Maldon Community Safety Partnership

The Maldon District Community Safety Partnership was formed in 1997 to produce a strategy to reduce Crime and Disorder in Maldon District and to meet the requirements of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. The Act placed a duty on Local Authorities i.e. Essex County Council, Maldon District Council, Essex Fire and Rescue, Essex Probation, Mid Essex NHS, Police Authority and Essex Police to work in partnership to develop and implement a Strategic Assessment to reduce crime and disorder in the district. Other agencies including  Housing Associations and Voluntary Sector are also included in the partnership.

If you would like to view the Terms of Reference click here

How does the Partnership work? 

The Responsible Authorities Group (RAG) provides the direction and ethos for the Partnership.  Membership comprises of a representative from:

  • Essex County Council.
  • Divisional Commander of Essex Police, Chelmsford Division.
  • The Chief Executive of Maldon District Council.
  • The Essex Police Authority
  • NHS Mid Essex
  • The Essex Fire Authority
  • Partnership Manager
  • Probation Trust

 

Support and guidance is provided by the Home Office Eastern Region Crime Reduction Unit, The Association of Essex Authorities and the Essex Chief Executives Group. Overall management and implementation of the strategic assessment is the responsibility of the RAG. Decisions are taken based upon advice from partners (service providers) and, of course, public opinion.  Day to day implementation of the secondary objectives is the responsibility of Sub Groups established to carry out the required tasks. The Chairman invites people with relevant skills to join the Sub Group. Sub groups have a core membership supplemented by the co-option of partners with required skills, as requested.  The Responsible Authorities Group meets quarterly, and the Solutions Group meets twice a year or more. Sub Groups are required to meet at least quarterly. In 2009 an Overview and Scruity Commitee was appointed to ensure that the partnership is monitored and works effectively. In 2010 a Peer Review was undertaken to ensure the Partnership works effectively

What are the Priorities? 

These priorities have been identified to incorporate the needs of our locality, taking into account the rural aspect of our community and the hard to reach groups.  The MDCSP is a high performing partnership resulting in a low crime rate in the Maldon District.  The priorities identified will strive to maintain and improve our performance in addition to enhancing community engagement and reducing the fear of crime.

  1. Manage perception of local crime levels, alleviating concerns to ensure people feel safe.
  2. To reduce the number of injuries and fatalities through education and delivering preventative initiatives to keep the community safe.
  3. Protect and safeguard young people in the community and foster mutual respect with the other groups, particularly the elderly
  4. To reduce the harm caused by alcohol through enforcement, awareness and treatment.
  5. To reduce the harm caused by drugs through enforcement, awareness and treatment.
  6. To reduce the most serious violence, including tackling sexual offences and domestic violence.
  7. To reduce anti-social Behaviour in the community by 2%
  8. To reduce reported crime by   1 % during 2010/11.
  9. To reduce re offending by adult and young offenders.

Click here to view the Executive Summary new to 2010

  • Telephone: the Partnership Manager at Maldon District Council on 01621 854477
  • Post: The Partnership Manager, Maldon District Council, Princes Road, Maldon CM9 5DL.

                   Click here to view the Maldon District Community Safety Partnership Structure

17th October - December FRANK campaign 2011

FRANK is the national drugs information and advice service provided by the Department of Health, the Home Office and the Department for Education. FRANK provides a universally accessible service for anyone wanting help, information or advice about any aspect of drugs. It is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The service is free, confidential, and operated by fully trained advisers.

FRANK contributes to reducing the demand for drugs by providing:

  • Information on the risks of drugs, in order to maintain non-use or prevent escalation of use.
  • Advice to build resistance skills, to deal with peer pressure and avoid risky situations; and advice for parents, friends and family who are concerned about someone else's drug use.

  • Help to assist cessation of use - treatment advice, online treatment, signposts to local treatment providers, and where appropriate direct referrals to treatment.

Contact details

The service can be accessed through a number of channels, which have been set up to meet the diversity of needs amongst FRANK users:

A refreshed FRANK website will go live on 17th October. The new website includes:

  • A new look and feel
  • Changes to make it more user friendly
  • Optimisation of the site to make it more accessible through mobile. A mobile site will launch in late November.

 

Useful Links 

Don't be afraid to do whats best for you and your community!

 

Hate Crime - True Vision - The True Vision website is supported by all forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It provides information for victims and the public about what hate crime is and why it is important to report it when it happens and it sets out the range of ways hate crimes can be reported, including via the new online reporting form.

OurWatch - Neighbourhood watch National website, check the dates and times of your next meeting.

One Place - Community Partnership - Find out more about events taking place in the Burnham and Southminster One Places.

Bullying UK - Since 1999 we have answered more than 52,000 emails, many of them from parents and children in total despair. Well over 500,000 visitors come to our website every year information and advice.

Crime Stoppers - Crimestoppers is a registered charity working to help solve crimes. By providing the phone line, 0800 555 111, people who don't want to go to the police to report crime can call us anonymously to give information they know about crime.

Crime Reduction (Home Office) - Providing information and resources for people working to reduce crime in their local area.

Saint FM - listen online to the Maldon Districts very own radio station to hear from local volunteers and community groups.

Volunteers Week - Read about what is happening across the country and the stories of volunteers.

Fearless - A website from crimstoppers, it allows young people to get information about the crimes that effect them, it also gives information about crime anonymously.

Fearless, not young people - This is an accompanying website which has resources and promotional materials that you can use with young people.

Fishing Club - Maldon Hooked Up website, We are an afterschool and sometimes holiday club run by Dave Taylor a keen fisherman and council member.

Members

People

  • Megan Davies (Community Safety and LSP Admin Officer) Contact through email. Tel.01621 875821
  • Chris Rust (Community Development Officer Tel:01621 875811)
  • Leanne Hinton (Anti-Social Behaviour Co-ordinator)
  • Spencer Clarke (CSP Manager - 01621 875814)

Organisations

Working groups

Contact

Areas covered

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