I had a very interesting and rewarding evening on Wednesday. I joined the local PCSOs, Jessica Read and Nicola Simmons, at Morrisons. We were doing a survey of the problems residents feel we have in the neighbourhood. It was a surprise to find that most had little or no problems. What was most rewarding was that they all said that they liked living here. One young man said he had moved from a Kent village and had been really nervous of moving here. But he has been a resident now for a couple of years and is really happy.
The problems that did come out were what I think you would all imagine. Litter, and nuisance motorbikes. The graffiti problem is not quite so bad. It has not gone away, in fact I have been out lately cleaning it off. The really large areas are still being reported and the graffiti busting team at the council are doing a good job. Even though there are improvements in the area the only way to keep improving is for us to know what problems people are having. So please let the police or Matt and I know. We cannot work miracles but we can try and help.
Our two PCSOs are really nice and very hard working girls. So when you see them please say hello. Most local children know them as they pop into the schools and introduce themselves. They have helped raise money for Sure Start at Kingfisher School, so you see they are very much part of our community.
If you need to contact the PCSOs there is a link on the blog.
posted by Pat
