Issue - meetings

Further to Minute No.  29 of the meeting held on 9 September 2021 it had been agreed that key issues raised in the Community Safety Strategic Assessment be considered by the Board during 2021 as single agenda item meetings to allow for in depth discussion on that particular subject.

The second of these had been selected as Youth Anti-Social Behaviour and the Partnership considered the following reports detailing how individual partner organisations were dealing with this issue:

A.            Merseyside Police

Report of Superintendent Graeme Robson.

B.            Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service

C.            Chesterfield High School

Report of Kevin Sexton - Headteacher.

D.            Sefton CVS

Report Presented by Sharon Cotterall.

E.             Public Health ASB Examples

Report of Helen Armitage  - Consultant in Public Health.

Arising from the discussion a number of issues were discussed which had arisen across a number of the reports:

·       Early intervention – providing support for young children with a view to preventing escalation in later years;

·       Support for children and young people with SEND;

·       Appropriate Alternative Provision to Mainstream Education and how this can be accessed;

·       Encouraging support from Parents and families – Parent Toolkit;

·       Building on existing positive outcomes;

RESOLVED: That

(1)           the reports be noted;

(2)           all organisations be thanked for the detailed and thorough reports provided; and

(3)           further reports be submitted to the Board building on the issues raised.