“Key points that could solve problems straight away and improve quality of life was a new model of tackling low-level crime. Designated addiction services and health villages in our communities, investment in community hubs, having services running through them. Partnership working with volunteers. Compulsory community events in each community. Enabling the community to come up with their own solutions and investment in green spaces and nature…. We need to do something. We are the second most deprived in the country. If we get the smaller things right, we can help the community to engage and activate them to find the solutions themselves to address the issues they face.”
Cheryl Dixon, local resident and community leader
North Ormesby, Middlesbrough
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