Safe Newcastle Domestic Violence Strategy - Newcastle City Council

5. Context of domestic violence
and abuse in Newcastle continued
Your Homes Newcastle, Delivery Plan 2006-07
Two out of their seven stated strategic objectives
are to:
Increase choice and expand their business by:
– delivering an expanded range of “added value”
support services to tenants
– attracting new customers for their core services
– offering more choice to customers and potential
customers by increased joint working with other
agencies, particularly other housing providers
through Your Choice Homes
– offering a range of services that meet the
changing needs of their tenants as they
progress through the different stages of life
– meeting the diverse range of needs that exist in
the community and respond to new needs as
they emerge
Be responsible to the community by:
– working with their tenants and other agencies to
make the City a safer place to live
– working to ensure that people from all the
communities that live here find Newcastle to be
a City that supports them and welcomes the
contribution they make
– providing vulnerable people with the support
they need to live independently
– being a good employer, bringing investment,
training and jobs to the City
– working with partners to maximise the social
and economic well-being of tenants and
leaseholders
Newcastle’s Children and Young People’s
Strategic Partnership: A Strategy for Newcastle’s
Children and Young People 2004
The main themes of this strategy are:
– The rights of children and young people to have
access to excellent public services
– A commitment to end the social exclusion of
young people by removing the negative effects
of social exclusion on their development and the
risk of becoming socially excluded as adults
– That children and young people should have the
choice to contribute to their local community, be
heard and be valued as responsible citizens.
The vision for children and young people
is for them to:
– Enjoy the best physical, emotional and spiritual
health and development so that they feel good
about themselves and their lives
– Be safe and protected from harm within their
families and communities
– Be fulfilled, enjoying and achieving in all areas of
their life – in particular education
– Take part in all areas of their life
– Live free from poverty and hardship
North East Regional Resettlement Strategy;
Government Office for the North East 2005
– Enable a coordinated and integrated response to
the resettlement and rehabilitation of offenders
– Reduce the risk of harm to victims, communities
and vulnerable groups
– Contribute to the building of safer communities
through the provision of effective programmes
for offenders before, during and post custody
– To play a part in the regeneration of the region by
helping build safer communities
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