Award for CAB

Some of the CAB team pictured at the end of last year when the CAB was at Hawthorne Avenue

A portable building which provides a temporary office for police, fire and council officers while they sort out crime and disorder has received a top regional award.
The Community Action Box (CAB) led to a 50 per cent drop in reported violent crime during the three months it was stationed on Granville Street, west Hull.
Moved using a lorry and crane, it has also been stationed on Hawthorn Avenue and Wellstead Street, and is currently on Arthur Street.
Used by a team including drug and alcohol workers, youth workers, a community participation officer, an antisocial behaviour officer and an employment officer, the CAB has helped reduce antisocial behaviour levels as well as criminal damage.
Working with partner organisations, the CAB has also provided activities for young people, including rugby training with Hull FC, supervised mini-moto riding and a youth club for the older children.
And the work has been recognised in the Local Government Yorkshire and Humber awards with honours in the 'Working together to Improve' category.
"The CAB is a good example of how intensive neighbourhood management can make a difference to the residents and communities who suffer most from antisocial behaviour, fly tipping and crime," says Cllr Kalvin Neal, portfolio holder for quality of life at Hull City Council.
"By challenging the problems they face on a daily basis and offering young people an alternative to antisocial behaviour and crime, the CAB supports residents in regaining control of their own neighbourhoods and making their areas a better place to live."
CAB is funded by Gateway, an organisation set up to regenerate Hull's housing market, and by ONE HULL, a public and private sector partnership which aims to improve the quality of life in Hull.
For more information about the work of Gateway see pages 12 and 13.
www.gatewaypathfinder.net
www.onehull.co.uk