Issue - meetings

The Community Impact Day Co-ordinator attended to present the Community Impact Days Update Briefing.

The Chairman reiterated what an important service the Community Impact Days provided.

A Member stated that she felt that LBB were still not doing enough to tackle the serious violent crime that was happening in certain wards. She expressed the view that the problem centred around young people who felt disengaged, and that the crime statistics seemed to indicate that many of these were from ethnic minorities. There had been another very serious stabbing the previous week in Crystal Palace. She said that in her ward the Somali community were not engaging and this was because not enough had been done across the board to develop engagement with them.

The Chairman sympathised with the views of the Member and said that this was a subject which would need a significant amount of research and work.  The Chairman expressed the view that this would likely be a wide reaching policy matter  that would need to be considered first by the Portfolio Holder and then the Executive.

There was a consensus that the Community Impact days were working well, and once again the importance of the various agencies receiving intelligence to act upon was highlighted. 

A Member stated that it was important to use the MOPAC money for these impact days in a focused way, targeting those areas where intervention was most required.

The Chairman thanked the officer for her excellent work.

RESOLVED that the update regarding Community Impact Days be noted.