Community Services

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Welcome!

This page tells you about the Council's Community Services Section which includes Community Safety, Community Development and Youth Work, you can read more about us by clicking on the links on the left of this page.

Working in partnership is a very important part of our work and especially in regard to formulating strategies and actions for improving the quality of life for members of our community. Please visit the Local Strategic Partnership section of the website for more details.

Please click on the following link if you would like to find out about local community events.

Community Safety

The Community Safety Team aims to make the district of Mid Beds a safe place in which to live, work and visit. The team works directly with the public and also with a diverse range of organisations brought together in the Mid Beds Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership to co-ordinate the delivery of its strategy for the reduction of crime, drugs and anti-social behaviour and to reassure the public reducing the fear of crime.

The team has many responsibilities to implement the strategy and targets which are set nationally to reduce crime and also manages the Council's CCTV system and co-ordinates volunteer groups who wish to form Community Safety Groups in their local areas.

For more information about the work of the team follow the link to Community Safety or contact Dave Rollings on 01462 611225, or email on david.rollings@midbeds.gov.uk

Community Development

We work closely with our eight voluntary sector key partners to deliver a range of support services across the district. This is in addition to the partnership work we do to reduce health inequalities in the five year Healthy Living Initiative and the development of the Compact.

For more information follow the link to Community Development or contact Jill Dickinson on 01462 611258, or email jill.dickinson@midbeds.gov.uk

Youth Work

The Council employs a Youth Participation Officer and a Youth and Community Safety Officer, to work with young people across the district in youth led projects aimed at the active encouragement of youth and community involvement and community safety.

The officers aim to involve young people in the work of the council, to take part in consultations and to guide the work that we do as a service and council. They aim to involve young people by innovative and accessible means, to provide information to their peers about our projects, the work of the council and other youth services through websites, newsletters and other promotion work. The Youth Participation Officer also administers the transport token scheme, providing subsidised travel for young people in the district to attend youth involvement activities.

For more information about the projects, services and activities please follow the link to Youth Work or contact Katy Henman on 01462 611008, or email katy.henman@midbeds.gov.uk or follow the link to Youth and Community Safety or contact Will Sparrow on 01462 611223, or email will.sparrow@midbeds.gov.uk