St Albans District Neighbourhood Watch – Bi-Monthly Meeting - AUGUST!

📝 Meeting Summary

St Albans District Neighbourhood Watch – Bi-Monthly Meeting
📅 Monday, 25th August 2025 | 🕡 6:30 – 7:30 PM | 💻 Zoom

1. Introductions:

Warm welcome and thanks to attendees.

Focus on Sharing, supporting one another, & building stronger neighbourhood connections.

Membership update (since July):

+85 users

+69 new members

+17 new approved schemes

Engagement remains strong — more replies to alerts, surveys, and feedback.

2. Police & NHW on the Ground:

Ongoing door-to-door sign-ups with NHW & police → dozens of new members.

Residents reporting feeling safer.

Strengthened links with local policing teams.
👉 Action: If you’d like a visit on your street, please let us know.

3. Businesses Backing the Watch:

Live Longer Better – Strength & Balance classes.

HandyPerson & Gardening Services – North & East Herts.
👉 Action: If you know a business that wants to support Neighbourhood Watch, get in touch.

4. Safety Tip of the Month:

As evenings get darker:

Use light timers when out.

Lock side gates and sheds.

Report suspicious callers: 101 (or 999 if urgent).

Report scam texts to 7726.

5. Friendship Group Meetup:

Our Next Community Trip: Hatfield House Gardens – Wed, 17th Sept, 10am–12pm.

OPALS social gathering & partnership events with Terry (covering different local areas) get in touch .“Free - Tea & lunch” sessions for older residents.

6. Partner Updates check the list below for weekly events:

Communities 1st – free training sessions for volunteers.

Mind in Mid Herts – autumn wellbeing & resilience workshops.

7. Update Dates:

Monthly Newsletter → published last week to 7,000+ members. Send stories/events for next issue.

Redbourn Classics on the Common – Sat, 30th Aug → event successfully held with excellent attendance, strong community engagement, and positive feedback.

8. Save the Date:

We’re pleased to let you know that we will be at Napsbury Park Hall on Monday, 22nd September at 6:30 PM for a Crime Prevention Evening with the local policing and crime prevention teams.

This will be a great opportunity to:

Any Other Business - Crime Reporting (from Q&A):

Many matters regarding local areas were discussed in detail, followed by a list of contacts has been provided to support residents with local issues, shared on how to report crimes and incidents:

Closing Remarks:

Thanks to all for continued commitment. Neighbourhood Watch thrives when coordinators and members stay engaged, share feedback, and collaborate. Every contribution helps build safer, stronger, more resilient neighbourhoods.

Next meeting: Monday, 27th October 2025, 6:30 PM, Zoom.

End Of Summary!