SEARCH Group

The group’s aims are:
To empower residents to take ownership by involving all members of the community to help make Henbury and Brentry a safe and pleasant area to work, live and play, by working in partnership.

The group’s objectives are:
To prevent and reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, to improve effective communication, to reduce the fear of crime, to increase pride to improve the local environmentto improve the health and well being of the community.

SEARCH – Community Safety & Environment Group
The group meets on the second Friday of every month, 10.00am at the youth centre, Machin Road. Every other meeting we start with an hour planned walkabout, where we record on action sheets any issues/problems that need addressing, such as litter, rubbish, fly tipping, overgrown/untidy gardens, graffiti, criminal damage etc. These are actioned by the relevant agencies (usually BCC Housing (Bob Ballinger & Julian Dyer), Cleansing (Alan Cox) and Parks (Gary Brentnall), by the next meeting. At each full meeting (every other month) we will include:

PACT (Partners and Communities Together), which aims to identify specific issues to be prioritised for action for the following 2 months. The priorities (usually 3 or 4) will be agreed by the relevant agencies and residents. Updates on progress/action taken will be reported back at the next PACT meeting.

We have welcomed a couple of new members to the group and numbers continue to increase, which could mean we will need to consider meeting at a bigger venue. The group have purchased high visibility tabards for the walkabouts with “Search Group” printed on the back. Some of the activity that the group is involved with is:
• Supporting the appeal against the opening of Bargain Booze whose application to the licensing committee was for a convenience store selling alcohol, not an alcohol outlet only
• Keeping up to date with planning applications for development (no news on Aldi planning application) – old swimming pool site

Purchased a mosquito for Henbury and Brentry as the Police device was short term only. The mosquito will be sited at “The Local” off licence as soon as PC Andy Stamp has made a metal cage to protect it from being vandalised. Issues of graffiti, rubbish, litter and fly tipping are on the increase, but all of these are dealt with when identified on “Walkabouts”.

If you see any of the above then please report to BCC call centre on 0117 922 2100

Please contact Cheryl Coles, Community Safety Officer for further details on 07810506846.


SEARCH Residents visit Henbury School

The Henbury and Brentry SEARCH Group would like to thank the young people who entertained us at Henbury School on Friday 1st August. Also thank you to Nick and all the staff involved.

The array of food prepared and laid out for us was delicious and served with a smile. The performance that followed was very enjoyable and extremely well done. The cast should be proud of themselves.

We would also like to thank those youngsters who gave us guided tours of the Arts facilities at the school—many of us had never been inside the new building. The standard of work on show proves that Henbury School has many talented pupils. We all thoroughly enjoyed the whole afternoon and applaud all those concerned for the hard work and commitment it must have entailed. Thank you all again for inviting us. We look forward to visiting the school again in the future.