News 2009

November 2009

Although Christmas nearly upon us, we have been still very busy.

We recently attended Operation PEDLAR (Police Engagement Day with emphasis on Liasion Action and Reaction), an event by Devon & Cornwall Police.
The engagement work was help and inspired by our ‘Empowering and Engaging Citizens in our Communities Roadshow’, which we held in the Plymouth Aquarium last year.

For more information about operation PEDLAR select PEDLAR link or visit http://neighbourhoodpolicing.devon-cornwall.police.uk/BCU-1632/Sector-1653/NB-1656/Pages/PEDLAR.aspx

We also had a good turn out at our last Network meeting of the year in Stroud, where yet we had another mix of good of idea’s and lots of sharing of information amongst the Warden Network.

We have also started working on Swindon Borough Council’s ‘Migration Project ’. This has initially been set up to be run in Swindon.
We’d encouraging people to volunteer as Sanctuary Champions to help people within their local communities, and in return they will receive an accredited training package along with work experience and support in looking for paid employment.

This along with our Working with Communities, Neighbourhoods and Localities project is very much keeping us all very busy. For more information about this please see Latest Projects

October 2009

Yet another busy month at the resource centre as we have been commissioned by South West Councils to deliver an exciting new project, Working with Communities, Neighbourhoods and Localities.As part of this project we will be looking for 5 case studies from across the South West showing good practice where communities and service providers have worked in partnership to have a positive impact on the neighbourhood and on quality of life for its residents. For more information about this please see Latest Projects

We have delivered another NCFE Accredited Level 2 Restorative Approaches training programme,this time too a group of 11 fire personnel from the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service. The delegates all successfully completed the cause and have received their certificaties in Restorative Approaches. Once again the cause was received well and had good overall feedback. For more information about this or any other of our training cources please see Training Services for further information

October also saw the production of our latest newsletter, which provides updates and information from across all of the South West. Please see Newsletter to see the latest and archive copies

September 2009

This month we have been very busy. We are happy to report that another nine Wardens from the South West have successfully passed their NCFE Community Core Warden training. The wardens were across the South West, Donna Miline, Eshan Rastayhsi and Trevor Cross from Plymouth, Debbie Miles, Phil Drew and Tracey Young from Stroud Cherif Benkanoun Transform North Devon and Lyndsey Gatley and Jamie Fortune from Torbay. Please see Training Services for further information.

As well as holding our Autumn network meeting in Torquay we also held our ‘Neighbourhoods Now’ conference there too. This was massive success and was fully booked. This 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. Please see Events and Conferences for more information.

August 2009

The Resource Centre ran a ‘Supporting People Service User’ training session. Training for Swindon Borough Council Supporting People team, was first developed to help get a clearer picture of whether Swindon Borough Council was providing the right level of service for its users. This course helps develop interviewing techniques as well as building confidence for it’s service users to interview other service users to obtain a clearer idea of whether the current conditions meets their needs. Please See Training Services  for Further information.

July 2009

The Resource Centre has held its first NCFE Accredited Level 2 Restorative Approaches training programme. This was well attended with a host of representatives from Wardens, Fire, Police and local authority partners. The programme was well received and good feedback came from all involved.For more information on this qualification, please see Training Services

The Summer Network meeting was held at Weston-super-Mare on
10 July with a good turn out. A whole range of ideas were discussed, including plans for the South West Regional Conference 09'

June 2009

Stroud wardens Peter Gleed and Simon Moulding and Swindon wardens Trevor Cole and Rob Stygall have now completed all the units needed needed to gain their City and Guilds Level 2 NVQ Community Warden qualifications. For more information on this qualification, please see Training Services

May 2009

The South West Resource Centre has run a City and Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Community Safety for Accredited Persons, and eight Teignbrige environmental wardens have passed the award. These are Andrew Wilson, Colin Guswell, Derek Stratton, Kevin Arnold, Michael Wolfendale, Peter Howell, Sidney Rollinson and Stephen Finch. Please See Training Services for Further information.

April 2009

Swindon Lead Warden, Nick Brock has now completed his NVQ Assessor (A1) award. He is assessing members of his staff for the Level 2 Community Wardens NVQ

The Resource Centre worked in partnership with the SW RIEP to co-host the launch of the Stronger Communities Agenda. This event proved very popular and a wide verity of guests attended from all sectors. For further information about this event please see Events and Conferences.

March 2009

We are happy to report that another six Wardens from the South West have successfully passed their NCFE Community Core Warden training. This was held at the South West Neighbourhood Resource Centre in Swindon. The wardens were a mix from the South West, Shaun Roseveare from Plymouth, Andrew Murray, Carla Ray, Daniel Barker and Peter Wilson from Stroud and James Clayton from Weston super Mare. Please see Training Services for further information.

February 2009

James Clayton and Shane Edwards from Weston super Mare are featured in NewStarts ‘On Patrol’ for February. Their article is available as a downloadable PDF file:

On Patrol James Clayton and Shane Edwards (687kb)

January 2009

'On Patrol' with Torbay Warden Sue Smith

Sue Smith is the first to feature in NewStart’s magazine series piece ‘On Patrol’. This article takes a look at the person behind the uniform. Sue article is available as a downloadable PDF file:

On Patrol: Sue Smith (828Kb)

This series is open to all warden schemes, and is a great opportunity to highlight the roles the wardens play within the community.

For more information please contact the NewStarts Editorial Director: Julian Dobson editorial@newstartmag.co.uk