Central Corinda Neighbourhood Watch

A community blog for the Central Corinda Sherwood 4 Neighbourhood Watch Zone in Corinda 4075, Queensland, Australia

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Community Christmas Party Thu 4 December

Assistant Minister for Child Safety & Member for Mount Ommaney Tarnya Smith MP and Cr Matthew Bourke wish to invite you to the annual Community Christmas Party.

  DATE & TIME: Thursday 4 December 2014 from 6:00pm till 7:30pm

WHERE: Centenary Rowing Club, End of Sumners Road, Riverhills 4074

DRESS: Smart Casual

COST: No Cost

RSVP: RSVP by Friday 21 November 2014 to the Mount Ommaney Electorate Office on 3279 5137 or email [email protected]

  Tarnya looks forward to seeing you there!

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Notice of AGM - 28 October

The Annual General Meeting for this Watch is scheduled for the last Tuesday of next month - 28 October at 7:30 pm.

Venue will be confirmed and information posted here and on the NHW page in Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/central.corinda.nhw

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SNC Community Consultation – We need your input!

The Sherwood Neigbourhood Centre would like to invite you to participate in our Community Consultation which we are undertaking from Tuesday 15th October through to Friday 25th October 2013.

The Community Consultation is the second stage of a strategy which will inform the development of the Centre’s next strategic Directions Plan. 

The aim of the Directions Plan is to:

Expand the day-to-day operations of the Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre and increase the relevance of the Centre to the local community by building the capacity and sustainability of the Centre to attract new services, programs, innovative partnerships and entrepreneurial avenues.

If you can take the time to fill out our 5 minute survey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/J3VLVFJ or access our survey via our Facebook page ‘Sherwood Neighborhood Centre’ we would be very grateful.   Please provide your input by Friday 25th October at the latest.

Regards

Vicki Godfrey

Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre

Ph: 3379 6963

    We are really hoping to get input from young people within the Community aged 15 – 24 years of age

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Suburban Crime Prevention Grant

The Suburban Crime Prevention Program provides funds to suburban businesses and not-for-profit community groups and sporting clubs for projects or services that will help deter crime and improve community safety in their local suburb and community.

Brisbane City Council recognises that this suburban crime prevention program will benefit all Brisbane residents and visitors, in particular by:

implementing safety measures that will reduce opportunities for crime and improve the perception of safety in their suburb and surrounds

improving safety through the application of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles

educating local residents on personal safety and property security

providing improved public spaces in business precincts for people to enjoy

implementing effective graffiti prevention, removal and management strategies

partnering with other stakeholders to resolve safety concerns in their community

Funding

Funding amounts range from $1,000 to $10,000.

Applicants are required to provide 20% of the project costs with Council providing the remaining 80%, up to a maximum of $10,000.

Eligibility

Applicants can be a:

registered small business

consortium of small businesses

Chamber of Commerce

small business Body Corporate

not-for-profit community group

sporting club

provided that the primary purpose of the grant application is to benefit community safety in the public realm. The project cannot be used for profit making purposes.

Applicants must not have any outstanding acquittals for any previous grants with Council.

Funding round dates

This grant is open for applications.

Submissions close at midnight on Monday 25 November 2013.

http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/community/grants-and-awards/suburban-crime-prevention-grant/index.htm

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South Brisbane District NHW Information Forum

5 August 2013 6pm – 8pm The location of the Forum is yet to be confirmed however I thought it best to give you a date claimer given the relatively short notice. The invitation is open to Area Co-ordinators and up to 2 other representatives from each group. It is expected that Mr Elivs GUIZIC will provide us all with information on the NHW renewal, as well a providing you the opportunity to ask and clarify questions. Further information will be provided once I have it. Kind Regards, Elaine Burns Sgt 11496 Crime Prevention Co-ordinator Oxley District Ph: 31315573 Email: [email protected]

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Message from the Officer in Charge, Sherwood Police Station

Message from the Officer in Charge, Sherwood Police Station - Senior Sergeant Bill Salm:

For those that were not aware, I have been absent from the station for the past 6 months due to family issues, but have returned to the new look Queensland Police Service.   Many changes have taken place as from 1 July, with the total implementation of changes to units within the organisation.  Locally, the Oxley District has been renamed as the Centenary Patrol Group with Superintendent Jim Keogh in charge.  Moorooka Police Station now falls under the umbrella of the Dutton Park police group so our policing area (group) has shrunk a bit.  The boundaries of Sherwood Division have not changed.  I have requested an update on the future of the Oxley Police Beat and I will keep you updated when I know more.

The new QPS Strategic Plan (available on the website) confirms the desire to continue with community partnerships and grow opportunities to problem solve conjointly.  This is great news.  Officers in Charge of Stations are being given greater opportunity to make quick decisions that affect their areas instead of having to push everything uphill multiple levels, wait and cross fingers.   One of the plans I am implementing is a strategic partnership with the Tennyson Special School in order to address some of the behavioural issues of students, hopefully diverting them from a potentially adverse future.  As President of the Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre, I also wish to improve services to refugees, victims of DV, persons with a disability, homeless and families at risk.  I am proud of the continued partnership with the neighbourhood centre, the Oxley Men’s Group and other organisations.  Together, and with the ongoing support of the QPS, we can have a real and positive effect on the people within your communities.

