Hi everyone,
Many thanks to everyone who came to our public meeting on Wednesday. We were pleased to see over 50 members of our community there, which was a great response. This was a very constructive meeting and big thanks to everyone who participated, including West Yorkshire Police and John Grogan MP. Thanks also to Silsden Town Council for supporting the meeting and to our Mayor, Peter Robinson for chairing.

As promised, here are the minutes from the meeting. Thanks also to Chris Goodall for helping out with this.
Silsden-NHW-Public-Mtg-Minutes-26.7.17

We will be tying up a few ends from the meeting over the next couple of weeks, then will be arranging a further meeting for Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators/Volunteers, probably in September. Our intention is that we set up an action group to:
1. Ensure actions from the public meeting are followed through.
2. Work out how best to develop Silsden Neighbourhood Watch to protect our community.
3. Improve communication between Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators, the police and the local community.

It was clear from the meeting on Wednesday, that Neighbourhood Watch works best when working in conjunction with the local police and there is a great willingness from the police to do so. We would like to extend our scheme to ensure it covers as much of our local area as possible. To do this, we need lots more volunteers to be a Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator for their street, or even part of the street. This doesn’t take a huge amount of time, but would be really beneficial for everyone. This way, we make sure Silsden’s just not worth the bother for thieves and other criminals that continue to make life difficult for everyone.

If you are interested in volunteering, please watch this space and come along to our next meeting, or contact us via our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/silsdenwatch/

ps – we hope to have an email contact in the near future….

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