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SNAP news for Walkden South
The Walkden South community has the chance to meet their local Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service team at events this week. GMFRS is supporting SNAP (Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Project) in Walkden South throughout the week. On Tuesday, December 13, the Salford Community Safety Team was at a Winter Warmer event at the Guild Hall between 11.15am and 13pm where they gave lots of winter fire safety advice aimed at the over 50s. On Saturday, December 17, Blue Watch from Eccles will be at a Christmas family fun day at Fit City in Worsley. A number of groups will have stalls at the event including the youth service, Salford Council's neighbourhood management and health improvement teams and the Army. There will also be a Christmas raffle and a cake stall and the event runs from 1pm to 3pm. SNAP stands for Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Project and is a way of bringing people together to focus on local problems. It aims to clean up neighbourhoods and target criminal activity during a week of action. These are led by Salford City Council in partnership with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, Greater Manchester Police, local housing providers and the Probation Service's community payback team. SNAPs involve a variety of activities depending on the specific needs of the neighbourhood and include things like: Removing graffiti Collecting large items of rubbish Cutting back overgrown trees Education programmes in schools about drugs, alcohol and crime Fire and community safety initiatives Tackling anti-social behaviour Crime reduction The targeted action should result in longer term improvements and make neighbourhoods safer, more pleasant and enjoyable places to live. For more information about what is happening in the area go to www.salford.gov.uk/walkdensouthsnap Follow the GMFRS Salford Community Safety Team on twitter @SalfordFireTeam for more updates. To book a FREE Home Fire Safety Check call 0800 555 815 or visit /fire_safety_advice/home_fire_risk_assessments.aspx Source: GMF. Due to problems with spam only SalfordOnline members can now leave comments. Becoming a member of SalfordOnline only takes a minute, just hit the red Join Us button at the top right hand side of the page to create your Personal account. Got a news story? Need help with publicity for an event in Salford? Send it to newsdesk@salfordonline.com or call the SalfordOnline newsdesk on 0161 789 5377. |
