A high-level team of experts from the Home Office and the Metropolitan Police visited Glasgow to learn how GHA is making communities safer.

Representatives from the Home Office’s Violent and Youth Crime Prevention Unit and the Met’s Trident Gang Unit visited GHA’s Community Improvement Partnership (CIP).

The CIP is a partnership between GHA, Strathclyde Police and Strathclyde Fire and Rescue which tackles anti-social behaviour in GHA communities.

The Home Office team were keen to learn about how information-sharing between the CIP partners helps prevent gang-related anti-social behaviour.

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Margaret Moore, GHA’s Assistant Director of Community Partnership, said: "The Community Improvement Partnership helps us respond to the issues which directly affect tenants' lives.

"We were delighted to share our experiences with the team from the Home Office and the Met."

Paul Cullen, Peer Review Manager of the Ending Gang and Youth Violence Team, said: "We’re always looking at emerging and promising practice to tackle gangs, and the work by GHA and partners has been of real interest to us."

The Community Improvement Partnership, set up in May 2012, involves a team of police officers and a senior fire officer seconded to GHA.

Housing officers and police officers share intelligence to deal with issues such as anti-social behaviour, noisy parties and drug dealing. Home fire safety visits also help tenants cut the risk of fire in their home.

(GK)