Quedgeley, Kingsway and Hardwicke Community

Kingsway Priority Update

On Tuesday 24th January Kingsway police team are meeting with the Kingsway Involvement Network and chairman of the Kingsway Residents Group Barry Kirby. This meeting is going to be the first stage in deciding the new neighbourhood priorities for Kingsway for 2012. After this initial meeting Barry and his sub-committee of local residents will meet and identify a local  issue to be addressed in the forthcoming year.

Updates - Quedgeley, Kingsway and Hardwicke

Kingsway

Kingsway Neighbourhood Co-ordination group have recently just closed their current priority on Anti Social Behaviour within the park area of Lyneham Drive. This was as a result of a dramatic decline in the reported incidents of ASB in the park and the opinion of local residents in the area was, that there had been a huge improvement in the behaviour of young people occupying the park in the hours of darkness and no alcohol had been seen to be consumed in the park area.

An increase in patrols has allowed Police to establish the names and addresses of the young people using anti social behaviour in the park, the parents of those responsible have been informed and this has had a dramatic effect on their behaviour and consequently their behaviour has improved and reported incidents have reduced. 

Community Beat Officers Sam Jones and Emma MacDonald have launched a joint project with Kingsway Primary School called Police Pumas.  Police Pumas is an initiative that has been supported by the local housing providers, the Army and Safer Gloucester Partnership.  Police Pumas is for 9 to 11 year olds and is held on a weekly basis at Kingsway Primary School, the idea is to promote responsibility, good values and a sense of pride in their local community amongst the members.  Pumas is very well attended and they have already taken part in a litter pick on the estate as well as operating speed cameras in a road safety workshop.

We will be looking to carry out more community consultation and Police have recently set up a new PIP at Coco Coffee Lounge every Thursday from 10-12 and we would welcome anyone who has any concerns about the local community to come and see us.

There has recently been a “Have Your Say Day” in the Kingsway area where a random number of streets were visited by Police to discuss any concerns of local residents.  The results have been discussed with the Kingsway Neighbourhood Co-ordination Group and the new priorities for the area will be decided shortly.

Quedgeley

Quedgeley's current priority of Anti Social Behaviour along the Bristol Road from 'The fox Run' and 'Tesco Roundabout' is coming to an end. The number of reported incidents to us has deceased and local residents feeding positive outcomes back to us. We will be taking our outcomes to our next Neighbourhood Co-ordination Group meeting where we will be looking to close this current priority. We will be holding a 'Have your Say Day' very soon to establish are next priority for the area. We will be publishing dates soon.

Hardwicke

Hardwicke recently held a 'Have your Say Day' on Saturday 14th January 2012. PC Fraser Mackie and the rest of the Community Engagement Team spent the day visiting a number of streets around Hardwicke asking residents there views on the local area and how Police and partner agencies can assist to improve the area. PC Mackie has had a good response back from the community and will be taking his findings to his next Neighbourhood Co-ordination Group Meeting to discuses what will become the next priority for Hardwicke. This meeting is to be held next month and all updates will be publicised very shortly.

Kingsway Coco Coffee lounge Drop in

Kingsway Police @ Coco Coffee Lounge

PC Sam Jones, PC Emma Macdonald & PCSO Rob Gee

Sam, Emma and Rob are the Kingsway Community Beat Officers and have agreed to come into Coco Coffee lounge with Leslie and her team every Thursday morning to have a drop in session where residents of Kingsway can speak to officers about any issues they have where they would like the help of the local police team. We look forward to seeing all Kingsway residents. View the poster here.

One of the police team will be in Coco every Thursday between 10.00 -1200

Anglers Needed in Quedgeley to Tackle Anti-Social Behaviour

January 17 2012

Police in Quedgeley and Hardwicke are appealing to keen fishermen and women from across the area who might be interested in gaining a qualification and helping reduce youth anti-social behaviour at the same time.

PC Lucy Kay is coordinating an Angling for Youth Development initiative in the community, which will see children being taught the sport by local mentors.

Already seven people have volunteered to train to be mentors while several helpers have also come forward.

Anyone interested in filling the last three mentor roles will gain a Level 2 qualification from the initiative but need to be available for training in Gloucester over three weekends – February 18 and 19, March 3 and 4 and March 24 and 25.

PC Lucy Kay said: “Angling for Youth Development (AFYD) is a non profit-making charity which started in Scotland and has now provided funding and equipment for a project here in Quedgeley.

“The idea of the scheme is that community members will be taught to become fishing coaches and will then work with young people in and around the Quedgeley/Hardwicke area in a bid to pass on their angling knowledge and experience while educating them about environmental issues.

“I know that when I am out on patrol and talking to young people in the area they are always looking for something to do so taking advantage of the fantastic natural environment that surrounds us seemed to make total sense.

“I know that residents have concerns with regards to anti-social behaviour and we are hoping that by giving young people another positive choice we will be able to reduce those concerns.

“If you are an angler and you feel you could help with the project and make a difference within your local community by become a angling coach please contact me lucy.kay@gloucestershire.police.uk or ring 101 and request to speak to PC 208.”

Hardwicke Have Your Say Day on its Way

January 11 2012

The local policing team in Hardwicke are holding a ‘Have Your Say Day’ this Saturday (January 14).

