Lancashire MADE Public: Background

Background.

MADE is short for Multi-Agency Data Exchange. The project team collect and process data on behalf of the agencies responsible for working towards a Lancashire that is a safe place to grow, live and work.

The 1998 Crime & Disorder Act recognised that by working together, local authorities, police, fire and health services could tackle crime and disorder more effectively and set up Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRP) in each district. In 2006 the Police and Justice Act required CDRPs to produce an annual strategic assessment and community safety plan. In addition, the agencies who work at a county level are also obliged to produce a community safety agreement, detailing where value is added by working together to support the CDRPs. The local community safety plans and the county community safety agreement are used to direct resources from the partnership into the areas where they will be most effective.

Data from across the partnership is required In order to inform strategic assessments and monitor the progress of interventions. Each partner has its own computer systems and data collection techniques, therefore the Multi-Agency Data Exchange (MADE) project was set up to provide a central data collection and processing function. Partners can download spreadsheets containing ward profiles or query the on-line database from the restricted access MADE website.

It was recognised that there was a demand for unrestricted access to some of the data collected by MADE. Therefore, Lancashire MADE Public was developed to publish selected data from the MADE partners. The intention behind providing this data is to ensure that people within Lancashire can make a more informed decision about community safety issues in their neighbourhood and to provide a resource for community groups and neighbourhood watch schemes.

The MADE project team are tasked by senior officers from the key organisations involved in the partnership and funded by local authorities (Lancashire County Council, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool unitary authorities and the 12 district councils), Lancashire Constabulary, the Primary Care Trusts and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service.

If you require more information about MADE, then please contact the project team.