Policing and Community Safety Team
Team Objectives
The Village Action Plan Survey highlighted a need to address public order and community safety issues, plus concerns about the ease of access to doctors and hospitals.
The Policing and Community Safety Team are working on the following:
- Policing - to make it more visible and to consult with the police and neighbourhood watch representatives to see if it can be given a higher profile.
- Improving transport facilities to Doctors surgeries and hospitals by looking into existing services and investigating the practicalities of providing a volunteer car service.
- Organising first aid classes.
- The provision of a defibrillator and a life belt by the river.
- Consider using low level lighting in areas where concerns have been raised.
Team Updates
Lighting Solutions. At the time of the original Village Action Plan survey, residents made it very clear that the vast majority of people living in Plumpton (some 70% of households out of a total of 440 that responded) did not want overhead street lighting. The likelihood is that this is almost certainly the same position! ... » More
Plumpton Voluntary Driving Scheme provides transport for villagers in Plumpton, Plumpton Green and East Chiltington, who find it difficult to use other forms of transport.
Passengers pay 40 pence per mile for a return journey. It can be used by people with restricted mobility, and used to for journeys to local doctors' surgeries, hospitals, dentists, chiropodists etc. The scheme is run by volunteers so they cannot promise to provide a service at all times.
For more information, to book, or to volunteer as a driver, call Gill Medhurst on 07855 213 947 or 01273 890 055 or send an email to geoff.medhurst@sky.com.
Team Documents
Poster from the VAP stand at the Plumpton Village Fair 3 July 2010
Team Member Contacts:
- Raymond Young, Team Leader - policing@plumptonvap.co.uk
- Shirley Angel
- Jane George
- David Rankin
- Gill Medhurst
- Rosie Vaughan
- Marilyn Young