Using the Hallmarks – the Guidance Structure
The new legislation explains that partnerships will need to produce a plan setting out how they intend to tackle crime and disorder/community safety challenges in their area. We have used the process that a partnership would use to develop and deliver this plan as the structure of this guidance. We believe that this will help partnerships understand the way in which achieving the Hallmarks can underpin and inform all their work. Partners can use the Hallmarks to identify if there are any improvement needs at every stage of their work and to target their improvement accordingly.
There are four main sections to this guidance. They are:
- Lead and Guide - which sets out the role of the partnership.
- Assess - which sets out the way in which the partnership identifies its priorities to produce a strategic assessment.
- Plan for action - which sets out what partnerships will do to produce a partnership plan.
- Deliver - which sets out what partnerships will do to deliver the plan and evaluate its effectiveness.
Within these sections, the guidance:
- Starts by explaining the purposes behind the section and why we believe that partnerships will want to achieve the Hallmark.
- Explains the statutory requirements.
- Includes examples of suggested practice to support delivery of the Hallmark.
- Identifies potential barriers and solutions.
- Signposts partnerships towards other useful resources.
