Would you like to see NW more involved in the Community?

I have just received the following email which set me thinking about what other activities NW might become involved with in the village.

If you have any suggestions please get in touch either by using the comment area at the end of this entry or by EMAIL.

Thanks,

Keith

From the Chair of NHWN.

Whilst the traditional values of Neighbourhood and Home Watch remain, in many areas there is more to the organisation than mere crime prevention and detection.  Neighbourhood Watch is a catalyst for many other activities.

Neighbourhood Watches are organising street parties for the Royal Wedding and The Big Lunch and many Watch members receive training in emergency flood prevention, counselling and a variety of other skills.  In Sussex Watch members are involved with searching for missing persons and in London Watch members receive salt in the winter from their local authority.  Some Watches are involved with Street Patrols; other Watches organise football teams as a means of youth diversion.  The list is endless.

It is important that we have a database of all activities that are carried out by Watch members which can be shared with our Watches who may be interested in such programmes.

Please send me details of all such activities undertaken by Watches in your region and we will compile an online list.

I can be contacted on james.maddan@ourwatch.org.uk

Thanks,
 

Jim Maddan
Cllr Jim Maddan

Mobile No. 07956 366160