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Preventing Violent Extremism
London Borough of Hillingdon
Aim
To build stronger and more resilient communities through education, engagement and empowerment.
Strategic framework
In 2008 the Sustainable Community Strategy was developed and agreed by the LSP, within this strategy is a new key priority around strong and active communities which sets out a vision for Hillingdon to be:
“A borough where communities are strong and cohesive and local people have a real opportunity to take an active part in local life, leisure and culture”
Strong communities are those in which people have a sense of belonging and identity, are confident that others will look out for them, and have control over their lives. They are those in which people from different backgrounds, of different ages, ethnicities, faiths and cultures are valued and live side-by side, contributing together to their shared futures.
Hillingdon is a borough proud to have strong communities. We are committed to strengthening them even further.
As an increasingly diverse borough, it is important that we build a common sense of identity and values to underpin the shared futures of our communities.
Strong communities also have active citizens. Volunteering is very important to the life of the borough. Many residents are active members of local organisations, associations, networks and partnerships. The promotion of sport is also tightly linked to the health and wellbeing of our communities.
*Hillingdon's Sustainable Community Strategy 2008 - 2018
The Strong and Active Communities Partnership Board brings statutory, voluntary and community partners together to address the challenge of community cohesion, tensions monitoring and preventing violent extremism within the broader context of building stronger, more resilient and cohesive communities in Hillingdon.
The partnership aims to continue to build upon the work already established during 08/09 and address the aims within the Sustainable Community Strategy and related targets within the LAA.
Prevent objectives
The Government's overall CT strategy is CONTEST.
The overall aim of the strategy is:
To reduce the risk to the UK and its interests overseas from international terrorism
The 4 core strands are: Prevent, Protect, Pursue and Prepare
PREVENT - to stop people becoming or supporting terrorists or violent extremists.
There are five key strands aimed at addressing this aim:-
Challenging the violent extremist ideology and supporting mainstream voices;
Disrupting those who promote violent extremism and supporting the institutions where they are active;
Supporting individuals who are being targeted and recruited to the cause of violent extremism;
Increasing the resilience of communities to violent extremism;
Addressing the grievances, which ideologues are exploiting.
This is supported by two crosscutting work streams, which are key enabling functions in delivering the strategy:
Developing understanding, analysis and information
Strategic communications
The Strong and Active Communities Partnership have the responsibility for monitoring our activities in response to the Prevent strand.
Hillingdon's Community Context
The population density in Hillingdon varies greatly. The population shares its land with Heathrow the world's busiest airport, several Ministry of Defence sites and rural land. It is this diverse land use, quite unique to Greater London, which accounts for a geographically large landmass that includes areas of sparse population together with areas of high population density.
Hillingdon is also home to Brunel University, with a very diverse student community.
Information from the 2001 census tells us that: -
76.1% of Hillingdon's population is white
23.9% are from the Black and Minority Ethnic communities
Of these 23.9% the largest group are those who identify themselves as being Muslim. This number has greatly increased over the past seven years.
It has a high proportion of young people; around 41% of the population is under 30 years of age, with around 19% under 15. Unemployment at 3% is below the London average.
The south of the borough in particular has been subject to a series of demographic changes over the last 30 or 40 years and the current more rapid and more complex changes in it's diversity is both a benefit and a challenge.
In recent years there has been significant streams of immigration coming from totally different places - Somalis and others from the Horn of Africa arriving because of conflict and deprivation at home and Eastern Europeans coming as a result of the accession of additional countries to the European Union. Alongside this we also have growing Afghani and Tamil communities in the area.
Hillingdon's Muslim Communities
Initially the majority of the Muslim community had been of Pakistani origin and some Bangladeshi's. Over the last decade or so there has been a continuing change in the demographics of the community. There are many Arabs, a relatively smaller number of people from Afghanistan, the Balkans and central Africa and a rapidly growing Somali community. The first community group mainly Pakistani's came together in the 80's and have established themselves in Hayes. A group of Bangladeshi's has established themselves in Cowley. Other groups have emerged more recently. A mix of Bangladeshi's/Pakistani's has been regularly using the Barnhill Community centre for the past few years. More recently a group of mainly Arabs and North Africans (QUBA) are based in a Unit off Golden Crescent, Hayes. Another group consisting mainly of Pakistani's holds activities at the Uxbridge College (Hayes Campus) and Minet Junior School. We also have some newly emerging Pakistani and Bangladeshi groups moving into the Yiewsley / West Drayton areas trying to establish facilities to serve their communities.
The Somali community has grown most rapidly and contains a lot of young people, some of whom are in single parent families and are subject to the pressures of a completely different society. Some of these young people have got into crime and drugs and there are often groups of young Somalis hanging around without anything to do. As a result of these factors the whole Somali community has become stereotyped and stigmatised as the cause of a lot of local problems.
In the last two or three years there has been friction between the longer settled Pakistani Muslim community and the new arrivals from the Horn of Africa and Middle East. This friction resulted in a significant split within the community where the longstanding Muslim centre saw a number of new groups split away and set up their own organisations and resulted in the establishment of the new Somali led mosque within close proximity.
