Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods updating Members on the Stronger Safer Gloucester Partnership’s most recent community safety work.

RESOLVED that the community safety work of the Stronger Safer Gloucester Partnership be noted.    

Cabinet considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods that updated Members on the Stronger Safer Gloucester Partnership’s most recent community safety work.

The Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods emphasised the importance of community safety with its direct impact on the local environment, and economy as well as health and wellbeing.  She described the progression of the Partnership from a reactive approach to one of three parts: prevention, protection and response where the root causes of issues were addressed.  An approach that she stated had produced initiatives such as NightSafe and Street Aware with demonstrable results.

The Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure commented that he had noticed the difference the Partnership made and sought clarification of the acronym LSOA (Appendix 1 Key Data Outcome Measures).  The Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods explained that this was Lower Super Output Area, an area needing attention previously described an area of deprivation.

RESOLVED that the community safety work of the Stronger Safer Gloucester Partnership be noted.