Home Watch
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Home Watch Information
Wimborne & Colehill Home Watch was formed in 2002 with the merger of all the watch groups in the area, which had developed since the first group 'Ashmeads' started in 1987. Today we have a membership of nearly 1500 households in Wimborne (except Merley), Colehill, Furzehill, part of Broomhill, and part of Stapehill.
Police contact details are given at the bottom of this page. Also see the
Police page for Colehill Police news.
Latest newsletters:
'Update' Summer Issue 27:download (1.8MB)
'Dorset KeepSAFE' - Association of Dorset Watches - Summer Newsletter download (540kB) [Spring Newsletter download ]
'UpBeat' Freesheet: This is an occasional free newsletter produced jointly by the Police and Home Watch, which can be picked up at various points in town, P&G Stores in Gordon Road, and Colehill Library. 'Upbeat' Issue 2 (July 08) download (333KB)
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Contact Details:
Phone Number for Messages to the Home Watch: 222827 (checked weekly)
(Messages for the Police - see below)
Mailbox
Membership forms, letters, etc can be left at Brian Dryden's Shop, No.1, The Square, Wimborne
Please note this mailbox is only checked twice a month
Email:- g@gpm.cs.co.uk
(paste this address into your mail program then remove the full stop after gpm - i.e. gpmcs - I'm having to disguise it due to the large amount of spam sent to this email address!)
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Alarms for sale and equipment for loan - see Update 22 p6 or download (430KB)
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List of Traders recommended by Members - May 2009 - download: TradersList.pdf
Please note we do NOT approve traders. This is simply a list of recommendations by members.
If you wish to recommend a trader please email to address above, giving as many details as possible :
Name of Business - Address/Postcode/Tel/Email/web - Justification: service quality / responsiveness / value for money - Your name, address or phone or email
(We will contact the trader to obtain his agreement, but the trader will not be listed until 2 recommendations have been received).
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Calling New Members!
Do you know of a neighbour who might be interested in joining Wimborne & Colehill Home Watch?
Ask your Contact for a yellow Help Us information card to pass on, or you can download an A4 version: join.pdf
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Polish Door Step Sellers
Members of the public have reported Polish Door Step Sellers selling their pictures. If the householder does not purchase a picture, which is often only a photocopy anyway, they turn their English written card over and beg for money. Here is a notice in English and Polish to keep by the door in case of any callers: polish-sellers.pdf (also printed in Update 22)
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Minutes of the AGM November 08: MinutesAGM08.doc
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POLICE Contact Details
22 22 22 FOR ALL NON-EMERGENCY CALLS
999 - for emergencies, crime in progress, etc.
Safer Neighbourhood Teams :
WIMBORNE TOWN SNT
Wimborne PC Andy Watkins (also Leigh Park - see below)
Wimborne PCSO Tracey Downer
wimbornetowncentresnt@dorset.pnn.police.uk
mobile: 07825 521773
LEIGH PARK SNT
Leigh Park PC Andy Watkins
Leigh Park PCSO Jon Radford
leighparksnt@dorset.pnn.police.uk
mobile: 07825 521748
COLEHILL SNT
Colehill PC Steve Brett
Colehill PCSO Matt Johnson
colehillsnt@dorset.pnn.police.uk
mobile: 07825 521793
FERNDOWN SNT (covering Stapehill Ward)
PC - Ian Curtis
PCSO Cheryl Kingham
ferndowncentralsnt@dorset.pnn.police.uk
mobile: 07825 521752
Wimborne POLICE STATION
Hanham Road
Wimborne BH21 1AS
wimborne@dorset.pnn.police.uk
01202 882345 or 222222 (Fax - 840597)
229203 - Messages for your Community Beat Officers at Wimborne Station
Opening hours Mon-Fri: 0900 - 1700 hrs; closed 1300-1400; Saturday: 0900 - 1300 hrs
Dorset Police website: www.dorset.police.uk
Lifeline
The Lifeline two-way communications system is designed to give support to vulnerable people by enabling them to get in touch with a relative, friend, or neighbour, even when they cannot reach a telephone. The cost of Lifeline is £15.42 + VAT per calendar month (VAT is exempt in most cases); contact Kim Armstrong or Alma Goddard at East Dorset Housing Association Lifeline on 01202 864224/5 for more information, and mention Home Watch.