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Watch out!
Dear Sir
To the residents in Olney, Newport Pagnell and the villages.
We all want to live and work in a secure and safe community. There’s a better chance to keep it that way if you and your neighbours are Watch members.
1. It’s easy to register on www.ourwatch. org.uk. This gives you free national membership to Neighbourhood Watch.
2. Registration includes receiving Police Alert messages. Alerts informs you about local crime, incidents, suspicions, missing people, etc. This is official communication (unlike most social media posts) and vital in telling us what’s going on locally and what to look out for. You can reply via email as well.
3. On the same website, click on Find my local scheme - enter your postcode, and you’ll
see local Neighbourhood Watch schemes.
Click on the scheme title to join.
4. The more members we have, the stronger our partnership with the Police. If there’s not a local scheme, then please apply to set one up. It’s not a big task but can make a big difference. I
and my Watch volunteers can help you.
5. Finally, and this is a clever bit, in your registration account. Under Your Information, you will see Community Interests: click on this and scroll down to see Other Community Contacts. You can tick here if you have CCTV, which includes video doorbells and/or Dashcams. So, if there’s an incident or crime at a local dwelling or business, the Police can comb the database to ping us a message for us to check our
CCTV/video footage.
So... why wouldn’t you join Neighbourhood Watch?
Nick King, chair, Milton Keynes Neighbourhood Watch Association chair@ mknhwa.org.uk
Charity success
Dear Sir
I would like to share a photo with you from my charity walk for Bella-Skye. We raised £10,000 and the wheelchair tandem bike has been delivered to Bella-Skye.
Thank you for everything.
Kind regards, Luke Radwell
Four Pillars
Tandoori Restaurant
GIVE DAD THE GIFT OF GOOD TIMES AND GREAT FOOD
Receive a complimentary bottle of wine (when booking a table for 4 or more people)
Open 7 days a week, 1-11pm
We’re open on Sundays for lunch and dinner. We serve traditional English Roasts and steaks too!
A great choice for any special occasions: Birthday parties, anniversaries or weddings
Tel: 01234 714083 / 711563
60 High Street, Olney Buckinghamshire • www.the4pillarsrestaurant.co.uk
Book your table now and create special memories this Father’s Day – 16th June
June 2024 | Phonebox Magazine 11