22.07.08 – Young people in Newport invited to Street Sport event

Young people in Newport and the surrounding areas are being invited to put their fancy footwork skills to the test by taking part in some football sessions this summer holiday. Newport Local Policing Team has arranged the sessions with Telford & Wrekin Street Sport. Young people aged from five years-old to 15-years-old will have the opportunity to take part in the football sessions on a giant inflatable football pitch.

The sessions take place as follows:

  • Wednesday July 30 at Lilleshall school playing fields from 11am to 2pm
  • Thursday August 7 at Tibberton school playing fields from 10am to 12pm
  • Thursday August 7 at Edgmond playing fields from 1pm to 3pm
  • Wednesday August 13 at Church Aston playing fields from 11am to 2pm

For more information on how to get involved contact PC Dave Hancocks on 08457 444 888

10.07.08 – Summer activities at Malinslee Youth Centre

Community Support Officer Ann Moore has confirmed that funding has been secured to run a host of activities at the Malinslee Youth Centre (MYC) over the summer holidays. Events being planned for the school holidays this summer include ice skating, paint ball and quad biking trips; a trip to Cadburys World in Birmingham, a graffiti arts project and also a ‘Street Sports’ session.

Anyone who would like more information about the MYC, or any of the activities that are being run this summer can contact CSO Moore on 0845 444 888 or pop along to Malinslee Community Centre on any Tuesday or Friday between 7pm and 9pm.

Alternatively click here to view the summer programme of activities.

 

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09.07.08 - Vehicle crime prevention advice

Telford Police have released a statement to reassure local residents that there appears to be no foundation to rumours circulating the town that there was a child abduction attempt in Donnington over the weekend. Officers received a number of calls relating to the alleged abduction of a young child at Asda supermarket in Donnington. However neither Asda nor Telford Police have had any such incident reported to them and after thorough investigation no evidence was found to suggest that such an incident took place.

08.07.08 - Telford CSOs praised by Chief Inspector

The work of two Community Support Officers (CSOs) in Telford has been praised following four arrests that came as a direct result of their quick thinking and calm communications skills. In two separate incidents CSO Trudy Jones from the Wellington North Local Policing Team (LPT) and CSO Lisa Nutting from the Haygate and Ercall LPT guided response police officers to their exact location where they witnessed crimes in progress so that arrests could be made.

Telford’s Chief Inspector of Local Policing Peter Davies said “These offenders would almost certainly have gone on to commit other crimes so the CSOs have not only reduced overall crime, but their intervention has meant that several fewer people have been the victims of car crime and all of the expense and misery that follows.”

08.07.08 - New car for Dawley and Hamlets Local Policing Team

A link-up between Telford Police, Dawley Hamlets Parish Council, Wrekin Housing Trust and Bournville Village Trust has seen the Dawley and Hamlets Local Policing Team handed the keys to their very own vehicle to use as they go about their important work in the ward.

Explaining how the car will help her team go about their day-to-day work, PC Walker-Shale said: “This vehicle will make an enormous difference because it is specifically for the use of the Dawley and Hamlets Local Policing Team. We believe that the vehicle will act as a reassuring presence to residents across the communities we serve and it will certainly help us maintain a much more visible profile. We also hope that the car will encourage drivers to be more responsible in terms of speeding, using their mobile phones and drinking and driving”

07.07.08 - Wellington working together to increase activities for young people

Residents in two areas of Wellington are working with police and other organisations in a bid to provide more leisure activities for teenagers. The Wellington Youth Engagement Group (WYEG) recently sent out a questionnaire to residents living on both the Gas Works (Hollies Road) and Arleston estates, asking them about their concerns in the area in which they live and the facilities they would like to see, particularly for young people.  Simultaneously a youth survey was carried out amongst 9 – 16 year olds. Nearly 300 replies were returned, with a good response from young people. 

Sergeant Chris Miller, of the Wellington Local Policing Team, said: “There are several exciting ideas in the pipeline, with at least one project currently being planned for the summer holidays: a graffiti art project run by a local artist, Neil Willis. There will be a mural design workshop on 12th August followed by painting days on 20th and 21st August at local venues” If you would like to volunteer to help out with either project development or on working groups, please contact your Local Policing Team, or The Wrekin Housing Trust’s West Team based in Tan Bank, or Connexions 4 Youth at Ringway House.

04.07.08 - Prizes awarded at Aqueduct Primary School

On Thursday 3rd July, at a specially arranged school assembly, Community Support Officer (CSO) Sarah Robinson and Dawley Hamlets Parish Council Chairman Andy Chetwood, attended Aqueduct Primary School to present the prizes for a competition that had been run for the Year 5 and Year 6 pupils. CSO Robinson, in joint partnership with the Wrekin Housing Trust, Dawley Hamlets Parish Council, Aqueduct Primary School and some residents of Aqueduct, recently set up a project board known as the Aqueduct Youth Engagement Group.

The aim of the group is to help young people in the area develop activities during the school holidays. The aim of the competition was to come up with a name for the group. The winning slogan – which was designed by Cameron Dhir and Christopher Crawford – was ‘Your World is My World’ Every child that entered the competition received a goody bag containing pens donated by the council and colouring books provided by Telford Police, while the winning entrants received cinema tickets that were kindly donated by Odeon Cinemas in Telford

04.07.08 - Traffic disaster test for 999 crews

A large scale traffic pile up on a county road put Shropshire’s emergency services to the test during a major training exercise on July 3. The multiple vehicle collision was acted out on a stretch of road at the Ministry Of Defence base in Donnington, Telford.

The exercise was designed to test the joint response by the Fire Service, Police, Ambulance Service, MOD, and St John Ambulance. “The whole purpose of these types of exercises is to test our response methods in detail particularly how we work together during a rescue operation and this is an ideal way of achieving that aim. A multiple vehicle pile up is something that can easily happen on any of our Shropshire roads,” said Group Manager Glenn Holloway, of Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.

03.07.08 - New Local Policing Inspector for Wellington

As part of their continued commitment to West Mercia Police’s Local Policing initiative, Telford Police have announced that Inspector Richard Langton has been appointed as the new Inspector of Local Policing for Wellington. Inspector Langton’s role will see him oversee the work of Wellington’s four Local Policing Teams - Haygate and Ercall, Arleston and College, Wellington Rural and Wellington North – and co-ordinate the work of the Local Policing Officers and Community Support Officers.

Inspector Langton said “I am thrilled to have been offered the opportunity to be the Local Policing Inspector for Wellington. It is a lively, exciting and challenging town with plenty of history and character. Having spent the vast majority of my 20 years service working in response teams, I am very much looking forward to a new challenge, developing a strong relationship with my Local Policing Teams, our partners and the people and communities of Wellington.”

01.07.08 – Young people keeping safe at Crucial Crew 2008

Over 1000 children from Telford & Wrekin have recently learnt new skills to keep themselves safe during two weeks of activities at the Crucial Crew event at Buildwas Abbey. The interactive event, managed by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service on behalf of the Telford & Wrekin Safer & Stronger Communities Partnership, enabled young people to take part in a range of scenarios designed to increase their awareness of their own personal safety.

The event, which has been running for the last 15 years, has enabled over 16,000 young people from local schools to take part in hands-on activities outside of their school environment.  This mixture of learning about serious issues in new and exciting ways makes the event especially popular with the young people that attend it. The two-week event took place in the grounds of Buildwas Abbey, near Ironbridge, and was hosted by E.ON UK.