Nelson Tasman is the 19th and 20th ISC in New Zealand and 250th in the world. Safe Community Internet Summary. Full application attached. Designation Ceremony 30th August 2011.

Country: New Zealand
Number of inhabitants: 87,513 people live in Nelson Tasman, 42, 888 (Nelson) 44,625 (Tasman)
Programme started year: 2008
International Safe Communities Network Membership: 2011

For further information contact:
Name: Barbara Graves
Institution: Safe at Top Coordinator
City: Nelson
Country: New Zealand
Phone 021 299 3005
E-mail:  barbara.graves@xnet.co.nz

Info address on www for the community as a whole: www.nelsoncitycouncil.co.nz or www.tasman.govt.nz

The programme covers the following safety promotion activities:

For the age group

• Children 0-14 years:
  Safekids coalition
  Car seat checking clinics
  School and Preschool education Buckle bear and Booster rooster
  Including Walking school buses
  Chaos at the school gate campaigns
  Cycle skills training in schools
• Youth 15-24 years:
  Anti Drink / Drugs driving Youth Expo year 11
  Early Intervention youth offender Course
  RYDA – Rotary Young Driver Awareness
  Boy racer vehicle check
  Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nelson-Youth Mentoring
  Reducing the Supply of Alcohol to Minors (RSAM)
  Targeted Youth Health Service
  CHOICES
• Adults 25-64 years:
   Disposal of Unwanted Medicines through Pharmacies (DUMP)
  Host Responsibility training and promotion
  Parent Support Initiatives
  Strengthening Families
• Older Adults 65+ years:
  Regular courses for Older drivers to refresh
  CARFIT seminars
  Mobility Scooter training
  Health of Older Persons Safe Use of Medicines booklet and minor ailment leaflets
  Falls Prevention
  Older Adults Working Group
  Vitamin D

In the following Environments:

• Home:
  Falls Prevention
  Older Adults Working Group
  Home Safety Coalition
  Vitamin D
  Disposal of Unwanted Medicines through Pharmacies (DUMP)
  Health of Older Persons Safe Use of Medicines booklet and minor ailment leaflets
  Burns and Fire prevention
• Traffic:
  Road Safe Nelson Bays
  Reducing alcohol/drug impaired driving
  Safe speeds
  Safe roads and roadsides
  Increasing the level of restraint use
  Increasing the safety of older New Zealanders
  Cycle & Pedestrian safety
  Increasing the safety of young drivers
  Increasing the safety of motorcycling
• Occupational:
  Fall prevention in construction industry
  LPG use in cafes and bars
  Traffic Management Plans/Safer Roads
  Forestry log trucks
  Quad Bikes
  Cool Stores
  Workplace Safety – Cool Stores
  Operators strain and sprain
  Workplace Safety Evaluations
  Companies of Interest
  Discomfort Pain and Injury
  Reducing injuries in healthcare
• Reducing Alcohol related harm: 
  Nelson City & Tasman District Hospitality Protocol
  Refresher Training for Duty Managers
  Police Network Breakfast Meetings
  Off Licence Alcohol Accord OLAA
  Operation Unite
  Door staff training
  Bridge Street Survey and revitalization
  Say Now sports initiative
  NZ Seasonal Workers in Motueka
  Parent Support Initiatives
  Best Practice AOD Policy Guidelines & Workbook
  Good Sports Clubs
  Reducing the Supply of Alcohol to Minors (RSAM)
  Blow the Whistle on Violence
  Supermarket initiative
  CHOICES
   Alcohol Policy to be developed 2011-2012
  Youth AOD
• Other:
  Brain Injury Liaison Service
  Richmond District Community Patrol
  Primary Mental Health Services
  Food Safety
  Well Child: Health and Safety
  Strengthening Families
  Targeted Youth Health Service
• Outdoors:
  Outdoor recreation forum
• New and migrant Communities:
  SONT – Speak Out Nelson Tasman (reporting system) 
  Translation Kit for Burmese speaking Chin refugees and information about accessing medicines from pharmacies
  Ethnic community constable
  Settling In groups
  Nelson Multicultural Council
  Refugee Services

Violence prevention (intentional injuries):

