This article is published on the BBC London Website:
By Yixiang Zeng
BBC London
Youngsters from one of London's Olympic boroughs are working with police to tackle anti-social behaviour and reduce the fear of crime.
The project 'Develop', part of London 2012's Changing Places Programme, has been launched in Waltham Forest in preparation for the Games to make the community safer and more pleasant.
Metropolitan Police Constable Jeff Wade, who works on the Olympic Safety and Security Programme, said: "Some areas are heavily painted by graffiti, by removing this from the walls it will make people feel our community is safer and nicer.
"In the meantime, we organise people to paint community art pieces such as landscapes, like flowers."
Cameras and maps
Groups of children from Rush Croft Sports College and Walthamstow School for Girls are teaming up with police officers and their teaching assistants.
The pupils from year nine and ten have been given cameras and maps to photograph or film graffiti, broken windows and overgrown gardens as part of a task to identify blackspots in their community.
These photographs and footage will then be displayed and showed at a workshop at a later stage of the project.
Sean Reed, Assistant Head Teacher from Rush Croft Sports College, said: "Our school children are quite enjoying taking part in these activities and they are learning to be active citizens taking care of the places where they live and study."
The police added that it helps break the stereotypical image of associating young people with anti-social behaviour and knife/gun crime.
Waltham Forest councillor Liaquat Ali, who is responsible for Children and Young People, said: "By getting young people involved in this kind of project, we make sure they take pride of their ownership."
Getting adults involved
Apart from working with local youngsters as Develop's starting point, the project is also designed to involve other age groups at a later stage.
The next stage is a problem-solving workshop and involves older members of the community working with the pupils to consider potential solutions to the concerns raised. After that, the ideas will be put into practice.
At the final stage, an event is planned to bring all the schools together to showcase their ideas and discuss what they have been doing throughout the whole project.
According to PC Wade, the project might be introduced to other Olympic boroughs and then to other areas in the UK in partnership with local forces.
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Friday, 15 January 2010
Thursday, 14 January 2010
School children help tackle anti-social behaviour in Waltham Forest
by Yixiang Zeng
Local youngsters from an Olympic borough are working with the police to tackle anti-social behaviour and reduce the fear of crime.
The project Develop, part of London 2012's Changing Places Programme, was launched in Waltham Forest last month in preparation for the Olympics to make the community safe and pleasant.
Met Police Constable Jeff Wade, who works on the Olympic Safety and Security Programme, said: “Some areas are heavily painted by Graffiti, by removing this Graffiti from the wall it will make people feel our community is safer and nicer.
“In the meantime, we organise people to paint community art pieces such as landscape, like flowers.”
Groups of children from Rush Croft Sports College and Walthamstow School for Girls are teaming up with police officers and their teaching assistants.
The pupils from year nine and ten were given cameras and maps to photograph or film graffiti, broken windows and over-grown gardens as part of a task to identify black sports in their community area.
These photographs and footage will then be displayed and showed at a workshop at a later stage of the project.
Sean Reed, Assistant Head Teacher from Rush Croft Sports College said: “Our school children are quite enjoying taking part in these activities and they are learning to be active citizens taking care of the places where they live and study.”
The police added that it helps break the stereotypical image of associating young people with anti-social behaviour and knife/gun crime.
Waltham Forest Councillor Liaquat Ali, who is responsible for Children and Young People, said: “By getting young people involved in this kind of project, we make sure they take pride of their ownership.”
Apart from working with local youngsters as Develop's starting point, the project is also designed to involve other age groups at its later stages.
The next stage is a problem solving workshop and involves older members of the community working with the pupils to consider potential solutions to the concerns raised. Thereafter, the ideas will be put into practice.
At the final stage, an event is planned to bring all the schools together to showcase their ideas and discuss what they have been doing throughout the whole process.
According to PC Wade, the project might also be introduced to other Olympics host boroughs and then to other areas in the UK in partnership with local forces.
