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Katie Woolf spoke with Neighbourhood Watch NT Marketing Coordinator Ashley Ascoli · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: School goes back on Monday, and in this whether we
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  Speaker 1: might not be thinking about the kids walking to school
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  Speaker 1: today or in weather like this, but it's certainly something
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  Speaker 1: that a lot of us organize for our kids to do.
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  Speaker 1: And in years gone by, we know that there used
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  Speaker 1: to be the safety houses around the place. You might
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  Speaker 1: remember those yellow triangles. I think it was called i'ma
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  Speaker 1: the safety house. I could be wrong, though, but times
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  Speaker 1: have changed and the way in which we try to
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  Speaker 1: manage our kids getting to and from school safely if
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  Speaker 1: they're walking, are certainly changing, and technology is being introduced.
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  Speaker 1: Now joining us on the line to tell us a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more about a great new program which is
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  Speaker 1: being launched from Neighborhood Watch. I've got Ashleigh Ascholi. Let
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  Speaker 1: me just make sure i've got that on. Good morning
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  Speaker 1: to you, Ashley.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. How are you really good?
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  Speaker 1: Now? You are, of course, Neighborhood Watch NT's marketing coordinator
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  Speaker 1: Ashley tell us a little bit about this new program.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely so, Neighborhood Watch for Kids. We've created an
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  Speaker 2: online portal that is designed to assist caregivers in preparing
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  Speaker 2: their child to travel independently and safely in the community.
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  Speaker 2: So it's got a bunch of resources, activities, games that
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  Speaker 2: parents can sit down and start a safety conversation with
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  Speaker 2: their child and go through this important information.
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  Speaker 1: This is such a good idea. I mean, I've got
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  Speaker 1: kids that are kind of getting to that age where
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  Speaker 1: you think or could they walk to school? It's literally
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  Speaker 1: just down the road. But then you want to make
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  Speaker 1: sure that if they are walking to school, that you
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  Speaker 1: keep them as safe as possible.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, So we do have a questionnaire. That's the
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  Speaker 2: first thing that is on the page when you go
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  Speaker 2: in neighborhod Watch Kids. That actually takes you through the
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  Speaker 2: three or four things that we want you to just
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  Speaker 2: check to make sure your child is ready, like are
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  Speaker 2: they confident, is this something they're wanting to do, are
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  Speaker 2: they prepared? Can they make safe decisions? And do they
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  Speaker 2: know what to do in an emergency? And if you
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  Speaker 2: can't say yes to all of these things, that's what
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  Speaker 2: Neighborhood Watch for Kids is therefore, to make sure they
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  Speaker 2: do have all this information and they are feeling confident
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  Speaker 2: and prepared and safe.
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  Speaker 1: So talk us through. You know what type of things
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  Speaker 1: you look at or I guess what you'd see if
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  Speaker 1: you do jump online and look at this at this
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  Speaker 1: new learning resource.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, so it's got six modules and they've all got
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  Speaker 2: interactive activities, games quizzes associated with them. We wanted something
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  Speaker 2: that was really interactive and was able to get children
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  Speaker 2: to sit down and go through with their parents, and
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  Speaker 2: we cover information including what to do in an emergency,
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  Speaker 2: making safe decisions, creating and using a personal network, understanding
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  Speaker 2: their early warning signs and what to do if they
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  Speaker 2: do feel unsafe the three hours, and then planning their
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  Speaker 2: route and we have a virtual neighborhood that actually helps
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  Speaker 2: them to do that as well.
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  Speaker 1: Such a good idea And I know that my producer
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  Speaker 1: will tease me for saying this, but back in my day,
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  Speaker 1: there was obviously though the safety houses, and that was
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  Speaker 1: you know, there was I think it was called I'm
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  Speaker 1: of a little the Little Yellow Triangle. But those days
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  Speaker 1: are gone, aren't they.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, the Safety House closed in twenty eighteen after an
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  Speaker 2: independent review. We wanted to fill the space with something
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  Speaker 2: that was more tailored to the current safety environment and
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  Speaker 2: something that was obviously online because we know that's where
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  Speaker 2: kids and families are and we want to be able
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  Speaker 2: to get into their houses with them through Neighborhood Watch
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  Speaker 2: for kids and help them get this information.
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  Speaker 1: I reckon it's a wonderful idea. I'm going to have
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  Speaker 1: to jump online with my kids and take a close
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  Speaker 1: and look at it. And actually, I know that Neighborhood
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  Speaker 1: Watched do such a great job around the territory really
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  Speaker 1: trying to help not only not only kids obviously in
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  Speaker 1: this situation and families in this situation, but also helping
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  Speaker 1: to make sure that you can keep your house as
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  Speaker 1: secure as possible and try to avoid those breakings too.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Absolutely. We also be launched in September, How Safe
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  Speaker 2: of My Place, which was a joint initiative with Victims
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  Speaker 2: of Crime and Tea. So it's an online questionnaire. You
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  Speaker 2: walk around your house, you can use your phone, your tablet,
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  Speaker 2: and it takes you through your safety your security measures
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  Speaker 2: in your house and you answer a bunch of questions
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  Speaker 2: and at the end it gives you a personalized report
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  Speaker 2: with your safety measures that are already in place and
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  Speaker 2: things you could do to improve your safety, and then
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  Speaker 2: how you can improve your home security to hopefully avoid
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  Speaker 2: being a victim of crime.
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  Speaker 1: Actually, if anybody's out there listening today and they're keen
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  Speaker 1: to get a bit more information on any of the
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  Speaker 1: programs there, any of the work that you guys do,
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  Speaker 1: where should they head to?
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  Speaker 2: So if you head to NHW dot sorry, nhwnt dot
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  Speaker 2: org dot au. And if you join as a member
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  Speaker 2: as well, we've got a new membership subscribe and membership,
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  Speaker 2: So you punch in your name, last name, email address.
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  Speaker 2: That's the only information we need and then you will
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  Speaker 2: receive all of our updated resources, anything new that we've
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  Speaker 2: got coming out. And if anyone wants to check out
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  Speaker 2: Neighborhood Watch for Kids, it's NHW four kids dot org
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  Speaker 2: dot au.
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  Speaker 1: Well, wonderful to talk to you this morning, Ashley. I
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  Speaker 1: really appreciate your time. Will no doubt catch up again
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  Speaker 1: in the near future.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely, thanks so much for having us on. Katie,
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  Speaker 2: thank you.
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  Speaker 1: That's actually a Scholarie there from Neighborhood wat Gent. She's
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  Speaker 1: a marketing coordinator and as I said, I think this
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  Speaker 1: resource sounds like a really good thing for us to
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  Speaker 1: go through with our children.