Neighbourhood Watch Roundup
Save the Date!
We feel like shouting it from the rooftops and right now it looks pretty certain that our September Birthday Party Expo will be in real life, in person, full colour, with cake! The date to save is Wednesday the 22nd of September from 6pm to 8pm. As usual, this will be held in the lower hall at the Seaford Baptist Church. We are busy organising speakers and exhibits, and will send out more details closer to the time so keep your eye on your email, and if you haven’t already subscribed to our mailing list, please do at www.sandbnhw.org. If you would like to exhibit, please email publicity@sandbnhw.co.uk . Because it is our 35th birthday year, we get to boast a little about what Seaford and Bishopstone Neighbourhood Watch has achieved, and just what it is we do to support safety and good neighbourliness in our lovely town. We are one of the very first registered schemes in the UK, registered as an association and charity in 1986. Far from being stuffy and bureaucratic, our NHW success stems from our core ethos of Great Neighbourliness and being relevant. Far from curtain twitching curmudgeons, we are Proudly, Kindly, Seaford and we do things our own way. We consider all Seaford residents automatic members of the NHW, and our work as a committee is for the benefit of all residents. You can join NHW on a national level at www.ourwatch.org.uk which is totally free and automatically registers you with our scheme. You can also become a registered member of the Association and your subs contribution will help to keep us ticking along. Subs are ridiculously affordable at £3 per household per year or £2 per household per year for a senior household. Joining is easy at www. sandbnhw.org/join
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Some of the things we do include supporting local community endeavours that build resilience and pride in our town, draw people together and strengthen our community spirit. For example, our support of the local food banks, making sure the most vulnerable are not left hungry or forced into petty crime to stay fed. We have also assisted in the refurbishment of the Seaford War Memorial. Through Lockdown, we supported a small sewing club, which surprised all of us and exploded into a 3,000 strong army who sewed over a quarter of a million wearables to support our NHS, all from home. That’s 3,000 neighbours who came together as an enterprise industry and are now a strong independent not-for-profit group – long may their good works continue. We are also the pioneers of the No Cold Calling initiative and the first town in the country to implement a No Cold Calling zone. We are also one of the very few schemes in the country to be wholly self-funded just through our subs. Our Great Neighbours projects started in 2017, and that theme has been picked up by NHW on a national level. But most importantly, we still boast one of the lowest crime rates in the country, making Seaford a safe place to live, work and visit. Let’s keep being Great Neighbours – it’s working!
Scams are Still Rife...
With reports from all the high street banks and online selling sites warning us to never share any banking details or our pins and passwords with anyone over the phone, email or text message, please be hyper-vigilant as scammers become ever more cunning and resourceful. The most common scams at the moment are: Text messages from your ‘bank’ asking you to verify a transaction that you absolutely know you didn’t make – this is a scam. The link takes you to a false web page and the false web page is designed to grift your bank details so that the scammer can empty your bank
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