What are they designed for

They are designed to prevent anti-social behaviour and neighbour nuisance. They seek resident's participation, cooperation and actively promote community safety.

Purpose of a Good Neighbourhood Agreement

• Encourage greater tolerance leading to respect
• Encourage a greater understanding of diversity
• Engage the community in local initiatives
• Provide a different approach to the traditional methods of tackling anti-social behaviour

What does an agreement set out

• What residents see as reasonable behaviour
• What residents will not tolerate in their community

What the agreement aims to achieve

• Increased sense of community spirit
• Increased satisfaction in the area they live in
• Actively tackling anti-social behaviour and nuisance
• Community members showing consideration to each other
• The community taking responsibility for children's behaviour and having the welfare of children in the community in mind
• Residents keeping the local environment in a reasonable state of cleanliness as well as health and safety. This includes disposing of rubbish properly and neatly
• Residents parking vehicles with due consideration to other residents
• Residents keeping pets under control
• The community reporting incidents of anti-social behaviour to the Community Safety Unit at Worthing Borough Council / Police.

Success of the Good Neighbourhood Agreement

The agreements have been extremely effective in many areas of the UK and have actively improved many communities quality of life as well as the area in which they live in.

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