Wardens ...

London Training & Resource Centre is the first line of support and guidance to neighbourhood wardens. Our aim is to strengthen the sustainability of wardening nationally by providing wardens with a superior training programme, benchmarking best practice, and offering a specialist service improvement consultancy to those schemes that need it.

The LT&RC team are experienced in the warden recruitment process and have supported most London schemes through this important process. We can help you with job descriptions, interview process and selection. Please contact the office to speak to someone directly about your needs.

Cost Benefit Analysis:

Cost benefit analysis can be a useful tool in demonstrating the effectiveness of a warden scheme. There is no agreed precise definition of cost benefit...more

Quality Standard:

The Warden Quality Standard (WQS) is your path to achieving scheme excellence and public recognition. London Training & Resource Centre administers...more

Recruitment:

It is important that you attract a good pool of candidates from which you make your selection. Many managing agencies or organisations...more

Security Clearance:

Given that wardens are placed in a position of trust within the community it is important that recruits have Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks...more

Uniform:

Uniforms need to be distinct from those of the police and other workers. Wardens should be readily identifiable with uniform that conforms with Association...more

Volunteer Wardens:

Wardening has developed considerably since the pilot warden schemes started in 2000. The majority of wardens operate as enablers in a community...more

Equipment:

Warden schemes will need to consider (along with the steering group and risk assessment results) communication and other equipment...more

Setting-up a warden scheme (Acrobat)

National contacts/stakeholders (Word)

   New Start magazine feature (Acrobat)