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FADIS: Issue 39 - February 2010
Contents
Funding
1. National Lottery Awards
2.“Try It” award
3. “Shape It” award
4.“ Do It” award
Policy developments
5. New Home Office Research Report - Improving public confidence in the police; a review of the evidence
6. Government announces new powers to tackle alcohol crime
7. Consultation: Mainstreaming the commissioning of local services to address violence against women and girls
News and resources
8. Research on the work of social enterprises with prisons and probation services in England
9. New database shows guns are in short supply
10. Home Office quarterly crime statistics
11. Recession leaves almost half young black people unemployed, finds the Institute of Public Policy Research
12. New government website aims to open debate on CCTV - and raise standards
13. Young offender institutions (YOIs) failing to meet minimum standards for time spent out of cells
Funding
1. National Lottery Awards
To enter your project into the National Lottery Awards 2010 competition you must be an authorised representative of the project with all permissions necessary to enter this competition for and on behalf of the project and the project must:
- have received Lottery funding at any time since 1994
- be based in the UK and not have won an award in the National Lottery Awards in any previous year
- Projects that entered the National Lottery Awards previously, but did not win an Award, are eligible to enter this National Lottery Awards competition
The award categories include Best Arts Project, Best Education Project and Best Voluntary/Charity Project.
Apply online (registration is required). The application deadline is 12 February 2010.
2. "Try It" award
An UnLtd Sport Relief 'Try It' Award can give you support and cash to use sport, arts or recreational activities to overcome an issue in your community and bring people together through a short project or one off event.
UnLtd Sport Relief are looking for projects that focus on:
- Providing an opportunity for young people to meet new people, engage in activities they wouldn’t normally take part in and connect with other young people from different backgrounds and walks of life
- Encouraging young people to think about social issues that are relevant to them
- Encouraging young people to think about how they would like to address these issues
- Providing a learning experience for the applicant
Visit the "Try It" award webpage to apply.
3. “Shape It" award
An UnLtd Sport Relief 'Shape It' Award can give you support and cash to use sport, arts or recreational activities to overcome an issue in your community and bring people together through a short project or one off event.
UnLtd Sport Relief are looking for projects that:
- Show a good understanding of how the project will address issues in your local community such as bringing people together and overcoming problems
- Provide opportunities for young people to bring communities together, to help them promote understanding and solve conflict
- Are well thought out
- Provide a learning experience for the applicant
Visit the "Shape It" award webpage to apply.
4. 'Do It' award
The 'Do It' award is for Young People aged between 18-21. The award is for up to £10,000 to help you to run a long-term project.
An UnLtd Sport Relief 'Do It' Award can help grow your idea into a project that will continue to have an impact after your award.
UnLtd Sport Relief are looking for projects that are:
- Exciting ideas that use sport or recreational activities as a solution to a social problem
- Run by motivated people who already have experience of running a project or working within their community
- Has the ability to become sustainable (run without further financial support from UnLtd)
- Innovative and entrepreneurial as well as providing a learning opportunity for the individual
UnLtd Sport Relief suggests that you contact their team about your project before applying for an award.
Visit the 'Do It' award webpage to apply. Do It awards will be made every 3 months.
Policy developments
5. New Home Office Research Report - Improving public confidence in the police; a review of the evidence
Background:
In 2008 the Government published the Green Paper From the neighbourhood to the national: policing our communities together which proposed a single top-down target to replace the multiple targets previously used to monitor police performance.
The current single target is to improve levels of public confidence that the police and local councils are dealing with the crime and anti-social behaviour issues that matter locally, as measured by the British Crime Survey. Individual targets were set for each police force and published in March 2009.
To help inform forces on how to improve their performance, a literature review was commissioned to summarise the evidence on ‘what works’ in terms of improving public confidence in the police, ‘what looks promising’ and ‘potential pitfalls’ when implementing confidence-building measures.
You can access the full review of evidence on the Home Office website, (scroll down to ‘recent publications’) along with a two page summary of key findings.
