ACTIVITY REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31^ST DECEMBER 2024

We have:

• Remained self-funding from the sales of discounted crime prevention products.

• Addressed 14 private and NHW groups re crime prevention with due emphasis on the risks posed by cons & scams.  In addition, we have carried out a programme of 18 visits with talks to sheltered housing sites and care homes.  Total = 32 talks.

• Held 6 WDNHWA committee meetings via Zoom and face-to-face.

• Held one general NHW meeting at Godstowe School.

• Resolved very many Alert database issues, including duplications, communications issues, deletions, mapping of schemes, and adding our approval of new Co-ordinators and new schemes.

• Submitted 15 articles about our activities to many local magazines, including on raising crime awareness.  We have also submitted very frequent items to 5 local newsletters.

• Continued to promote an arrangement with Selectamark, whereby our members can buy Selecta DNA security marking kits at greatly reduced prices directly from them with a small commission for us.  In a similar way, we continued to promote our link with Howden Insurance, formerly A-Plan Insurance.

• Carried out 17 live radio interviews on Wycombe Sound of about 30 minutes duration each.

• Held  5 table displays at the main 4 mosques in High Wycombe.

• Held / attended 12 table displays in various public locations.

• Attended 15 review meetings with local senior police officers via MS Teams or face-to-face.

• Sent out 65 Alert messages on a variety of crime related topics and advice.

• Attended 2 meetings of HWBIDCO (re High Wycombe town centre issues).

• Attended the AGM of Thames Valley Neighbourhood Watch Association.

• Attended 4 meetings of the South Buckinghamshire Independent Advisory Group.

• Attended 5 Bucks Council Community Resilience Working Group meetings.

• Attended a Hate Crime Forum of Bucks New University.

• Attended a Burglary Meeting of Neighbourhood Watch Network.

• Attended 3 Thames Valley Police meetings re rural crime.

• Held a talk with Thames Valley Police Cadets to make them more aware of the role of NHW.

• Started 13 new NHW schemes involving 15 new Co-ordinators for those schemes in the year.