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We visit the office at least once a week, if you have any queries please:

	Give us a ring on our answer phone, number 07847 938 824;
	E-mail us at pompeynwa@hotmail.com; or
	Write to:

Neighbourhood Watch Office

Third Floor,

The Guildhall,

Guildhall Square,

Portsmouth,

PO1 2AL

and we will get back to you as soon as we can. We work voluntarily so do not expect us to reply straight away.

If you wish to start a Watch we would send you the following Microsoft Word documents:

	Welcome letter and
	Leaflet on the Portsmouth Neighbourhood Watch;

To join the Association as a Neighbourhood Watch please contact your local police station or ring the police on 101.  A PCSO will visit you very shortly afterwards to ask you for some identification and a few details so that they can run a security check and we have enough details so we can contact you later.  Once the Police completed the security checked we will send you some crime leaflets and a window sticker for all your residents.

It is up to you and your Members if you have a road sign, if you decide to have a sign you have to order, pay and erect it yourselves. Click here to find out how. You do not pay for anything else.

To help you I will give an overview of the organisations responsibilities.

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	Hampshire Neighbourhood Watch Association - County
	Portsmouth Neighbourhood Watch Association
	Area Coordinators - There should be 4 covering each of the police territories. These Coordinators organise local meetings.
	Representatives (sometimes called Coordinators) - The person responsible for their Watch.
	Residents - Those in the Watch.

	Our Constitution.
	Organise the association AGM  in January each year. At this meeting we elect the Committee and the Officers (Chair, Treasurer and Secretary).
	Fund raising. Portsmouth City Council have provide funding in 2003 and our office in the Guildhall. We do not ask the Coordinators or Residence for any money.
	We produce Crime reports and Newsletters. Please do not expect these every week, it is produced on a best efforts basis. If you provide an e-mail address we will electronically send it to you, otherwise you can collect the Newsletter from your local Police station and ask for photocopies for all your Residents.
	Provide the Coordinators with crime leaflets (Resource Packs).
	Maintain the Coordinator Database which contains contact details.
	Act as a focal point with the Portsmouth NW Coordinators, Portsmouth Police, Hampshire and National Neighbourhood Watch Associations

	Visit you when you start your Watch to introduce you to Neighbourhood watch and fill in the forms to perform the security check.
	Liaise with the Portsmouth Neighbourhood Watch Association Committee.
	The PCSO's work closely with each Watch.

	Act as a central point for your Watch area between the Portsmouth Neighbourhood Watch Association and the residents.
	Collect and distribute the News letter' and Crime Reports to residence.
	Distribute crime leaflets (Resource Packs) to residence. PNWA provide these.
	Organise the purchase and erection of the NW signs, if you want one.
	Attend the yearly AGM.
	It is the responsibility of each Watch to pursue the level of Community spirit they feel is right for themselves and residents. You could do very little or as one Watch in Southsea, the 15 residents have regular meetings, one every four months over a cup of tea and alternate the meetings between 6 houses.
	It is up to you what size Watch you have, there are some with one person and others with over 300 residents (take into consideration how long this would take you if you deliver the Newsletter to each house and if you intend having meetings, how many people can you get into your living room). At the meetings set an agenda that takes no longer than half an hour so that everyone can chat and get to know each other.

	Make sure your home, car, bike etc. are secure.
	Lookout for each other, especially the vulnerable.
	Report all incidents to the Police.