2. Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network (England and Wales)
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3. Our Neighbourhood Our Watch
Neighbourhood Watch is about local people working together to create safe and friendly places to live, places where crime is less likely to happen. It’s about you looking out for your neighbours and them looking out for you.
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4. Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network (NHWN)
Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network (NHWN) is a national charity providing support for Neighbourhood and Home Watch members across England and Wales.
The NHWN vision is that of a caring society that is focused upon trust and respect in which people are safe from crime and live in communities that enjoy a good quality of life.
Established in 2007, Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network currently has at a national and regional level 5 directors, 10 regional representatives, 10 regional deputies and 3 members of staff, supporting 173,000 schemes covering 7.9 million members.

5. 10 Regional Representatives
Our Board of Directors
Jim Maddan (Chair ), Ron Taylor, Queenie Smith (stepped down) , Lynn Taylor,
Vice-Chair , Alastair McCrindle, Treasurer , Dr John Perkins (missing from photo)
10 Regional Representatives
East, East Midlands, London, North East, North West, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire & Humberside

6. Our Achievements
Established our central office in Leicester to support members across England and Wales
Developed our new website with the Design Council designed to engage the next generation of NHW
Secured a National Database and Communication System using Neighbourhood Alert
Delivered a number of training packages for grassroots members including older people and crime(Jan/Feb 2011), ICT support and peer visits to other NHW schemes.
Secured a corporate sponsor to develop and deliver a Vocationally Recognised Qualification (VRQ) for community advocates aimed at NHW members and partners

7. Our Achievements continued
Continued support for grassroots – Through revised toolkits, negotiated Public Liability Insurance from the Home Office for all schemes and secured further (limited) support from the Home Office to produce and distributed window stickers
Shared good practice through the provision of case studies and consultation
Developed a network of key partners including Age UK, Catch 22, Water UK, Crimestoppers and the Big Lunch.

8. Neighbourhood Watch Week 2011
Neighbourhood and Home Watch Week provides an opportunity for members to raise the profile of the movement amongst the local community, partners and the media.
The eight day campaign runs from 18th to 26th June 2011 across England and Wales, empowering members to help bring their communities together to reduce crime and make their communities a better place to live.
This year, the campaign will focus on three core strands; localism, the government’s ‘Big Society’ and digital engagement. Some Watch schemes may also choose to focus on localised issues in line with community needs.

9. Our Website Digital Engagement
The new website features a number of tools and resources to support existing members and attract new members, including:
Postcode search to find your nearest registered scheme
Online resource centre (including branded materials)
More attractive site and easier to navigate
Local news and events
Police.UK feed for local crime statistics
Links to local networks and partners
Brand new newsletter
Interactive National Communication System (NCS)

10. Homepage www.ourwatch.org.uk

11. Your local Area

12. Build your own

13. National Database and Neighbourhood Alert Communication System
Provides a national platform to map schemes across England and Wales making your scheme easier to find for new members
Enables registered members to securely manage local databases within a national framework .
Ability to communicate on a variety of levels with and between registered users and other partners and organisations.
Free to use for all NHW co-ordinators.

14. Neighbourhood Alert continued
Geo-referencing for more targeted messaging.
Crime statistics at scheme level linked to Police.UK with the ability to produce additional local crime reports (coming soon).
Community e-messaging boards.
End user in control of who they receive messages from and keep their own data up-to-date.
Messages can be sent by priority setting and various methods to suit the end user.
Ability to invite other users through scheme admin tools.

15. Neighbourhood Alert Network
Schematic overview
User Profiling
(Community Contacts Groups)
Message
Sending
(Voice, text & )
NHWN
Scheme
Tools
(Mapping, admin etc)
Communication & profiling modules
Administration areas
Alert Database
National Partners
(NHWN, Alzheimer's Soc etc)
Global user management
Other Portals
Local Portal
Portal user management
Methods of database growth
Web content management
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Site
Micro
Site
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Site
Micro
Site
Local user management
Web content management

16. Register now
Kick start your National Neighbourhood and Home Watch Week campaign by visiting for your free member campaign resource pack
Have you mapped your scheme yet? If not visit to do so.
Have you registered with us to receive regular updates and messages? If not please visit It only takes 5 minutes to complete and you choose who and what information and messages you receive and when.

17. Register now
If you have registered your scheme, have you invited your neighbours to join your scheme? Go into your scheme administration after you have logged in on and send them an invite.
Please note, if you live in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Cumbria and have already signed up to one of the Alert Portal sites which has a local website address, you do not need to register with as it is the same system.
If you have any problems or questions please call Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network on or

18. Thank you
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