Ms Casey visited the Meadows Estate where she met local residents, including the Chairs of the new and old Meadows Tenants and Residents Associations, who have been involved in efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour and bring respect back to their community. Ms Casey also met with housing officers, members of the anti-social behaviour team and neighbourhood police officers at the Meadows Estate one stop shop to discuss plans to regenerate the area.
Louise Casey said:
"I am very pleased today to confirm that Nottingham will have £205,000 of funding to, not only keep up the action needed to tackle anti-social behaviour but also get to its root causes and stop it happening in the first place.
"Nottingham has already made excellent progress which is why we recently recognised it as one of the government's flagship Respect Areas. The new funding includes money to fund parenting programmes and to find a designated parenting expert to ensure we get to problems in the home before they spill out into the community."
Alan Gibbon, Chief Executive of Nottingham's Crime and Drugs Partnership said:
"Throughout the 'weeks of action' programme we have worked closely with the national Respect team and we are delighted that Louise Casey is able to spend some time with us to see some of the developments, of which we are very proud. The Partnership is committed to providing services which meet the needs of our communities and to be accountable to them."
The City of Nottingham was named last month as one of forty Respect Areas across the country that have earned the right to be an exemplar of the Respect programme through its strong track record in tackling anti-social behaviour and the willingness and capacity to do more.
