Neighbourhood Support

What is Neighbourhood Support?

Neighbourhood Support is a community owned programme that aims to make our homes, streets, neighbourhoods and communities safer and more caring places in which to live.

Neighbourhood Support works closely with the Police and many other organisations to reduce crime and to prepare people to deal with emergencies and natural disasters in their community.

Information about local crime, appropriate crime prevention and safety advice is provided to neighbours through participation in a Neighbourhood Support Group. Members usually exchange phone numbers and meet occasionally over an issue or simply to stay in touch.

Neighbourhood Support Groups

• Share information, ideas and insights to minimise the opportunities for crime to occur and to improve safety for families and their neighbours
• Alert neighbours to any criminal activity in their neighbourhood
• Help prevent burglaries and car crime by keeping on eye on neighbours' properties in their absence
• Assist the Police by reporting any suspicious persons or vehicles in the area
• Assist neighbours in times of need or emergency
• Identify local crime and safety problems, and with the help of each other and the many organisations Neighbourhood Support is linked to, resolve them
• Help neighbours to feel more confident and secure

Want to Know More?

Contact your local Police Station or Council Office to locate your nearest Neighbourhood Support Co-ordinator and collect an Information Pack.

More information available on the Neighbourhood Support web site www.ns.org.nz

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