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C01 |
NIPP calls for more visible policing on the ground to help address the fear of crime among older people. |
2011 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C02 |
NIPP calls on the new Community Safety and Policing Partnerships to have older people represented on them so that the views of pensioners are heard in the development of their action plans. |
2011 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C03 |
NIPP calls on the new Community Safety and Policing Partnerships to make tackling fear of crime among older people a priority. |
2011 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C04 |
NIPP calls for more support for intergenerational projects and for better recreational facilities for younger people, particularly in the evenings and weekends. |
2011 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C05 |
NIPP calls on NI media organisations to report crimes against older people in a more balanced way taking into account the high levels of fear. |
2011 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C06 |
NIPP welcomes the inclusion of a commitment to tackle the fear of crime among older people and calls on the NI Executive to develop an action plan to significantly reduce this fear during the life of this Assembly. |
2012 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C07 |
NIPP calls on the Chief Constable to provide more visible policing on the ground to help alleviate the fear of crime among older people. |
2012 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C08 |
NIPP calls on the Police Service of Northern Ireland to improve its response time significantly in order to enhance the confidence among older people who are living in fear of crime. |
2012 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C09 |
NIPP expresses grave concern at the low level of conviction rates for crimes against older people and calls on the Chief Constable to tackle this by prioritising it within his Policing Plan and allocating the necessary resources to ensure a higher conviction rate. |
2012 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C10 |
NIPP calls on the judiciary in Northern Ireland to use the powers at their disposal to hand down stiffer sentences that will act as a serious deterrent, to those committing crimes against older people. |
2012 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C11 |
NIPP calls on the Police Service of Northern Ireland, at all levels, to meet with older people and their organisations to develop strategies that would help reduce crime and the fear of crime among older people in their local areas. |
2012 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C12 |
NIPP calls on the Police Service of Northern Ireland to keep older people, who have been the victims of crime, fully informed on what, if any, progress has been made in their efforts to append the offenders. |
2012 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C13 |
NIPP welcomes the announcement by the Justice Minister that a new ‘Fear of Crime’ project will be established in partnership with Age Sector Platform and the NI Pensioners Parliament and that the NIPP commits to supporting this project to help make older people feel safer in their homes and communities. |
2013 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C14 |
NIPP commends the Department of Justice for their commitment to involve older people in the design and implementation of the new ‘Fear of Crime’ project and commits to help support the actions that emerge throughout the lifetime of the project. |
2013 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C15 |
NIPP calls for a special helpline to be set up to support older people who are fearful of crime. |
2014 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C16 |
NIPP calls for crimes against older people to be classified as hate crimes and for police officers to receive specialist training in dealing with older victims of crime. |
2014 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C17 |
NIPP calls on the next Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to make community policing a policy priority. |
2014 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C18 |
NIPP calls for tougher sentences for those convicted of crimes against older people. |
2016 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C19 |
NIPP calls for action to be taken to tackle low clearance rates for crimes against older people. |
2016 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C20 |
NIPP calls for tackling fear of crime among older people to be a priority for the NI Assembly. |
2016 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C21 |
NIPP calls on the Scamwise NI initiative to lead on the development of a ‘scam tracking map’ which would allow relevant agencies and the general public to report and track scams in Northern Ireland - helping older people to better protect themselves. |
2017 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C22 |
NIPP calls on Scamwise NI, in partnership with Age Sector Platform, to ensure older people recognise the importance of reporting scams. |
2017 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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C23 |
NIPP calls on the UK Government & NI Assembly to introduce appropriate legislation that could deal with elder abuse perpetrators in a more firm and fitting manner, thus helping to protect older people from all forms of elder abuse.
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2017 |
Community Safety / Fear of Crime |
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E01 |
NIPP calls on the NI Assembly to bring forward plans to introduce social tariffs into the local energy market so that older people here have the same help in coping with energy prices as the rest of the UK. |
2011 |
Energy / Fuel Poverty |
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E02 |
NIPP calls for a Northern Ireland wide oil stamp scheme to be developed to assist pensioners to save for the purchase of home heating oil. |
2011 |
Energy / Fuel Poverty |
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E03 |
NIPP calls on the UK Government to reverse its decision to cut the Winter Fuel Payment this year and to look at ways of linking future payments to energy prices. |
2011 |
Energy / Fuel Poverty |
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E04 |
NIPP calls for the oil industry in Northern Ireland to be regulated to help ensure that oil customers get value for money. |
2011 |
Energy / Fuel Poverty |
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E05 |
In recognising the increasing levels of fuel poverty in NI, the NIPP calls on the NI Executive to develop and implement an action plan to eradicate fuel poverty. |
2012 |
Energy / Fuel Poverty |
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E06 |
NIPP calls on the NI Executive to take steps to encourage energy suppliers in Northern Ireland to introduce the Warm Homes Discount Scheme that is available to pensioners throughout the rest of the UK. |
2012 |
Energy / Fuel Poverty |
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E07 |
NIPP welcomes the development of a ‘pay-as-you-go’ oil scheme and hopes that this will help older people to manage the cost of heating their home and alleviate the hardship that many are currently facing. |
2012 |
Energy / Fuel Poverty |
