Arlesey Takes Action: Community Action Day to inspire positive changes
Friday, 22 September 2023
A Community Action Day in Arlesey including speed watch patrols, a weapons sweep, and sessions on scam awareness was hailed a success.
Throughout the event, dedicated teams engaged with local residents and businesses to address their concerns and provide guidance about community safety, including how to report issues, while information stalls based outside the village hall throughout the day hosted safety advice and guidance around the cost-of-living crisis and fuel safety.
Anti-social behaviour officers, in conjunction with The Grand Union Housing Group, carried out door-to-door visits on Carters Way and Gothic Way while the trading standards team conducted a sweep targeting cold callers and disseminating valuable advice on community safety, scam awareness, and dog breeding and boarding.
Elsewhere, a speed watch patrol was undertaken with our Safer Neighbourhood Officer, a Bedfordshire Police Street Watch Officer, and a local volunteer. A weapons sweep was conducted on the recreation ground and bicycle marking was offered at Arlesey Railway Station, supported by British Transport Police Railway Enforcement Officers.
The Arlesey Resource Centre and Library organised a recycling event tailored for younger children, and a local volunteer worked with council officers to carry out a litter pick in the area, exhibiting the collected waste in a Litter Cube outside the village hall highlighting the quantity of litter gathered in a single day.
Lorna Carver, our Director of Place and Communities, said:
This is the latest in a run of successful community action days which bring the council, our partners, and local people and businesses together to tackle a wide range of issues that affect us all. I want to say thank you in particular to those volunteers who step up to help out in their communities.