In March 2007 RENEW released £900,000 to improve security at homes in areas with high crime rates. Pictured in an alleyway behind Franklyn Street and Hazelhurst Street, Hanley, where security gates will be erected, are Jerry Sothers (Police architect liason officer), Phil Brundrett from RENEW, elected mayor of Stoke-on-Trent Mark Meredith and Phil Dawson from Stoke-on-Trent City Council.