FRONT-line workers and community leaders from across the North West have come together to learn how best to tackle the anti-social behaviour blighting their communities.
As part of the Government's TOGETHER campaign to tackle anti-social behaviour, staff from police, councils, courts and others will attend the Home Office's anti-social behaviour academy which will help improve their response by giving them the knowledge and support to deal with anti-social behaviour.
And launched earlier this month, the TOGETHER ActionLine - 0870 220 2000 - provides expert advice and support for practitioners to help transform the approach of those tackling anti-social behaviour across the country. It is a key part of the Government's drive to tackle anti-social behaviour.
Hazel Blears, Home Office minister, said: "The behaviour of a minority of people can ruin neighbourhoods and destroy people's quality of life. Communities should not tolerate this and can fight back to restore the area's pride for the benefit of the law-abiding majority.
"Across the North West, police, housing officers, wardens and residents are determined to take a stand against anti-social behaviour. Today's Academy is part of the next phase of the Government's TOGETHER campaign.
"We are determined to transform the approach of front-line workers so that anti-social behaviour is tackled, not tolerated."
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