TENDRING NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

The Tendring District is in the Northeast of Essex, approximately 130 square miles in size
with a population of 138,300 (2012). It has 60 km of coastline. It extends from the River
Stour in the north, to the coast and the River Colne in the south, with the coast to the east and
the town of Colchester to the west. Towns in the district include, Clacton on Sea, Frinton on
Sea, Walton on the Naze, Brightlingsea and Harwich. Large villages in the district include St
Osyth and Great Bentley.
Neighbourhood Watch was set up in the district in 1982 by Gerald Wallington Hayes MBE
who along with Police Sergeant Woods set the ball rolling. In recent years membership has
fallen away but with a new steering group numbers are on the rise and there appears to be a
keenness to join which has never been seen before.
At 1 in 3, the district has the highest proportion of pensioners in the East of England, and this
gives rise to the greater risk of them being targeted as vulnerable people likely to succumb to
rogue traders. To this end we spend a lot of our time, through our coordinators making sure
all are aware of the scams and cold calling prevalent in the district.
Due to the demise of the local Crime Prevention Panel more onuses has been placed on us in
that regard.
As in line with other districts, we do not charge to join NHW and give every assistance and
the tools needed to new coordinators to get their schemes started.
We have our own Facebook group where members can comment or post
warnings.
We can be contacted at [email protected] , however, this address may not be being
monitored at present.
Email: [email protected]
TENDRING NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH REPORT

Report for ECNHWA Meeting No. 169. 13th August 2024

 

The Chairman and District Coordinator has attended meetings with the Tendring IAG and the Tendring Parish Council to talk about Neighbourhood Watch and to tell them about setting up a Street Watch.

The Chair is planning to meet with the District Commander and with the Community Safety Partnership this month.

Our AGM was on May 16th, 2024, and we had hoped for members to come forward to volunteer for the vacant committee roles. Unfortunately there were no members willing to take up any of those roles.

However, we now have a new Treasurer who came forward after the AGM and we are in the process of getting our banking account details altered for the new Treasurer and another authorized signatory to the account.

We are still without a Secretary and Deputy Chair although a member has volunteered to take on the role of Membership Secretary for us.

Following the Jaywick Sands NHW Approved Group that was disbanded in February there has been no uptake of those JSNHW members signing up to Tendring Neighbourhood Watch.

Other membership continues to grow, although slowly, and recruiting from the people who register with the Neighbourhood Watch Networks Alert Database is still around 1 in 10. We have lost 2 Street Watches one due to the resignation of our previous Treasurer at the beginning of May and a further one for other reasons.

We continue to submit NHW articles for inclusion in the Tendring Local Update Document published by the Community Safety and Engagement Officers of Tendring Police and for inclusion in the Holland Residents Association magazine.

We have re-advertised the role of Secretary, and for a Deputy Chair with the Tendring CVS in their weekly ebulletin to see if we can attract someone to the roles.

The lack of members volunteering to help at events is still an issue and because of that we have decided not to take part in several events this year.

We are continuing with our Membership Audit to try and achieve an accurate number of members.