Events and Conferences 2009

Neighbourhoods Now

"Making a difference in your community”
Conference
30 September 2009

“The room was buzzing with excitement and enthusiasm”
quote from Bryony Houlden, Chief Executive – South West Councils“

The South West Neighbourhood Resource Centre has, yet again, delivered an extremely successful regional conference. This event, which was held in Torquay, focused on showcasing good practice from our warden schemes. Our speakers demonstrated how they deliver exceptional services to our communities as well as how they have adapted and diversified to improve their services and provide value for money.

We were welcomed to Torquay by the Mayor, Nick Bye, who spoke passionately and proudly of the achievements of the wardens working in deprived areas of the bay. A special mention was made of the work done alongside the Shekinah Mission, supporting homeless people in Torquay.

We would like to thank residents and staff from the Shekinah Mission who took the time to welcome workshop delegates to their new hostel. Residents explained to the visitors the reasons the Mission is so important to them and how the help they have had has restored their confidence enough to once again live as part of the community.

We would like to thank all our speakers and workshop facilitators and everyone who helped us make this event such a success.

A special thank you to the Torbay Street Wardens who provided an exceptional welcoming service throughout the day.

Please see the PDF links below to view all the presentations delivered.

Achieving Your Targets

Bryony Houlden
Chief Execuitive
South West Councils

Linking Togeather

Tara Fowler
Service Manager
Community Protection
Torbay Council

Developing Staff to Diversify

Mark Walker
Manager
South West Neighbourhood Resource Centre

Neighbourhood Policing from a National Perspective

Peter Haysted
Preventing Violent Extremism Trainier / Facilitator
National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA)

Neighbourhood Poilicing form a Regional Perspective

Chief Inspector Andrew Tomlinson
Neighbourhood Policing Unit
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary

Restorative Approaches - Early intervention for effective resolution

Lynn Jarvie
Training Officer
South West Neighbourhood Resource Centre

Adapt to Community Needs in a Rural Setting

Nick Brain
Manager
Forest of Dean Wardens

In Case of Emergency... - How wardens contribute to contingency planning

Ashley Nicholson
Lead Neighbourhood Warden
Stroud District Council

Improving People's Lives

Sarsh Pengelly
project Manager
Shekinah Mission

Please vist website - www.shekinahtorbay.com

What a Difference - The benefits of 18 months of wardens / neighbourhood management

Vicki Rooke
Project Development Worker
South Ward Neighbourhood Partnership

and

Sara Brown
Neighbourhood Manager
North Somerset Council

Life Skills for Young People -The Salamander Project

Mark Evans
Watch Manager
Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Evaluation Report

This report was written by the South West Neighbourhood Resource Centre after this successful conference.  All delegates were asked to complete feedback sheets to enable us to evaluate the conference and gain valuable information around diversifying roles and adding value within the community

A copy of this report is available as a downloadable PDF file:

Evaluation Report (430Kb)