The Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner has allocated funding to a new national neighbourhood watch recruitment scheme.
Matthew Barber is supporting the campaign, with over £7,000 of funding being used to provide resource packs for new volunteers, helping coordinators to increase their membership and encouraging others to start their own groups.
The funding forms part of the PCC’s £25,000 grant awarded to Thames Valley Neighbourhood Watch in April 2022.
Matthew said: “One of my key areas of focus for Thames Valley Police is to strengthen community policing; to tackle neighbourhood crime, anti-social behaviour and help people feel safer where they live.
“Effective partnerships within communities such as local relationships with Neighbourhood Watch coordinators and volunteers play a role in achieving this. Neighbourhood Watch’s committed volunteers work hard to support the police in preventing crime while looking out for and providing reassurance to people in their communities to help reduce the fear of crime.
“I am pleased to support A Better Place to Live to help increase the number of Neighbourhood Watch volunteers and groups across the Thames Valley.
“Neighbourhood Watch has a great relationship with the police and we want that to continue with new people and areas joining the scheme.”
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