Conferences and Events
Raising the profile of Neighbourhood Alert and sharing good practice on effective community engagement within the policing sector and partners since 2010.
We are proud to host complimentary Neighbourhood Alert conferences for our clients, bringing neighbourhood policing and corporate communication teams together to increase public trust and confidence and enable safer communities.
We value supporting key stakeholder conferences, the local police service, and active citizens' celebratory awards and events. Don't hesitate to get in touch with team@neighbourhoodalert.co.uk if you would like us to consider supporting your event or to be a guest speaker.
Below is a snapshot of some of our own events and others we have supported over the years.
National Community Engagement Conference 2026
3rd-4th March 2026, Hull
We are thrilled that Humberside Police and PCC are co-hosting our annual conference again in Hull. With Humberside securing an ‘outstanding’ for the second inspection in a row for preventing and deterring crime in their HMICFRS PEEL inspection, we will hear from Humberside Colleagues and others across the UK on how they are using Neighbourhood Alert to make communities safer and to increase public trust and confidence.
APComm Academy 2025 – A Single Source of the Truth
25th – 27th November 2025, Grantham
Proud sponsors of this important event in the policing calendar. More information about the Academy and the role of APComm can be found here.
Humberside Police Lifestyle Awards 2025 – Making a Difference
24th November 2025, Hull
We were delighted to support and attend the Humberside Lifestyle Awards, as well as provide pro-bono ICT support for the project. Lifestyle is Humberside Police's longest-running youth engagement event, celebrating young people's achievements in their community each year. 195,000 young people have taken part, with 45% of 2024 participants being from 30% most deprived areas.
More information can be found here.
APCC NPCC Partnership Summit 2025: Building Safer Communities in a Connected World
18th-19th November 2025, London
We were delighted to support the 2025 NPCC/APCC summit, where we launched our new Peer Review module alongside our VISAV Associate, Clare Jenkins. The new service was well received by Chiefs and Police and Crime Commissioners alike. More information can be found on our packages and how they align with HMICFRS PEEL inspection themes, Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, Clear, Hold, Build, Hot Spot Policing, Safer Streets and NPCC Digital and People Strategies. The renowned event brings PCCs and Police Chiefs together to deliver stronger, safer, and more cohesive communities. Speakers included the Home Secretary, Police Minister and Shadow Home Secretary.
More information on the Summit can be found here.
More information on the Peer Review Service can be found here
Humberside Police 'Excellence in Policing' Annual Awards
13th November 2025, Hull
We were delighted to sponsor and attend these prestigious awards, honouring officers performing outstanding achievements.
National Clear, Hold, Build Conference and Awards 2025
30th April 2025, Huddersfield
Sponsoring this annual Serious and Organised Crime event for the second consecutive year, Strategic Director, Kate Algate shared the stage with colleagues from Humberside and Lancashire Police regarding how they use Neighbourhood Alert within their CHB campaigns. In Lancashire, they saw a 24% increase in public confidence in police dealing with ASB and 18% in dealing with crime.
More information about the conference can be found here.
Police Strategy Forum 2025
16th-18th June 2025, Cotswolds.
As a sponsor at this event, our Founder and Company Director, Mike Douglas presented to the delegates, as well as being supported by Strategic Director, Kate Algate in speed networking sessions and one to one business meetings. The well organised conference brought together an array of policing stakeholders including DDaT, senior leaders and OPCCs.
Scottish International Policing Conference 2025
28th May 2025, Edinburgh.
Kate Algate, Strategic Director, was invited to present at this prestigious event by the hosts, the Scottish Institute for Policing Research. It was a packed agenda covering a variety of research and evidence-based policing themes.
More information can be found here.
Neighbourhood Alert Summit 2024
18th-19th November 2024, Nottingham
Neighbourhood Alert Development Board Summit took place on the 18th and 19th November at the Nottingham Belfry.
The National Community Engagement Conference
7th November 2023, Hull
Kindly co-hosted by Humberside Police and PCC, the annual Neighbourhood Alert conference was a bumper-packed day, compared by Jacqui Hames, ex Met Police and Crime Watch Presenter.
More information can be found here.
March 2022
We were delighted to return to hosting an in-person conference on 25th March 2022 at the Nottingham Belfry. Many of our delegates joined us for drinks and dinner the night before followed by Roulette and Blackjack, spending the Bank of Neighbourhood Alert money!
Yet again, we were supported by many of the organisations that successfully use Neighbourhood Alert. They presented working examples of evidence led engagement and registrations leading to representative communication with local communities.
View the conference agenda for details of the presentations.
Spring 2021
Neighbourhood Alert Virtual Conference
On Thursday the 18th of March, the Alert Virtual Conference took place via Microsoft Teams (due to the pandemic situation). With the help of our amazing partners, we were able to provide at least some of the excitement and thought-provoking content that our event usually brings.
Spring 2019
Spring 2019 we were invited to speak at the Police’s National Conference: Local Policing, held in Hinckley and we sponsored the Common Ground Conference for Nottinghamshire Neighbourhood Watch (NottsWatch®). You can see details of the NottsWatch® conference here, including Mike Douglas' presentation.
October 2018
Following on from our successful 2017 conference we held a Networking & Best Practice Conference on 10 October 2018 at the Park Inn in Nottingham.
November 2017
VISAV Ltd. then started planning for our Community Messaging Conference, held at St James Hotel in Nottingham during November 2017.
January 2017
January 2017 we were invited to present at the Police ICT Summit and later hosted an Origins Workshop in the February.
September 2016
VISAV hosted the Intelligent Policing Conference on 23 September 2016, where we presented a range of awards to the police and neighbourhood Watch volunteers.
VISAV Managing Director, Andrew Sawford, presenting the Community Ambassador Award to Derek Pratt, Deputy Chair & Secretary for Sussex Neighbourhood Watch Federation.
Mike Douglas, Product Director of VISAV Ltd. Presenting at the Intelligent Policing Conference on 23 September 2016.
Mike Douglas, Product Director of VISAV Ltd. Presenting at the Intelligent Policing Conference on 23 September 2016.
March 2016
VISAV Ltd were the Diamond Sponsors for the Crimestoppers National Conference in March 2016 - The Changing Face of Crime.
Product Director, Mike Douglas, of VISAV Ltd. presenting at Crimestoppers: The Changing Face of Crime Conference, March 2016.
Nick Houghton, Web Designer, Qamar Sheikh, Security Director and Andrew Sawford, Managing Director of VISAV Ltd. at Crimestoppers: The Changing Face of Crime Conference, March 2016.
Nottinghamshire Police & Crime Commissioner, Paddy Tipping, at Crimestoppers: The Changing Face of Crime Conference, March 2016.
June 2015
Product Director, Mike Douglas, at Scotland’s Neighbourhood Watch Parliamentary Reception in June 2015.