11:29am Tuesday 25th August 2009 CIVIC duty, volunteering options, fun and games, hot tips on home security, football, chunks of chocolate cake – all
were on offer at a charity event yesterday to raise money for Scannappeal and Help for Heroes. It was organised by the Neighbourhood Policing Team, which brought together a number of groups to entertain the holiday crowd on a sunny day on The Rye at High Wycombe. Youngsters agreed to sign a knife crime pledge at the Youth Offending Service stall, were persuaded yet again that eating fruit is good for you from Trading Standards, and had their mobiles or bikes security marked by a friendly copper. Adults discovered that help is available in times of need at the Rape Crisis stand, that Neighbourhood Watch continues to open new schemes, and that ordinary people can make a real difference to young people who go astray by volunteering with the Youth Offending Service. Community bobbies showed their human side when they joined in a line dance led by the youth charity Sweet Dreams, while Blink FM, which broadcast from August 1 to 18, resurrected their team to provide broadcast cover for the day.
David Del Monte, Thames Valley Police community support officer and one of the organisers, said: