The new Neighbourhood Watch has been in development since October last year and has relied on the help of not only the Lions Club but the combined pensioners and superannuants’ fund, Griffith City Council and the Griffith Police.

Griffith Lion’s Club president Brian Bortolin said he hoped the watch would increase community awareness.

“Particularly for seniors there are numbers on our flyers they can call in the event there is a crime, we want to target seniors and get them to be more vigilant in reporting crimes, rather than being scared,” he said.

The launch, held at the central seniors club morning tea featured a talk by Constable Mark Roberts on pensioners and safety. He urged the older attendees to be careful and aware of potential dangers.

Pamela Rose attended the launch at Central and said she thought the new Neighbourhood House was a good idea. 

“It is much needed, neighbours should watch out for each others’ homes, I hope it works out well,” she said.