IMPACT events
IMPACT events are an effective means of addressing issues of
concern within neighbourhoods and bring together a range of
partners in a dynamic and co-ordinated way to ensure that
neighbourhood problems affecting community safety are resolved. The
events involve many different partnership agencies including: the
Fire and Rescue Service, other Suffolk County Council services
(such as Trading Standards and Education Welfare Services), Local
Authority Service (such as refuge collection, environmental
services and community safety teams) the Police, Safer
Neighbourhood Team members, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing
Agency, and HM Revenue and Customs, along with many others.
Working in mixed multi-agency pedestrian teams (supported by a
multi-agency vehicle checkpoint team looking specifically for
traffic/vehicle offences) a 'short, sharp, shock' strategy is used
to tackle specific locations and their problems in order to improve
communities, reduce crime and make people feel better about the
areas in which they live. As an example, this will include:
enforcement actions; arrests where required; issue of fixed penalty
notices; cleaning and removing offensive graffiti; and the removal
of abandoned vehicles and rubbish. IMPACT events also include the
development of support mechanisms to ensure that communities can
sustain their new environment and remain safe, for example through
the identification and development of 'No Cold Calling Zones' and
through Home Fire Safety Checks.
IMPACT cabinet report approved by Suffolk County Council on 28th
April 2008
Newmarket day and evening IMPACT event, October 2008 PDF
(28KB)
South East Ipswich day IMPACT event, March 2009 PDF
(30KB)
Lowestoft day IMPACT event, May 2009 PDF (28KB)
Bury St. Edmunds evening IMPACT event, May 2009 PDF
(30KB)
South West Ipswich day IMPACT event, June 2009 PDF (28KB)
Mid Suffolk day IMPACT event, September 2009 PDF (44KB)
Sudbury evening IMPACT event, October 2009 PDF (37KB)
Felixstowe day IMPACT event, November 2009 PDF
(34KB)
Haverhill day IMPACT event, May 2010 PDF (1294KB)
Felixstowe day IMPACT event, July 2010 PDF (36KB)