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15/09/2009
Safer City Planned
A blueprint for creating a 'Safer Belfast' was unveiled for the city today.
Headed up by Belfast City Council, the plan has been launched by Belfast Community Safety Partnership to target four key areas; anti-social behaviour, alcohol-fuelled violent crime, fear of crime, and hate crime. It is built on extensive public research and consultation during the last two years, the Safer Belfast Plan 2009/11 aims to address concerns at grassroots level.
Councillor Pat McCarthy, Chairman of the Health and Environmental Services Committee, said: "We all want to live in a city that feels safe, and is safe, and there's a lot of hard work going on behind the scenes to tackle community concerns.
"But this plan aims to create a more coordinated, joined-up approach so that agencies can share information and work together to provide the best possible solutions, with Belfast City Council as the civic leader," he said.
He noted that the council and its partners already 'deliver' a number of successful safety initiatives.
Last week, it hosted its second annual hate crime convention in Belfast's Waterfront Hall. Youth diversionary work is also key in tackling anti-social behaviour across the city and the Youth Awards have gone from strength to strength since their inception in 2006.
Suzanne Wylie, Head of the Council's Environmental Health Service, added: "These awards, along with our community safety grants, help give recognition to communities that are working hard to find solutions to local problems.
"As a council, it’s important that we empower communities and give them the 'tools' they need to bring about positive changes in their area.
"We've also set up anti-social behaviour forums across Belfast and we are currently developing a tension monitoring process to identify and deal with issues such as hate crime.
"As part of our commitment to tackling alcohol-fuelled violence and crime, we have ongoing work with off-licences and the pub trade, as well as our Get Home Safe campaign," she said.
See: Further Belfast Rape Probed
(BMcC/KMcA)
Headed up by Belfast City Council, the plan has been launched by Belfast Community Safety Partnership to target four key areas; anti-social behaviour, alcohol-fuelled violent crime, fear of crime, and hate crime. It is built on extensive public research and consultation during the last two years, the Safer Belfast Plan 2009/11 aims to address concerns at grassroots level.
Councillor Pat McCarthy, Chairman of the Health and Environmental Services Committee, said: "We all want to live in a city that feels safe, and is safe, and there's a lot of hard work going on behind the scenes to tackle community concerns.
"But this plan aims to create a more coordinated, joined-up approach so that agencies can share information and work together to provide the best possible solutions, with Belfast City Council as the civic leader," he said.
He noted that the council and its partners already 'deliver' a number of successful safety initiatives.
Last week, it hosted its second annual hate crime convention in Belfast's Waterfront Hall. Youth diversionary work is also key in tackling anti-social behaviour across the city and the Youth Awards have gone from strength to strength since their inception in 2006.
Suzanne Wylie, Head of the Council's Environmental Health Service, added: "These awards, along with our community safety grants, help give recognition to communities that are working hard to find solutions to local problems.
"As a council, it’s important that we empower communities and give them the 'tools' they need to bring about positive changes in their area.
"We've also set up anti-social behaviour forums across Belfast and we are currently developing a tension monitoring process to identify and deal with issues such as hate crime.
"As part of our commitment to tackling alcohol-fuelled violence and crime, we have ongoing work with off-licences and the pub trade, as well as our Get Home Safe campaign," she said.
See: Further Belfast Rape Probed
(BMcC/KMcA)
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