£1m package to tackle ASB
The Home Secretary will today announce a £1 million funding package to help victims of anti-social behaviour.
Theresa May will announce a network of advocates to work with victims of ASB, supporting them and ensuring they are able to access local support services. The network will be set up by national charity Victim support and Louise Casey, commissioner for victims and witnesses.
The advocates will hold public meetings and conduct surveys of experiences of anti-social behaviour. They will also advise the new police and crime commissioners when they start work in 2012.
Ms May said: ‘Crime and anti-social behavious blights communities and can make people’s lives an absolute misery, in some cases leading to tragic consequences.
‘I am delighted this money will see victims better represented at a local level ahead of PCCs who will take forward this important work from May next year.’
Ms Casey described the funding as ‘a real show of support from the government’.
She added: ‘This funding from the Home Secretary allows for the ground to be laid in advance of the arrival of PCCs to gauge what victims’ experiences are, what services are currently on offer and what more will need to be done.’
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Rick Campbell | 21/03/2011 12:15 pm
£1m is not exactly a lot of support from a government who say they cannot afford to pay fr various things such as the proper medicines to treat some illnesses/conditions like cancer.
Strange, that they can afford a "conflict" such as is ongoing in Libya to protect human life but not in Zimbabwe. Equally strange, Zimbabwe has no oil.
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Sidney Webb | 21/03/2011 12:25 pm
So synical Rick - Bahrain has loads of Oil, and civilians there are being attacked by tanks and aircraft as well as the massed ranks of neighbouring governments - unlike their Libyan counterparts, they do not have access to heavy weapons and fighter planes as they are real civilians being attacked by their own ruler - yet the UN ignores them prefering to protect Libyan civilians by blowing them up!
But back to the plot
£1M does seem a bit sparce considering how much Ms May thinks this network should achieve; but it is better than its absence. I look forwards to the advertising of the ASB Advocate roles, especially as my own role is close to its end (or is it a case that these advocates will be drawn from a very select pool!)
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Rick Campbell | 21/03/2011 12:41 pm
The government is set to get a windfall of £8bn according to Ernst and Young. £1m is just a drop in the oil barrel.
Perhaps it is fair of the government to not attack Bahrain because they (Bahrain) are employing Saudi Arabia to do their dirty work -- who supplies Saudi Arabia with muich of the tools needed to keep people under their control?
Strange too, that a government who is bombing "to protect lives" is quite happy to put the lives of its own citizens at risk with massive cuts to welfare systems and support for the elderly?
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kass | 21/03/2011 1:00 pm
"...She added: ‘This funding from the Home Secretary allows for the ground to be laid in advance of the arrival of PCCs to gauge what victims’ experiences are, what services are currently on offer and what more will need to be done.’"
So years and years and so much money and initatives about asbo over the years, and the setting up of a asbo industry which profits about asbo getting worse - so they can say their jobs are needed - and the government still needs "...to gauge what victims’ experiences are"... ?
Lives have been ruined, people have been killed, people have committed suicide, people had to leave their homes and communities, people have lost jobs... etc. etc. Money wasted on police, landlords, doctors, lawyers, professionals... etc. etc... All for years and years... And Theresa May has still to "gauge" the effects of Asbo...
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Jack Davies | 21/03/2011 1:29 pm
As this meagre £1m will be going to Victim Support does it mean that social landlords can reduce spending on ASB by £1m per annum?
Or is placing these responsibilities in the hands of Victim Support a reflection by this government on how badly they believe sociaal landlords have made of this so far?
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Sexton | 21/03/2011 1:33 pm
They should provide the money to the culprits to leave the country for good, May I suggest costa del sol.
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Usual Suspect | 21/03/2011 3:38 pm
You have to say £1million is a pea in the ocean.
and the other issue regarding our activities overseas seems to be more related to our politicians egos and desire to be "world players" than any justifiable logic or representation of the average uk persons interests. And lets be honest it doesent matter what colour the politician's badges are they are all massive vain / egotists .
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Chris | 21/03/2011 7:28 pm
If the government stopped spending all of these pocket money sums of ineffectual PR exercise schemes then they could gather the money together and do one thing well - anything well would be an improvement.
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Fear & Loathing | 22/03/2011 8:50 am
One million pounds - what underwhleming generosity! Today saw the announcement of £100 million to mend pot holes in the road.
Victims? All the money in world won't help poor Fiona Pilkington & Franke.
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Paul Mason | 22/03/2011 3:41 pm
£1million - that's about the cost of one Cruise missile. And remember how CLG couldn't find £1million to let the National Tenant Voice do its work with the 8 million tenants
(but then, maybe Government didn't want to hear from them....)
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