Limavady District Housing Plan 2011/12 - Northern Ireland Housing ...

LIMAVADY
3.6 Objective 5 – Building a stronger community
We have a role to help make Northern Ireland a better place to live. Our
community strategies are set out below.
We recognise the impact that anti-social behaviour can have on communities
and our Community Safety Strategy sets out our approach to community safety.
The implementation of this strategy has proved successful in limiting the number of
properties repossessed each year.
Services to address reported anti-social behaviour (ASB) are accessed through our
district offices.
The number of reported incidents in 2010/11 is a 13.3% decrease on the previous
year. Most reports relate to low level anti-social behaviour. There has been a
decrease in the number of serious/complex incidents. District Office staff are
involved in a number of ways to help address anti-social behaviour.
In April 2011 the Housing Executive’s new neighbourhood officer scheme for
Limavady District was launched. The officer will work directly with the local
community on issues such as anti social behaviour, environmental improvements,
illegal dumping and graffiti.
Neighbourhood Renewal Funding has been provided for a number of initiatives
dealing with community safety and includes:
• Roe Valley Residents Association and the Glens Community Association
provided ‘Winter Health Bags’ to elderly and vulnerable people in their areas.
The bags provided gloves, hat, socks and a fleece blanket. It also included
practical advice on keeping warm and healthy during cold weather;
• Distribution of electric blankets and hot water bottles, plus carbon monoxide
detectors within the Glens and Roe Valley areas;
• Successful ‘Keep Warm Keep Well Event’ targeted at older residents in
Limavady.
The local Community Safety Partnership provided funding to a number of
community groups for the provision of youth programmes on Halloween night.
Table 5: Limavady District Office: ASB Performance 2010 / 2011
No. of ASB
cases
received
No. of
properties
repossessed
No. of
injunctions
137
No. of cases
referred to
mediation
No of ABC*
agreed
No. of cases
closed
without legal
action
85 1 0 2 0 87
*Acceptable behaviour contracts