Thames Valley Neighbourhood Watch Association

THAMES VALLEY NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH ASSOCIATION

AGM 2015 - Saturday, 19 SEPTEMBER

Minutes

ATTENDING :- Val McPHERSON - Chairman of TV NHWA, and Longwick, Bucks Oscar HUBERT - Vice Chairman of TV NHWA, and Milton Keynes, Bucks Ian McPHERSON - Treasurer of TV NHWA, and Longwick, Bucks Naomi ARNOLD - Secretary of TV NHWA, and Stoke Poges, Bucks Keith BROOKS - Committee Member of TV NHWA, and Whitchurch on Thames, Oxon Trevor HOUSE - Committee Member of TV NHWA, and Didcot, Oxon Tony KING - Committee Member of TV NHWA, and Chalfont St Peter, Bucks Angela MONEY - Committee Member of TV NHWA, and Newbury and Thatcham, Berks Suzanne WAREHAM - Committee Member of TV NHWA, and Kidlington, Oxon

Ken GOOD - TV NHWA Webmaster, and Abingdon, Berks

ACC Alan BALDWIN - Thames Valley Police Francesca SKELTON - High Sheriff for Buckinghamshire

Clive AINSLEY - Goring, Berks Keith BANNER - Hazlemere, Bucks Mrs Keith BANNER - Hazlemere, Bucks Michelle BEAHAN - NHW Administrator for South Oxon & Vale & Oxford City LPA David BROWN - Yarnells Hill Neville BUCKETT - Horspath, Oxon Catherine CASPERSZ- Rowsham, Bucks Geoff CHOWN - Wantage, Oxon Bernard CONNOLLY - Wantage, Oxon Bridget HAFFENDEN - Sutton Courtenay Paul HARDIMAN - Didcot, Oxon Tracey HARDIMAN - Didcot, Oxon Roger JENKING - Joan Lawrence Place, Oxford

2/ Maggie MITCHELL Jacqueline MORGAN - Prestwood, Bucks Tomiko MORLEY- Reading, Berks Mr MORLEY- Reading, Berks Faith McKEEVER - Kidlington, Oxon Beverley NASH - Walton, Milton Keynes, Bucks Janet PERSSON - Kidlington, Oxon Lyn ROBERTSON - Headington, Oxford Synetta ROBINSON - Kidlington, Oxon Carol RUDD - NHW Administrator for South Oxon & Vale & Oxford City LPA Caroline RUSSELL - Headington, Oxford Geoffrey SEARLE - Chalgrove, Oxon Barbara TALMAGE - West Hanney, Oxon Suzannah WINSBORROW - Abingdon, Berks

APOLOGIES for ABSENCE

Tarsem BAINS - Wexham, Slough, Berks Adrian BARRETT Clare BLACKBURN - Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks Mary BREMNER David BROOKS - Castlethorpe, Milton Keynes, Bucks Shannon CARR - Greenham, Newbury, Berks Sue COLEMAN Rick COLLIER Shirley COOLEY - Slough, Berks Kathleen COSNETT - Twyford, Berks Malcolm DENTON - Marcham Village, Vale of White Horse Ron DUDHIA - Broughton, Milton Keynes, Bucks Zoe ENGLAND - Sonning Common, Berks Doreen ESSEN Brian FIELD - Earley, Bucks John FORD - Longwick, Bucks Chris GARBETT - Worton's Sarah GREENHOUS - Bovingdon Heights, Marlow, Bucks Jim HAMMETT - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Bucks Bridget HILL Tony HOUGHTON - Wokingham, Berks Michael HOWES - Caversham, Reading, Berks Paul JENNER - Hughenden Valley, Bucks Stan JONES - High Wycombe, Bucks

Maggie LEWIS - Cowley, Oxon Dermot MATTHEWS - The Retreat, Little Chalfont, Bucks Colin MEADS - TV NHWA Committee Member, and Old Windsor, Berks Roger MITCHELL - Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxon Anna MURRAY J Rick COLLIER Jim MacALLAN - Fulbrook Jenny McKENNA Nick O’KEEFE Geoff PEGG - TV NHWA Committee Member and High Wycombe, Bucks Mary PUGH Claire ROBINS - Newbury, Berks Marian RUDD - Naphill Geoff SHERLOCK David SILVESTER - Henley on Thames, Oxon Irene SILVESTER - Henley on Thames, Oxon Alan SIMPSON - Faringdon, Oxon. Clive STOKES - Sandhurst, Berks Robin TAYLOR - Bradwell Common, Milton Keynes, Bucks Tom THOMAS Fred TOPLIFFE - Cumnor, Nr Oxford Douglas TUCKER - Stokenchurch, Bucks Sue WARDELL - Newbury, Berks Ken WATSON - Whitchurch, Bucks Stella WELFORD - Headington, Oxford Jane WILLIAMS - Bletchley, Bucks Terry WILLIAMS - Great Kingshill, Bucks

1 Welcome - VMcP welcomed all those attending and especially the non Committee Members. She welcomed also Mrs Francesca SKELTON, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and ACC Alan BALDWIN who would be arriving later.

