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Linxs Consultancy provides high quality and practical advisory consultancy, training and research services. We specialise in the following fields at both strategic and operational levels:
- Alcohol services
- Community engagement
- Community safety
- Domestic abuse
- ARID
- Public health and health research
- Local environmental quality issues
We are well-established having been formed in 2007. We have delivered all these services since then.
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Circle of Friends Programme - Review and Evaluation
We have been commissioned by Birmingham City Council to undertake a review of the Circle of Friends programme. This programme, which was delivered by the Children's Society, was aimed at addressing potential risk factors and problematic behaviours in young people. The programme was different in that it was focussed upon friendship groups.
Although the programme has now been completed the aim of the review is to establish whether elements of it can be continued potentially using a modified delivery mechanism.
Medway Domestic Abuse Needs Assessment
We have been commissioned by Medway Council to carry out their domestic abuse needs assessment focussing on safe accommodation provision. This will involve assessing service provision, data analysis, good practice comparisons and a consultation process. This consultation process will place gaining views from survivors of domestic abuse at its heart.
This needs assessment will repeat that undertaken by Linxs Consultancy in 2021.
Development work for Birmingham's Clear Hold Build Area for the Build Phase
We have been commissioned by the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership to undertake community engagement development work. This is part of the Home Office funded Clear Hold Build work that has been ongoing in the B8 postcode area of the city.
Initially we are undertaking a scoping phase to establish which local community organisations are present in the area. We will be undertaking initial conversations with them and local people to determine their opinions on local priorities and issues to address and to judge their possible involvement in further work. This is focussed on community safety and environmental issues.
The aim at this point is to develop a neighbourhood partnership to set local priorities and be direct agency activity.
Development of Community Safety Community Resilience Framework for Birmingham
We have been commissioned by Birmingham City Council to develop further their community safety community resilience framework. This framework covers four themes (Place, Community, Individual and Family) and we will be building both an overall strategic partnership framework along with developing a locality or neighbourhood tool.
Developing this framework will involve working with local stakeholders including those within selected local communities along with examining current practice and resilience measures.
An initial framework including a toolkit for local workers and community groups has been produced. We are going to be assisting the Community Safety Partnership with implementation support.
A&E/Emergency Department Assault Data Sharing (ARID)
Our data sharing programme between A&Es, community safety partnerships, public health and the police continues to be successful. The key element of our system is the inclusion of geographically coded street and licensed premises locations.
We have recently been re-commissioned to continue this programme in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin. In Devon and Cornwall the ARID programme is in place across much of the peninsula funded now via local arrangements. In previous years this was funded by Devon and Cornwall's Police and Crime Commissioner.
Part of the work in Devon and Cornwall has involved developing the approach at selected Minor Injuries Units. This has proved to be successful in many cases especially in Cornwall, where there is only 1 Emergency Department, with the collection of much valuable data.
Our service brochure reflects the different methods that this data sharing can take; focussing on our role as a single point of contact. These methods have been designed to incorporate the relevant fields from the Emergency Department Core Data Set.
We would be delighted to talk to you about how we can assist your area with this data exchange in your area either in A&E or Minor Injuries Units. Our work will mean you can meet the government's commitment to sharing of assault data. Our ARID programme forms a key part of our work either via a standalone installation or converting existing data into precise geographical and temporal intelligence.
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