Junior Neighbourhood Support
Information for the Schools
There is an exciting new initiative being started in your area and we thought your school maybe interested in being part of it.
Project Brief:
The aim of Junior Neighbourhood Support is to promote a sense of
pride, safety and community spirit in children, their schools and
their wider community.
The programme is run by Neighbourhood Support Waitakere and
partnered with the NZ Police, NZ Fire, Civil Defence and others.
The programme rewards and recognizes primary and immediate school
students who have done an activity in their school, home or
community that contributes to the aim of the project. Some
activity areas are: bike safety, preventing bullying, school or
street clean ups, reporting graffiti, awareness/assistance with
fire/police services, getting their families to join Neighbourhood
Support, helping a neighbour, etc. Children performing any of
these "safety activities" can be nominated by school teachers,
principals, local shop owners etc for a recognition award and prize
pack at their school assemblies.
It is intended that this programme will positively reinforce areas
in the curriculum and existing school programmes eg. DARE, Kia Kaha
and Bluelight.