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Relaunch of Neighbourhood Watch in Lambeth – 10th February 2025

From Philip Virgo as Development Lead for Neighbourhood Watch in LambethIf you are receiving this via a link on a Whats App Group and are not already a direct member of Neighbourhood Watch please join so as to receive alerts, newsletters and discount offers direct. I recently took on the task of identifying those interestedContinue reading “Relaunch of Neighbourhood Watch in Lambeth – 10th February 2025”

Community Information Sources (Draft for Comment)

Local websites The  Norwood Forum website contains a wealth of information. The home page has buttons to News, Events , Grant Funding and Thriving Norwood . The Useful Links drop down menu includes Personal Safety and Help , Emergency Services , Lambeth Council, Utilities , Network Norwood and Local Charities. The Station to Station (TulseContinue reading “Community Information Sources (Draft for Comment)”

NORWOOD COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP NEWSLETTER January 2025

To Norwood Community Safety Partnership Circulation Lists  From Philip Virgo as Convenor, Norwood CSP also Development Lead for Neighbourhood Watch in Lambeth   (Please note the CSP is now co-hosted by Norwood Neighbourhood Watch instead of Norwood Forum. The temporary arrangements until the launch of the Lambeth Neighbourhood Watch Association are covered in section 3) JanuaryContinue reading “NORWOOD COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP NEWSLETTER January 2025”

Information Sources

UNDER CONSTRUCTION West Norwood For local news sign up to the Norwood Forum newsletter plus those for Station to Station, Norwood Action Group and Friends of Gipsy Hill . To post or find out about local employment and volunteering opportunities visit Local Job Vacancies – Station to Station . Lambeth For the Lambeth Youth and Play Newsletter e-mailContinue reading “Information Sources”

Access to Work/Skills

UNDER CONSTRUCTION To post or find out about local employment and volunteering opportunities in West Norwood visit Local Job Vacancies – Station to Station . Use Opportunity Lambeth to post/discover employment and volunteering opportunities scross Lambeth as a whole. Visit Lambeth Made for information on the education, skills and employment programmes organised by the CouncilContinue reading “Access to Work/Skills”

Norwood Community Safety Partnership (Draft Please Comment)

London is outside the national network of  Community Safety Partnerships . Instead it has Safer Neighbourhood Boards funded via the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime.  The Norwood Community Safety Partnership is a local pilot hosted (at no charge) by Winsafe Ltd on behalf of the Development Team for Neighbourhood Watch in Lambeth, pending the relaunchContinue reading “Norwood Community Safety Partnership (Draft Please Comment)”

Community Safety, Safeguarding and Crime Prevention (Draft Please Comment)

Neighbourhood Watch is the largest volunteer-led crime prevention charity in England and Wales with over 60,000 active volunteers, 2 million support households and the most comprehensive and wide ranging crime prevention and  community support website (from How to reduce parcel and cycle theft through Reducing risk toolkits for loneliness and vulnerability to focused guidance for student safety and cybercrime.  The cybercrime advice cross refers to  Get Safe Online theContinue reading “Community Safety, Safeguarding and Crime Prevention (Draft Please Comment)”

Emergency and Non-Emergency Reporting and Contacts (Draft Please Comment)

Police Contact the police – GOV.UK: call 999 to report a crime in progress or if some-one is in imminent danger, otherwise call 101 or use one of the on-line reporting services ·                     Report stolen and damaged property, and threats, verbal abuse or assault – Met Police ·                     How to report possible terrorist activity | Metropolitan Police ·                     TellContinue reading “Emergency and Non-Emergency Reporting and Contacts (Draft Please Comment)”