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Safety boost for Matlock estate
 Well over 300 residents of a Matlock estate have signed up to an innovative scheme to keep their property safe with DNA technology.
A Derbyshire Dales partnership knocked on doors at Hurst Farm on three days last week (20-22 January) offering not only security marking kits but fire safety, housing and health advice.
The safety blitz was organised by the Safer Derbyshire Dales community safety partnership, with funding for the security kits from Dales Housing. It followed a successful project in Baslow last autumn and an earlier trial in the Yokecliffe area of Wirksworth.
Dales Housing's executive director Jacque Allen said: "It was a great partnership event where everyone worked together to provide a strong neighbourhood focus in the area.
"Dales Housing had more than 25 staff involved over the three days and it was a great opportunity to talk face to face with our customers. The feedback we received will help in the way we deliver services."  A total of 320 households signed up to the SelectaDNA kits and the Hurst Farm operation comprised more than 100 people from 14 partner groups, including police officers, PCSOs, fire service personnel and representatives from Derbyshire Dales District Council, including the council's CleanTeam, local housing, health and voluntary associations. Divisional Commander for the Derbyshire Dales, Chief Superintendent Pete Lewis was among those taking part.
Police Partnership Sergeant based at Derbyshire Dales District Council, Nick Reason said: "The people we spoke to were very happy that the service was being provided and 98 per cent told us it increased their confidence in Hurst Farm as a safe place to live."
One resident, Naomi Hatch of Fairholmes, said: "I've signed up to the security kit. It was a surprise at first to get the knock on the door, but very reassuring to be offered so many services and safety checks in one call."
Derbyshire Dales District Council Leader Councillor Lewis Rose OBE, who is also Chairman of the Safer Derbyshire Dales Community Safety Partnership, said: "The operation on the Hurst Farm estate was an excellent example of partners working together not only to further improve security in the Derbyshire Dales, which is already one of the safest places in the UK, but crucially to increase the confidence of local people."
More details about SelectaDNA can be found online at www.selectadna.co.uk.
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