Gareth Thomas

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Gareth Thomas MP welcomes community safety announcement

Home Office Minister, Hazel Blears MP, has announced funding for Operation Gate-it, the anti social behaviour fund from which communities can apply for funding to tackle anti-social behaviour and environmental crime in alleyways.

Gareth Thomas MP welcomed this recent announcement.

“This is good news for Harrow West. I will be contacting community groups in my constituency to encourage them to bid for funds. This new fund will give local communities the opportunity to bid for lighting, landscaping or CCTV funding as well as alley gates. £2.3 million funding will be available for the two years of this project. This money can be used to close eyesore alleys, pay for lighting CCTV and landscaping to improve an area and increase security.”

Gareth continued:

“Litter, graffiti and abandoned cars can have a huge impact on people’s fear of crime and can destroy community pride. By putting a gate at the end of an alley, improving the street lighting or landscaping the area we can simply and quickly stop many of the problems and foster a sense of community.”

“Tackling low-level anti-social behaviour which has a real impact on people’s quality of life is vital if residents are to have the confidence to stand up to the minority who are ruining the lives of a law abiding majority.”

“The Government is determined to tackle anti-social behaviour and we have brought in tough new laws backed by an action plan and funding to support communities and frontline staff to deal with yob behaviour wherever it occurs.”