Your Community Warden is: Mira Martin

(mobile phone: 07969 584179, email: mira.martin@kent.gov.uk)

· Employed by Kent County Council – not the police

· Work in partnership with other agencies

Police, Fire & Rescue, Trading Standards, British Transport Police,

Marden Parish Council, Kent County Council departments,

Maidstone Borough Council

· Reassuring conspicuous presence

People feel safer when seeing me walk around the village and can stop &

talk to me about any issues

· Addressing anti-social behaviour

I try to stop people behaving inconsiderately by talking to them first and if that doesn’t work then pass it on to the relevant ‘partner’ to deal with

· Give information & advice

- about all sorts of things eg potholes in the road or pavement

- clubs and societies that there are in the village and other things to do

- help to get a job

· Eyes and Ears for other agencies

The agencies listed above and I would contact them

- if an elderly person needs help or is lonely

- if young children aren’t being looked after very well

- if animals or pets are being badly treated

- to report fly tipping, abandoned cars, graffiti, vandalism, untaxed cars

etc

· Promote Community Solidarity

& assist & enable communities to solve local problems:

- eg when there was a dead badger in the school field

- help to set up a youth club

- help out at village events

- visit schools, clubs & other organisations

- if there is anything going on that everyone needs to know about, I can help to let everyone know