The need to mentor community leaders, engage youth, mentor students and ensure that all members of the community report crimes were just some ways identified to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour in the Woodberry area.
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Police, community members, service providers and political representatives met in the town last week to discuss strategies to improve safety and security at Woodberry.
Maitland MP Jenny Aitchison organised the meeting after reports of increasing anti-social behaviour in the area recently.
“I was inspired to see so many people come along to the Woodberry meeting with such constructive and positive ideas for improving the lives of everyone in their community,” she said.
Ms Aitchison said she hoped to hold an evening gathering to discuss progress on the issue soon.
Nick Bielby
Nick Bielby is a crime reporter who has worked as a journalist since 2011. Having joined the Newcastle Herald in 2017, he won a Walkley Award in 2019 with Donna Page for their investigation 'Dirty Deeds', which exposed the decades of illegal dumping of toxic material in and around a Hunter waterway.
Nick Bielby is a crime reporter who has worked as a journalist since 2011. Having joined the Newcastle Herald in 2017, he won a Walkley Award in 2019 with Donna Page for their investigation 'Dirty Deeds', which exposed the decades of illegal dumping of toxic material in and around a Hunter waterway.
