Volunteer Recognition Awards
During our 40th Anniversary year we are celebrating our amazing volunteers. As part of this we have launched a VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION AWARDS. This year, in 2022, the Award will recognise Neighbourhood Watch volunteers who have dedicated more than 5 years working in their communities. But not all of them are online, so to do this, […]
Our February newsletter has arrived!
Our second newsletter of 2022 sees the launch of our Volunteer Recognition Awards 2022 to recognise volunteers who have dedicated more than five years working in their communities on behalf of Neighbourhood Watch. Find out more on page 4. It features the findings of our Neighbourhood Watch Crime and Community Survey 2021, details of our […]
Do You Know Where To Report Scam Messages?
Fake emails and text messages are a common tactic used by cyber criminals, their goal is often to convince you to click a link. Once clicked, you may be sent to a dodgy website which could download viruses onto your computer, or steal your passwords and personal information. In order to try and convince you […]
PCC public consultation – Response to the consultation by Wiltshire Neighbourhood Watch Association
PCC public consultation ‘Use Your Voice – Make Wiltshire Safer’ Response to the consultation by Wiltshire Neighbourhood Watch Association Wiltshire Neighbourhood Watch Association (WNHWA) response to the public consultation acknowledges the PCC’s encouragement for Wiltshire residents to ‘Use Your Voice’ in ‘helping shape the future of policing in Wiltshire and help make it a safer […]
White Ribbon Day 2021
Yesterday 25th November was White Ribbon Day which launched a 16 day campaign led by the White Ribbon UK charity as part of the global White Ribbon movement to end men’s violence against women. This is an annual event that Neighbourhood Watch is proud to be supporting. The White Ribbon UK charity is asking people […]
Avoid falling foul of online shopping fraud this festive period
As we begin to enter the busiest time of the year for online shoppers with Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales fast approaching at the end of this week, Wiltshire Police want to remind our communities of some of the issues of shopping online and what can be done to limit the risks. 28,000 people […]
Restorative Justice Week
Victims, families, young people, and even offenders continue to benefit from a specialist service in Wiltshire which facilitates healthy conversations between those who have been harmed and the harmer. Restorative justice brings those harmed by crime or conflict and those responsible for the harm into communication. It offers victims of crime a level of resolution […]
Social Media
In case you missed it, we have recently relaunched our social media and can now be found on Facebook and Twitter. Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/wiltswatch Twitter – https://twitter.com/wiltswatch If you haven’t already please give us a like/follow. You can also comment and share our posts to help us gain a wider following and support us in […]
Survey for Police and Crime Commissioner Philip Wilkinson
We can all contribute to making Wiltshire safer for everyone by telling Police and Crime Commissioner Philip Wilkinson of our experiences with Wiltshire Police and our concerns about crime where we live and work. Feedback received will directly influence the priorities he sets for Wiltshire Police and inform the specialist services he commissions to prevent […]
New Policy To Help The Public Verify Police Officers Welcomed By PCC
Wiltshire’s PCC has welcomed plans by the force’s Chief Constable to make immediate policy changes to how the public can verify a police officer. Philip Wilkinson also praised the swiftness that Wiltshire Police had responded to concerns from residents after guidance from other police forces suggested that ‘waving down a bus’ or challenging a police […]