Officers and members of Hardwicke Parish Council will be knocking on people’s doors in the area, asking for residents’ views on local issues and handing out a survey for people to fill in.

PC Fraser Mackie, who is organising the event, says that he hopes his team will be able to reach 300 households over 10 or 12 streets.

“If you see police along your road please don’t be worried – we’re just canvassing people’s opinions about what they are most concerned about in the community at the moment.

“The results will help both our partner agencies and myself tackle the issues people want us to address.

“It’ll be great to hear people’s feedback,” he said.

Policing Team Spread Light on Pupils’ Christmas (and Their Journey Home)

The local policing team for Quedgeley have been spreading some light on Christmas for pupils at Severn Vale School and keeping them safe on the road by giving them free lights for their bicycles.

Last week PC Fraser Mackie visited the school to hand out the early Christmas presents to the children, who were aged between 11 and 16-years-old.

PC Mackie said: “Some pupils might be lucky enough to get a new bike for Christmas and we want to make sure they stay as safe as possible when using them.

“We consider road safety for all the pupils to be a priority and we’d encourage parents to support us by making sure they put the lights on their child’s bike and equip them with bright, reflective clothing for the dark mornings and evenings.

“The more visible cyclists are to all other road users, they safer they will be.”

In total 65 sets of lights were handed out.

Kingsway Police Pumas

Pumas is a group set up by Police Officers PC Emma MacDonald & PC Sam Jones and school staff to encourage children to be proactive members of the community. They will learn skills in safety, jobs that help them look after their community and will organise events that raise awareness of current community issues and importantly have fun. The sessions will be planned with certain objectives to achieve that arise within the community.

Mrs Needham, Head Teacher of Kingsway Primary School said, “The children are extremely proud of their community and want to do all they can to make it even better”.

The Pumas sessions run every Tuesday at the school from 3:15pm – 4:15pm with Mr Kilyan, Mrs Pascoe and Miss Wood. PC Sam Jones and PC Emma McDonald will support the school and give the pupils further skills in the projects they undertake. The first session focussed on firework safety, getting to know each other and having fun!

Beth aged 9 and Kayden aged 11 both said, “Pumas is fun. The uniform is great and we’re really looking forward to meeting the police dogs. ”

The Kingsway Pumas have been funded by Safer Gloucester, Bromford Housing, Oxebode Housing, The Guinness Trust and Severnvale Housing.

Operation Dazzel in Gloucester Local Policing Area

Operation Dazzle will be lighting the way for people who ride their bikes with no lights. This initiative will run across the area to encourage those who don't have lights to get them or face a  fine. Please contact your local policing team on 101 to request further information and get your bike security marked for FREE!

Quedgeley Community Need your Help

We all know that people talk about the lack of community spirit these days but I am a great believer that it is still out there and you might just have to look a little harder than you did in years gone by.
That said we now require your help, we are looking for people to come forward who can spend maybe 4 hours a month of there time coaching and mentoring young people through the sport of fishing. We are very lucky here in Gloucestershire that we live on a waterway and I have seen many young people showing an interest in this whilst out and about on patrol.

You will be required to undergo some checks and a training course that will result in a formal qualification so even if you're at college, retired, employed, self employed or looking for a job it will be another way to get something on that CV and do something really good for your community and its young people.

If you are interested please get in touch with me either via email at lucy.kay@gloucestershire.police.uk or telephone on 101.

Quedgeley News

There has also been a spate of graffiti around Quedgeley and Hardwicke PCSO Lee Hutton is making a log of this along with photographs. When we catch the offender/s we would have made sure that we have evidenced the graffiti so if it is removed we can still prosecute.

During the past few months we have had a number of calls regarding nuisance mopeds/motorbikes in and around Quedgeley and Kingsway. These reports have included riding along pavements, carrying pillion passengers, riding two a piece across the road, revving of engines and generally acting in a anti social manner. PCSO Anna Wright has been looking into these reports made to us and has been contacting the riders and there parents as the majority are aged between 16-19yrs. Also we are keeping a note of all the mopeds/motorbikes on the area and writing to the parents of those young people involved.

Woman Robbed in Gloucester – Appeal for Witnesses

October 5 2011

Police in Gloucester are appealing for witnesses after a woman was robbed in Kingsway.

The incident happened between 2.45pm and 3pm yesterday (Tuesday, October 4) as the 42-year-old local woman walked along a public footpath leading from Bodiam Avenue to Marham Drive.

She was walking her 3-year-old daughter in her pushchair when her mobile phone, purse and cigarettes fell off the top of the rain cover. She stepped backwards to pick them up but when she stood up again she was punched in the face by a man who grabbed the purse and phone and ran off towards the Kingsway estate. He then made off along a footpath running alongside a stream between the rear of Bodiam Avenue and Chivenor Way.

The victim was left with bruising and swelling to the face.

The offender is described as a black man, between 20 and 25 years old, 5ft 4ins tall, and of slim build.

He had short black hair with a “single line cut horizontally along the left hand side of the head, just above the ear”.

He was wearing a black hooded top and black jeans with a silver logo on the pocket (possibly the Evisu brand). He was also wearing a large diamante ear stud in the left ear.

Anyone with information is urged to call the new non-emergency number 101, quoting incident 266 of October 4.

Alternatively, you can also give information anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via www.crimestoppers-uk.org.