The partnership is made up of statutory and non-statutory organisations and groups that can impact on reducing crime, disorder and drug and alcohol related offending in the borough.

The partnership has produced a three-year Community Partnership Plan 2008-11through public consultation and analysis of crime and disorder in the borough via a strategic assessment of the borough. This plan links to the Leicestershire Local Area Agreement Safer Communities Strategy.

The Hinckley and Bosworth Community Safety Partnership has identified the following priorities:

• Tackling anti-social behaviour and the fear of such including criminal damage and arson
• Reducing violent crime including domestic violence and hate crime
• Reducing the harm caused by substance misuse (drugs and alcohol)
• Reducing crime and disorder in the priority area of Earl Shilton and Barwell
• Reducing crime and disorder in Hinckley Town Centre, especially that related to the night time economy
• Improving Road Safety

For more information on the three-year plan follow the link .

The partnership is accountable to the Home Office and ultimately to the public to deliver its crime, disorder and drug/alcohol strategy. In order to do this, the partnership has a structure to ensure that it has clear direction and a means to achieve its agreed targets.

Executive Board
Overall responsibility for strategic direction

Membership
Borough Council
County Council
Leicestershire Constabulary
Police Authority
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue
Leicestershire DAAT (Drug Alcohol Action team)
Voluntary Action Hinckley and Bosworth
Primary Care Trust
Probation Service

Delivery Group                      
Responsible for delivering actions to meet targets

Briefly, this group meets on a fortnightly basis to assess current crime figures, crime trends and emerging crime and disorder problems. It identifies problem areas that impact on crime and disorder targets and allocates problem-solving actions to partnership member organisations. The Police and Borough Council are the key members of this group.

The Wider Partnership
In addition to those organisations listed as members of the Executive Board, the partnership has a wider membership that can be called upon to tackle specific crime and disorder problems in the borough these include: 

• Next Generation Project
• Leicestershire County Council Youth Services
• Hinckley Development Group (Education)
• Social Services
• Business Sector

Joint Action Groups and Forums                   
Tackling specific problems or locations

Within the overall partnership framework there are a number of joint action groups and forums that come together to tackle specific areas of crime and disorder or provide community engagement links with the partnership, these include: 

• Bosworth Area Safety Forum
• Markfield, Stanton, Groby and Ratby Joint Action Group
• Next Generation Project (Drugs and Alcohol)
• Hinckley and Bosworth Community and Race Relations Forum
• Hinckley and Bosworth Domestic Abuse Forum
• Town Centre Safety Group
• Pub Watch
• CCTV Working and Users Group
• Neighbourhood Watch
• Gwendoline Community House Project
• Earl Shilton Community House Project
• WIST (Weekly Information Sharing Team)

For further information on the Partnership Structure and action groups please contact Community Safety on 01455 238141.