Welcome to Holywell and District Neighbourhood Watch

Here we are, another year older and another set of objectives to acheive this year. We must thank both North Wales Police and Victim support for all their help and support in 2007. Working in partnership we have been able to help residents who are either victims of crime, or are living in fear of crime.

 

We have found that the fear of crime is a key area to work in. The fear of crime is much higher than that of actually being a victim of crime.

 

Offering a range of tools to help people overcome the fear of crime is very important. Wether it is an alarm for their window or a personal alarm for when they are out and about, the ability for them to live free from fear is paramount to us.

 

 We undertake the fitting of all target hardening items ourselves to insure they are fitted to the highest standards. Only using approved products which are purchased from a leading security company based in Flintshire ensures that any thing we fit is of the highest quality.

Background
This is the website of Holywell and District Neighbourhood Watch (HDNW) which operates throughout North Flintshire and is a member of National Neighbourhood Watch Association.

Wherever you live, you are part of a community. It may be large or small, in a town or in the country. It might be a housing estate, a rural village, a block of flats, a suburban road or a seaside resort. Unfortunatley, regardless of its size your community may be a likely target for the criminal.

It's easy to shrug it off and assume that it won't happen to you or that nothing can be done. In fact, a great deal can be done to prevent crime. But the police cannot do it alone. Each of us has a vital role to play by becoming actively involved in crime prevention. Residents of a community possess a very specalised knowledge of their neighbourhood which even the local police community beat manager may find hard to acheive. A police officer might not recognise someone in your garden as a stranger but your neighbour would. It is this kind of awareness and willingness to help that is the basis of neighbourhood and home watch. By letting police know of anything suspiscious you see or hear, you are helping to reduce the opporttunities for crime to occur. The more difficult it can be made for the criminal, the more likely it is that crime can be reduced.

Holywell and District Neighbourhood Watch (HDNW) is a very active voluntary organisation. We are here to help any one in North Flintshire. If we cannot help then we know some one that can. Our main areas of operation are:

1) Sign posting you to the best agency to help you with your problem. We are in contact with many of the leading organisations and can support you in your dealings with them.

2) We are actively helping to try and reduce crime and the fear of crime in our communities.

3) Attendance at community events giving information to members of the public.

4) Undertaking all our own fundraising to make sure we can continue to undertake our role within the community. we do not receive any funding at present.

5) Actively assisting in target hardening after some one has been a victim of crime or is in fear of becoming a victim of crime. This includes fitting a wide range of security products. All the items are normally supplied free of charge and fitting is free. All the products supplied by us are manafactured by one of the countries leading security products suppliers based in Flintshire.

6) Helping other agencies when and where neccessary.

HDNW meets on the second Tuesday of the month in Holywell Leisure Centre starting at 7pm.

An Officer from North Wales Police is normally in attendance, and is there to offer some help and advice. There is also a representative from Eastern Branch - North Wales Victim Support present and ready to speak to you, in total confidence.

So why not come along and see what we do, there is no pressure to join and refreshments are served.

This site is still under construction. Please visit us regularly to see what has changed.

We are going to add pages with useful advice on them along with links to organisations who operate in Flintshire. We itend to have several themed pages to do with Youth, Crime Prevention, and Neighbourhood Watch .

You can contact Holywell and District Neighbourhood Watch by email:
Main address
hdnw@btinternet.com

Individual Contact information.

Chairman Barry Lambert
hdnw2005-barry@yahoo.co.uk

Webmaster
hdnw2005-webmaster@yahoo.co.uk

Administrator
hdnw2005-admin@yahoo.co.uk

Treasurer
hdnw2005-shelia@yahoo.co.uk

Technical Support Dave Badger
hdnw2005-dave@yahoo.co.uk

More contact details will be added soon.

North Flintshire - Community Action Team.

The Community Action Team are the people who go out and fit target hardening equipment in the houses of people who have been victims of crime. It is a free service and although we normally only work in victims houses we can also do reassurance work if there are people in our community who are living in fear of crime. The equipment is normally supplied free of charge, subject to certain criteria, and all fitting work by our experienced fitters is free. At present we are working on submitting a grant so that we can gain some extra funding. If you are aware of or have been a victim of crime yourself please contacty us to see what we can do to help.

 This year, 2008, all our meetings will be Community meetings. North Wales Police will be represented at every one. PC Cath McHarrie will be attending the meetings to talk directly to local residents about local problems and what is being undertaken to resolve them. She will be available at the end of the meetings to have a chat with anyone who has come with a problem they need help with.  Why not come along and see what is going on. Refreshments are available, and the meetings are held in Holywell Leisure Centre starting at 7pm.

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