National Pubwatch has revamped its mapping tool which shows the location of over 800 pubwatch schemes around the country.
The revamp is part of the relaunch of the National Pubwatch website, which has seen significant changes to its design, with improved navigation and access to a wide range of free resources.
National Pubwatch has been urging other Pubwatch schemes around the country to register with the tool. Registration allows a scheme to participate in the prestigous annual National Pubwatch Awards. It also opens up a dialogue with National Pubwatch; the voluntary organisation that supports local pubwatch schemes and promotes best practice. The schemes can also sign up to receive the National Pubwatch bi-monthly newsletter.
No personal details will be shown on the Mapping Tool but the new system will now allow schemes to voluntarily provide the public with a new ‘Contact Us’ facility.
Members of the public will only see a Pin on the Google map; the name of the Pubwatch scheme and then either a website address or Pubwatch email or telephone number (or a combination of all three).
This will allow people with a legitimate reason for communicating with a scheme to contact it in a safe and confidential manner. National Pubwatch is keen to reassure Pubwatch members that if they only provide a depersonalised means of communication, that it will greatly reduce the chances of being targeted by individuals who may have a grievance.
Another issue that National Pubwatch has warned schemes to consider is that they will probably be ‘controlling’ personal data on individuals as part of the banning process. Such people might wish to make a Subject Access Request to find out what personal information is held on them. The Data Protection Act 2018 requires that you should provide a means by which such people can make a request to access their personal data. Even though National Pubwatch has no involvement in local banning decisions it does receive contact from banned individuals on a daily basis.
National Pubwatch chairman Steve Baker OBE said: “One of the things which we have been very keen to improve is our existing Mapping Tool. We think the Mapping Tool is important because it demonstrates the strength of the Pubwatch movement and that schemes can be found in local communities across the whole of the United Kingdom.”
- The Mapping Tool is in constant need of updating, so if you haven’t notified us any changes to your Chair person or Co-ordinator (and you have mislaid your password), please either re-register on the Mapping Tool or send us an email at admin@nationalpubwatch.org.uk
- Don’t worry if you duplicate your registration – we will delete the old record.
