We need your help. We need just £900 per month!

Since CCTV was introduced to the town it has measurably proved to have been a considerable success. Incidents of vandalism, criminal damage, shop lifting and anti-social behaviour have been reduced by a third and are still dropping. This has been achieved through proactive co-operation between and communication with the CCTV Control Room, the Storenet Radios, the Police and other agencies. This has done much to improve the feeling of wellbeing and safety within the town, which will have had an economic benefit to us all.

Until recently the state of the art system, run by the DDP, has been jointly funded by Devizes Town Council and the former Kennet District Council with donations from some local businesses. Wiltshire Council has declined to continue with financial support. The Town Council has agreed to continue supporting the scheme on the basis of matched funding from the community. The system costs just £22,000 a year to run (the most economic in the County). It is run by a paid part-time manager and staffed by volunteers. To keep it operational on a sustained basis we need to raise £11,000 a year. If we do not the system will be switched off and dismantled at the end of September later this year. We trust you will agree that this will be a retrograde step. You can help by agreeing to make a small regular contribution per month to enable us to maintain the level of Public Safety that people have come to expect.

Devizes Town Council, Devizes Chamber of Commerce, Kennet Branch of the Federation of Small Businesses and the Devizes Community Area Safety Committee (DCASC) have joined forces to back this initative.

Along with those businesses who have pledged support Devizes Town Council has stepped in to fund the shortfall until the end of March 2012.  We still need your help to raise the remaining £6,000.

You can download a Standing Order Mandate Form which is part filled in

So far we have had financial pledges of support from:

Organisations
Devizes Chamber of Commerce
West Lavington Parish Council
BoB (Business over Breakfast)
Trust for Devizes