Left to right: Julian Lalor-Smith (Director of Administration and Legislation at the Department of Home Affairs), Chief Constable Gary Roberts, Harry Creevy, Joe Murray NPW, Darren Bradford and Ken Kneale)
24/11/17: At a ceremony at Isle of Man Police Headquarters Chief Constable, Chief Constable Gary Roberts presented licensee Harry Creevy with a NPW Star Award.
Harry has been in the licensing trade for many years and landlord at the Albert Hotel, Douglas since 2001.
He has been a committee member and driving force of the Douglas and Onchan Pubwatch Scheme since its inception in 2002. In 2009 the 5 Pubwatch schemes around the Island came together to ensure consistency across all schemes and to identify and promote best practice. His role in Pubwatch has developed and Harry became integral to both the Douglas and the All Island Schemes. He was one of the original committee members of Pubwatch and has been a stalwart of the organisation ever since. His attendance at and contribution to meetings remains exemplary.
He is also a longstanding member of the Isle of Man Licensing Forum and has assisted in training given to Police Officers as well being a member of interview panels to select staff for the Police Central Alcohol Unit.
Harry is well known within the Licensing Trade as ‘the’ person to go to for experienced and sensible advice. He can be relied on for his opinion and guidance and always trusted to give a considered trade opinion on matters before it progresses to a wider audience. In short his hard work, approachability and willingness to get involved has played an immeasurable part in the continued success of Pubwatch on the Isle of Man.
In presenting the award Chief Constable Gary Roberts said: “I was delighted to be able to present this prestigious and hugely deserved award to Harry Creevy. It is easy to overlook the critically important role that licensees and their staff have in creating safe places that are often at the heart of local communities. Harry’s work over the best part of twenty years has been exemplary and it is terrific that his efforts have been recognised by as good an organisation as National Pubwatch”.
National Pubwatch representative Joe Murray said ‘National Pubwatch have made several Star Awards in recent months, however, it was indeed a privilege for me to be involved with a person of Harry’s standing and his involvement in Pubwatch and Licensing matters that make him an excellent ambassador for the Isle of Man”.