Neighbourhood management
Neighbourhood management is all about improving quality of life for people in neighbourhoods that have poorer housing, health and educational achievement and higher levels of crime, and unemployment than other areas of Plymouth.
Residents are at the heart of neighbourhood management. They are the people that have to live with any failure of services to get to grips with litter, housing crime, anti-social behaviour, poorly maintained roads, parks and buildings.
Neighbourhood management will involve residents, the Council, police, health, community and voluntary organizations work together to put problems right now and in the future.
How neighbourhood management works in Plymouth?
North Prospect and Stonehouse are the two pilot areas. These each have a core Neighbourhood Management Team of two Neighbourhood Wardens on the streets, a Neighbourhood Manager and an assistant.
The teams work with local neighbourhood partnerships (Stonehouse Action and North Prospect Partnership) to make sure residents get involved in identifying the problems and being part of the solutions.
The early focus will be on:
- Tackling crime and anti-social behaviour
- Environment - housing issues, litter, graffiti, parks, and open spaces
What will neighbourhood management do?
Be a clear point of contact for residents and find out from residents how services can be improved.
With local Neighbourhood Partnerships, we will encourage and support community involvement and work together on a Neighbourhood Action Plan. This will say how and when improvements will be made, and who is responsible for making them.
Shape, influence, co-ordinate and monitor mainstream public services in response to the needs of the neighbourhood.
Give residents more information about services and how to use them.
Work with the police, Housing Officers and Environmental Enforcement Officers to tackle people who cause problems for other residents.
What will wardens do?
Spend time on the streets listening to residents, finding out what the problems are and suggestions on how we can get these sorted out
They will report any problems and keep you up to date with progress
Raise awareness about what you can expect from the Council services and what is expected from residents.
Will it make a difference?
Yes, if residents get involved. Residents are the best people to identify what needs to be improved in their neighbourhood and help be part of the solution.
We will agree improved targets with service providers, and will monitor these to ensure that improvements are kept up.
We will make sure residents know what changes are happening and what difference it is making through regular publicity.
Residents will know more about their services and how to use them.
How do I get involved?
Stonehouse Neighbourhood Management Team and North Prospect Partnership will help residents get involved through events, activities, forums and working with residents associations and community groups.
Your Neighbourhood Partnership can help support community led activities such as street representatives or residents groups, action groups tackling particular issues.
You could assist with carrying out local consultation, monitoring Council services, or becoming a street representative.
Have your say on problems or good services in your neighbourhood by talking to your neighbourhood partnerships or wardens.
Tell us your ideas, or talk to us about how you’d like to get involved!