What is Heddlu Bach? 

Heddlu Bach is a fun and interactive pupil leadership group for Year 5 pupils, run by PC Stuart Reeves. Heddlu Bach supports North Wales Police priorities, via participation in both educational and community environments. The pupils involved will develop confidence through many enjoyable experiences.

There are three elements to Heddlu Bach:

• Educational
• Community engagement 
• Reward

The children who are selected to become part of Heddlu Bach, are the 'Mini police-officers' for the school. Their role is to help tackle local issues, highlighted in group meetings, in their own community, working alongside local Neighbourhood Policing Teams, on crime prevention initiatives and taking ownership of the tasks.

By being a part of Heddlu Bach, pupils will become ethically informed citizens of Wales, through creativeness and learning. Pupils will build resilience and develop a successful and exciting future through collaborating with communities and the police.

Heddlu Bach aims to work with all young people to promote and deliver on:

•                Inspiring trust & confidence within communities

•                Helping to protect communities & the vulnerable

•                Communicate to reassure Communities

•                Working in collaboration with communities & external partners

•                Target young people with early intervention

•                Educate young people on work the Police and partner agencies do

Your Neighbourhood Policing Teams are your key connectors between your school and the Police. They will be working with you on local community projects and aiding you in rewarding the young people. Building and developing strong relationships with your Neighbourhood Policing Teams is vital in becoming a successful Heddlu Bach.

Heddlu Bach 2024-2025

Please find below pictures from our Social Action Plan day. The ones taken outside of school are from the littler pick on the school grounds just to highlight what we collected.

 

During their work with PC Stu and North Wales Police, the Heddlu Bach have:

• Looked at citizens of the communities that they live in and the different types of people they are made up of.
• Completed a lot of work around Diversity, Equality and Inclusion to understand what these words mean and how important they are to consider in everyday life.
• Held discussions about what they believe to be local issues within the community of Gresford.
• Created two social action plans to address these issues (speeding and littering).
• Been visible in the community and engaged with members of the public.
• Completed a litter pick around the school grounds and local area.
• Supported speed awareness officers on Clappers Lane.

Heddlu Bach have been working with PC Stu and North Wales Police over the last few weeks to identify priorities for the local area. One priority was the speed at which cars travel on Clappers Lane. Last Friday, the team used speed guns to monitor the vehicles passing.