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• Woodvale Park
• Ballysillan Park and Ballysillan Leisure Centre
• Dunville Park, Clonard area and Falls Leisure Centre
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• Cave Hill Country Park and Belfast Castle estate

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Tackling Antisocial Behaviour Together

Safer Neighbourhood Antisocial Behaviour Programme

Antisocial behaviour (ASB) in our parks and leisure properties costs between £500,000 and £1 million each year.

It can take many forms, such as drinking in public places, damage caused by quad bikes and scramblers, graffiti, vandalism and threatening behaviour.

The challenge

We need to address this problem for a number of reasons:

• it causes a nuisance to society
• it affects the safety of our venues
• it affects council staff working at our sites.

We also want to encourage more people to use our parks and public spaces as part of our Your City, Your Space strategy

You can find out more about the programme by viewing the video on this page. You need to have Adobe Flash Player installed and JavaScript enabled on your computer to use this feature. Press the 'play' button to begin watching.

About the project

We have developed a project aimed at tackling ASB following concerns from members of the public, councillors and our staff.

The Safer Neighbourhood Antisocial Behaviour Programme will create a unified approach to ASB and show that our work is linked to that of partnership agencies and communities.

It concentrates on nine areas:

• Avoniel Park and Avoniel Leisure Centre
• Ballysillan Park and Ballysillan Leisure Centre
• Cave Hill Country Park and Belfast Castle estate
• Dunville Park, Clonard area and Falls Leisure Centre
• Orangefield Park and Dixon Playing Fields
• Ormeau Park, Indoor Tennis Centre and Ozone Complex and Cherryvale Playing Fields
• Waterworks
• Whiterock Leisure Centre, Falls Park and Belfast City Cemetery
• Woodvale Park.

Action plans

We have developed action plans for these areas and are working with local communities to allow them to take ownership of and contribute to making the plans work.

The action plans also contain an agreement, or special contract, which outlines the aims of the Safer Neighbourhood Antisocial Behaviour Programme.

It shows how the council, other agencies and residents and communities will work together to tackle ASB and explains each agency's roles and responsibilities

Presence in Parks

We are currently launching Presence in Parks, a new pilot scheme which we hope will introduce a range of improvements to the service we provide for park users, such as:

• building park safety
• creating a more visible staff presence on the ground
• working more closely with local communities.

We recently asked you to provide some feedback about our parks and what's important to you.

Our survey is now closed and we are analysing the responses. Your views will help us to measure whether or not our Presence in Parks pilot is working, once it begins.

Thanks to everyone who completed the survey - the results will be published here in autumn 2011.