Felling residents joined by local agencies at community 'spring clean-up' day
Residents joined local agencies at a community 'spring clean-up' event in Felling, which aimed to promote community cohesion in the area.
A total of 10 skips were filled with waste from households yesterday (3 March), while advice and guidance from local agencies was offered to residents without appointment throughout the day at the Salvation Army on Sunderland Road. This included the opportunity to chat with and raise concerns to the council's housing services, the Neighbourhood Policing Team and representatives from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service.
The event was organised by the council in collaboration with the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, thanks to funding from Project Shield.
Launched last year, Project Shield is a force-wide initiative to tackle crime in hotspot areas across six local authorities. The project also supports community confidence with aim of driving down anti-social behaviour where it is most prevalent in the region.
Councillor Angela Douglas, Chair of the Gateshead Community Safety Board, said: "The clean-up event was a great way to show how, by working together, our residents and partner agencies can make a positive difference for our neighbourhoods.
"Pride in an area has a huge influence on anti-social behaviour, particularly in the hotspots identified by Project Shield. By providing skips for spring cleaning and a drop-in session at the Salvation Army community hub, our partners were able to learn more about the issues impacting our residents and what we can be doing to improve our offer of support.
"In turn, we hope this will deter anti-social behaviour and raise awareness of the work our partners do to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our communities."
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Susan Dungworth, said: "It's important that residents see us all working together to help make them feel safe and this event in Gateshead was a perfect example of the council, police and partners doing just that.
"The community spirit shining through was so good to see - with us all doing our bit towards shared goals around safer, cleaner and stronger communities.
"This is just one part of a wider scope of work being delivered through Project Shield which I have funded to support extra patrols and engagement in areas of key focus - giving the area a boost - and making a noticeable difference for local people."
Find out more about reporting anti-social behaviour below.
Residents joined local agencies at a community 'spring clean-up' event in Felling, which aimed to promote community cohesion in the area.
A total of 10 skips were filled with waste from households yesterday (3 March), while advice and guidance from local agencies was offered to residents without appointment throughout the day at the Salvation Army on Sunderland Road. This included the opportunity to chat with and raise concerns to the council's housing services, the Neighbourhood Policing Team and representatives from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service.
The event was organised by the council in collaboration with the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, thanks to funding from Project Shield.
Launched last year, Project Shield is a force-wide initiative to tackle crime in hotspot areas across six local authorities. The project also supports community confidence with aim of driving down anti-social behaviour where it is most prevalent in the region.
Councillor Angela Douglas, Chair of the Gateshead Community Safety Board, said: "The clean-up event was a great way to show how, by working together, our residents and partner agencies can make a positive difference for our neighbourhoods.
"Pride in an area has a huge influence on anti-social behaviour, particularly in the hotspots identified by Project Shield. By providing skips for spring cleaning and a drop-in session at the Salvation Army community hub, our partners were able to learn more about the issues impacting our residents and what we can be doing to improve our offer of support.
"In turn, we hope this will deter anti-social behaviour and raise awareness of the work our partners do to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our communities."
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Susan Dungworth, said: "It's important that residents see us all working together to help make them feel safe and this event in Gateshead was a perfect example of the council, police and partners doing just that.
"The community spirit shining through was so good to see - with us all doing our bit towards shared goals around safer, cleaner and stronger communities.
"This is just one part of a wider scope of work being delivered through Project Shield which I have funded to support extra patrols and engagement in areas of key focus - giving the area a boost - and making a noticeable difference for local people."
Find out more about reporting anti-social behaviour below.
