Problem Solving and Crime Prevention Programme

About the programme

South Yorkshire Police has secured further funding from the Home Office to continue the Problem Solving Programme for another year, post March 2020, to build on its work to reduce demand by embedding a structured problem solving ethos and capability nationally.

Our programme, which will now be referred to as the Problem Solving and Crime Prevention programme, aims to achieve eleven key deliverables to assist in reducing demand and preventing crime.

To find out more about what the Problem Solving and Demand Reduction Programme delivered, view the Programme’s ‘So What’ booklet below.

All materials produced throughout the lifetime of the Programme (2017-2020) are also available to view on the Programme’s Knowledge Hub, here.

For more information on the programme, get in touch using the details below.

The programme's Privacy Notice can also be found here.

Get in touch

You can contact the Problem Solving and Demand Reduction Programme team by:

• Email: problem_solving_project@southyorks.pnn.police.uk
• Post: Problem Solving and Crime Prevention Programme, South Yorkshire Police, Carbrook House, 5 Carbrook Hall Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 2EG
• Phone: 0114 296 3274
• Twitter: @PSCP_Programme
• Join our Knowledge Hub: Problem Solving and Crime Prevention Programme

Problem Solving and Demand Reduction 'So What' booklet

Our vision

“Creating opportunities to reduce demand for police and partners by embedding a structured problem solving ethos and capability”

National Problem Solving Conference

The programme facilitates the National Problem Solving Conference annually.

Post-event information from the 2020 conference can be found here. Podcasts of the workshops and the PowerPoint slides used by keynote speakers can be found on our Knowledge Hub.

The Tilley Awards

The 2020/21 Tilley Awards are now open for applications and again are broken down into five categories:

- Business Support and Volunteers

- Police Now and Student Officers

- Partners

- Investigations

- Neighbourhoods

Copies of the application form, along with a guidance document is available on the Problem Solving website- https://www.problemsolvingconference.co.uk/

All of the applications to the Tilley Awards and copies of the 2018/19 and 2019/20 winning projects are also available to view and download from our Knowledge Hub page.

Media

You can view a copy of our external announcements, here:

• South Yorkshire Police leads National Problem Solving Programme after £6.35m Police Transformation Fund Award - Aug 18
• Partnership projects to be recognised in national awards relaunch - Sep 18
• Eight weeks to go until deadline for national Tilley Awards - Nov 18
• Acclaimed professor marks one-month deadline for Tilley Award entries - Dec 18
• Finalists of 2018/19 Tilley Awards announced - Feb 19
• Winner of Tilley Awards announced - Apr 19
• Durham Constabulary's Chief Constable awarded Lifetime Achievement Tilley Award - Apr 19
• Applications for Tilley Awards officially open - Jun 19
• Global recognition for Tilley Award finalists - Aug 19
• One month to go until Tilley Award deadline - Sep 19
• One week to go until Tilley Award deadline - Oct 19
• South Yorkshire and Humberside Police first to go live with CONNECT Partner problem solving system - Nov 19
• PSDR programme supports College of Policing's annual CPD event - Nov 19
• Benefits reaped on one month milestone of CONNECT Partner go live - Dec 19
• Finalists of 2019/20 Tilley Awards announced - Jan 20
• PSDR programme launch Problem Solving user guides - March 20
• 2019/20 Tilley Award winner announced - March 20
• National Problem Solving Programme secures funding to continue - May 2020
• Tilley Awards open for applications - June 20
• REPORT: Problem-Oriented policing found to be effective in reducing crime and disorder - June 20