Every year Neighbourhood Watch has actively supported Get Online Week (GOLW) which is a national initiative to help Australians feel more confident and safer when they are doing things online. Grants of $1,000 are available to community organisations to host events. Our groups regularly use the grant funds to host a social event, such as morning tea or scone time, with a guest presenter to help build online confidence and skills.
Get Online Week grant applications will be open from 16 June to 18 July. So, you have one month to get ready to apply for a grant to host an event in your community. The GOLW runs from 20 – 26 October 25. Neighbourhood Watch Australasia (NHWA) for a $300 fee will assist groups that want to apply. We have found this is the most successful way to receive a grant because applicants have to have an ABN and there is work in applying and aquittal.
Read more about GOLW here: Welcome to Get Online Week 2025 | Good Things Foundation.
Nominations for Neighbourhood Watch Tasmania Awards are always open, but they do have to be received by 30 June 25. We have many worthwhile contributors to our objects and purpose but often their achievements will only be recognised if someone tells us about them. If you know someone who should receive one of our awards, send an email with their details to admin@nhwtas.org.au and we will do the rest – can you think of any reason not to?
A very warm welcome to two new watches that have recently been established in Tasmania. Ken Smith has taken on the Coordinator role for our new Lindisfarne Watch which also incorporates Rose Bay and Geilston Bay. Paul Scowen has volunteered to be the Coordinator for a new Watch at Oatlands that also incorporates Parattah. The next publication of the Southern Midlands Regional News has more information about this new Watch.
Our Calendar Drawing competition closed on 31 May 25. Thank you to all those members who encouraged children to enter. Just like elections, we do allow a few grace days for postal entries to arrive. Winners will be announced before 31 August 25.
This year the Neighbourhood Watch AGM, Awards and Prize Giving ceremonies will be held once again at the Country Club in Launceston. As a result of the feedback from previous events there will be some timing changes for 2025. Please take particular note of the new schedule.
10 am guests arrive at the Country Club Tonic Bar.
10.30am Presentation of NHW Awards immediately followed by the presentation of prizes to the winners of our Calendar Drawing Competition.
11am Morning tea for all attendees with photo opportunities.
12noon NHW Tasmania Annual General Meeting
12.30pm All activities concluded.
Members attending the presentations and AGM are asked to RSVP by email to admin@nhwtas.org.au or by phone or text to: 0400 967 236.
Please make this our best year yet for attending and celebrating our successes.
Social Media: Avoid posting information about gifts received or new items purchased on social media, or if you are going to be away from home. Thieves can stalk social media and find who has the best loot worth taking, and when the home will be vacant. Think about waiting until you return home before you post your holiday snaps!
More home security tips can be viewed at: https://issuu.com/countrywideaustral/docs/nhw_australasia_november_2024?fr=sZDMwMzY0NjY4OTE
Belonging is the sense of safety and comfort we feel when we are accepted for who we are. Share this tip with your Facebook friends. Practice it yourself!
Be empathetic. Listen, hold space, withhold judgment, connect emotionally. These all communicate the message “you’re not alone”.
16 June 25 GOLW Grant Applications open
25 June 25 11am CWAC at Sorell Plaza
30 June 25 NHW Award Nominations close
All September 25 Secure September
11 September 25 RUOK Day
27-28 September 25 Secure Your Home Day
1 October 25 International Coffee With a Cop Day
4-12 October 25 Mental Health Week
13-19 October 25 NHW/Bunnings Crime Prevention Week
18 October 25 AGM, Awards & Prizes at Country Club
20-26 October 25 Get Online Week
19 November 25 CWAC in Wellington Court, Hobart
Join NHWT online at https://nhwtas.org.au/join/ it’s free!
“True leadership isn’t about being in charge, it’s about taking care of those in your charge.” – DAVID MELTZER
Yours in Neighbourhood Watch
Peter Edwards, President
Good Neighbours Create Safer Communities
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