Dear resident

This week officers and staff from across West Mercia Police have been supporting Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Week.

As part of Community Heroes day we have been giving recognition to members of the community; officers and community groups for going above and beyond to reduce the impact and occurrence of ASB in Telford.

They have been presented awards for their outstanding contribution, keeping West Mercia safe, reducing anti social behaviour and its harmful impacts upon our local communities.

Shropshire Youth Association run weekly youth clubs at the Brookside Community Centre, they support the youth club to enable young people to feel safe, valued, have opportunities to talk, make friends and feel a part of the community.

Funzone are based at the Sambrook Centre in Stirchley and offer youth sessions 6 days a week. The team support young people to give them a safe space to socialise with friends, gain advice, take part in physical activities and improve their mental health.

Carl Bailey is the chair of directors for The Park Lane Centre in Woodside. Carl is also the founding director of Challenging perceptions and co-chair of the Telford Mental Health Forum. Carl has a close link with the Safer Neighbourhood Team and regularly assists them when dealing with ASB in Woodside, also offering a drop in youth group.. He plays apart in the Police Independent Advisory Group and provides a great service to young adults through challenging perceptions enabling members to improve their lives by coming together and supporting each other to grow in confidence and engage in opportunities within the community.

The Brookside Safer Neighbourhood Team, based at Madeley Police Station identified a number of girls living in the Brookside area who they believed would benefit from their Making Moves Initiative. Making Moves in Brookside was an initiative designed to break down barriers between the girls and police. The project provided a safe space once a week over a 14-week period, for young females aged between 10-17 years old. Building friendships whilst improving confidence and mental wellbeing through dance. Each week the girls took part in a dance session followed by the following inputs - Knife crime; cyber crime; self defence; anti - social behaviour; drug and alcohol; water and fire safety; Domestic Abuse and Hate crime.
 

Kind Regards

PCSO Katy Balaam