Barrow Police joined the local community in a series of Remembrance events as we paid our respects to all those who gave their lives for our todays….
On Friday 11th November we attended Chapel Street Infant School, Dalton, for a service attended by children, teachers and parents, culminating in minutes silence at 11am.
The group walked from their school to the Cenotaph on Station Road. Wreaths were laid and hymns sung as the children learned of the sacrifices given throughout the wars.
PCSO’s Joe Ward and Michelle Jones, together with Sergeant Joanne Smith, joined the children in ensuring their safety on the walk and in discussing the important message Remembrance Day brings.
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On Sunday 13th November there were a series on Remembrance Sunday Services throughout Barrow and Furness, with Police on hand to both ensure the safety of these events and take part in the parades.
In Barrow, a large turnout of military personnel, emergency services, community groups and the public walked from Barrow Town Hall to The Cenotaph in Barrow Park, where the service was held, and wreaths laid. On behalf of Barrow Police, Chief Inspector Kye Renyard and PCSO Phil Sullivan took part in paying our respects.
Sergeant Gareth Sargent led the parade in Dalton, where again wreaths were laid and a Remembrance Service held, while community officers also attended a service at Askam.
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PC Liam Oliver joined children and staff at Dane Ghyll Primary School in Barrow on Monday 14th November for their Remembrance event.
The service included poems read by pupils from Year 6, and The Last Post was given by their own trumpeter.
It was a fantastic turn out from the local community, including friends & families of the school, and PC Oliver would like to thank Headteacher Mr Mills for the invite.
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Back in the summer, on a lovely weekend of weather, there was a spectacular maritime display as Associated British Ports Barrow, in association with Seas Your Future, brought a Tall Ships event to the Buccleuch Dock Quayside at Morrisons, Barrow.
The Tall Ships “Pelican of London” and “The La Malounie” visited and the whole quayside was open for the local public and tourists to explore and have a look on board and speak to staff and personnel about the ships.
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Community officers attended and they chatted to the children, while there was ice cream and other facilities for everyone to enjoy.
The weather helped and the organisers were extremely pleased with a footfall of around 7000 over the two days. They plan to bring the event back to Barrow in August 2023 and make it bigger and better with more ships and attractions. We look forward to continuing to support them with this fantastic community venture.
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Our Salthouse and Roose Community Beat Officer, PC Martin Hayes, has recently been working with Barrow Amateur Boxing Club on Brook Street, Barrow, to support Head Coach Jeff Moses with the fantastic work he does for the community.
The club is open to all and Jeff welcomes everyone of all abilities and fitness levels, running sessions for children, women, adults and, on a Tuesday evening, there is a fabulous initiative called Boxability.
Boxability is a youth project provided by YouthAbility who work in conjunction with Barrow ABC; Jeff sought funding to provide a boxing session each week for young people with disabilities.
PC Hayes has called into these sessions while on patrol on his beat and is amazed by the enthusiasm and indeed the fitness and standard of boxing the attendees possess.
He has also called into the children’s session on a Friday evening and recently presented a prize of boxing gloves to one of the young boxers.
PC Hayes said, “Boxing is a fantastic sport and at the core is discipline and respect. If I can get local children, or adults, involved that may take them away from other detrimental behaviour patterns then I will continue to link in with Barrow ABC and support this”.
Regards his own boxing skills, PC Hayes accepts he may struggle to punch his way out a paper bag and may need to attend some sessions himself…….!!
tsCommunity officers continue to reach out to the public by way of Police Desks at various locations around Barrow and Furness.
These desks are an opportunity to discuss any issues faced in their areas, whether it be to pass on some information, report a crime or take advice on any matter.
We realise there are times where it may not be convenient, or even a little daunting, to head to Barrow Police Station so we hope these desks can still provide access to Police Officers and Police Community Support Officers.
PCSO’s Sam Thomas and Tina Sykes recently hosted a desk within Barrow Market Hall and received some good feedback from the public. They have many more planned around their areas of Barrow Island and Hindpool, however more desks are planned to cover the Town Centre, Walney, Ormsgill and Hawcoat and Dalton and Askam.
Please continue to check our social media accounts for dates and times of these.
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In addition to their Boxability initative, YouthAbility recently organised a Big Breakfast event at Walney Community Centre on Central Drive.
PCSO Phil Sullivan lent his support and saw an excellent turnout which brought together people with disabilities and members of the public for some free breakfast, bingo and chat.
It is hoped this will become a regular monthly event.
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Community Beat Officer PC Liam Oliver recently organised and co-ordinated our latest Test Purchase operation.
Test Purchases involve a controlled process where underage youths attempt to buy products from retail and entertainment outlets, which their age would ordinarily prohibit them from doing, to check if licence holders are doing the necessary checks and ensuring there are no underage sales.
The latest operation looked at underage alcohol sales, and under PC Oliver’s guidance we utilised some Police Cadets as test purchasers, targeting pubs and off-licences.
Unfortunately, while many passed, there were some premises caught out by our staff selling alcohol to underage children and those have been signposted towards partner agency’s for training and development.
PC Oliver is also hoping to reintroduce the Community Alcohol Partnership, a group which does targeted work around alcohol misuse by children.
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Women’s Community Matters recently organised a ‘warm space’ event for local women.
In times of high energy and food bills, this was an opportunity to meet in a warm comfy environment and enjoy some tea, coffee, soup and a baked spud!
Around 30 women attended, supported by PCSO Sam Thomas, and this very well-received community initiative will return in December.
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Barrow Community team were invited to Chetwynde School recently, and we received a very warm welcome from their Reception class.
Sergeant John Dilks and Community Beat Officer Matt Noden showed the children Police uniform and they had much fun trying on jackets and hats!
The main message we wanted to get across was that the Police are always there to help them and their families, and we will always keep them safe.
We finished by going outside and showing them the Police Van, before finishing with a blaze of lights and sirens!
Everyone had a lovely time and class teacher Mrs Stepanian has invited us back for her future classes to meet the Police.
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And finally…..the latter part of November saw Christmas lights being turned on across Barrow and Furness with the Festive Season soon upon us.
Askam and Barrow held switch on events and despite poor weather children and adults alike attended in good numbers.
See our December edition of this newsletter next month for a round-up of Christmas events across the Borough.
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