PONTYPRIDD PUBWATCH MAKES IT TO THE FINAL OF THE 2019 NATIONAL PUBWATCH. Pontypridd Pubwatch, part of the RCT & Merthyr Tydfil Business Crime Reduction Partnership, has made it to the final three of this National Pubwatch competition.

Sian John (chair) & Victoria Walker (vice chair) will represent PONTYPRIDD PUBWATCH at the prestigious award ceremony & dinner in the House of Lords in Westminster on the 16th October next month.

This is the first time a Rhondda-Cynon-Taf Pubwatch has entered the National Pubwatch Awards & this recognition is testimony to the enthusiasm & dedication that the members have put in with the support of South Wales Police, Rhondda-Cynon-Taf Council licensing team, & other agencies.

Activities over the last year that were submitted include:

• Regular monthly minuted meetings
• 28 persons put on Pubwatch exclusions in past year
• strict exclusion criteria
• all members active participants of the RCT Nightnet radio scheme
• Working closely with RCT CCTV team
• all members signed up to Disc secure website for reporting, & monitoring offenders
• Regular campaigns to cover the busy periods of Christmas, & Six Nations & Autumn International rugby.
• Members & their teams have attended seminars covering Safeguarding of vulnerable adults & children, drug & substance abuse, & doorstaff development.
• Working closely with the enforcement authorities.
• Active members of the Your Pontypridd Business Improvement District.
• Committed over the year to reducing crime in & around their premises plus making Pontypridd a welcoming & safe night time destination.

CONGRATULATIONS TO Victoria Walker of Wetherspoon's & the Pontypridd Pubwatch team for a winning submission.

Pontypridd Pubwatch is a member of the Rhondda-Cynon-Taf & Merthyr Tydfil Business Crime Reduction Partnership, & the National Pubwatch.