Crime & Policing Act updates, Mental Health Awareness Week and new November training dates now live
In this week’s edition:
- Government releases Crime & Policing Act ASB factsheet
- New article for Mental Health Awareness Week: Reflective supervision in ASB practice
- Expanded November training programme now live
- Weekly round up
Government releases Crime & Policing Act ASB factsheet
The Government has now released its official Crime and Policing Act 2026 anti-social behaviour factsheet, providing further detail on Respect Orders, closure powers, dispersals, ASB data reporting and wider reforms coming through the Act.
For practitioners across housing and community safety, this is one of the clearest indicators yet of how Government intends these powers to operate in practice and where expectations around enforcement and case management are heading.
The document includes:
- Further detail on Respect Orders and how they are intended to operate
- Extended closure powers for housing providers
- Changes to dispersal powers and PSPO penalties
- New expectations around ASB data reporting
- Clarification around vehicle seizure powers and wider enforcement approaches
Given the significance of the reforms coming through the Crime and Policing Act, this is an important document for practitioners to review as services begin considering what implementation may look like in practice.
New article for Mental Health Awareness Week: Reflective supervision in ASB practice
As Mental Health Awareness Week gets underway, we wanted to share a new article from Jon Bull exploring the emotional reality of frontline ASB and community safety work, and why reflective supervision is becoming an increasingly important conversation across the sector.
The article looks at the sustained pressure many practitioners are operating under, particularly when managing trauma, vulnerability, conflict, intimidation and high-risk cases over long periods of time.
Importantly, it explores reflective supervision not as performance management, but as structured professional space to think clearly, process pressure safely and strengthen decision making in complex environments.
Some of the key themes explored include:
- Burnout and compassion fatigue within frontline services
- The impact emotional overload can have on professional judgement
- Why independent reflective supervision can create greater psychological safety
- Supporting more sustainable practice within high-conflict environments
As part of this work, we will also be launching a new reflective supervision service this autumn specifically designed for professionals working across ASB and community safety roles.
Additional November Crime & Policing Act training dates now launched
Following the popularity of our initial November training dates, we have now released additional sessions across our Crime and Policing Act training programme due to demand.
These half day sessions are designed to help practitioners understand how the new and updated ASB powers are intended to operate in practice, including evidential considerations, thresholds, operational decision making and how the changes sit within the wider ASB framework.
Current dates now available:
Respect Orders (Half Day)
- Thursday 19 November 2026, 9:30am to 12:30pm – limited availability remaining
- Friday 20 November 2026, 9:30am to 12:30pm – newly released
Closure Powers for Housing Providers (Half Day)
- Monday 23 November 2026, 9:30am to 12:30pm – limited availability remaining
- Tuesday 24 November 2026, 9:30am to 12:30pm – newly released
Housing & Youth Injunctions (Half Day)
- Thursday 26 November 2026, 9:30am to 12:30pm – limited availability remaining
- Monday 30 November 2026, 9:30am to 12:30pm – newly released
As always, the focus throughout is practical application, operational confidence and supporting practitioners to feel clear on how these powers are likely to work day to day once implemented.
Weekly round up
There has been a huge amount of discussion across the sector recently around practitioner wellbeing, emotional resilience and the wider pressures currently facing frontline teams – this was a hot topic for example at the CIH Brighton Conference last week.
As a result, Mental Health Awareness Week’s theme of take action feels particularly relevant this year because many housing and community safety professionals are continuing to operate under sustained demand, increasing complexity and growing scrutiny, often while managing highly emotive and challenging situations every single day
The release of the Government’s ASB factsheet on Monday has added even more momentum around the Crime and Policing Act reforms and what implementation will mean in practice. Following Janine sharing the factsheet on LinkedIn we know that this generated a lot of questions… So we are pleased to share that she will shortly be leading a webinar alongside Lindsay Felstead from Clarke Willmott during ASB Awareness Week exploring the key points in more detail and what practitioners should be preparing for now. Watch this space for the booking link.
Behind the scenes, preparations for #ASB12 continue to gather pace (the programme will be shared very shortly!), alongside the expansion of our November training programme following strong demand for the first round of course dates.
As always, if your organisation would like support around training, policy, casework or wider ASB and community safety delivery, feel free to get in touch.
Have a great week,
Team G&B ASB Associates