Local youngsters from an Olympic borough are working with the police to tackle anti-social behaviour and reduce the fear of crime.
The project Develop, part of London 2012's Changing Places Programme, was launched in Waltham Forest last month in preparation for the Olympics to make the community safe and pleasant.
Met Police Constable Jeff Wade, who works on the Olympic Safety and Security Programme, said: “Some areas are heavily painted by Graffiti, by removing this Graffiti from the wall it will make people feel our community is safer and nicer.
“In the meantime, we organise people to paint community art pieces such as landscape, like flowers.”
Groups of children from Rush Croft Sports College and Walthamstow School for Girls are teaming up with police officers and their teaching assistants.
The pupils from year nine and ten were given cameras and maps to photograph or film graffiti, broken windows and over-grown gardens as part of a task to identify black sports in their community area.
These photographs and footage will then be displayed and showed at a workshop at a later stage of the project.
Sean Reed, Assistant Head Teacher from Rush Croft Sports College said: “Our school children are quite enjoying taking part in these activities and they are learning to be active citizens taking care of the places where they live and study.”
The police added that it helps break the stereotypical image of associating young people with anti-social behaviour and knife/gun crime.
Waltham Forest Councillor Liaquat Ali, who is responsible for Children and Young People, said: “By getting young people involved in this kind of project, we make sure they take pride of their ownership.”
Apart from working with local youngsters as Develop's starting point, the project is also designed to involve other age groups at its later stages.
The next stage is a problem solving workshop and involves older members of the community working with the pupils to consider potential solutions to the concerns raised. Thereafter, the ideas will be put into practice.
At the final stage, an event is planned to bring all the schools together to showcase their ideas and discuss what they have been doing throughout the whole process.
According to PC Wade, the project might also be introduced to other Olympics host boroughs and then to other areas in the UK in partnership with local forces.
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Olympic borough youngsters serve for their community
A police officer praised a community-based project a great opportunity to involve young people “in building a truly worthwhile and long lasting legacy” to the Olympic borough.
Teenagers from Waltham Forest are teaming up with local police officers to tackle anti-social behaviour and reduce fear of crime as part of a project named 'Develop', which encourages them to take responsibility for their local area and learn about the important contribution that their efforts can make to the community.
Police Constable Jeff Wade from the Metropolitan Police Service, who works on the Olympic Safety and Security Programme,said: “It has been a fantastic start to the project, the pupils we have worked with have been really keen and have enjoyed having their say.”
“These activities are a great opportunity for all members of the community to get involved in building a truly worthwhile and long lasting legacy to the Olympic for Waltham Forest.”
Pupils from year 9 and 10 at Walthamstow School for Girls and Rushcroft Sports Academy were invited to take part in phase 1, where teams were supplied with equipment such as cameras and maps and asked to identify good and bad points about their local areas, which included places they felt were intimidating or in need of development.
All the activities are delivered by officers from the Waltham Forest Safer Schools Team and local Safer Neighbourhoods Teams.
The next stage of the project is a problem solving workshop and involved local residents working with the pupils to consider potential solutions to the concerns raised.
The final stage will see the creation of initiatives to put their ideas into practice.
The project also strengthens understanding and relationships between the diverse communities as they are work together on raising pride in their local areas.
As part of London 2012's Changing Places Programme, it is launched within the five east London Olympic host boroughs include Nemham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Greenwich.
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Teenagers from Waltham Forest are teaming up with local police officers to tackle anti-social behaviour and reduce fear of crime as part of a project named 'Develop', which encourages them to take responsibility for their local area and learn about the important contribution that their efforts can make to the community.
Police Constable Jeff Wade from the Metropolitan Police Service, who works on the Olympic Safety and Security Programme,said: “It has been a fantastic start to the project, the pupils we have worked with have been really keen and have enjoyed having their say.”
“These activities are a great opportunity for all members of the community to get involved in building a truly worthwhile and long lasting legacy to the Olympic for Waltham Forest.”
