A housing association is teaming up with police and other organisations in efforts to make communities in the borough safer.

Bolton at Home has partnered with tenants and residents, the police, fire service, adults and children’s services, the council, Bolton CVS and councillors and others to make sure they have a view on problems affecting borough neighbourhoods.

The social housing provider is working Greater Manchester Police to host police and communities together sessions which are to be held in places like community centres and schools across all of Bolton’s local wards and members of the public are encouraged to attend them.

Bolton at Home attends most of the sessions giving them the opportunity to collaborate with tenants and residents alongside the Police, the council, elected members, and others to discuss the issues that matter most to the public.

The organisation tend to get involved with questions relating to preventing crime, antisocial behaviour, and other general issues on estates- but tenants/residents at these meetings are also able to raise concerns on traffic, parking, planning issues, local incidents, and more with other relevant partners.

It is also part of the BE Safe Partnership which includes stakeholders including the council, Bolton CVS, the police, the fire and rescue service, probation, mental health services, community groups, elected members/councillors, and others.

They come together each quarter to develop strategic action plans and agree on funding priorities for dealing with anti-social behaviour and crime across Bolton.

They also map out the key anti-social behaviour and crime trends that residents have told Bolton at Home about, so they have a clear picture of which specific resources are needed to counter them.

Recent issues they have reviewed include drugs, youth crime, hate crime, knife crime, and organised crime.

Bolton at Home is also part of the Hate Crime Group, so while tackling crime is one of their priorities, they will also be working with partners to develop and implement action plans that’re dedicated to tackling hate crime head-on in Bolton.

A spokesperson for Bolton at Home said: “We’ll always work in tandem with the police and other partners as and when necessary- not just during planned meetings.

“We’re committed to resolving all cases of antisocial behaviour that involve our customers, ensuring that all incidents are sensitively investigated, appropriate action is taken against offenders, and that victims are supported.”

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