse.

The Safer Havant Partnership will focus on five priority areas identified in the 2008/09 strategic assessment, namely:

  • Anti-social behaviour
  • Criminal Damage including arson
  • Drugs and alcohol
  • Assault
  • Reducing the vulnerability of young people

Delivery and measuring success:

Safer Havant Strategic Group

The strategic group operates on behalf of the Safer Havant Partnership and consists of executive members from Havant Borough Council, Havant Police, Hampshire Primary Care Trust, Hampshire Police Authority and Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service.  Other members include Hampshire County Council and voluntary groups such as Neighbourhood Watch, Citizens Advice Bureau and Victim Support.

 

The strategic group uses the annual Safer Havant Partnership Strategic Assessment as the basis to develop the Safer Havant Partnership Plan and revise its content over the Local Area Agreement three year cycle. The Plan also contains within it the flexibility to ensure that new issues are also considered during the Plan’s lifecycle and that new demands from the community are responded to.

Delivery of the Plan

The delivery of the Partnership plan will be overseen by the Safer Havant Strategic Group and managed by the Performance group consisting of key managers from across the Partnership who will set the direction of travel, agree the levels of resources to be used and monitor performance against agreed targets.

 

The Safer Havant Partnership will monitor progress by measuring our performance against national indicators as set out below and will develop complimentary local indicators and detailed plans including SMART targets identifying lead agencies and individuals and milestones to support delivery.  The Safer Havant Partnership has identified indicators from the National Indicator Set and others that are shared across partner agencies. 

Risk Register

We have identified the main risks that may prevent progress towards our objectives this year. Appendix C >> sets out how these risks will be minimised and who is responsible for managing them.