Pupils from year 9 and 10 at Walthamstow School for Girls and Rushcroft Sports Academy were invited to take part in phase 1, where teams were supplied with equipment such as cameras and maps and asked to identify good and bad points about their local areas, which included places they felt were intimidating or in need of development.
All the activities are delivered by officers from the Waltham Forest Safer Schools Team and local Safer Neighbourhoods Teams.
The next stage of the project is a problem solving workshop and involved local residents working with the pupils to consider potential solutions to the concerns raised.
The final stage will see the creation of initiatives to put their ideas into practice.
The project also strengthens understanding and relationships between the diverse communities as they are work together on raising pride in their local areas.
As part of London 2012's Changing Places Programme, it is launched within the five east London Olympic host boroughs include Nemham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Greenwich.
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(Completion time: An hour and 12 minutes)
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Cameras expansion in a bid to clamp down crime
A council officer reassures the local residents “need have no fear that Big Brother is watching them” and the latest CCTV expansion in Oveston is only to boost community safety.
Ten high-resolution cameras are set to be installed in Gradham town on Friday in a bid to clamp down anti-social behaviour, increasing violence and rowdyism.
Neal Simmonds, Oveston Council's CCTV controller, said: “The resident of Gradham need have no fear that Big Brother is watching them and there will be no intrusion into their private lives.”
Andrew Slator, chairman of Gradham Chamber of Trade, said: “We have been plagued by young hoodies and gangs of shoplifters and we hope the cameras will help deter and detect the culprits.”
The system will be used in conjunction with the police and help alert control room staff to shoplifters or anti-social behaviour, triggering an immediate response from the council's patrollers and policing team.
The cameras can make sure lone females' safety at night by enabling staff in the control rooms to oversee their walk on the street.
It also enables operators to spot accidents and arrange a necessary action when seeing someone has been taken ill and collapsed.
Chief Superintendent Francis Collison of the Oveston Police, said: “Throughout the district about 90 arrests are being made every month using CCTV. We expect the rate of arrest in Gradham town centre to go up as a result of the new cameras – so troublemakers, drug dealers and criminals should be warned.”
Doug Elmsall, chairman of Gradham Licensed Victuallers' Association, said: “Landlords and club owners have been struggling in the face of growing public order problems and we need all the help we can get. Let's hope those willing to make trouble will now think twice.”
The system was launched in Oveston town centre in 1998, funded by a Home Office grant and donations from local businesses.
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Ten high-resolution cameras are set to be installed in Gradham town on Friday in a bid to clamp down anti-social behaviour, increasing violence and rowdyism.
Neal Simmonds, Oveston Council's CCTV controller, said: “The resident of Gradham need have no fear that Big Brother is watching them and there will be no intrusion into their private lives.”
Andrew Slator, chairman of Gradham Chamber of Trade, said: “We have been plagued by young hoodies and gangs of shoplifters and we hope the cameras will help deter and detect the culprits.”
The system will be used in conjunction with the police and help alert control room staff to shoplifters or anti-social behaviour, triggering an immediate response from the council's patrollers and policing team.
The cameras can make sure lone females' safety at night by enabling staff in the control rooms to oversee their walk on the street.
It also enables operators to spot accidents and arrange a necessary action when seeing someone has been taken ill and collapsed.
Chief Superintendent Francis Collison of the Oveston Police, said: “Throughout the district about 90 arrests are being made every month using CCTV. We expect the rate of arrest in Gradham town centre to go up as a result of the new cameras – so troublemakers, drug dealers and criminals should be warned.”
Doug Elmsall, chairman of Gradham Licensed Victuallers' Association, said: “Landlords and club owners have been struggling in the face of growing public order problems and we need all the help we can get. Let's hope those willing to make trouble will now think twice.”
The system was launched in Oveston town centre in 1998, funded by a Home Office grant and donations from local businesses.
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