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SAFER & STRONGER
The Scottish Government is committed to helping local communities to flourish, becoming stronger, safer places to live, offering improved opportunities and a better quality of life.
The Games in Glasgow 2014 can play their part in helping drive forward our work to make Scotland a safer and stronger nation. The event itself and sport more generally can provide opportunities to help in our work to combat crime and address anti-social behaviour, to stimulate our youth and in taking forward our work on regenerating deprived areas. The Games, and particularly the Athletes' Village, the new National Indoor Sports Arena and velodrome, will be at the heart of the Clyde Gateway regeneration project.
Over the next few pages you will see examples of how we can use the Games to contribute towards achieving this objective and related National Outcomes.
NATIONAL OUTCOME: WE LIVE IN WELL-DESIGNED, SUSTAINABLE PLACES WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE AMENITIES AND SERVICES WE NEED
WHAT COULD WE DO? | HOW COULD WE DO IT? | WHAT COULD BE THE RESULT? |
Physical, economic, social and environmental regeneration of deprived parts of Glasgow | Construction of Athletes' Village in Dalmarnock and the new National Indoor Sports Arena and velodrome, which will form a mixed community in the heart of the Clyde Gateway. | Regenerational transformation of the East End of Glasgow, creating a sustainable, vibrant new community. |
| Work with the Clyde Gateway Urban Regeneration Company ( URC) to ensure that key Games projects are developed in line with regeneration plans for the East End and the wider Clyde Gateway area. | The Clyde Gateway URC will work to maximise strategic private sector investment in the East End of Glasgow and the wider project area. This will bring a substantial amount of land back into economic use, resulting in new jobs, housing and leisure opportunities for existing communities. |
NATIONAL OUTCOME: WE HAVE TACKLED THE SIGNIFICANT INEQUALITIES IN SCOTTISH SOCIETY
WHAT COULD WE DO? | HOW COULD WE DO IT? | WHAT COULD BE THE RESULT? |
Physical, economic, social and environmental regeneration of deprived parts of Glasgow | Use the Games as a focal point for the Fairer Scotland Fund, a new £435m catalyst fund over 2008/09-2010/11, to be deployed by Community Planning Partnerships, to tackle poverty and deprivation and to help more people overcome barriers. | The Fairer Scotland Fund will promote the successful and sustainable transformation of communities across Scotland through targeted action in the most disadvantaged areas; and devolve power to local level. |
| Work with the Games Organising Company to implement the Games Transport Plan, which uses improved transport links to excluded communities around the Games site, such as the extension of the M74 and construction of the East End Renewal Route. | The M74 extension is completed.
The East End Renewal Route is completed. |
NATIONAL OUTCOME: WE HAVE STRONG, RESILIENT AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE TAKE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS AND HOW THEY AFFECT OTHERS
WHAT COULD WE DO? | HOW COULD WE DO IT? | WHAT COULD BE THE RESULT? |
Increase levels of confidence / reassurance in communities - reduce levels of antisocial behaviour | Increased positive opportunities for young people for example through Proceeds of Crime Act (Cashback). | Increased positive public perception of the general crime rate in the local area. |
| | The regeneration of neighbourhoods will help reduce levels of antisocial behaviour. |
| | Reduce the number of problematic drug mis-users by 2011. |
Improve opportunities for offenders or those at risk of offending to acquire skills or diversions away from crime | Before, during and after the Games, work with employers/contractors to secure employment and training opportunities for offenders and those at risk of offending. | Offenders acquire skills and experience that reduce the tendency to re-offend. This would contribute to the national target of reducing re-conviction by 2% by 2011 in the early years of the Games project. |
| Those convicted of minor offences in or around Games facilities to serve community sentences in same areas, where appropriate receiving proper supervision, and being subject to effective risk assessment and monitoring. | Offenders are expected to 'pay back' in the communities where they committed offences replicating success of similar programmes elsewhere in Scotland. |
NATIONAL OUTCOME: WE LIVE OUR LIVES SAFE FROM CRIME, DISORDER AND DANGER
WHAT COULD WE DO? | HOW COULD WE DO IT? | WHAT COULD BE THE RESULT? |
Our police service gains more experience of preparing for, and policing, major events | Use the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games to further develop the skills of our police service. | A world class police service that is respected internationally for its ability to prepare for, and police, major events. |
| Build links and share learning and experience of managing major events, with other Commonwealth countries. | |
Our fire service gains more experience of preparing for major events | Use the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games to further develop the skills of our fire service. | A world class fire service that is respected internationally for its ability to prepare for major events. |
| Build links and share learning and experience of managing major events, with other Commonwealth countries. | |
Reduce levels of violence | Use the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as a focus for work with the police national Violence Reduction Unit to address alcohol fuelled violence, knife crime and gang activity. | |
| Sustainable reduction in levels of violence, improvement of Glasgow's reputation as a safe city. | |
Ensure design of facilities, especially the Athletes' Village, assists with limiting opportunities for offending behaviour and reduces chances of victimisation | Apply 'secure by design' principles to accommodation and public buildings/arenas to reduce opportunities for offending behaviour. | Once the Games are over, people living in the Athletes' Village will experience lower crime rates in these new communities and lower levels of victimisation compared to national averages. |
| Engage local communities in the design of the Athletes' Village to build in innovative responses to safety and security. | |
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