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Message from Neighbourhood Watch Network Neighbourhood Watch is celebrating its 40th Neighbourhood Watch Week on 1 June. Yes it really is that long since the first “Home Watch week” began in sunny Bedford. It is a real honour for us to talk with Colleen, Bedford lead, about why it started and how its changed over the years. Neighbourhood Watch Network have the following planned for Neighbourhood Watch Week: Sunday 1st June – we take you back to the summer of 1985, the year where Live Aid was the event to be at and leg warmers were the height of fashion, along with shoulder pads and very large stereos! We talk with Colleen from Bedford about how and why Neighbourhood Watch Week started and the changing faces of Neighbourhood Watch over the last 40 years.Monday 2nd June – As it is also Volunteers week, we are so happy to celebrate our wonderful, dedicated volunteers, with the launch of the Volunteer Recognition Awards for 2025. The categories are; crime prevention, innovation and reach, community health and wellbeing, young volunteer, and special recognition award. Last year we had over 395 nominations and we loved reading every one of them! So if you know a Neighbourhood Watch volunteer that you would like to nominate, please visit our award pages on our website to see the criteria and fill in the form to nominate.Thursday 5th June – We present you our new fresh look of our Community Safety Charter training modulesSaturday 7th June – Today is a celebration day for our communities and you are encouraged to consider holding a Big Lunch, where you can celebrate with your neighbours, families and friends. What can you do during Neighbourhood Watch Week? During Neighbourhood Watch Week, we would love for you to use this opportunity to: Increase your membership and get them signed up to your scheme - JoinBe a more active scheme- - by clicking on the links on each page. Our 40 actions to connect your communityEncourage people to nominate your work as a Neighbourhood Watch volunteer and enter the Volunteer Recognition Awards. Where can I get resources? We are delighted to be able to provide you with a link to our social media resources and also a poster or two! These are available to download from our Dropbox link HERE.Our 40 actions to connect your community - 40 ideas that you can choose to do one, some or all of. Click on the link on each of the ideas and it will take you to our webpages where you can see how easy or hard it is and if there is any potential costs.If you are on social media, why not follow us on Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn or Blue Sky and share our posts during that week.As a Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator, we are delighted to be able to give away our Better Place to Live campaign - Coordinator Packs. We have 500 to give away and all you need to do is visit our online shop, select the pack, at checkout, use code NWW2025 and aall you need to pay is postage. It's only 1 pack per Coordinator. This discount expires on 7th June 2025. Local stories We would love to hear about the work that you have done during Neighbourhood Watch Week and we are happy to announce that we have added new pages to our website with a special place just for your stories. Log into the Knowledge Hub, if you are not yet a member, please visit our page on our to register, and go to “your stories”. We look forward to hearing about the activities you are doing locally during this our 40th year of Neighbourhood Watch Week. |
