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INTRODUCTION

We have compiled this guide to give you, the
Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator, a useful
source of reference for both you and your
members. We hope it will provide answers to
some of the queries that might arise whilst you
are running your scheme.

Neighbourhood Watch, or Home Watch as
some residents like to call it, is actually the
same organisation — it is just that some areas have historically used different names.
Greater Manchester has opted to call all its new schemes ‘Neighbourhood Watch’ to
support the requirements of the national organisation.

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

Neighbourhood Watch is a valued voluntary grass root movement with its strength
in building strong communities, preventing crime and working to support community
resilience and community spirit.

Everyone in the community has the responsibility for preventing crime. Neighbourhood
Watch aims to foster a strong and positive working relationship with the police locally,
regionally and nationally.

Residents and the police support each other helping to create an environment where
opportunities for crime are reduced.

It is the individual members that make any scheme successful. Neighbourhood Watch is
owned by its members and not by the police. A Coordinator who is able to pass on their
enthusiasm to their members is more likely to have an active, successful scheme. It is
important to recognise, however, that work should be shared between scheme members
and this will also help members to feel that they have a role to play.

THE AIMS OF NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

The Neighbourhood Watch Network (NWN) is the national umbrella organisation
for Neighbourhood Watch, and as a charitable organisation, is the largest voluntary

movement in the UK. Neighbourhood Watch covers approximately 3.5 million homes.

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Tameside Neighbourhood Watch - A Handbook for Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators and Area Residents