The government has announced the first 40 areas to commit to taking forward the government's Respect Action Plan and doing more to tackle antisocial behaviour and support difficult families.
The 40 Respect Areas (see below) will all provide family intervention projects to tackle problem families, offer more parenting classes for struggling parents, make wider use of the "tools and powers" available to tackle antisocial behaviour, and deal with social housing problems. They will also be expected to be more accountable to their local communities via 'face the people' sessions.
The 40 areas are:
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Birmingham City Council
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Blackpool Council
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Bournemouth Borough Council
Brighton and Hove City Council
Bristol City Council
Burnley Borough Council
City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Coventry City Council
Derby City Council
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Exeter City Council
Gloucester City Council
Harlow District Council
Hastings Borough Council
Ipswich Borough Council
Kingston upon Hull City Council
Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Leeds City Council
Leicester City Council
Liverpool City Council
Manchester City Council
Middlesbrough Council
Newcastle City Council
Norwich City Council
Nottingham City Council
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Plymouth City Council
Portsmouth City Council
Salford City Council
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Sheffield City Council
South Tyneside Council
Southampton City Council
Southend on Sea Borough Council
Sunderland City Council
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Comments (2)
No London boroughs?
Posted by Andrew Brown | January 23, 2007 12:52 PM
Posted on January 23, 2007 12:52
Rumour has is that the 10 London councils supposed to bring the total number of Respect Zones up to 50 refused to sign on the dotted line.
Apparently, they were unhappy about signing up to such specific commitments controlled so obviously from the centre rather than led by local needs.
Posted by Lauren Revans | January 24, 2007 9:41 AM
Posted on January 24, 2007 09:41