What are Community Wardens?
A. Community Wardens are uniformed teams of people working to improve the quality of life for communities. Warden schemes funded by the Scottish Government contribute to one or more of the following broad aims: • Reducing crime (including youth crime) or the fear of crime • Reducing anti-social behaviour • Improving environmental quality. Wardens can undertake a variety of tasks, but what they do depends on the needs and priorities of the community they serve. This could include patrolling ASB hotspots, reporting vandalism and dealing with littering. They can provide a reassuring presence in the community, and improve the look and feel of a neighbourhood, making it a place where people want to live, not move away from. In most cases wardens are managed by the Local Authority. All wardens should be properly trained, with disclosure checks carried out before they can work with the public. A pilot scheme that ran in Renfrewshire showed that between 2002-2003 there was a 43% reduction in v
