REACH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2012

Welcome to REACH Edmonton Council for Safe Communities On-line! 

SAFETY IS WITHIN REACH -
We want Edmonton to be a safer place to live, work and play

What We Do

REACH Edmonton is a new community-based organization that’s all about making Edmonton a safer place to live, work and play.  REACH Edmonton is a centre of excellence, inspiring citizen engagement and coordinating the good work on community safety already being done by agencies and organizations.

REACH Edmonton focuses on three key areas:

 •    investing in children, youth and families;
 •    catalyzing change;
 •    Engaging Edmontonians in community safety.

How We’re Doing It

It starts with our ‘can-do’ attitude – one that directly reflects Edmontonians’ willingness to get involved and help out; to contribute in leading a culture of community safety.

•    We’re seeking out the best ideas and practices to “build a culture of community safety in one generation”.
•    We’re acting as the catalyst for community discussion and initiatives that will make a real difference.
•    We’re building on the successes of other organizations, their best practices and partnerships, so that together we can anticipate and prevent safety issues, and solve existing issues effectively.
•    We’re inviting individuals and community organizations to join us as members.  In our first few months, more than 80 community organizations and more than 100 people became members of REACH Edmonton.

Where We Came From

REACH Edmonton emerged from the REACH Report, the final report of Edmonton’s Taskforce on Community Safety. Recommendation 7 in the Report calls for a new coordinating council for community safety; one that`s community-driven and apart from any order of government.  And that is now REACH Edmonton.

Why REACH?

REACH is an aspirational term, reflecting that we’re:

•    reaching out to help and to include all Edmontonians;
•    reaching for new ways of working, and for new goals - some of which we know will take a generation or more to accomplish;
•    reaching out to engage all Edmontonians in building a safe community.