Camborne and Redruth awarded Safer Streets funding

Camborne and Redruth has been awarded £354,000 of funding under Round 5 of the Safer Streets scheme, following successful rounds in Falmouth and Truro. This funding was launched by the Government in 2020 in the wake of the Sarah Everard murder to help tackle violence against women and girls and anti-social behaviour. Round 5 of the Safer Streets fund will see Police and local authorities in the UK granted £42 million to develop a range of intervention to help make streets safer and to help change attitudes. Further information about Safer Streets can be found here.

Interventions to be delivered by 1st April 2025:

• Streetlighting upgrades on key arterial and ‘walk home’ routes from the towns
  
• CCTV upgrades with increased coverage and functionality
  
• Street marshals to provide a visible & reassuring presence in the town centres
  
• A dedicated anti-social behaviour (ASB) caseworker will provide a visible presence within the area and will challenge ASB and crime where appropriate, gather intelligence and share with partner agencies. They will also seek to look after people’s welfare and signpost vulnerable individuals to relevant support services.
  
• A dedicated young persons drug and alcohol outreach worker employed by WeAreWithYou (YZUP) to support young people at risk of or engaged in drug use & ASB. 
  
• Healthy relationships programmes making children, young people and adults more confident in knowing what a healthy and an (un)healthy relationship looks like, and strategies to support healthy relationships.
  
• Bystander Intervention training which target key stakeholders in the community to build resilience against sexual violence

Progress so far (September 2023-August 2024):

• We upgraded CCTV and Streetlighting in key hotspots in both Towns
• A dedicated Anti-social behaviour Caseworker has been recruited and is patrolling both towns as well as performing behind the scenes casework required to achieve long term outcomes to prevent ASB.
• Street marshals were recruited and are patrolling in Camborne ASB hotspots.
• We recruited a dedicated young persons substance misuse worker in post & engaging with young people & stakeholders locally.
• Young People Cornwall recruited two qualified youth workers who  started in Hideaway 77 Youth Café Redruth focusing on healthy relationships sessions with young people. These groups now meet weekly.
• Healthy Foundation sessions were delivered by Barnardo’s to support individuals to establish personal boundaries, stand by their values, and recognise signs of abuse or coercion in relationships.
• Bystander training sessions were delivered to give the community to give them the skills, confidence and practical tips in responding to inappropriate sexual behaviour.

Free training opportunities

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Other Safer Camborne and Redruth priorities for 2024:

Based on the evidence presented in the Camborne and Redruth Town Profile and feedback from the Residents Survey, Safer Camborne and Redruth have produced a Delivery Plan and identified the following priorities:

• Anti-social behaviour – Camborne & Redruth town centres
• Drug Related Crime
• Provision for young people
• Domestic abuse and sexual violence
• Alcohol & drug related harm reduction & recovery
• Community engagement & resilience