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nelson-Youth Mentoring
• Stopping Violence programme
• Men’s support group
• Women SAFE
• Women Exploring Anger
• Counselling (male & Female)
• Family/Whanau support services
• Women’s Support group
• Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower Trust
• Teenpower Violence Prevention
• Healthy Relationships
• Kidpower Parent Child Workshops
• Kidpower,Teenpower, Fullpower Workshops
• Community Whanau
• Neighbourhood Support Nelson
• PASS – Personal Action for Sexual Safety
• Community training and tools for positive responses to Family Violence
• Sexual Abuse Assessment and Treatment Service
• White Ribbon Day
• Women’s Refuge Training
• Doctors for Sexual Abuse Care
• Blessed Are Campaign
• Blow the Whistle on Violence
• Repeat Family Violence visits
• Family Violence Case management 

Suicide prevention (self-inflected injuries):

• Suicide Prevention Coordination
• Life Matters group

Programmes aiming at “High risk-groups”:

• Children 0 – 4 years: home safety
• Youth 15 – 24 years: road safety, alcohol-related harm
• Maori children 0 – 4 years: home safety, road safety
• Maori all ages: road safety, suicide prevention
• Older adults 65+ years: falls prevention
• Motorcycle riders: youth riders and returning riders ( >40 years)
• Rural: Quad bike safety
• Children 10-14: road safety - bicycle
• Low income families: home safety, child safety
• Workplace: forestry and construction industries, young workers
• Alcohol, violence and crime reduction: young people in central city at night

 Surveillance of injuries:

Every year around in Nelson Tasman there are around 10,000 visits to Nelson Emergency Department because of an injury. According to the National Injury Query System - Otago University, each year from 1988 to 2007 the rates of fatal injuries in the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board have ranged from the lowest of around 39/100 000 persons to the highest of 51/100 000.  In the same time period hospital discharges ranged from 935/100 000 to around 1309/100 000 people.

In the Nelson Tasman community the injury information for local action programme uses a wide range of sources to inform local planning and monitoring. These include:

• Emergency department data to inform identification of locations or population groups.
• ACC regional injury statistics
• 1996 - 2006 New Zealand Census data from Statistics NZ
• NZ Police data for crimes and road offences and crashes
• New Zealand Transport Authority (NZTA) road injury publications for Nelson and Tasman territorial local authorities
• Deaths and hospital discharges (1988 – 2007) found at National Injury Query system, Injury Prevention Unit –Otago University
• Other publications such as Safe Communities Foundation Factsheets, Safekids statistics, Child and Youth Epidemiology Department – Otago University, Child Youth Mortality Review Committee reports

 Produced information material, pamphlets:

• Many road safety information resources including safety at intersections
• A range of information resources for all ages to support the KidPower/Teenpower/ Fullpower initiatives.
• Family violence resources including banners/ leaflets/posters promoting messages to reduce levels of family violence.
• Safe Use of Medicines rack card
• Translation Kit and Chin Community Access to Pharmacy guide
• Safe Use of Medicines booklet and minor ailments leaflets
• Prescription Subsidy Card Poster
• Services that a Pharmacy Provides poster
• Youth Services Directory Nelson/Tasman
• Health Service directory
• Be Well Website
• Well child pamphlet

International commitments:

• Participation in 17^th International Safe Community Conference in Christchurch 2008
• Attendance at National ISC Forum in Auckland on 23 August 2009
• Attendance at National ISC Forum in Wellington 15th November 2010

Staff

Number: Working Group has 11 members
Professions:  Working group members represent Nelson City and Tasman District Councils, Public Health Service: Nelson Marlborough District Health Board, NZ Police, ACC, Fulton Hogan, Nelson Bays Community Law, Local iwi, Health Action Trust, Ministry of Social Development- Work and Income
Permanent: Working Group members are permanent positions
Temporary: 1 part-time, co-ordinator averaging about 0.1/0.2 FTE and on a contracted basis.
Organisation: Governance group, working group, task groups for each of the identified areas.
Specific intersectoral leadership group: Talking Heads (intersectoral group of heads of government agencies plus Mayors of the three Councils)
General public health/health promotion group: Community and Whanau (Nelson, Stoke, Richmond), Nelson Safer Community Council