Purpose

The Women’s Safety Action Plan includes details on work
the Council and partners are taking to improve women’s safety
across the borough. The Action Plan is based on recommendations
made by Overview and Scrutiny Board.

Content

DECISION
 
1.   
Approve the women’s safety action plan at Appendix 1 to the
report, subject to the following additions to the recommendations
as underlined below:
 
Recommendation 1
 
The council and its strategic partners, to collaborate to
improve the awareness of women of the programmes and help
available directly that support women’s safety on the
streets.
 
Recommendation 2
 
The Council to review current funding arrangements and increase
the capacity to support women’s groups that offer
domestic abuse services to the community.
  
Recommendation 4
 
The Council’s Children and Education Service, for
increasing capacity at schools on raising awareness of domestic
abuse and support available.
 
Recommendation 5
 
The Council and Residential Social Landlord (RSL) partners
should actively strengthen their partnership workings to focus on
tackling women safety issues  on RSL
estates
 
Recommendation 6
 
The Police/THEOs to actively target and focus their recruitment
and retention strategy to reflect recruiting representative women
from the community in Tower Hamlets.
 
 
Action by
CORPORATE DIRECTOR COMMUNITIES (S.
BAXTER)
Head of Community Safety (S. Smith)