POLICE AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SPEEDWATCH GROUP

I am delighted to announce that our Community Speedwatch Team has been awarded a Community Police Grant of £407.45 from the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner. The grant is being received on the group's behalf by Alderley Edge Parish Council and will be used to support the work of our Community Speedwatch volunteers, as well as helping to pay for essential equipment including:

- increased signage and awareness of Alderley Edge as a Community Speedwatch area

- a second "speed gun" to help the volunteers carry out sessions at more locations

- high-vis jackets for our Community Speedwatch volunteers

On hearing the news, our Community Speedwatch Co-ordinator and local resident Margaret Bilsborough commented "During the pandemic we have had to curtail our regular Community Speedwatch activities, but we are grateful for this Community Police Grant which will help to raise awareness of our activities, as well as providing extra equipment for our volunteers. We are looking forward to starting our sessions again, as soon as it is safe and legal to do so".

The Parish Council would like to record its thanks to our local PCSO, Callum Edwards, who put the group forward for an award. Responding to the grant announcement, Callum added "Alderley Edge Community Speedwatch has been successful in its application to Police & Crime Commissioner David Keane's Community Police Fund to deliver a project to make Alderley Edge Safer. I am proud to have played a part in making this possible".  

(photograph taken before the pandemic, with previous PCSO Anna Jenkinson)