Communities and health

Find out how to report anti-social behaviour, influence local priorities, prepare for emergencies, access personal alarm services, and get support for parents and substance misuse.

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Services List

HEARS Alarm Service

Find details about the HEARS personal alarm service, offering 24/7 support to help you live independently and feel safe at home.

Community Safety Partnership

Find out what the Community Safety Partnership’s priorities are, its key responsibilities, and which organisations are involved.

Make a Difference (MAD) Fund

The Make a Difference Fund (MAD Funding) is a small budget for quick fixes, often used for small items or one-off events.

Debt

Find advice and resources to help you manage financial struggles and get support from the Council.

Crucial crew

Find out about Crucial Crew, a program that educates children on safety through interactive sessions and real-life scenarios.

Ask for Angela

Learn about the Ask For Angela campaign and how businesses use a codeword to help people who are in danger or feel unsafe.

Area Committee funding

Area Committees fund local improvement projects to improve neighborhoods and address community issues.

Case Review

A Case Review lets victims of ongoing anti-social behaviour request a review if they feel their concerns haven’t been properly addressed.

Safer Streets 5

Ipswich will use a Home Office Safer Streets 5 grant to address anti-social behaviour in public spaces and hotspot areas.

Safer Streets 4

Ipswich Borough Council and partners secured £499,588 to fund training, resources, and equipment to boost safety and confidence in the Waterfront, Town Centre, Education Quarter, and Train Station areas.

Safer Streets 2 + 3 Projects

Safer Streets 3 is a government initiative to improve public safety through collaborative efforts. The Council secured £124,391 from the Safer Streets Round 3 Fund for this purpose.

Emergencies

Find all the information you need for handling emergencies in Ipswich.

Health and wellbeing support

Find support and advice about health and wellbeing, including local and national organisations, support groups and information.

Serious Violence

Learn about serious violence, the Serious Violence Duty, and how Ipswich Borough Council and partners are working to prevent it in the community.

Acquisitive Crime

Find out more about acquisitive crime, how to report it, and what Ipswich Borough Council is doing to reduce it.

Criminal exploitation

Find out more about Criminal exploitation, how to spot the signs, and how to report it.

Modern Slavery

Find out more about Modern Slavery, how to spot the signs, and how to report it.

Preventing radicalisation

Find out what Prevent is, how to report suspicious behaviour, and what to do if you suspect someone is being radicalised.

Ravenswood Community Fund

An overview of the Ravenswood Community Fund, explaining its goals to support community projects, education, special needs, the environment, and wildlife in the area.

Fraud Awareness

Find out more about fraud, scams, how to report them and where victims can get support.

Sharps bins

The locations of eight sharps bins in Ipswich for the safe disposal of needles and drug equipment.

Safer Streets

Our Safer Streets projects work to make your streets safer. Everyone’s help is needed to support #IpswichAgainstViolence.

Report a Cannabis odour

Find out how to report persistent cannabis odour issues in Ipswich through our new pilot scheme and the steps we'll take to address your complaint.

Hate crime

Find out how to report and get support for hate crimes.

Flood Guidance

If you live in a flood-prone area, it’s up to you to protect your property with flood measures and stay updated with alerts and warnings.

Emergency updates

It's a list of resources for weather updates, flood alerts, key agencies, and major emergency information in Ipswich.

Public Spaces Protection Order

Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO) were created by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to address anti-social behaviour (ASB) in local areas.