STARPAT (South Hams and Teignbridge Against Racism Priority Action Team)

STARPAT is a Priority Action Team (PAT) set up to identify and support the rights and views of the black and minority ethnic community.

About STARPAT

STARPAT (previously TRIPAT and SHARPAT) is a Priority Action Team (PAT) set up to identify and support the rights and views of the black and minority ethnic community. The group consists of representatives from South Hams and Teignbridge Community Safety Partnerships, Devon Race Equality Council, the police, community members, Teignbridge NHS Devon, HM Prison Channings Wood, Probation, Devon Youth Offending Service and Devon Consortium Traveller Education Service.

The aims of the PAT are to encourage the reporting of racist incidents across all agencies and consultation with members of the Minority Ethnic Community.

Cultural Audit
Part of the work of the Teignbridge Community Safety Partnership has involved consultation with local minority / vulnerable groups. Teignbridge Racist Incidents Priority Action Team and South Hams Against Racism Priority Action Team commissioned research to look at community safety and service provision for minority ethnic groups in the Teignbridge and South Hams District Council areas. This Cultural Audit was the first of its kind to assess the needs of people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. It has sought the opinions, feelings and ideas of 320 diverse respondents from 26 different heritages in relation to the following:

The public services they receive
Their experience of racism
Their involvement and engagement with the wider community
Their willingness to be involved with future consultation.

Overall the findings were very positive, the majority of respondents were happy with the services they received and had little experience of overt racism.

Please click on the above link to download a summary of the Cultural Audit.