Volunteers Week Across Flintshire & The Rest Of The Country
Home Office

June 2010 has seen the arrival of Volunteer's Week, aiming to recognise and celebrate the invaluable efforts of volunteers across the county, and beyond to a national level.

Flintshire Neighbourhood Watch Association would like to say a big thank you for the wonderful efforts of all the volunteers who work for the organisation.

Home Office

A Volunteer's Week celebrations took place at the Darby & Jones Hall in Mold. Flintshire Neighbourhood Watch Association went along, to witness the event and represent its volunteers.
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Getting settled
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The presentation
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Pauline and Charly Ellis, Watch
coordinators in Sealand
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FNWA's office volunteers & staff

Not all were available to attend, and in a way it is just as well! They would have probably filled up the venue several times over!

For volunteers are not just present at the office, but all over the county, acting as Watch coordinators and members, coming along at events to support and promote the aims of the Association, or participating in one way or another in its endeavour, young and old alike.

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Wyn Williams, 50+ Flintshire,
with Ella Ellis of FNWA

Denise Edwards, who leads the team at the Flintshire Neighbourhood Watch Association's office, said about the work of volunteers:

"Volunteers Week 2010 has prompted me to reflect on the last 12 months, of people who volunteer with Flintshire Neighbourhood Watch Association in supporting and delivering the strategy of Flintshire Community Safety Partnership that have helped to keep Flintshire a cleaner, greener and safer County, to be enjoyed by residents, workers and visitors.To all of the Volunteers above, too many to name individually, YOU ARE ALL INSPIRING CHAMPIONS, worthy of this year’s Celebration

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Jean Wood, volunteer for Safety &
Assurance, interviewed for Heart Radio

During 2009 - 35,800 volunteer hours were given by People who participate in Neighbourhood, School, Farm, Church, Golf Watch areas, promoting a good neighbour spirit that cares for their neighbourhoods, helping to keep crime down and protect those who are older and vulnerable to help protect them from doorstep crime – well done Watch Coordinators and Members – keep up this work that is helping to prevent and keep crime down in Flintshire.

During 2009 – 5,600 young people joined in our Y-factor youth programme, giving their time to help keep the neighbourhood environments in Flintshire free from litter, graffiti and crime. Young people participated in environmental visual audits, to identify what needed doing as well as helping to clean up neighbourhoods. Young People helped in the delivery of community safety events & initiatives to help keep older people safe and feeling reassured. Young People in Flintshire care about their neighbours and communities – well done Youth of Flintshire."

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Stella Davies & Des Brown

Other volunteers received their awards as they attended a Door Crime Peer Training event linked to the Pathfinder Neighbourhood Agreement strategy in Flint.

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Barbara Turner (centre), Watch
coordinator in Shotton
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Peter Bird (centre)

"To all of the Volunteers, too many to name individually,
YOU ARE ALL INSPIRING CHAMPIONS,
worthy of this year’s Celebration".

Denise Edwards

The efforts of many more volunteers were also being recognised on the Volunteer's Week website, with stories to illustrate what they have brought to those organisations they volunteer with.