Decision details

The Community Safety Partnership Working Party scrutinised the provision of support for victims of sexual crime in Thanet as part of their work programme for 2016/17. Recommendations were made to the Overview & Scrutiny Panel who agreed with them and forwarded them to Cabinet for decision and action.

Cabinet agreed the following:

1.  To approach the Town Council’s to consider if they are happy to support the provision of East Kent Rape Crisis service in Thanet by way of a monetary contribution;

2.  That approaches are made to the ‘Place2Be’ to provide their free children services to schools in Thanet;

3.  To write to the police and crime commissioner outlining Thanet District Council’s intent to ask Town Councils to fund East Kent Rape Crisis to provide additional services within Thanet and enquire if the Commissioner is willing to work with those Town Councils.

Cabinet recognise the need for extra support within Thanet and are pleased to be able to support the work of the Community Safety Partnership Working Party.

The alternative was to reject the recommendations, this was rejected as Cabinet recognised the opportunity for increased support in this area.