About Stockport Neighbourhood Watch
Protecting the people of Stockport
Stockport Neighbourhood Watch is a not for profit organisation designed to support and protect residents in our local area. It's our mission to create a safer, stronger and more connected community for the 30,000 people living in Stockport.
We support Stockport Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators as they form a community of local Members willing to look out for their neighbours, building an inclusive and resilient society. Together, we advocate causes that improve the quality of life for Stockport residents and bring neighbours together.
Our community Members take action to prevent crime - and the fear of crime - by protecting themselves, their property and their communities. By working closely with the police and council, we identify and meet the needs of our communities while protecting those who are vulnerable and at risk of harm.
Our Values
Neighbourly
We aspire to be good neighbours
Community-focused
We bring people together
Inclusive
We are welcoming to all people
Proactive
We are active within communities, and relevant within today's world
Trusted
We are dependable, caring, respectable, approachable and supportive
Collaborative
We work as a team, in partnerships and within communities
We have Neighbourhood Watch schemes in the following areas
Meet our Committee Members
Michele Minett
TREASURER
I am a retired Computer Services Management Consultant. My skills were in project management and process engineering. I have been involved with running a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme since 1993, when it was known as Home Watch. I am based in Davenport.
I attended the inaugural meeting of the Stockport Neighbourhood Watch Association and was extremely keen to see it take up the support and coordination role for local schemes which had been missing for some time. This ultimately led to my volunteering my services as Assistant Treasurer and then taking over as Treasurer in January 2020.
Philip Handscomb
CHAIRMAN
I worked as an electronic engineer, mainly as a test engineer in the manufacturing industry, on a contract basis so as a consultant. But I have now taken early retirement. I'm from the South but settled here in Stockport after university.
I'm a keen cyclist. I'm a volunteer in 2 charities, one runs a community boat, named Mary Sunley, on the canal near Poynton where I act as "mate" on the boat trips, the other, Seedstudios, an arts & well-being organisation in Trafford where I am the treasurer.
I started helping out SNWA in January 2023 by updating the weekly crime statistics and was elected to Chairman in April.
Paul Stoddard
Jennifer Babcock
Hello, I am Jennifer Babcock the SNWA Secretary and Communications (media, Facebook etc)
I also run the Bredbury Redrow Neighbourhood Watch Scheme, I have been working with SNWA since 2022 taking on the Secretary role in 2023, my aim is to educate and help move the Association forward with the committee.
In my current day job, I manage several IT service desks across Europe for the library sector and have had several customer facing people centric roles in the past, learning and development are very much areas of interest for me.
With my ‘free’ time I look after my rescue dogs and my non rescue ones (4 in total plus a cat). I’m an avid reader and can be also found hunting for interesting content for the SNWA Facebook page.