NAG members will already be aware that there has been a discussion recently about combining the Safer Reading forums and Neighbourhood Action Groups, to establish better streamlining of resources and to provide a better service to residents.

Below is the document outlining the proposal for how a newly merged Safer Reading/NAG system could look. It is at this stage a discussion paper which has been drawn up following discussions between partner agencies, predominantly the police and Reading Borough Council.

Developing Community Safety - Locality Working in Reading

A presentation of this proposal was given at the most recent NAG meeting, and feedback was generally positive. However, it is important that feedback is sought from as many NAG members and interested parties as possible, so please have a read through the proposal and send you comments to us at katesgrovenag@hotmail.com

Feedback will be collated and passed back to the Safer Reading team. At present, the Safer Reading and Neighbourhood Police Teams are working to a provisional timetable of the final decision being made shortly after the new year, with the new structure going ahead from April 2010.

The reports of the September and October Environmental Visual Audits have been posted to the EVA page:

• Tuesday 20 Oct 2009 (PDF, 63 kB)
• Tuesday 15 Sep 2009 (PDF, 65 kB)

Each month, members of the Katesgrove NAG tour an area of Katesgrove with officers from Reading Borough Council, usually accompanied by one or more of our PCSOs and our Neighbourhood Wardens, looking for anything that brings the appearance of an area down. You can read more about this process and how it helps the area by clicking here.

Please note that the June EVA has had to be rescheduled to 16 June. The date has been changed as no-one from Reading Borough Council would have been able to attend on the original date.

 The EVA will start at 10.30am, meeting at Katesgrove Lane j/w Pell Stree. For more details, check the EVA page.