What is the policy/strategy/function/trying to achieve/do?    

The vision of the Community Safety Strategy is to:

Make North Lanarkshire a better place to live, work and visit through integrated partnership working to build strong, inclusive, vibrant, engaged communities, where homes, workplaces, and public spaces are safe and feel safe for everyone to prosper’.

The strategy sets out the plan for North Lanarkshire Council and its partners to help achieve this aim through five strategic priorities and a range of corresponding actions.

If this policy is subject to the FSD what does it suggest about the impact or potential impact on socio-economic disadvantage? 

Low Income

Positive potential impact via improved opportunities to prosper and thrive through safer communities and improved wellbeing.

Low Wealth

As above – positive potential impact via improved opportunities.

Material Deprivation

As above – positive potential impact via improved opportunities which will improve the ability to afford resources and services.

Area Deprivation

As above – positive potential impact via the improved provision of services and amenities within areas, and specifically targeted focus on communities at risk.

Give details of the impact it has on groups and individuals

Age (a particular age or range of ages)

A number of actions focus specifically on younger population age groups, such as awareness raising within school settings to take a preventative and proactive approach to reducing antisocial behaviour. 

Disabled people and people with long-term health conditions

Disabled people are affected by hate crime and this strategy contains actions that tackle hate crime.

Women or men, girls or boys

The strategy includes specific actions to tackle gender-based violence.

People defined by their race, colour and nationality, ethnic or national origins

As above there are specific actions to tackle hate crime, and as such people defined by race, colour, ethnic or national origins are affected more (assessed positive impact).

Married people and civil partners

There are specific actions that relate to gender-based violence which may impact on married people and civil partners.

Lesbian, gay and bisexual people

As detailed above, hate crime actions included in the strategy.

People transitioning from one gender to another

As above, hate crime actions are included in the strategy.

People of different religions or beliefs or non-beliefs

As above, hate crime actions are included in the strategy.

Children and families

Action on contextual safeguarding and impacted via improved opportunities, prospects, particularly for families experiencing socio-economic disadvantage etc.

Homeless people

Impacted via improved opportunities, prospects etc.

Looked after and accommodated people

Action on contextual safeguarding and also impacted via improved opportunities, prospects etc.

Care experienced young people

There are several actions which include focussing on care experienced groups in terms prevention of secondary fires, suicide prevention and contextual safeguarding. Care-experienced young people will be impacted via improved opportunities, prospects etc.

Carers – paid / unpaid, family members

Through improved opportunities and quality of life for ‘cared for’ person.

Asylum seekers

Impacted via improved opportunities, prospects etc.

The Community Safety Strategy improves the Council’s ability to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation by setting out the range of powers and measures the partnership has to achieve this.  It advances equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not by creating improved opportunities for people to thrive and prosper through enhanced, quality environments and integrated communities that enable people to achieve their potential.

The Strategy helps foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not via the development of more cohesive, resilient communities in which individuals and communities are empowered and involved, therein developing good relations between individuals and communities. 

Protecting and promoting human rights is at the core of the strategy, and evident throughout all the strategic priorities, in that they all contribute in some shape or form to the protection and promotion of human rights.

There is a positive impact on socio-economic disadvantage resulting from this strategy.

What actions/measures will be put in place or are planned to mitigate any adverse impact or promote equality?

Robust consultation with local communities and individuals to help identify further meaningful measures and specific consultation and involvement from people who share a protected characteristic. 

What is the result/ recommendations of the EqIA

Introduce the policy.