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Welcome
tO the Lancashire Neighbourhood Watch Forum ‘s (L.N.W.F.) Website
Neighbourhood Watch is a Partnership where people get together to make their Communities Safer. It involves the Police, Community Safety Departments of Local Authorities, other Voluntary Organisations and above all, Individuals and families who want to make their Neighbourhoods better and safer places.
It is a well known fact that people's perception of crime is far worse than the actual crime in the area. Neighbourhood Watch can lessen these fears just by people knowing we are there. Therefore., the object of our Website is to not only provide information to our watch members throughout the County with regard to news and Initiatives at National, County and local level, but to enable the residents of Lancashire to keep up to date with all relevant Crime Prevention initiatives and General Safety News / information in an effort to reduce the fear of crime and assist in enabling people to feel safe and secure. |
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Divisions
Operations division Western division Northern division Southern division Central division Eastern division Pennine division |
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Local Neighbourhood Watch Web-sites
For local web-sites please click on number besides the corresponding town name |
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Doorstep Crime Update- 26/08/0/ 23/07/08 15/07/08
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06/06/08 12/05/08 09/05/08 25/04/08 15/04/08 25/02/08 14/02/08 21/01/0814/01/08More……..10 October 2007
Residents are advised to be wary of a trader who has recently cold called residents in the Chorley area, offering to carry out driveway and path repairsMore……..Update from Trading Standards30/10/0716/10/0710/10/0721/09/07More……..
29 August 2007
Residents in the Park Road area of Leyland are advised to be wary of two men in a white van cold calling at the door and offering to Powerwash drives and pathways
More……..Update from Trading Standards21/08/07More……..
Update from Trading Standards16/07/07More……..
27 April 2007
Residents are advised to be wary of unsolicited letters purporting to be from a Zimbabwean widow whose husband was shot by Mugabe's regime More……..
Consumers in the Fleetwood area are receiving unsolicited calls from a company claiming to be from the Department of Works and Pensions More……..
Residents are advised that Lancashire Trading Standards Service is still receiving complaints about bogus foreign lottery companies More……..
Residents are advised to be wary of anyone cold calling at the door and claiming to be collecting for Age Concern. More……..
10 April 2007
Residents are advised to be wary of unsolicited letters requesting £20 from an alleged psychic based at a C/O in Switzerland. The name on the letters is Gaberil D’Angelo. More……..
Fish Seller/ Army Donations/ Damproofing Company20 March 2007
Lancashire Trading Standards Service wishes to warn Lancashire residents about a white male carrying a black case and a clipboard, who is currently door-stepping residents in the Poulton-Le-Fylde area, and claiming that he is selling intercoms for £100. More……..Full list of scams
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Neighbourhood Watch
Lancashire Constabulary fully supports neighbourhood watch and recognises that co-ordinators are not there just to help the police but are also community volunteers. They provide a vital link between the public and police.
Community beat managers work closely with individual watches. As neighbourhood policing is developed neighbourhood watch co-ordinators will be a vital part of the neighbourhood team, not only to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour but also to make their community a better place to live.
If you would like to start a neighbourhood watch please contact your local police station |
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Lancashire Neighbourhood Watch Forum
Keith Warren who has been Chair of LNWF for several years has recently resigned due to other commitments. Roger Baines from Preston NHW has been elected from his role as vice chair until the next AGM in 2009. LNWF meets 4 times a year at Lancashire Constabulary HQ outside Preston and approximately 10 NHW co-ordinators from around Lancashire attend these meetings.
This is a vibrant group who are currently working on projects looking at providing first aid training, helping with emergency planning and the opening of premises from which LNWF can operate.
Keith’s final commits as chair were as follows “It is with great sadness that I am resigning this post. It is my hope that I will continue to help from behind the scenes. I have had nothing but the support of co-ordinators across Lancashire during my tenure. I would urge those who support Neighbourhood Watch locally to consider getting involved with the Lancashire Watch Forum.”
Roger says “We are sorry to lose Keith at this exciting time. How we need to continue his hard work and develop Neighbourhood Watch in Lancashire. We are looking to recruit new members who can help with these projects. Volunteers would only need to give up a couple of hours a week but they would be well rewarded. I personally get great satisfaction from my work within LNWF.”
Any co-ordinators from any location within Lancashire who are interested can contact Sgt Steve Brown 01772 412710 to discuss what is involved and how they can get involved. |