Websites - Resources for Practitioners and the General Public
Together- Tackling Anti- Social Behaviour
www.together.gov.uk
This is a joint initiative of the Home Office and the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and a useful resource for practitioners working to tackle anti-social behaviour across England and Wales. It also provides information and local contacts for the public with a query on anti social behaviour.
A section on alcohol related crime can be found here:
www.together.gov.uk/alcohol.asp
Crime Reduction
www.crimereduction.gov.uk
Crime Reduction is an initiative of the Home Office, specially designed for practitioners, which includes publications and resource packs, crime statistics as well as examples of best practice.
The Ideas Exchange is a database of ideas and initiatives on all crime reduction topics, classified by locality.
www.crimereduction.gov.uk/cgi-bin/iex/iex_index.cgi?action=iex
Department for Communities and Government (CDLG) [formerly Office of the Deputy Prime Minister]
www.communities.gov.uk
This new department (formerly the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) was created in May 2006 with a remit to promote community cohesion and equality, as well as responsibility for housing, urban regeneration, planning and local government.
Planning, Building and the Environment
Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres
PPS6 sets out the Government's policy on planning for the future of town centres. This replaces Revised PPG Note 6: Town Centres and Retail Developments (published 1996) and subsequent policy statements. Published March 2005.
Planning for Town Centres: Guidance on Design and Implementation Tools
This Guidance deals specifically with design issues relating to planning for town centres and some of the main tools available to secure the implementation of town centres and supports PPS6. Published March 2005.
Both available on the Department for Communities and Local Government Website
http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1143820
Town centre management and Business Improvement Districts
Towns and city centres are undergoing a renaissance and becoming more active throughout the day and increasingly during the evening and at night. A key feature has been the growth of the evening economy between 5pm and 9pm and the night time economy after 9pm.
Publications about town centre management and Business Improvement Districts includes good practice for managing the evening and late night economy and Government responses to Parliamentary reports.
http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1164258
Cleaner, Safer, Greener Communities
www.cleanersafergreener.gov.uk/en/1/csgc.html
Cleaner Safer Greener Communities is about creating quality spaces in which people want to live and can be proud - and which others will respect. This website is a one-stop-shop of best practice examples.
The Website features a section on Anti Social Behaviour and Alcohol Under its remit of town centre management.
www.cleanersafergreener.gov.uk/en/1/antisocialbehav.html
Local Government Association
www.lga.gov.uk/
The Local Government Association (LGA), promotes the interests of English and Welsh local authorities - a total of just under 500 authorities. These represent over 50 million people and spend around £74 billion a year on local services. They aim to put local councils at the heart of the drive to improve public services and to work with government to ensure that the policy, legislative and financial context in which they operate, supports that objective.
Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services
www.lacors.gov.uk
The Local Authorities Coordinators of regulatory Services (LACORS) provides advice and guidance to help support local authority regulatory and related services. It was set up in 1978 to coordinate the enforcement activities of trading standards. Since 1991, LACORS has also worked on food safety and is currently responsible for a range of other regulatory and related services