2 Chairman's Report - VMcP delivered her report, a copy of which is attached to these Minutes. The report will also be placed on the TV NHWA website.

3 Treasurer's Report - this was tabled verbally, as copies were not available for the Meeting, but a copy is attached to these Minutes.

4 Election of Officers and Committee - the Officers and Committee were re-elected en bloc, proposed by Keith BANNER and seconded by Clive AINSLEY :-

Val McPHERSON - Chairman Oscar HUBERT - Vice Chairman Ian McPHERSON - Treasurer Naomi ARNOLD - Secretary Keith BROOKS - Committee Member Trevor HOUSE - Committee Member Tony KING - Committee Member Colin MEADS - Committee Member Angela MONEY - Committee Member Geoff PEGG - Committee Member Suzanne WAREHAM - Committee Member

The AGM was informed that Ian McPHERSON would be standing down as Treasurer at the end of the year, but a successor was lined up.

5 TV NHWA Website - Ken GOOD (Webmaster) gave a demonstration of the website and answered questions. He stressed that the website is being updated.

6 Presentation of TV NHWA Awards by Francesca SKELTON

Neville BUCKETT - Area Co-ordinator for Horspath, Oxon

He is an Area Co-ordinator for Horspath and has been working extremely hard to increase NHW throughout the Village. He has arranged many events with the other Co-ordinators which have been well attended and new members have joined NHW. Neville hands out a great deal of information about NHW and crime prevention advice. This award is well deserved.

Dr Keith BROOKS - Co-ordinator for Whitchurch on Thames, Oxon

Keith has been increasing NHW throughout his area and also looking into other areas to try and form a larger area group with other Co-ordinators. Keith is also a Members' Representative on the TV NHWA committee representing his area.

5/ The following Award Winners were not present, so their Certificates were received on their behalf by attendees from their area, so that the Certificates can be passed to the recipients.

Shannon CARR - Co-ordinator for Queens Road, Newbury, Berks Shannon became a Co-ordinator in 2006 and then Area C/O for Greenham and provided updates for Newbury and Thatcham NHW meetings. She held many local events. She helps many people start up new groups and delivers newsletters to those not on e-mail. Shannon also works at Newbury Police Station as a volunteer and has helped the Watch office. She has achieved a great many things over the years and this award is well deserved.

Mary DAVIES - West Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Bucks The West Bletchley project in MK involved visiting approximately 9,500 homes resulting in 92 new schemes in one parish. Mary devoted between 2 - 4 hours most weeks over 18 months helping with this development. She is also responsible for the Junior Citizenship programme in Milton Keynes.

John FORD - Co-ordinator for Bell Crescent, Longwick, Bucks John retired last year after being the Co-ordinator for 12 years covering 34 houses in his NHW scheme. He was always passing on information to all his members and keeping them informed via the newsletters or attending meetings for Co-ordinators and encouraging his members to attend larger meetings to learn about different topics on drugs, knife crime, etc. He will be sorely missed.

Stan JONES - Great Kingshall, High Wycombe, Bucks Stan is joint Area Co-ordinator for Great Kingshall and a Trustee of various Institutions, charities and voluntary organisations. He joined Wycombe District NHW Association in July 2008, then becoming Secretary in 2010 and now Chairman in January 2015. He has been active in bringing NHW into the minority areas of Wycombe with Geoff PEGG and also working with Geoff to tailor NHW into the Bucks New University environment.

Sarah MELLESON - Co-ordinator for Stony Stratford. Milton Keynes, Bucks She set up a facebook account for Stony Stratford specifically for anything to do with crime and personal safety in the area and has over 250 residents linked in to it. The site is well used and managed very well.

James THOMAS - Co-ordinator for Ilmer Hamlet, Bucks. James is known as Tom to all his members, not sure why but something to do with a change of names ! He has been a Co-ordinator for the last 8 years and has increased his NHW members by encouraging other residents to become members outside his hamlet. He now covers 42 homes and is still increasing. Tom keeps them all informed by e-mail regarding crime prevention and often visits his neighbours for a chat.

7 Guest Speakers :-

Francesca SKELTON - spoke of the role she occupies for the current year giving details of its historical origins and the current range of responsibilities including liaison on behalf of the monarch with the legal system in the county of Buckinghamshire - the judiciary ; the Police; prisons and courts.

ACC Alan BALDWIN - provided many facts about TVP and crime, including :-

* traditional crime has fallen by 20 % but new crime. eg cyber crime, is on the rise * 2.5 million - people covered by TVP area * currently there is one Police person per 515 residents * 1,500 incidents are reported each day * 330 crimes are reported each day * 12 burglaries are reported each day * 2 1/2 robberies are reported each day * 10 sexual offences are reported each day (this has doubled over the past 3 years) * over 80 % of calls to the Police are not related to crime eg missing people * anti social behaviour is disappearing from the streets, and moving instead on line and to social media * the 2nd biggest demand on Police services relates to missing people

Overall, the message is that crime is moving from crime against property and to crime against people

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