Building secure, confident communities

The UK Neighbourhood Watch Trust is a new charitable trust (Registered charity number 1119390) whose primary purpose is to support and promote the neighbourhood watch movement by providing an effective and informative two-way communications channel through its website, neighbourhoodwatch.net.

The website was originally launched by the National Neighbourhood Watch Association. Ownership has now transferred to the UKNWT.

The key aims of the Trust are to:

• Promote best practice throughout the neighbourhood watch movement by providing a range of downloadable resources on home security and community involvement;
• Encourage the exchange of views and ideas through a range of online forums, bringing together people with a common interest in creating community cohesion;
• Broaden the appeal of neighbourhood watch through an editorial approach on the website that reflects the concerns and interests of all sections of society, ethnic groupings and age ranges.

Over time the UK Neighbourhood Watch Trust seeks to make a more tangible contribution to community safety by funding local projects. The UK Neighbourhood Trust Community Fund will enable neighbourhood watch groups to apply for funds for local activities and good causes that demonstrate they can make a genuine difference in their community.

Currently there are four founding trustees of UKNWT. More trustees will be appointed over the coming months. All of the trustees have a great deal of experience running neighbourhood watch groups and associations. The founding trustees are: Roy Rudham (chair), Peter Roberts (deputy chair) and Charles Duncan.

Roy Rudham - Chair	Peter Roberts - Deputy Chair	Charles Duncan

The neighbourhood watch movement in the UK covers six million households (according to the most recent figures published by the Home Office in its British Crime Survey). There are some 170,000 neighbourhood watch groups ranging from the smallest schemes covering a dozen or so homes in a single street to county-wide associations with many thousands of members.

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