No person is the fountain of all knowledge and wisdom, and no-one has accused me of that for a long time, so I seek your feedback, ideas and support.  The Sherwood Police is only one cog in the machine and I rely on the NHW groups and others for help and support.

I hope to have more news to you in the coming weeks, but if you have any immediate concerns, don’t hesitate to ring myself or my community coordinator, Bruce Pepper on the station number 3716 4000.

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Received from the District Officer, South Brisbane District - Chief Superintendent Allan McCarthy. 16 July 2013

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Corinda offences by time of day - Grid view - recorded between 1 March 2013 and 30 June 2013.

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Navigate the Queensland Police Service crime map on your own home computer.

How to view Corinda offences recorded month-by-month on the crime map:

Go to Online Services > QPS Crime Map

(this is the direct hyperlink: http://www.police.qld.gov.au/forms/crimestatsdesktop.asp )

On the filter boxes at the left of the screen, choose the following options:

11(a) Add QPS area – select the dark brown ‘down arrow’ button and choose Brisbane > South Brisbane > Sherwood

(e) Add area from map – select brown ‘Suburb’ button then click on CORINDA in the map area of the screen

2. Select time period – manually enter a date range, or choose one of the standard periods (1 month / 3 months / 1 year)

3. Select offence types you want to view (by default, all offence types are shown)

4. Analyse data. There are more ways to see the crime data on the screen – a Density ‘heat map’ view, a Graph showing offence frequency by date, a Clock displaying offences by time of day in a bullseye circle and a Grid showing offences by time of day in a rectangular diary / calendar view. A fifth analysis option, Export, allows you to save your search into a spreadsheet (.csv format) for viewing and formatting using software such as Excel, Open Office Calc or Google docs.

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Centenary Village Darra Family Fun Day 4 June 2011

This event was postponed due to the weather in early March. And now, it’s coming back! Come with your family and friends to enjoy lots of FREE activities. Make it an enjoyable and a relaxing day!

When? 4 June 2011 from 11am to 2pm (Saturday)

Where? Darra Community Hall

(47 Kokoda Street, Centenary Village)

Lots of FREE activities including…

- BBQ

- FUN games for kids (Jumping castle, mask making and more!)

- Live Music Performance by Jon Keating, Cane Music Club

- Community Services and flood recovery information stalls

- Lucky draws

What to bring? Esky and folding chairs

More information? Please call Cathy Easte on 3271 2416 / 0435 326 589

Email: [email protected]

Centenary Village Darra Family Fun Day

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Crimes in our area in June 2007

source: Sherwood Police

Offence: BURGLARY

Address: DONALDSON ST CORINDA

Between: 2035 and 2045 hrs 03/06/07

Between offence times unknown offender/s have gained entry to the property by walking through an open gate and down the driveway. Offender/s had gained entry by climbing through an open dining room window of the dwelling. Complainant and her family were watching television in the next room at the time. The Offender was disturbed when one of the occupants walked into the room. The Offender then grabbed a handbag from the kitchen table and has decamped through the entry point.

Offence: BURGLARY, WITH BREAKING

Address: HASSALL ST CORINDA

Between: 1930 and 2100 hrs 07/06/07

Unknown offender/s have entered the offence location by prising apart the flyscreen. Property was taken and the Offender/s exited via point of entry.

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Identity Theft

This subject was covered in the October 2006 Corinda Cryer, however a recent segment on a current affairs program was a timely reminder of this crime.

Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in Australia and indeed the world.

By stealing mail, criminals can build a profile of another person, with such details as date of marriage and names of children that are so complete that those targeted have the added angst of reestablishing their identity and financial credibility - a process that can take years into the future.

Victims of this crime can have bank accounts drained and huge debts run up on credit cards.

We can all protect ourselves from identity theft by clearing our letterboxes of private and junk mail on a daily basis. An added precaution is to shred documents before throwing them away.

Residents are also cautioned not to let anyone photocopy any of their identity cards or give out credit card details to any potentially untrustworthy people or organisations.

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What You Can Do for Your Neighbourhood

From July 2007 - Corinda Cryer - issue 189

I was at a meeting recently where someone said that if you don’t complain, nothing gets done.

In response, I thought it might be better to say that if you don’t tell them what’s wrong, they won’t realise that they have to fix it. As much as we might like it. the City Council, State and Federal governments don’t have people driving around the streets, looking for things wrong that need to be fixed.

After thinking about that a while I thought of John F Kennedy’s famous quotation; “ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country.”

While I don’t think it’s necessary or appropriate to fill in pot holes yourself, calling the council to tell them that there’s a hole in the road rather than grumbling about it seems to me like a basic civic duty.

I have a friend who takes his city-wide neighbourhood quite seriously, and has been known to pick up rubbish from the street before depositing it in the next bin.

So congratulations to those of you who are involved in the community in any way; whether that’s the Neighbourhood Watch, planting trees, the school tuck shop, the church or whatever.

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WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?

Oxley Creek Commons on Sherwood Rd in Rocklea is a very nice part of the planet :)