Our approach to Prevent
Within the local Hillingdon context our approach has been to focus upon 3 key areas:
Young people
Women
Capacity Building
Within these priority areas we have recognised the need for building in sustainability and elements of mainstreaming in order to promote positive engagement with our Muslim communities as part of our longer- term aims of building strong and active communities.
Purpose statement for PVE Sub-group
To deliver upon the Prevent strategy priorities in Hillingdon.
The PVE Sub-group ensures the prioritisation, allocation and governance of PVE resource to enable the delivery of effectively targeted prevention, diversion and education programmes in Hillingdon. It does so on the basis of need identified in partnership with local Muslim communities and agencies, and with service providers from the local statutory, education and voluntary sectors.
The PVE Sub-group ensures effective:
i. Assessment of Need (ensuring community mapping and information sharing across all PVE stakeholders);
ii. Prioritisation of Services (ensuring linkage between PVE programme and evidenced community need);
iii. Service Planning (ensuring effective SMART target setting and resource allocations);
iv. Service Delivery (ensuring fieldwork activity and monitoring service delivery outputs);
v. Service Evaluation (ensuring overview and scrutiny of programmes on basis of pre-agreed SMART targets);
vi. Service Reporting (ensuring communication of programme outputs and impact to the community and the Strong and Active Communities Partnership)
Membership
Membership includes representatives from key stakeholders including London Borough of Hillingdon, Police, statutory and voluntary partners and community representatives.
Governance
The PVE sub group reports directly to the Strong and Active Communities Partnership.
Representation from the PVE Sub group also sits within the local CT Forum and within the Safer Hillingdon Partnership to ensure a consistent and joined up approach to implementing Prevent strategy in Hillingdon.
Hillingdon Preventing Violent Extremism Action Plan 2009 - 2011
NI 35 - Building Communities Resilient to Violent Extremism
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Priority: Young People |
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Objective |
Activity |
Predicted outcomes |
Key milestones |
Lead |
resources |
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Support young people to challenge violent extremist ideology |
Deliver peer leadership courses for young people in schools and Uxbridge College
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Young people skilled as peer leaders
Young people empowered to challenge issues of extremism and discrimination.
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Aik Saath - to deliver 4 additional training programmes in schools before March 2010. To Complete full report of work by March 2010 which includes assessment of impact. To deliver 6 training courses from March 2010 to September 2010 involving young people already trained. Ensure that a minimum of 20 young people complete the AQA accreditation. Successfull programme to be built upon for academic year 2010 - 2011 |
Youth Service
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£20000 per programme per school academic year |
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Engage, educate and empower students within Brunel University Campus to deliver programme of events to challenge extremism and discrimination
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Students involved in promoting positive messages and able to challenge extremism and discrimination
Succesful events and seminars held. |
One World Week events and activities
Campus programme to be developed in partnership with Islamic Students society 2009/ 2010 and 2010/ 2011 academic years |
Brunel |
10,000 |
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Identify and support vulnerable young people
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Detached youth work project |
Training course delivered to community organisations.
Community organisations have developed skills to deliver improved services to young people in their communities.
Better understanding of the needs of Muslim young people and community organisations in the borough.
Young people identified, supported and engaged - who might otherwise have been at risk. |
To deliver a minimum of 2 detached sessions each week targeting key areas as identified by the Muslim young peoples steering group. To work together with voluntary organisations to deliver basic youth work and detached work training to their staff by April 2010 and to complete a clear action plan for delivery of targeted detached youth work from April 2010 - 2011.
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Youth Service |
40,000 |
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Understand local issues that make young people vulnerable to radicalisation
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Conduct research project regarding young Somalis in partnership with Hounslow
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Greater understanding of Somali communities in the borough.
Insight into the issues facing young people in the Somali community in relation to crime, extremism and disengagement. |
Project deliverers commissioned Oct 09 Research conducted Nov 09 - Feb 2010 Final report submitted end of Feb 2010
Develop action plan for 2010 - 2011 to address findings of research |
LB Hounslow and Hillingdon |
40,000 from Challenge and Innovation funding |
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Establish partnership response to supporting vulnerable individuals identified
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Work with Safer schools partnership and Children's Trust Board to mainstream support for vulnerable young people identified.
Establish local structures to support referral mechanisms
Establish West London Channel project
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Prevent issues embedded within action plans and strategies as appropriate.
Young people identified and supported by appropriate interventions.
Young people identified and appropriately referred and supported. |
Briefing delivered to CTB Apr 09 Prevent on agenda of Safer Schools partnership ongoing
Briefing on Prevent to partners to ensure issues embedded in local intervention programmes by Dec 09
Initial discussions with LB Hounslow and MPS Channel lead to establish Channel Dec 2010
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LBH Prevent Lead/ MPS
LBH Prevent lead/ MPS
LBH Prevent lead/ MPS |
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Capacity-building support to schools
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Develop local school practitioners group to develop best practice on community cohesion and prevent issues for schools
Programme of inter-faith events in schools in partnership with Hillingdon Inter Faith Network
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Local schools equipped to deliver positive community cohesion and prevent programmes
Local schools involved in supporting inter faith events for students.
