Nighbourhood Watch

coylygirl

I wondered if any of you had experience of the above.  I live in a small village and I think we would all really benefit both from the added security and peace of mind that the scheme would bring and a heightened sense of community.  The pandemic has already brought the village together in assisting the elderly and vulnerable and I have made loads of new friends with my neighbours and through the village Fb page.  I just wondered how much work is involved - I have bipolar so have manic and depressive episodes so can't always be relied upon to see tasks through.  As the person who has started the ball rolling, I presume that I would be nominated as co-ordinator but I would hope to delegate tasks.  Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated.  TIA 

Cressida

https://www.ourwatch.org.uk/support/support-schemes/apply-set-and-run-local-scheme

@coylygirl you might find this useful. I'm a member of my local Neighbourhood Wood. There is quite a bit of work involved in running these and you need to have a good team of people willing to give up their time and put some effort into it. The success will depend on the volunteers who run it. 

coylygirl

Many thanks for this, I thought there might be quite a lot involved.  I am happy to co-ordinate but my bipolar sometimes inhibits me, so I will be enlisting an army of volunteers.  The pandemic has really brought out the community spirit in our village 

woodbine

Do you have a parish council you could approach?