The latest Watch initiative – Milton Keynes Dog Watch

Monthly updates from your neighbourhood police team

Of real interest to Neighbourhood Watch Members and Coordinbators are the links to, Have Your Say meetings (see panel on right). At Have Your Say meetings, you can meet your local Neighbourhood Policing team and discuss your concerns about issues in your area. The meetings are held across the neighbourhood at locations local and at different times. Occasionally, neighbourhood policing teams, with local council members, visit a number of streets and invite residents to attend an impromptu Have Your Say meeting, held in the immediate vicinity (for example, on the local green). There are also opportunities to voice your concerns through verbal or written questionnaires, leaflets and other printed materials from your local neighbourhood policing team. Neighbourhood policing teams sometimes use mobile police stations, often in rural communities, at public events and on the local high street, and you can visit the mobile station to have your say.

National Neighbourhood Watch Week – Monday June 14th to Sunday June 20th

To help support National Neighbourhood Watch Week, Milton Keynes Neighbourhood Watch are focusing their efforts on streets in Milton Keynes that have recently had a burglary. Oscar Hubert, Chairman of MKNHWA, said ‘We will undertake a leaflet drop to each household with information about us, how to start a NHW scheme, about the alarms we sell, about how to secure properties and how to get in touch with us. Do you have a street near you that has been affected recently? Are you already a Scheme Co-ordinator and able to help us? If you would like to talk to us personally then we are at the West Bletchley Carnival being held in Rickley Park, 1-6pm, Saturday 12th June. Or just pop along, have some fun and say hello anyway’. Get in touch information about NHW, how to join, how to sign up for community messaging and how to get personal alarms is available from our website at www.mknhw.org. Dates and times when MKNHW are at the Community Kiosk are June Tuesday 22nd, July Tuesdays 6th & 20th, August Tuesdays 3rd & 31st, September Tuesdays 7th & 21st, October Tuesday 5th & Sat. 16th. Alternatively you can contact our Watch Officer, Helen Sharratt, or phone her on 01908 324626 or write to her at the Wolverton Police Station, Stratford Road, Wolverton, MK12 5LX.

TO JOIN AND TAKE PART IN NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH IS FREE.

Association Committee members who may be contacted are: Chair, Oscar Hubert, ohubert@btinternet.com or Vice Chair, John Hunt, john@cartog.co.uk

National office opens its new office today - Monday 17th May 2010

NHWN - Neighbourhood & Home Watch Network  (England & Wales), opens its new offices in Leicester. Leicestershire Constabulary have for the past three years supported the NHWN by providing the movement with an office and facilities for the national chair, Marion Lewis, at Harborough Police Station. Following a grant of £180,000 from the Home Office to  NHWN, which is an independent charity, has been able to recruit three new staff to help  support  the 7.9 million NHW members and have relocated to a new office in Leicester, which was chosen because of its central location and minimal costs to the organisation. NHWN is the official body which represents all Neighbourhood  & Home Watches across England and Wales.  NHWN was set up in 2007 when the then national association went into liquidation. The NHWN was formed following extensive consultation with NHW members and associations.  It is the only official national body which represents ALL NHW members in the nine regions of England and Wales and we are fully supported by the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). Chair of the Trustees of  NHWN Marion Lewis said ’’ I am delighted that following a search which took us to view many offices across England, the NHWN  has found  ideal accomodation in such a central location.’’ 

NHWN Operations Director:  Kate Daisley
Kate will manage the strategic development of NHWN, implement the Business Plan and play a keypart in supporting the national board to deliver agreed outcomes 

NHWN Development Manager:  Sundeep Gill
Sundeep will support NHWN members, NHW associations and grassroots groups in delivering their activities and outcomes.  She will also work with all members to ensure a wide participation in annual events including NHW Week.NHWN

Information & Database Officer:  Catherine Dunn   Catherine  will support NHWN regional reps and local associations and grassroots groups by  developing co-ordinated systems to share information, develop and manage the database of members and partners and be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

For further details please contact : 
NHWN, Beaumont Enterprise Centre, 72 Boston Road, Leicester, LE4 1HB 
Tel No:  0116 2293 118    or  nhwn.1@btinternet.com