The Kapiti Voices Against Violence Action Group - a KSCT facilitated initiative focusing on raising community and social service awareness of issues around violence and encouraging collaborative action in the area of Violence Prevention.In recognition of the additional pressures experienced around the Christmas and holiday period and consequent inc...

CPTED is based on the premise that “proper design and effective use of the physical environment can produce behavioural effects that will reduce the incidence and fear of crime thereby improving the quality of life. These behavioural effects can be accomplished by reducing the propensity of the physical environment to support criminal behaviour” (C...

Kim Nye-Picknell is the Manager of the Kapiti Safer Community Trust.  A former sworn officer of the New Zealand Police, Kim left her Identity Fraud Investigator role at Internal Affairs in 2007 to join the Trust following her keen interest in Community Development.  The Kapiti Safer Community Trust has been implementing crime prevention i...

Heather Smith is our Strengthening Families Coordinator.  Heather's role includes the co-ordination of the Strengthening Families case management process, supporting the lead agencies involved with families and involvement in projects in the local community including the interagency Tamariki Holiday Programme, the MSD Local Services Mapping Pr...