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The Community Safety Unit is located in Millennium House in central Belfast. The CSU created in response to the community safety recommendations of the Criminal Justice Review. It was is a new division of the Criminal Justice Directorate of the Northern Ireland Office


The Community Safety Policy Branch is responsible for:
• Development, promotion and monitoring of a Community Safety Strategy for Northern Ireland;
• Relationships with other government departments and statutory bodies;
• Funding for projects through partnerships;
• Advice to Ministers on community safety issues;
• Secretariat for the Community Safety Advisory Council; and
• Management and publication of research and evaluation services.
Partnership Development Branch is responsible for:

Partnership Development Branch is responsible for:
• First hand assistance with partnership formation, community safety auditing and consultation and action planning;
• Publication of guidance materials
• Dissemination of best practice and project evaluation;
• Establishment and co-ordination of local practitioner networks;
• Co-ordination of a training strategy and servicing of a training sub group; and
• Development and establishment of accredited training programmes.

Crime Reduction and Voluntaries Branch is responsible for:
• Lead responsibility for key issues in the Community Safety Strategy in relation to crime reduction targets, business and retail crime, drugs and alcohol, violence against women;
• Liaison with other crime prevention bodies;
• Funding for crime reduction projects – regional;
• Advice to Ministers on crime reduction and crime prevention initiatives; and
• Relationships with and funding of Voluntary Organisations relating to criminal justice.

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Staff Contact Details

Head of Community Safety Unit
Maura Campbell
Head of Crime Reduction and Voluntaries
Mark Goodfellow email Mark Goodfellow
Head of Partnership Development and Projects
Dan Mulholland email Dan Mulholland
Personal Assistant to Head of Community Safety Unit
Pauline Simpson email Pauline Simpson
Crime Reduction
Alistair Hutchinson email Alistair Hutchinson

Senior Partnership Development Officer

Vacant

Head of Strategy Implementation and Research
e-mail  Martine McKillop
Crime Reduction
Sharon Harley email Sharon Harley
Partnership Development Officer
Robert McKnight email Robert McKnight
Anti-social Behaviour Advisor
Lee Davidson email Lee Davidson
Crime Reduction
Jo O'Reilly email Jo
O'Reilly
Partnership Development Officer
Colin Scott email Colin Scott
Statistician
Michael Power email Michael Power
Crime Reduction
Diana Clarke email Diana Clarke
Partnership Development Officer
Mark McGuicken email Mark McGuicken
Strategy Implementation and Research
Lois Murphy email Lois Murphy
Voluntaries
Lesley Cowan email Lesley Cowan
Partnership Development and Projects Admin Support
Jenny Craig email Jenny Craig
Strategy Implementation and Research
Margaret McGann email Margaret McGann
Voluntaries
Kevin Scullion email Kevin Scullion
Strategy Implementation and Research Admin Support
Brian McAteer email Brian McAteer
Crime Reduction and Voluntaries Admin Support
Paula Larmour email Paula Larmour