Welcome to the Bristol Neighbourhood Watch Network, a city-wide network set up to provide a focus for all NW schemes in the Bristol area, as well as a source of help, guidance, advice and support on all NW matters outside of Neighbourhood Policing issues.
The Network will act as a united voice in local, regional and national discussions on the development and work of Neighbourhood Watch schemes.
The Network will act as a united voice in local, regional and national discussions on the development and work of Neighbourhood Watch schemes.
Please note, we have been working hard to ensure everything on this website is up to date. If you find anything that seems out of date, any malfunctioning links or similar, please contact us to let us know. Thank you.
What does Neighbourhood Watch do?
People join Neighbourhood Watch to make the areas where they live safe, friendly and pleasant places to be – and it works.
The old stereotype of the Neighbourhood Watch ‘curtain twitcher’ is wrong for a very simple reason: it implies fear. Neighbourhood Watch is about the opposite: making sure that no one has to feel afraid, vulnerable or isolated in the place where they live. It’s about people looking out for each other, crossing barriers of age, gender, race and class to create real communities that benefit everyone.
To explode another myth, Neighbourhood Watch groups are owned and run by the people of their communities, not the police. So the approach you take is entirely up to you. The most impressive Neighbourhood Watch achievements result from members looking closely at the needs of their communities and meeting them with innovative and creative thinking.
The results can really be something to be proud of. Communities where Neighbourhood Watch operates become more friendly and cohesive and, research shows, experience a fall in crime.
The old stereotype of the Neighbourhood Watch ‘curtain twitcher’ is wrong for a very simple reason: it implies fear. Neighbourhood Watch is about the opposite: making sure that no one has to feel afraid, vulnerable or isolated in the place where they live. It’s about people looking out for each other, crossing barriers of age, gender, race and class to create real communities that benefit everyone.
To explode another myth, Neighbourhood Watch groups are owned and run by the people of their communities, not the police. So the approach you take is entirely up to you. The most impressive Neighbourhood Watch achievements result from members looking closely at the needs of their communities and meeting them with innovative and creative thinking.
The results can really be something to be proud of. Communities where Neighbourhood Watch operates become more friendly and cohesive and, research shows, experience a fall in crime.
What's on this website?
The Bristol NW Network was set up to give help and support to all Neighbourhood Watch schemes across the City and County of Bristol, and through this website we hope to provide you with all the information you need, either as a NW Coordinator or simply as an interested individual.
Please let us know if you think we have forgotten anything!
You can browse through the menu above left - hover your mouse over each menu item to view its sub-pages too - or go straight to the following:
Please let us know if you think we have forgotten anything!
You can browse through the menu above left - hover your mouse over each menu item to view its sub-pages too - or go straight to the following:
- find out more about us, the Bristol NW Network
- read all the latest news relating to NW
- learn more about what is involved in running a NW scheme, or how to set up a new one
- register your NW scheme with us (and with the National network)
- find out what's happening in the latest BNWN Newsletter
- browse all the information and 'How to' pages under the main menu item 'Information for Coordinators'
- find a link to other relevant websites
- contact us
Something you'd like to tell us?
If you would like to get in touch with us - about anything at all - please use the Contact Us form. Your message will be picked up by one of our committee members and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Do include a telephone number if you would like us to call you.
