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Day Two Morning Programme - Wednesday 20th June

Choose ONE from ANY of 4 Mini Conferences AND ONE from ANY of 8 Workshops

All Mini Conference sessions are from 09.30 through to 11.00. A tea / coffee break then follows with The Workshops taking place from 11.45 through to 13.15.
MC1 Mini Conference 1:   Youth - Gangs, Guns and Crime

Speakers: Angela Lawrence and Patsy McKie, Mothers Against Violence, Manchester and John Pitts, University of Bedfordshire

Notes: The mini-conference will focus upon the social, economic, political and administrative factors, and recent changes in organised crime and youth culture, associated with the emergence of armed youth gangs in UK cities in the recent period. It will consider the motivation of gang-involved young people, the nature of gang affiliation and factors associated with desistance. It will consider strategies for countering the impact of gangs in affected neighbourhoods.
MC2 Mini Conference 2:   Whose target, whose priorities?

Speakers: Local speakers on drug and alcohol projects, including Sheffield DAAT and Nottinghamshire County PCT

Notes: This mini-conference looks at the key problems raised by drugs and alcohol, with its primary focus on best practice examples for alcohol related issues.
MC3 Mini Conference 3:   Bringing added value to partnership working

Speakers: South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Chief Fire Officer, Mark Smitherman and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Director of Community Safety, John Hoey.

Louise Doughty, of MissDorothy.com Foundation , which is a child safety charity.

A member of Greater Manchester Community Safety Partnership.

Notes: Community Safety is fast becoming a primary focus for Fire and Rescue Services who are actively working to provide a responsive and focussed approach to reducing risks in communities. This interactive conference provides the opportunity for practitioners to explore a range of issues and look at how Fire and Rescue Services along with other agencies can add value to partnerships. A range of national and regional issues will be explored with The Fire Service and MissDorothy.com (the new educational resource that aims to help primary school children aged 7 to 11 assess the dangers to themselves). Also participating will be Greater Manchester Community Safety Partnership.

This Mini Conference will be facilitated by CragRats the award-winning, innovative training company which specialises in the use of actors for enhanced learning experiences.

MC4 Mini Conference 4:   The evolving dimension of Community Cohesion

Speakers: The Audit Commission, South Yorkshire Police and North Wales Police.


Notes: Migration for work is not new, but the issue has prominence recently because of the rapid rise in the number of migrant workers coming into Britain. Overall international migration is now the main driver of population change in the UK. The steady increase in the numbers and diversity of foreign nationals coming into the UK has led to changes in the demographic and cultural make up of UK communities. Consequently, issues of migration now cut across many policy and service areas, and this has ensured a re - focus of partner activities to support community cohesion, diversity and social inclusion.
Choose ONE of the 8 Workshops which run from 1130 - 1300
W1 Workshop 1:   Neighbourhood youth crime prevention

Youth Support Services, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and Chessington Safer Neighbourhood Team.

W2 Workshop 2:  Gangs Intervention.

Gangs Disruption Team, Southwark YOT.

W3 Workshop 3:  Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategies, National and European best practice.

Sheffield Daat, European AGIS project.

W4 Workshop 4:  Strategic Assessments; a living, workable and deliverable document

Greater Manchester Community Safety Partnership.

W5 Workshop 5:  Practical Partnerships; How practitioners work with other agencies, who may have different goals. The workshop will use Anti Social Behaviour Fires as a theme for a problem solving approach. This workshop will be facilitated by CragRats the award-winning, innovative training company who will use actors to enhance the learning experience.

The workshop will be supported by the Fire Service College and South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service.

W6 Workshop 6:  Apna Lok - Creating communities that care - a true commitment to improving community cohesion.

South Yorkshire Police

W7 Workshop 7:  Reducing Commercial Robbery – investigate a real life situation, a true ‘how to’ workshop

Raid Control and Leeds CSP

W8 Workshop 8:  Restoration, Reconciliation and Resolution – a practical approach to neighbourhood and community conflict resolution

Mediation Sheffield

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