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Who we are The Berwick-upon-Tweed Crime Reduction and Disorder Partnership brings together representatives of public organisations, voluntary groups, businesses and local residents and is funded by the Government Office for The North East (GONE). The statutory partners in the Berwick CDRP are :
Other key agencies involved in the Partnership are :
The Chairperson is Jane Pannell and the Vice Chairman is Paul Common who is also the Local Police Superintendent. The Contacts section provides a comprehensive list of current members. Our aim is to develop an effective partnership in order to reduce crime and disorder and promote community safety in the Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed in a cost effective and socially equitable way. A particularly difficult problem to overcome, and one of our main priorities, is that of fear of crime. We who live in this part of the country are fortunate because we don’t suffer the levels of crime which exists in inner city areas but that fear of crime is real and often disproportionate. It can have a serious and paralysing effect on people within our communities. It is especially the vulnerable who are affected – older people, disabled people and, increasingly, young people. The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 places a statutory duty on Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council, Northumbria Police and Northumberland County Council to prepare and publish a 3-year Strategy to reduce crime and disorder in the Borough Council area. The Act imposes joint responsibility to: What we need is a continuing dialogue with everyone who is keen to make this a safer place to live, work and enjoy life. CDRP successes to date include:
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