Communities and health

Find out how to report anti-social behaviour in your neighbourhood, how to influence local priorities at Area Committees and how to prepare for an emergency. Also, information on the HEARS personal alarm service, support for parents, a guide to substance misuse services and more.

Health & Wellbeing

Directory page for all webpages related to Health and Wellbeing

Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy

Find out what the VAWG strategy is; Ipswich Borough Council projects to reduce violence against women and girls; how to report and where you can get support.

Serious Violence

The Home Office Serious Violence Strategy defines serious violence as specific types of crime such as homicide, knife crime, gun crime and areas of criminality where serious violence or its threat is inherent, such as in gangs and county lines drug dealing.

Acquisitive Crime

Find out more about Acquisitive Crime, how to report it, and what Ipswich Borough Council are doing to reduce Acquisitive Crime.

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.

External grants

Here is a summary of the external grant funding available.

Ravenswood Community Fund

Applications follow the same process and application form as Area Committee funding requests, but must also show significant benefit to Ravenswood residents, and meet the objectives of the Ravenswood Community Fund which are;