It has
been quite a while since you have had a newsletter due to the retirement of
Colin Harris.
As you
know NHW is an independent charity and the police work with you, but we do not
run NHW. To assist in reforming a West Devon NHW Forum
I organised a meeting last July at Mary Tavy
requesting volunteers to sit on the West Devon Forum . Ten people came forward and they are:-
Mr
Brazier Mr
Street
Mr Cowley Mr
Whiting
Mr Dumpleton Mr
Woodley
Mr Masoli Mr
Burbridge
Mrs
Stones Ms Lashbrook
Whilst
writing this newsletter I would again like to thank them for their contribution
to date.
The
process of moving the West Devon Forum forward was delayed because the
volunteers were happy to give their time to the Forum but did not want to take
on the role of Chairman and Vice Chairman.
There were many reasons for this.
Many are already volunteers on other groups and do not have the time,
some worried about the commitment and what it would entail. It was decided that two members of the group
would go to the next DACCWA (Devon and Cornwall Community Watch Association)
meeting and report back to the group about their experience.
Last
week another Forum meeting was held and at that meeting Mr Murray Cowley was nominated as Chairman and Colin Street as Vice
Chairman and both have agreed to stand.
(Minutes
on the reverse of this Newsletter).
I
intend to be very honest in this newsletter and state that at present both have
agreed in order to keep NHW in West Devon alive. Neither are able to do what Colin Harris used
to do, but will endeavour to establish themselves in the role and move NHW
forward. This may take time and as their
experience grows so will their confidence and knowledge. I therefore ask that you give them time to
adapt to their new role.
I have
been asked by several Co-ordinators that they would also like to know more
about DACCWA and I will pass this onto the Forum when we next meet on 28th
May. At this meeting I will also be asking
if they are happy to give out an email address as a contact point so that
Co-ordinators can liaise with them.
I will
ask the Forum to put their first newsletter together in June and hopefully this
can include any points of interest that have been picked up at DACCWA.
Temporarily,
if anyone has anything they would like to put forward to the Forum, you can e
mail this to the NHW Support Desk :-Kay.WISEMAN@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk
I am
hoping that this will be a new chapter in West Devon NHW which will enable us
to build for the future. We would love
five more volunteers to come forward and sit on the forum. The forum would also like to hear from you
about what you are doing in your local schemes so that this information can be
passed on to inspire other watch groups in West Devon.
I
would also like to hear from anyone who is interested in getting involved in
projects or willing to volunteer to help at events, or pack up information
packs for events etc. The more
volunteers we have the less each has to do.
If you
would like to see West Devon NHW become one of the best in Devon and Cornwall,
help us to make it happen.
The
Forum look forward to hearing from you
PC
3594 Angie FROST
CPO
ALO for West Devon
Tel
01822 813806