{"id":5082,"date":"2022-01-04T16:25:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/?p=5082"},"modified":"2022-01-04T16:25:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:25:18","slug":"island-network-holds-youth-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/01\/04\/island-network-holds-youth-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Network holds Youth Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KNIFE CRIME \u2013 and the closely related issue of drug trafficking \u2013 has been a concern throughout Tower Hamlets, but especially on the Isle of Dogs, where a number of violent incidents took place last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Island Network has now taken the third step in an action plan of finding practical ways to deal with these issues.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2022<\/span>First the Network held a meeting with relevant stakeholders, such as local police and social landlords.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2022<\/span>Second, and partly as a result of that meeting, the Network set up a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme to help residents feel safe and to ensure that reports of any incidents happening in the area reached the police as quickly as possible.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2022<\/span>Third, the Network has now held a \u201cYouth Summit\u201d \u2013 to help young people living locally voice their concerns about knife crime and drug trafficking, but also to raise issues such as how anti-Covid measures have affected their mental health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A local petition calling on Tower Hamlets Council itself to tackle knife crime and drug trafficking with a greater sense of urgency. The petition has been signed by 25,740 people. Cllr Kabir Ahmed presented a motion to Tower Hamlets Council, asking Executive Mayor John Biggs to take up the action it was calling for. However, Labour Councillors amended the motion, leaving it congratulating the Labour Administration for the strategies it had adopted in the past, before the recent surge in concern.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Island Network has announced that it will continue to ensure young people are heard \u2013 and that the authorities listen to them, so that community safety can be improved.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u25cfTo catch up with the news in East London, go to:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/eastlondonnews.co.uk\/\"><em>East London News<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u25cfWatch East London\u2019s weekly news magazine programme,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">live at 10pm every Tuesday and on demand all week:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VodTalk\"><em>The Tuesday Show<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KNIFE CRIME \u2013 and the closely related issue of drug trafficking \u2013 has been a concern throughout Tower Hamlets, but especially on the Isle of Dogs, where a number of violent incidents took place last year. 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