Community Safety Partnership

Junior Support Officers

Junior Support Officers teams, comprising pupils of all primary schools in the area, were launched in Ayr North and Wallacetoun in September 2005.

The overall aim of the Junior support Teams is to promote community involvement/inclusion, increase awareness of the environment and to facilitate an understanding of the positive benefits of good citizenship.

A programme of individual and group tasks and objectives specifically developed to maximise an awareness and understanding of the teams’ aims will achieve this.

The team meet weekly, normally on a Saturday afternoon.

Some of the activities in which the team take part are:

A “Buddy” scheme for children and pupils new to the area
Litter pick-ups and other environmental work
Working with and assisting the “Community Gardener”
Team building and fun activities
Visits to Emergency Services
Assisting at Fetes, Gala Days and other community events
Undertaking Risk Assessments of play areas and the environment including shops etc

Other topics and issues such as anti-bullying in Schools, recycling and road safety will feature in the future.

Junior Community Support Officers proudly show off their distinctive outfits at the official launch.