Across six events, there was incredible community spirit and partnership working - people of all ages pulling together in an effort to make their neighbourhoods cleaner and greener.
The ‘Staysafe’ operations aim to tackle anti-social behaviour and identify other potential risks for young people who gather in known hot-spots during times like school holidays and when exams end.
Crime prevention partners are approaching the fight against serious and organised crime from a new angle with the roll out of ‘Dear Merseyside’ in secondary schools in EVOLVE areas
Those few minutes between something happening and the emergency services arriving are often the most crucial, which is why access to things like the bleed kits, community defibrillators and Emergency Help Points are so important.
The treatment from the emergency kits can be lifesaving as it aims to reduce the amount of blood that might be lost from a wound while a rapid response ambulance crew is making its way to the scene
During Anti Social Behaviour Week, Wirral's Community Safety Team and partners from other organisations stepped up activity around the borough to help educate residents on how to report incidents of anti-social behaviour.
Residents in the three EVOLVE Wirral areas joined representatives from the council, Merseyside Police, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and other partners in taking part in Environmental Action Days.
Following the acceptance of £650,000 from Liverpool City Region, work is starting to upgrade any traffic signals that haven’t already been switched over to energy efficient LED lights.
As councillors voted to implement the second phase of 20mph speed limits, motorists travelling along some of those roads affected by phase one of the road safety scheme are starting to see signs of enforcement activity.
More than 700 people have been arrested and hundreds of thousands of pounds of drugs have been seized following the implementation of a strategy to combat serious and organised crime in parts of Wirral
Birkenhead Park has been added to the Government’s newly announced ‘UK Tentative List’ for potential nomination for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
