Bournemouth · Dorset · Founded 2025
Built by local people for local people, bringing together ex-military personnel, security specialists, first aiders and concerned citizens. All volunteers are DBS checked.
Local
Bournemouth and Dorset based
Inclusive
Open to community support
Calm
Non-confrontational approach
VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY SAFETY
Safeguard Community Support is a volunteer-led community safety group based in Bournemouth, Dorset. Founded in 2025 by local residents, we provide a visible and reassuring presence in public spaces.
Our team brings together volunteers from a range of backgrounds, including former service personnel, security specialists, first aiders and concerned residents. We work calmly, lawfully and non-confrontationally to report concerns, support vulnerable people and play our part in a safer community.
2025
Year founded
100%
Volunteer-led
100%
within the law
Fully
Insured
Apolitical
for all communities
We run entirely on donations — no salaries, no overheads. Your gift funds the radios, body cameras, first-aid kits, insurance and training that keep our volunteers equipped and Bournemouth's streets calmer. Every pound goes straight back into the community.
Donate today
Give a few hours a month and help create a calmer, safer presence in Bournemouth. You'll receive training, kit and support — no experience needed, just good judgement, reliability and a community-first attitude.
Your donation helps fund the essentials our volunteers rely on — from radio batteries and first-aid supplies to body cameras, training and safety equipment.
Four simple things, done well. Volunteers patrol in teams of at least three, observing and reporting concerns, providing reassurance to the public, and supporting community safety with body-worn cameras and prompt reporting to the police when needed.
Teams of three or more branded, high-visibility volunteers patrolling key hotspot areas after dark — providing a visible, professional, and reassuring presence within the community.
Body-worn cameras, radios and immediate 999 reporting when an incident needs a fast response.
First-aid-trained volunteers, vulnerable-person procedures and welfare check-ins on people who need help home.
Mandatory induction in safeguarding, conflict management and legal boundaries with regular refreshers.
RECOMMENDED SAFETY APP
Vigil helps users and volunteers report concerns quickly, with secure incident logging, location details and photo evidence, so the right people have the information they need when it matters.
POLICIES & DOCUMENTS
Visitors should never have to dig around to understand how Safeguard Community Support operates. Keep the core policies visible, simple to scan and ready to download from one trusted area.