Young people skilled in inter faith dialogue |
Initial practitioners group meeting held Sep 09
Best practice developed Mar 2010 Conference/ workshops for schools held Mar 2010
2/3 Youth Inter Faith network events held for high schools per academic year.
Support 2 inter faith events with Yeading Cluster of schools per academic year.
Support 2 local faith schools to deliver events.
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LBH Prevent lead |
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Work with further and higher education institutions to support students to challenge violent extremism |
Engage, educate and empower students through the creative arts within Brunel University Campus and Uxbridge college to challenge extremism and discrimination |
Young people empowered to challenge issues.
Young people able to have a voice. |
Develop a programme using performing and creative arts/ media to promote awareness of and challenge issues Mar 2010
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Brunel/ Youth Service |
20,000 |
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Priority: Women
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Objective |
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Predicted outcomes |
Key milestones |
Lead |
resources |
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Support Muslim women to become resilient to and challenge violent extremist ideology |
Hillingdon Muslim women's network
Women in the Community programme |
Number of women involved in the programmes.
Number of women who have gained new skills
Women empowered to take leadership in their own communities.
Women better able to support their children .
Women engaged and in regular dialogue with local services and partners.
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Training programme in place Sep 09
Parent support programme delivered by end Mar 2010
Networking meetings with facilitated sessions, workshops and seminars on chosen topics and every month there will be service-led ongoing sessions (as directed by the women). established Dec 09
Steering group Meet regularly
Partnership with local schools and local groups established
Continue to build upon outcomes of previous programmes |
LBH Prevent lead |
35,000 |
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Priority: Capacity Building
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Objective |
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Key milestones |
Lead |
resources |
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Capacity-building support to Muslim youth service providers |
Support local community organisations to develop their capacity to deliver high quality youth services that can engage young people in preventative and diversionary youth work activity.
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Community organisations have developed skills to deliver improved services to young people in their communities.
Better understanding of the needs of Muslim young people and community organisations in the borough |
To complete the needs assessment and final report by January 2010. To work with the Muslim young people Steering group to identify and agree key priorities for funding from April 2010. |
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Support local communities to challenge violent extremism |
Support Hillingdon Muslim Women's Network and Working with Muslim Young People's network |
Local community groups and organisations able to challenge issues of extremism. |
Hold regular meetings with HMWN and WMYPN. |
LBH prevent lead/ Youth Service |
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Identify grievances which might cause radicalisation |
Support Hillingdon Inter Faith Network and Connecting Communities BAME Forum |
Local communities have a voice
Local communities consulted on local services and local issues
Local communities working together for all the community
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Annual Programme of activities and meetings in place. Apr 09 and Apr 2010 |
LBH - Stronger Communities |
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Mainstreaming |
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Objective |
Activity |
Predicted outcomes |
Key milestones |
Lead |
resources |
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Establish strategic endorsement |
Local Governance structure to be in place
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Strong partnership approach to Prevent established
All partners fully engaged in Prevent work.
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Annual review of Prevent plan Mar 2010
Regular reports to Strong and Active Communities Partnership, Safer Hillingdon Partnerhsip and CT Forum in place. |
LBH Prevent lead
LBH Prevent lead |
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Identify where, when and if people are promoting violent extremism in the borough |
Establish formal partnership between PVE sub group and local CT Forum to ensure information/ intelligence sharing protocols to identify local vulnerabilities
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Greater understanding of local issues.
Improved partnership working with local authority and local police
Better informed Prevent action plan.
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Agree local protocols Apr 09
Establish regular meetings with Police intelligence lead and LBH prevent lead.
LBH prevent lead to attend CT Forum meetings ongoing |
LBH Prevent lead/ MPS |
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Make sure preventative interventions are effective |
Evaluation process for Prevent programme of activities
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Evaluation informs prevent action plan review. |
Evalaution Mar 2010 |
LBH prevent lead |
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Make sure front line staff know how to identify and report risks and understand Prevent objectives |
Safer Stronger Communities briefings for staff and partners:
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Staff and partners fully informed. |
Annual programme of briefings established Apr 2009. |
CommunitySafety |
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Understand local community tensions |
Tensions monitoring group to meet monthly |
Partnership has greater understanding of local community tensions issues
Improved information sharing between Police, LBH and partners
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Tensions monitoring meetings established ( ongoing) |
LBH prevent lead/ MPS |
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Review community engagement plan
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Regularly review and refresh mapping and understanding of our local communities |
Improved understanding of local communities and local issues. |
Review and refresh knowledge of our local communities Dec 09 Include regular updates on new communities as part of intelligence sharing with partners. |
LBH prevent lead/ MPS |
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