Street drinking in Hounslow [PDF]

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Street Drinking In HounslowStreet Drinking In HounslowInformation from both direct observation and interviews with businesses, residents and thosestreet drinking tell us that all parts of the borough have incidence of street drinking. Acomprehensive table of areas affected is available as Appendix 1.During the project the outreach workers observed several forms of street drinking across theBorough.Typical Street Drinking “Schools”This group is two or more drinkers who are stationary and drinking together. The term schoolrefers to an informal arrangement of pooling financial resources to ensure all involved will beable to drink over a weekly period. As a street drinker described, “We take turns to buydepending on who’s got paid (claimed benefits) that day.”Groups of drinkers were observed at least twice in the following locations:• Hounslow Bus Station/ London Road Bus Stops• Inwood Park• Avenue Park• Feltham Duck Ponds• Lampton Park• Hounslow Town Centre• Outside Job Centre• Behind Treaty Centre• Cranford Valley Park (Waye Avenue)• Bedfont Green• Brentford - St Paul’s Recreational GroundDuring the research period Inwood Park was particularly quiet and Hounslow Bus Station andthe bus stops just beyond on the London Road the busiest drinking area.Young PeopleYoung People gathering in parks consuming alcohol during the summer was commonplace, andcannabis smoking was also observed. Most of this activity occurred during the evenings withless incidences during the day. Broken glass left behind was problematic for young familiesusing the parks during the days. The evidence of glass suggested the consumption of bothAlcopops and spirits. Parks where this was seen to be a significant problem were:• Murray Park• Cranford Park• Bear Road Recreation Ground HanworthPage 8
Street Drinking In Hounslow• Charville Hall Park South Brentford• Silverhall Park & Redlees Park Isleworth• Beavers Park• Hounslow Bus Garage (evenings)There were also young people regularly present with some of the older drinkers at FelthamDuck Ponds and Hounslow Bus Station.Specific Ethnic GroupsGroups of Asian, Black and Eastern European men were observed drinking together in thefollowing areas:• Kingsley Park - Asian• Corner of Maswell Park Road - Black• Bath Road – Eastern European• Gunnersbury Park - Polish• Lampton Park – AsianA significant proportion of those observed drinking alone were Asian or Black.IndividualsIt became clear very quickly that it would not possible to record in any detail all theindividuals consuming alcohol in public. There are a large number of people in transition,walking in the street, waiting for or using public transport consuming alcohol. For this reportwe have focused upon individuals who are stationary drinking in a public place.The outreach workers observed that this group fell into two categories:1. The more entrenched rough sleepers, possibly with mental health problems andobvious physical health problems that were difficult to engage. Chiswick High Road &Hounslow Town Centre2. Problem drinkers who were drinking alone to conceal their drinking from family andcolleagues. Hounslow Heath, Bedfont Lakes, Lampton ParkRecreationalSeveral groups of adults drinking in parks during the day were observed in the following area:• Waterman's Park• Osterley Park• Chiswick House ParkPage 9
Page 2 and 3: ContentsContentsPageExecutive Summa
Page 4 and 5: IntroductionIntroductionThis report
Page 6 and 7: MethodologyCommunity SurveyOutreach
Page 8 and 9: MethodologyThe map above has identi
Page 12 and 13: Street Drinking In HounslowWhen app
Page 14 and 15: Street Drinking In HounslowSummaryT
Page 16 and 17: Street Drinking ProfileBreakdown of
Page 18 and 19: Street Drinking ProfileHealthIt is
Page 20 and 21: Street Drinking ProfileDrinking Hab
Page 22 and 23: Street Drinking Profile12% of those
Page 24 and 25: ServicesDo the Current Services Mee
Page 26 and 27: The Community ViewGraffiti, vandali
Page 28 and 29: The Community ViewSummary39% of tho
Page 30 and 31: Lessons from Other AreasLessons fro
Page 32 and 33: Lessons from Other AreasRegulation
Page 34 and 35: RecommendationsRecommendationsGiven
Page 36 and 37: RecommendationsServicesStreet drink
Page 38 and 39: RecommendationsOverall Co-ordinatio
Page 40 and 41: Appendix 1AREADrinkersRoughSleepers
Page 42 and 43: Appendix 2GP Are you registered wit
Page 44 and 45: Appendix 2OptionalName: Contact Det
Page 46 and 47: BibliographyLamb, D (1995) Services

Street drinking in Hounslow [PDF]

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?