Neighbourhood Services
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COMMUNITY WARDENS
What are Community Wardens?
Community Wardens are ordinary citizens who have been appointed to act
as the eyes and ears of particular communities. They will act as contact
points between you and relevant agencies so that we can all work together
to help Build Strong, Safe and Attractive Communities in East Ayrshire.
The Wardens do not have the same powers as the Police, therefore cannot
be considered as a substitute or alternative to the Police. However, they
will ensure that relevant agencies, including the police, are made aware
of your concerns, complaints and community issues.
Why do we have Community Wardens?
The Scottish Executive has released funding from it's 'Building Safe,
Strong and Attractive Communities' funding for establishing Community
Wardens throughout Scotland.
The purpose of the Wardens is to help communities to access whatever
services they need to improve the quality of life in their area. Members
of the public should feel free to approach the wardens with suggestions,
complaints, concerns and successes in their area, so that we can support
them in building safe strong and attractive communities.
All residents have a responsibility to keep the environment clean and
tidy and to help residents achieve this aim East Ayrshire Council has
granted powers to Community Wardens to enforce laws on a range of issues
affecting the quality of the environment in your neighbourhoods and communities.
This includes litter, fly-tipping, and dog fouling. Penalties ranging
from £50 can be enforced. Community Wardens carry out regular patrols
and also respond to individual complaints within their designated areas.
 To find out
more about 'Building
Safe, Strong and Attractive Communities' follow this link.
The aim of the Community Warden Service
The aim of the Wardens service is to improve the quality of life for
everyone in the community by:
- Regularly patrolling local areas to provide a high profile public
deterrence to crime, anti social behaviour, vandalism and environmental
damage.
- Acting as a link between local people and service agencies in relation
to crime, anti social behaviour, vandalism and enviromental damage
- Assisting, where appropriate, in the speedy resolution of incidents
of crime, anti social behaviour, vandalism or environmental damage by
reporting, gathering information and providing evidence in court where
necessary
- Engaging with young people in the community to provide them with information
on social and leisure activities, and enabling them to raise issues
of concern.
- Engaging positively with local people, providing community safety
advice and assisting in reassuring and supporting vulnerable people
and victims of crime.
- Making appropriate referral's about anti social behaviour to our anti
social behaviour team and developing an awareness of community based
initiative's designed to tackle this problem.
The wardens are currently working in New Farm Loch, Onthank, Altonhill,
Knockinlaw, Longpark, Hillhead, Shortlees, Barshare (Cumnock) and Auchinleck
from 1.30pm to 11.15 pm – 7 days a week except 25 and 26 December
and 1 and 2 January.
Point to Note: Any information provided to the wardens will be confidential
and only released to other agencies with your consent.
If you tell the wardens about an urgent matter a warden will contact
you as soon as possible. However, if the urgent matter requires the police,
ambulance or fire service you should contact them first.
The Warden Service has been developed in association with;
- Strathclyde Fire Brigade
- Atrium Homes
- Link Housing
- Cunninghame Housing Association
- Shire Housing
- Strathclyde Police
- Scottish Executive
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