Barra Culture has recently been given funding to enable them to work with Barrovians to make creative things happen. Exactly what these things are is completely up to you!
Barra culture is all about working with the brilliant people of Barrow to make creative things happen.
During August they have been at various locations around Barrow delivering free events, music, games, cake and chances for all ages to get creative.
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PC Rickie Wallbank, that's him in the big green glasses, attended “Vic Fest” at Victoria Juniors, assisting with the free holiday programme run by Barrow AFC Community Sports, for children in the town during the summer holidays.
His role was engagement in order to break down barriers with the children, build trust and to show the police in a positive light. This was our group singing “A Million Dreams”. We hope the children enjoyed it and now see the police in rose-tinted glasses......in fact, just like PC Wallbank's!!
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Crime prevention in South Cumbria has received a boost after the local Community Safety Unit took delivery of a new Hyundai Kona, thanks to DSG Ltd of Barrow.
DSG Ltd have been providing a vehicle for the local Community Safety Unit – made up of police and partners – for the past 10 years.
The new vehicles was handed over by Jonny Stoker of DSG Ltd to Chief Inspector Annette McClement and Crime Prevention Officer Sharon Livesey-Roach.
Chief Inspector McClement said: “The car is an extremely useful resource and we are very fortunate and grateful to have a local company who wants to help reduce crime and the fear of crime.
“The car will give the team enhanced opportunities to get out into the community, particular isolated areas, and tackle the issues which are most important to people.”
Sharon said: “We really appreciate DSG’s continued commitment to helping us reduce crime in our communities and we are in our 10th year doing this.
“This partnership working helps us get to those people that need support around safety and security.
“It raises awareness of the work we do and certainly supports me in my role as crime prevention officer.”
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Following a report that a women had jumped from Devils Bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale, PCSO 5123 Phil Sullivan and PCSO 5208 Laura Jackson was first to arrive on scene. Further Police attended, together with the Fire Service, Ambulance, Air Ambulance and Mountain Rescue.
Fortunately the women was rescued and this is yet another example of the emergency services working together to serve the public.
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On Monday 16th August 2021, PCSO Phil Sullivan and a colleague from Walney Fire & Rescue hosted a pop-up police station at the Roundhouse Hub and Café.
With information and advice available to the public on any subject from crime to smoke alarms, this proved a welcome service to the Walney residents. There are plans to continue these desks on a regular basis, please keep an eye on Cumbria Police's Facebook and Twitter pages for more information.
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 In May 2021 it became apparent after a number of serious knife crime incidents, in Barrow, that some young people felt increased pressure to carry as a means of protection. Due to this, in conjunction with the Child Centred Police Team in Barrow, an initial discussion took place between Jeremy Mark from South Cumbria PRU and Cath Corkill from Drop Zone Youth Projects and our concerns were shared with health care professionals working in the A&E at Furness General Hospital.
With the support of these professionals, we put together a six week pilot program within a very short space of time to be delivered it in the run up to the summer holidays. We developed an interactive delivery plan which was slightly different to mainstream delivery. We met with Linzi Stanway at Furness Academy to discuss our plan and she agreed to host the pilot, organising two groups of year 8 students to take part.
Our main focus was not to use scare tactics and the delivery plan was tailored to the specific age group we were going to be working with. We wanted to deliver something slightly different to make a difference and educated young people about the consequences of carrying, how it affects, not only victims, but perpetrators, families, medical staff, police, peer groups and the wider community.
48 students took part in this project and the feedback was extremely positive, and it is hoped this important piece of work with partners can continue if we can secure funding to support it long term.
We were made aware of concerns surrounding the town centre, namely to do with delivery drivers on Crellin Street, Barrow. A street safe was conducted in which officers liaised with local stores and got an insight into the issues. Information suggested that parking, antisocial behaviour and a lack of respect for other road users were the biggest points to come back from it.
Police carried out operations in the area, a number of vehicles were stopped and the drivers spoken to. One of the vehicles was seized for not having the correct insurance. Traffic wardens issued a large number of tickets regarding how the vehicles were parking.
As a result of this information, police have been engaging with the local council and park wardens in order to tackle the issues. This engagement is still ongoing and will continue to do so until a resolve can be found.
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Cumbria Police will soon be launching an education programme around the use of e-Scooters. Their use, and occasionally connected with crime, is becoming more prevalent but the fact is they are categorised as a motor vehicle so for public use they require insurance, tax and MOT.
This is not something the general public appear aware of. The aim of this programme is to encourage safer, legal usage of these scooters for those who insist on having one.
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