Wokingham

The neighbourhood policing team in Wokingham Town Centre have set up a youth volunteering project in partnership with Wokingham Borough Council’s youth service.

Wokingham Activities will include cleaning up the local skate park, picking up litter, removing graffiti and helping out at a local day centre.
There will be incentives for completing an activity, such as a trip to a theme park or ice rink, or vouchers for leisure activities, such as cinema tickets or bowling.

The projects will be open to young people from Wokingham, Norreys and Wescott, Emmbrook and Woosehill, Winnersh and Finchampstead.

The group will meet at the Wokingham youth centre but the projects will take place in various areas around Wokingham.

Police Community Support Officer Vicki Williams, acting as project leader, said: “We hope this will lead to a reduction in low-level anti-social behaviour.

“These projects will benefit the community and give young people something to do – by means of the activity, as well as the reward attached.”

“The first project takes place on Saturday 28 February at Chestnut pre-school in Woosehill. The school suffered a burglary and some incidents of criminal damage in December 2008.”

The project will involve painting a mural and planting flowers to improve the school’s appearance.

Thames Valley Police ~ Wokingham