Do cuts to local service mean that youngsters have to assault people? I was raised on a failing council estate and there was plenty of violence, but none against females or children. I think we make excuses too readily for bad behaviour.
Actually reading some of the comments, I do retract my earlier comments, as it does appear that successive cuts to both police and councils have meant very limited resources to tackle both the symptom and the resulting issue, and you are right, I don’t live in the area and feel sorry for the folk who have to put up with the anti social behaviour.
I agree about support if they are evicted. Eviction also likely means intentional homelessness so whilst advice and assistance would be given by the local authority, direct provision would unlikely be in social housing, but could be if part of package of aftercare. Families could be supported in different localities subject to terms that place duty on youths and parents as a package, ABA’s and ABC’s and the like also reasonable terms to new tenancies.
I know your hands are tied due to the cuts to youth services but not putting support in place is short sightedness on everyone who is involved. Eventually, people will stop using Morrisons in Berwick Hills and if that is the case the shop will close.
It is all about parenting or the lack of it in this case. In my latter years in the school behaviour unit, I was seeing young lads who had very little respect for girls and their mothers, and violence towards them is the next step. It is trying to educate them that this is wrong.
Incredible. Spent so many days there at Berwick hills baths; great memories and learnt to swim there. Dived off that top board a few times (when they’d open it!) and never seen anything like that Jesus!
Yes, we agree(BoroLabour) that's why we didn't support the mayors budget- not supporting the budget is as serious as it can be for councillors and councils, as we have a legal duty to balance the books.
I would hate to have your role at the moment, you are working with one hand tied behind your at every level. It must be soul destroying at times but keep it going.
100% correct. We can't give in, if we do, they win! And that would be a total disaster for our country.Its no consolation, but this is a story which is repeated all over the country.
The solution has already been raised - more joined up co-ordination and resources for neighbourhoods.
The "resources" no longer exist because Councils have become brokers for Government cuts over the last 13 years.
Agree entirely.
The sad thing is if you spend the initial high resources in the right places using the right partnerships and appropriate and fair interventions, you can reduce the ASB, the incidents down the line and it can actually reduce the burdens on the police, reduce crime, improve and empower communities and give hope to struggling families and a willingness to seek interventions earlier where it is shown to be effective. In the long run it would likely be far more cost effective. Prevention is usually cheaper than the cure.Its no consolation, but this is a story which is repeated all over the country.
The solution has already been raised - more joined up co-ordination and resources for neighbourhoods.
The "resources" no longer exist because Councils have become brokers for Government cuts over the last 13 years.
Andy Preston is part of the problem, not the solution. His reckless misunderstanding of long deep rooted issues only serve to compound the problem.
Sadly the gazette's editorless interest is currently Houchen's rushed press releases, don't need staff to copy and paste ***** from his publicly paid for PR machine.
Yes, and the fact he just doesn't care, he pretends he cares, but if you stand next to him for 5 seconds, like I and many others have, he stinks of not caring.
If Berwick Hills had Teesside's best chippy then the Gazette might be interested.
