BelSoc develops its online presence
The Society has established a Facebook Page. We shall start posting items of current interest and need to build an audience, so please search for “The Belsize Society” and make sure you “Follow” it and “Like” and share any content to that. We also have an Instagram account and will be posting pictures and content to that. Social Media is only of value if used, so we’ll try to keep it active and hope it proves its worth in time, keeping people updated and also attracting new members.
We are also upgrading our website, developing the ability to join the Society and make payments online. We’ll update members on this at the AGM.
If you have any suggestions or ideas you’d like to see online, please get in touch at info@belsize.org.uk.
Police meeting: Watch your mobile phone
“Watch your mobile phones” – that was the warning urged by police at a recent Belsize Neighbourhood Team meeting.
According to police statistics over the past three months, among the biggest rise in crime in Belsize Park concerned the theft of mobile phones, officially designated as “thefts from the person”.
“Stolen phones are being resold for hundreds of pounds, making them more profitable for criminal gangs than drugs in some cases”, said a police officer at the meeting.
Consistently, the worst-hit areas of Belsize Park for phone thefts were reportedly around the Tesco stores in England’s Lane and Finchley Road Community representatives at the meeting called for greater visible police presence and urged police to consider a more modern version of the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme on the lines of local What’s App groups.