Safer & Stronger Communities

The Safer & Stronger Communities Block of Oldham's Local Area Agreement has seven strategic outcomes:

1. To promote culture and cohesion;
2. To have cleaner, greener and safer public places;
3. To build respect in communities, to reduce crime, the harm caused by illegal drugs and to reassure the public, reducing the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour;
4. To empower local people to have a greater voice and influence over local decision making and the delivery of services;
5. Reduce overall crime and narrow the gap between the worst wards/neighbourhoods and the district as a whole;
6. Improve the quality of the local environment by reducing the gap in aspects of liveability between the worst wards/neighbourhoods and the district as a whole;
7. To increase domestic fire safety and to reduce arson.

The Oldham Partnership has commissioned activity through the Oldham Partnership Commissioning Framework which will help to deliver against the indicators within this block, and ultimately deliver the strategic outcomes listed above. Details of some of the commissioned activity is listed below:

• Building Good Relations
• Community Cohesion Advisory Group
• Festival Partnership

For further information, please contact Dave Catherall on (0161) 770 5165 or via dave.catherall@oldham.gov.uk