PATRA incorporating ACDA - Law, Order and Youth Conflict

Law and Order and Youth Conflict

Our concern with Gun Crime and our determination to tackle unpleasant anti social behaviour and environmental issues led to the organisation of a Citizens with Concern Conference and the development of an Action Plan. This plan will be rolled out by the new agency and provide the foundation for a wide range of initiatives, centred within the community, owned by the community and implemented by the community with adequate resourcing support from statutory agencies.

This approach is a foundation for redressing the overrepresentation of Black Youth within the Criminal Justice System and empower the community to achieve the Policy, Procedural and Practical changes that will allow our young people to fulfil their aspirations in a supportive egalitarian, fair and just environment.

Archive

We will create an Archive which will serve as the Repository of artefacts, materials, books, research papers etc of the African Caribbean community. It will also store the BME community materials and therefore become the central point of the storage.

Education

We are working assiduously to get the LEA and central government to both recognise the underachievement of our children and young people and to make significant inroads into successfully tackling the problem.

The barriers to establishing a sound basis for a satisfied and wholesome life then become cyclical with one contributing to the other. PATRA inc ACDA will vigorously engage all stakeholders to develop holistic approaches to tackling this issue.

Poverty

At the local level, despite the landmark improvements in regeneration,
  • support for local businesses,
  • improvements in infrastructure
  • safeguarding of jobs,
  • helping individuals to set up businesses
  • support for voluntary and community groups,

the issues of
  1. unemployment,
  2. under-employment,
  3. low skill levels,
  4. lack of qualifications,
  5. lack of access to employment work experience, work-
  6. shadowing and training,
  7. poor community infrastructure,
  8. limited participation in economic growth,
  9. high concentration in socio-economically deprived area,
  10. lack of capacity to articulate its own needs

continue to infect and affect the African Caribbean community in a more profound way than other groups. We propose to deal directly with this as well as address the lack of capacity to build alternative capacity to meet those needs.