6. Government announces new powers to tackle alcohol crime
Following a nationwide consultation the government is setting out five mandatory conditions to tackle alcohol-related crime and disorder. The conditions will be applied to all alcohol retailers to ensure consistent good practice and crack down on problem premises where irresponsible drinking could put individuals at risk and lead to crime and anti-social behaviour. The conditions include a ban on irresponsible promotions, including 'all you can drink for £10' deals plus a compulsory requirement to check the ID of anyone who looks under 18. Any premises that breach the mandatory code or any secondary conditions that have been imposed will face a range of possible sanctions including losing their licence, having additional tough conditions imposed on their licence or, on summary conviction a maximum £20,000 fine and/or six months imprisonment. More info
7. Consultation: Mainstreaming the commissioning of local services to address violence against women and girls
Following the publication of the cross-government strategy ‘Together we can end violence against women and girls’ in November 2009, the Home Office has produced draft commissioning guidance to support local commissioners and partnerships. It’s designed to help them develop the best approach to commissioning services to prevent violence against women and girls, protect victims and potential victims and provide services to victims and perpetrators in local areas.
The Home Office is inviting comment on the entire content of the guidance, particularly on which areas you think are fit for purpose and which need further improvement. The HO would, amongst others, particularly like to hear from:
- Organisations providing services for victims of violence against women and girls
- Organisations representing women who are vulnerable to violence
- Active voluntary sector organisations
The consultation questions can be found on page 5 of the document.
Deadline for responses: 15 March 2010. More info
News and resources
8. Research on the work of social enterprises with prisons and probation services in England
A new report published by the Ministry of Justice, shows that social enterprises are involved in a substantial amount of work in providing education, training and employment support to help reduce reoffending. (Social enterprises are businesses that operate for a social purpose.)
The report also identifies ways in which the National Offender Management Service and the sector can develop further productive partnerships, both locally and nationally. It was produced as part of an action research programme funded by the Office of the Third Sector and the European Social Fund. More info
9. New database shows guns are in short supply
The National Ballistics Intelligence Service (Nabis) firearms database has linked more than 350 guns with crimes in its first year of operation in England and Wales. Nabis works by combining advanced forensic technology and police intelligence information. The service, which was jointly established by the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in November 2008, helps forces to solve crimes in which guns have been used, identify the individuals who import and supply them illegally, and track down people who are illegally converting or adapting them.
Nabis programme manager, Det Ch Supt Paul James, said capturing key suppliers meant there were fewer guns on the streets, and therefore that they were getting harder to obtain.
10. Home Office quarterly crime statistics
Latest figures published in the Quarterly Update, 21 January, show that based on British Crime Survey (BCS) interviews in the year to September 2009, crime remains stable compared with the year to September 2008. BCS interviews showed the risk of being a victim of crime (22.1%) fell one percentage point compared with the year to September 2008. Police recorded robberies fell by nine per cent overall and those involving knives or sharp instruments also decreased by 16 per cent over the same period. Provisional statistics recorded by the police showed a three per cent rise in firearms offences. The overall proportion of people with high levels of perceived anti-social behaviour in the local area fell by two percentage points (to 15%) compared with the year to September 2008.
11. Recession leaves almost half young black people unemployed, finds the Institute of Public Policy Research
New analysis from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) shows that almost half (48%) of Black people aged between 16-24 are now unemployed – compared to the rate of unemployment among white young people which stands at 20%. Young black people are now twice as likely to be unemployed than their white counterparts. Despite this, official statistics show that youth unemployment dropped overall in the last quarter of 2009.
Lisa Harker, co-director of IPPR, said the findings were "a worrying reminder" that young people from ethnic minorities are "far more likely to become part of a generation lost to unemployment and disadvantage". More info
12. New government website aims to open debate on CCTV - and raise standards
13. Young offender institutions (YOIs) failing to meet minimum standards for time spent out of cells
New figures show that 12 out of 16 YOIs do not meet the HM Inspectorate of Prisons target that young people should spend at least 10 hours a day out of their cell.
Across all YOIs young people spent an average of 9 hours 24 mins out of cells. The statistics came to light following a Parliamentary question tabled by Tory shadow justice minister David Burrowes.
Over the month of September 2009, young people were locked up for an average of 16 hours 18 mins in Stoke Heath YOI, meaning they were out of their cells for just 7 hours 42 mins each day. Also failing to meet the target were Brinsford, Castington, Cookham Wood, Downview, Feltham, Hindley, Huntercombe, Parc, Warren Hill, Werrington and Wetherby.
Source: Children and Young People Now: bulletin Jan 2010
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