Katy Anderson announced as a new Partner, new training launched and #ASB12 tickets selling fast…
In This Week’s Edition:
- Katy Anderson joins as Partner
- Crime and Policing Bill training sessions launched for November
- #ASB12 ticket update and speaker announcement
- Spotlight: Diabetes and ASB
- Top tip from Consilium Training: Waste Crime Action Plan
- Weekly round up
Katy Anderson joins as Partner
We are excited to share that Katy Anderson has joined the business as Partner, taking the role from the beginning of April working alongside Janine, stepping up from her role as associate.
Many of you will already know Katy through her work across the sector, whether that is through training, policy drafting, service reviews or wider practice development. She brings a huge amount of experience across policing, local authorities and national ASB work, along with a real understanding of the pressures practitioners are working under.
As Janine said: “If you’ve ever been lucky enough to attend training with Katy, be involved in the policy drafting or service reviews she delivers, or simply spend 5 mins in the same room, you don’t need me to tell you about the depth of passion and knowledge she has.”
With the Crime and Policing Bill progressing alongside wider legislative and regulatory changes across ASB and housing, this is an important time to be strengthening the experience and thinking shaping the work.
Katy’s background in complex casework, service improvement and supporting organisations to make confident, defensible decisions will play a key role in that.
She is looking forward to bringing that into the partnership, helping shape training, policy and service development, and continuing to support practitioners and organisations dealing with increasingly complex ASB challenges.
New training launched: Crime and Policing Bill
As the Crime and Policing Act moves closer to implementation, many teams are starting to look beyond what is changing and focus on what this will actually mean in practice.
- How will these powers be used?
- What will be expected in terms of evidence?
- How does this affect day to day case management?
To support that, we have released a new training series for November, designed to help practitioners understand and prepare for the introduction of new and updated ASB powers.
These sessions will be delivered in line with implementation of the legislation, ensuring content reflects the final provisions and supporting guidance. The focus throughout is on how the new powers sit within the wider ASB framework, with practical application at the centre.
Please note: we are committed to delivering this training once the Act has received Royal Assent and there is no risk of further amendments. Dates are based on current expectations and will be adjusted if required.
Respect Orders (Half Day)
19 November, 9:30am to 12:30pm
This session explores the intended purpose and structure of Respect Orders, where they sit within the wider ASB toolkit, and how they are expected to complement existing early intervention and enforcement approaches.
The focus is on decision making, evidential requirements and how these orders are likely to be applied in practice.
Closure Powers for Housing Providers (Half Day)
23 November, 9:30am to 12:30pm
With Closure Powers expected to be extended to housing providers, this session focuses on what that means in practice.
You will explore how these powers can be used alongside existing tenancy and ASB tools, alongside key considerations around evidence, thresholds and case management.
Housing and Youth Injunctions (Half Day)
26 November, 9:30am to 12:30pm
The Act introduces significant changes to the current injunction framework, replacing it with Housing Injunctions and Youth Injunctions.
This session looks at what that means for practitioners, including how these tools are intended to operate, the principles underpinning their use, and the practical implications for case management and operational delivery.
Across all sessions, the focus is on giving you a clear understanding of how these powers are intended to work and what needs to be in place to apply them confidently and effectively.
#ASB12 A New Dawn – ticket update and speaker announcement
Over 30% of tickets for #ASB12 A New Dawn have now been sold.
Thank you to those of you who have already booked on. The response so far, particularly without the full programme or speaker line up being released yet, has been really positive.
We are now starting to confirm speakers, and we are very pleased to be welcoming Dr Grace Robinson.
Most of the focus around the Crime and Policing Bill has been on what is changing for ASB. But that is only part of the picture.
Grace’s work sits at the intersection of criminal exploitation, vulnerability and system response. This is where ASB, safeguarding and serious harm overlap, and where decision making becomes far less straightforward.
Her session will go beyond the headline ASB amendments and look at what else within the Bill matters in practice, including:
- What the criminalisation of cuckooing could mean on the ground
- How youth diversion orders may shape early intervention decisions
- Where these powers sit alongside existing ASB tools
- What this means for thresholds, evidence and professional judgement
If you are planning to attend, now is a good time to secure your place!
Spotlight: Diabetes and ASB
In many ASB cases, the impact that should inform decision making is not always the one that is immediately visible.
Diabetes is often recorded as part of vulnerability, but the way ongoing ASB can affect the condition is not always fully explored.
Stress and anxiety can directly impact blood sugar levels. Disrupted routines, poor sleep and ongoing distress can make it harder for someone to manage their condition day to day. Over time, this can create a cycle where physical health, mental wellbeing and the ability to cope all begin to deteriorate.
What makes this more complex is that it is not always obvious. Someone may appear to be coping, while the longer term impact is building in the background.
From a practice perspective, this is where curiosity becomes important.
Not just recording that a condition exists, but understanding how it is being affected by what someone is experiencing.
That might mean:
- Asking a few more questions about how the situation is impacting day to day routines
- Recognising when risk is increasing, even if it is not immediately visible
- Adjusting the pace of response where harm is building over time
- Evidencing decisions in a way that reflects the full picture, not just the presenting issue
This is where a harm centred approach becomes much more than a concept. It directly shapes how cases are assessed, prioritised and responded to. Do you need support with your organisation’s strategy when it comes to harm centred approaches? Get in touch to enquire about our ASB service reviews.
Top Tip: Waste Crime Action Plan – what this means for practice
This week’s Top Tip comes from Sarah Bradley at Consilium Training and Support following the publication of the Government’s Waste Crime Action Plan, and now expectations around how fly tipping is tackled are shifting.
“This is a good point to review how your current approach stands up.
A stronger enforcement framework is being introduced, including increased use of drones, CCTV and improved intelligence sharing. These are not future considerations. They are tools that will support earlier identification of illegal activity, better monitoring of repeat locations and stronger evidence gathering.
There is also a firmer approach to sanctions, including proposals around driving licence penalty points, expanded vehicle seizure and conditional cautions requiring offenders to undertake unpaid clean up work.
What sits underneath all of this is coordination.
Waste crime does not sit neatly within one boundary. It crosses local authority areas and often links to wider organised activity. That means responses need to be connected, with intelligence shared proactively and patterns recognised early.
This is the point to sense check whether current processes, partnerships and investigative approaches are set up to respond to that.”
Weekly round up
This week has been a big one with the announcement of Katy joining as Partner! It is a positive move that reflects not just where things are now, but where they are heading, particularly at a time when expectations across ASB and housing continue to shift.
We know that there is a lot moving broadly across the sector. Legislative change, increasing scrutiny and the complexity of cases are all continuing to shape how practitioners are working and the decisions being made day to day. That is feeding directly into the work being delivered, from training through to the conversations being created for the programme for #ASB12.
There is much more to come over the next few weeks as things continue to develop behind the scenes…
Have a great week,
Team G&B