Wokingham

Here is a neighbourhood policing update for the Norreys & Westcott areas of Wokingham from Neighbourhood Specialist Officer (NSO) Caroline Powell:

This month we held our first police surgery which was a great success and was well attended by the local Wokingham community.

We organised for face painters to come from the local play scheme which the children enjoyed, as did some of the staff from the local public house The Norreys Barn!

Woolworths and Tesco’s kindly provided us with sweets, pencils and stickers for the children and Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue came along with the Wokingham fire engine and the adults and children were able to climb aboard.

With the good attendance we were able to ask the residents what their issues are on the area, and completed several surveys which we can feed back into the Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG) and start addressing the problems, with our partners.

The NAG is being re-instated and a pre NAG meeting has been arranged for Monday 8 October. The venue is yet to be confirmed and personal invitations will be sent by the team in due course.

There is an issue involving the Skate Park, London Road, Wokingham which in itself is a great success and a wonderful resource for the local youths.

I suspect that the area is being used as a place to hang out after dark and the people who use it at these time are leaving massive amounts of litter and empty alcohol cans, which the staff at St Crispins Leisure Centre, Wokingham have to clear up every morning.

I would like any local residents to contact the team regarding issues they might be having, if they can identify any particular nights of the week or times of day so we can engage with those responsible.

The next police surgery is being held at the Norreys Church, Norreys Avenue on Wednesday September 5 between 1pm and 5pm.

Members of the public will be able to come and talk with some of the team to discuss local issues and problems.

Thames Valley Police ~ Wokingham