Chair of Gosport Community Safety Partnership, Councillor John Beavis, is urging local residents to remain vigilent following a number of thefts of items from residential gardens. If you see anything suspicious, please report to the Police by calling 101 or if you think a crime is in progress please call
Freedom of Information responses from 38 police forces in England and Wales show that 1,220 offences of sexual communication with a child were recorded in the first 3 months of lockdown. The figures show Instagram increasingly being used in online grooming offences. Data from NSPCC research shows: Instagram was used in 37%
TikTok is making it easier for parents to safeguard their children on its video-sharing app. New features include the ability to change the youngster’s settings remotely to block them from carrying out searches, and to prevent strangers from seeing their posts. Children can still override these limitations but not without their parents
The theme for this years’ campaign is alcohol and mental health. The campaign co-ordinated by Alcohol Change runs from 16th-22nd November 2020 and is raising awareness of the effects of alcohol on people’s mental health and mood. The impact of Covid 19, lockdown and other restrictions has resulted in a number
The Local Safeguarding Adults Boards in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton are helping to promote the annual National Safeguarding Adults Week, taking place from the 16th to the 22nd November 2020. Gosport Community Safety Partnership is one of many partner organisations helping to promote National Safeguarding Adults Week,
On Friday, November 6, a fire broke out at Anglesey Lodge in Anglesey Road, Gosport, in the first floor and roof. It took Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service hours to get the fire under control and police are treating the incident as a deliberate attack. Anyone with information is asked to
Local residents have been busy organising a new Participatory Funding event The Great Bridgemary Fund Off, following the World Cafe held in March 2020. Supported by Mutual Gain, Hampshire Constabulary, Abri and Gosport Borough Council they are planning a virtual event where local projects can bid for a share of £16,000
A report published by the British Red Cross ‘Lonely and left Behind’ has found the pandemic has increased isolation, financial insecurity which has increased feelings of loneliness. 39% of UK adults surveyed said they hadn’t had a meaningful conversation in a fortnight, with two in five people saying loneliness was
Following a public consultation Gosport Borough Council, on the 7th October 2020, approved the Gosport and Town Centre Public Spaces Protection Order 2020 for the control of Anti-Social Behaviour and Alcohol. The order came into effect on 20th October 2020 for a period of 3 years. A copy of the order
Travel charity Sustrans have organised two Bike Doctor sessions, which will take place during half term at Fort Brockhurst car park, Gosport. On Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th October between 12pm-4pm local residents can get their bicycle checked by a professional mechanic and receive a free repair service. On Thursday, free