Meet The team

Heather has taken over as Chair of the Cheshire Neighbourhood Watch Association (CNWA) from Julia Griffiths, with responsibility for ensuring that Neighbourhood Watch is promoted and supported across Cheshire according to it's 5 Year Plan.  

She is the communications lead for the CNWA. She also administers the Cheshire Alert database and supports Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators across Cheshire to set up or develop their schemes. 

Heather runs her own Neighbourhood Watch Scheme in Sandiway after taking over from her neighbour - he is in his 90s and retired after having been involved since Home Watch first started across Cheshire. 

Heather is also a Cyberhood Watch Ambassador for the North West region, a role which supports the national Neighbourhood Watch team in partnership with Avast in the fight against cybercrime. She was also invited to provide input to the national Neighbourhood Watch leadership group during a recent refresh of strategy.

Keith recently joined the committee as Treasurer of CNWA. He has been coordinator of a Neighbourhood Watch Group in Poynton since 2009, having acted as deputy coordinator for several years prior to that.

He is a retired Chartered Management Accountant with over 40 years’ experience working in the chemical engineering industry.

Mike is CNWA's Secretary plus also helps out with the administration for the CNWA.

Mike has recently retired from Cheshire Police after 43 years' service - initially as a police officer, and then as police staff, and still wishes to take an active part in making those areas covered by Cheshire Police a safer place.

Mike is also a trustee of a charity called 'Aftermath' which offers support to victims of road traffic collisions. The charity is based at Bromborough Police Station on the Wirral, and covers the areas of Cheshire, Merseyside and parts of both Lancashire and Greater Manchester.

  Graham Bushill is Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator for Oakhanger, a small rural community between Alsager and Haslington. The village has an active Community Group and a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme based in the Oakhanger Church and Community Centre. 

Graham has been active in the Oakhanger Community since 1972 and co-ordinator of the local Neighbourhood Watch since 2002.

In 1974 Graham led a team to start the Oakhanger Project providing accessible activity and adventure courses to children and families. The program reflects the importance of personal and social responsibility in providing a safe and secure environment for all.

Elyssa has recently been co-opted onto the committee as our Social Media Lead.

Matt was co-opted onto the committee as our Cyber Crime Ambassador.

Peter has 25 years policing experience across a wide range of policing departments and is a firearms and public order commander.

Peter leads for Neighbourhood Watch for the force and is passionate about supporting local communities to work with their local PCSO and police officer to prevent crime and catch those who commit crime.

The Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators and members are vital in helping police understand local concerns and in return I expect local officers and PCSOs to have a strong relationship with their local Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators.