Kent County Council
Many people are concerned about the quality of their environment globally, but equally within their neighbourhood. Litter, rubbish flytipping and abandoned vehicles are unattractive, unhealthy and can relate to crime and the fear of crime locally. Such anti-social behaviour should not be tolerated and through the Clean Kent Campaign, Kent County Council is playing a key role in tackling the root causes, to achieve a cleaner and safer Kent for those that live, work and visit the county.
The Clean Kent Campaign was launched at County Hall in May 2004, as a partnership initiative to tackle environmental crime, improve the cleanliness of our neighbourhoods and involve local people to help take a pride in Kent.
Kent County Council has committed significant resources to this initiative to deliver a sustained and high profile campaign for the next three years. Through a campaign co-ordinator, enforcement manager and officers, the team work with all the partners to deliver effective services and information and meet key targets.
Targets
To reflect this approach, a number of targets have been set by KCC and partners to deliver sustained change. These include:
A: KCC's 'Towards 2010' targets: This is the County Council's promise to deliver in 7 key areas, including improved health and quality of life, a safer Kent and increased prosperity for Kent though business growth and job creation. Clean Kent supports many of the 63 targets particularly relating to stronger and safer communities, as well as delivering target 43: Expand the Clean Kent programme to tackle the top 20 fly-tipping hotspots and increase the capacity to prosecute fly-tipping offenders.
B: The Kent Agreement - is a series of targets for agencies in Kent through the Kent Partnership, to deliver outcomes agreed with central Government. These aim to stretch performance and deliver high quality results over a 3 year period (April 2005 - March 2008). The Kent Agreement includes the theme to make Kent a cleaner county (outcome 14). This is comprised of three indicators:
- To increase public perception that Kent is a clean county
- To reduce rubbish fires
- To reduce flytipping across Kent
Visit the Kent County Council website for further information.
