Problem Solving and Crime Prevention Programme
Date published: 20 May 2020 10:44About the programme
South Yorkshire Police has secured further funding from the Home Office to continue the Problem Solving Programme for another year, post March 2020, to build on its work to reduce demand by embedding a structured problem solving ethos and capability nationally.
Our programme, which will now be referred to as the Problem Solving and Crime Prevention programme, aims to achieve eleven key deliverables to assist in reducing demand and preventing crime.
To find out more about what the Problem Solving and Demand Reduction Programme delivered, view the Programme’s ‘So What’ booklet below.
All materials produced throughout the lifetime of the Programme (2017-2020) are also available to view on the Programme’s Knowledge Hub, here.
For more information on the programme, get in touch using the details below.
The programme's Privacy Notice can also be found here.
Get in touch
You can contact the Problem Solving and Demand Reduction Programme team by:
- Email: problem_solving_project@southyorks.pnn.police.uk
- Post: Problem Solving and Demand Reduction Programme, South Yorkshire Police, Carbrook House, 5 Carbrook Hall Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 2EG
- Phone: 0114 296 3274
- Twitter: @PSCP_Programme
- Join our Knowledge Hub: Problem Solving and Crime Prevention Programme
Our vision
“Creating opportunities to reduce demand for police and partners by embedding a structured problem solving ethos and capability”
National Problem Solving Conference
The programme facilitates the National Problem Solving Conference annually.
Post-event information from last year's conference can be found here. Podcasts of the workshops and the PowerPoint slides used by keynote speakers can be found on our Knowledge Hub.
Bookings are now being taken for the 2020 National Problem Solving Conference at www.problemsolvingconference.co.uk
The Tilley Awards
The 2019/20 Tilley Awards closed earlier this year and the overall winner was Cheshire Police with Operation Waterside.
The five category winning finalists were:
- Business support and volunteers- Lancashire Constabulary, A volunteer led response to preventing and reducing online child victimisation and offending
- Neighbourhoods- Durham Constabulary, Operation Endurance
- Police Now and Student Officers- South Yorkshire Police, Minimising Demand on Police from Missing Mental Health Patients at Kendray Hospital
- Investigations- Cheshire Police, Operation Waterside
- Partners- West Mercia Police, We Don’t Buy Crime
Copies of submissions to last year's awards can be found on the programme's Knowledge Hub page.
Media
You can view a copy of our external announcements, here:
- South Yorkshire Police leads National Problem Solving Programme after £6.35m Police Transformation Fund Award - Aug 18
- Partnership projects to be recognised in national awards relaunch - Sep 18
- Eight weeks to go until deadline for national Tilley Awards - Nov 18
- Acclaimed professor marks one-month deadline for Tilley Award entries - Dec 18
- Finalists of 2018/19 Tilley Awards announced - Feb 19
- Winner of Tilley Awards announced - Apr 19
- Durham Constabulary's Chief Constable awarded Lifetime Achievement Tilley Award - Apr 19
- Applications for Tilley Awards officially open - Jun 19
- Global recognition for Tilley Award finalists - Aug 19
- One month to go until Tilley Award deadline - Sep 19
- One week to go until Tilley Award deadline - Oct 19
- South Yorkshire and Humberside Police first to go live with CONNECT Partner problem solving system - Nov 19
- PSDR programme supports College of Policing's annual CPD event - Nov 19
- Benefits reaped on one month milestone of CONNECT Partner go live - Dec 19
- Finalists of 2019/20 Tilley Awards announced - Jan 20
- PSDR programme launch Problem Solving user guides - March 20
- 2019/20 Tilley Award winner announced - March 20