Once again, the national network – OurWatch – has launched their Crime and Community Survey. This is being shared across the whole Neighbourhood Watch Network and not only does it gather interesting feedback, it also helps OurWatch and their partners plan their campaigns and support for the year ahead. Read about the survey here and […]
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The National Neighbourhood Watch Network (OurWatch) has just launched a new campaign running over the next few weeks. This campaign – focusing on Anti-Social Behaviour – is something to be shared around our networks and groups. Have a read of their press-release below and follow the links through to the various useful resources. Antisocial behaviour […]
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July Ourwatch newsletter is out
The July 2021 edition of the OurWatch newsletter is out. Read about it here and head direct to the .pdf here. If you’re involved with a Neighbourhood Watch Group then hopefully you are already receiving the monthly e-newsletters direct from OurWatch. If you’re not, then simply head here to add yourself to the mailing list. […]
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OurWatch May newsletter is out
The May edition of the e-newsletter from OurWatch is now out. Read the .pdf here. It’s a ‘bumper edition’ (their description) and there is indeed plenty in there in the buildup to Neighbourhood Watch Week which is coming up in June. Have a read and share with members of your group.
The monthly e-newsletter from OurWatch – the National Neighbourhood Watch Charity – is now published for April 2021. Well worth a read as always. Download the .pdf from here.
The March 2021 edition of the e-newsletter from the National OurWatch team is out. Download the .pdf here. This month includes a lot about scams but plenty more besides. Always a useful and interesting read. Don’t forget they come out monthly on the OurWatch website. Share with your neighbours.
The National OurWatch team have some money left from their Community Grants pot and the closing date is 31st March. If you’re a formally registered Neighbourhood Watch group then you can apply for a small amount of funding (£100-500) for a local community project. The application form is not complex but you’ll need to have […]
OurWatch – the National Neighbourhood Watch Network – carried out a survey in Summer 2020 and the findings have just been published. The Neighbourhood Watch National Crime and Community Survey 2020 results can be downloaded via this link. There’s a lot of results and charts in there, but it’s well worth flicking through if you […]
OurWatch (the umbrella organisation for Neighbourhood Watch across England and Wales) has just published its February 2021 Newsletter. Always worth a read for all those involved with Neighbourhood Watch. Read more about it here or download the .pdf here. Did you miss the January one? That’s here. And as a bonus, OurWatch have published their […]
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OurWatch newsletters
We’ve not been keeping up to date here with sharing the OurWatch monthly newsletters (from our National Network). Hopefully you visit the website regularly at www.ourwatch.org.uk to check for news anyway, but here’s a reminder of the past few newsletters at OurWatch. They’re always worth a read and the December 2020 one even includes a […]
We’re often asked about where to find funding/grants to help with your community safety issues. The national OurWatch network has just began making very small grants (£100-500) available to groups nationally. If you’ve not been able to find local funding sources for that project you need to do, then this might be a grant worth […]
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August newsletter published by OurWatch
The latest e-newsletter from OurWatch (the national Neighbourhood Watch network https://www.ourwatch.org.uk/) has just been published. Read about it here or download it as a .pdf directly here. Always useful to catch up with the latest national news and share with others in your own NWG.
The national OurWatch campaign “Safety in Neighbours” is all about making sure we’re all playing our part in protecting our property and possessions to make it harder for opportunistic burglars to get busy. Visit the Campaign page here and tell your neighbours! This week I’m reminded of the useful burglary prevention pages in the Neighbourhood […]
Our National Neighbourhood Watch Network (OurWatch) is carrying out their first ever national survey and we’ve been asked to get as many people as possible involved! Whether or not you are connected to a Neighbourhood Watch Group (but we hope you are) you can complete this quick survey to help OurWatch to understand the national […]
Have you missed me? Over the last week, I have still been working, in the National “Our Watch” site registrations, checking for all self registrations, adding new groups that were not known about before, sending out confirmation e mails from the national website, and going through Co-ordinator details, so our local protected database is more […]