Neighbourhood Watch Bayside was established in 2024 as a result of the merging of all Bayside NHW groups
Neighbourhood Watch was founded in the 1980’s but gradually declined in Bayside until Philip Lovel in Black Rock and Geoff Bransbury in Beaumaris revitalised the concept as a “community group” and formed NHW3193. This merged with NHW Sandringham in 2023 and then with Brighton/Hampton in 2024.
Neighbourhood Watch Bayside wants Bayside to be a place that we are all proud to belong to. We want it to be as safe and clean as possible.
Traditionally NHW groups aim to minimise preventable crime through education and close working relationships with Victoria Police. We still pursue these goals but today we see ourselves as a community group with a wider vision, which is to make Bayside a happy and harmonious place to live.
Our high quality, quarterly Newsletter is our flagship. This now is distributed by over 200 volunteers to most households in Bayside and provides information on crime prevention and much more.
NHW Bayside maintains close relations with Council and Police and local Members. We hold Community Forums and participate in Community events. We have a Litter Patrol Group and Graffiti Busters Groups. We support CPR initiatives and will get involved with anything that we perceive will make Bayside better and happier.
All at NHW Bayside are volunteers. We have no staff. Our volunteers do everything.
Membership is free and we would like everyone in the City of Bayside to become a member.
We have a Board (Officers of the Group), and an active Committee which is by invitation. We welcome new people to our committee.
Volunteering opportunities are many and varied and include committee memberships, assisting in our Litter Patrol or Graffiti Busters groups, assisting at events, assisting with newsletter editing, design and delivery and more. tell us your interests!
Neighbourhood Watch Bayside relies on its own fundraising efforts.
We pay for our activities through grants, donations, sponsorships and advertisements.
We are grateful to our major sponsors, Bayside City Council and Bendigo Community Bank Sandringham who contribute to the cost of printing our newsletter. The balance is funded via advertisements.
Please help us with your donations and through support our newsletter advertisers by purchasing from them.
Become a Member of NHW Bayside. It’s free and open to residents of the City of Bayside.
We welcome all who wish to volunteer but it is not a membership requirement.
To join, contact info@nhwbayside.com.au and request a membership form
Donations are very much appreciated. To make a donation, our banking details are as follows:
Neighbourhood Watch Bayside
BSB 633 000
Account 167 678 424
President – Philip Lovel AM
Vice President – Geoff Bransbury OAM
Secretary – Ellen McCartney
Treasurer – Alan Gaskell
General – Philip Witherow
Vivian Shannon
Duncan Gibson
Derek Jones
Geoff Elston
Eva Clapham
Ken Beadle (Honorary)
Campbell Sinclair
Ed Davis
Tim Warner (Honorary)
Tony McKenna
Newsletter – Geoff Bransbury
Social Media – Vivian Shannon
Assistant Treasurer – Tony McKenna
Philip and his wife Jane have lived in Bayside for over 50 years.
Philip has a long background in working with Authorities and industry for over 40 years and was CEO of the Victorian Transport Association.
With his personality, experience and his many years of business leadership, he is a dynamic leader of the NHW Bayside team.
Philip is dedicated to ensuring the Bayside community is safe and secure.
In 2024 Phil was nominated Bayside Senior Citizen of the year and Beaumaris Rotary nominated him a “Paul Harris Fellow”.
Geoff and his wife Merry have lived in Beaumaris for 40 years.
He was CEO for his own Company, Applied Learning that specialised in IT Software and Training and also was a business and CEO mentor.
He is editor of our newsletter and also founded NHW Graffiti Busters Group.
He was awarded the “Paul Harris fellowship” by Beaumaris Rotary in 2024
Ellen has lived in Sandringham, and then Hampton for her whole life.
She juggled her working life around the family, having various office administration roles. Volunteering started when the children began kindergarten, then through school and sporting activities.
She started with Neighbourhood Watch Sandringham some 20 plus years ago as Secretary and Newsletter Editor.
Alan has lived in Bayside for over 70 years. He is married to Jenni.
His business career was from finance with BHP to MD role with Linatex Australia.
He was a member of Mentone Girls’ Grammar School Council 1990 – 2003
He is a foundation member of NHW Black Rock and Friends of Bayside Roads Litter patrol.
Phil has lived in Bayside for more than 60 years.
He was an accountant specialising in tax for the financial services industry.
He has also previously been President of the Beaumaris Community Centre Tennis Club and President of the Juniors at Hampton Rovers Football Club.
These days Phil is the leader of Graffiti Busters in Hampton and Sandringham and is a keen golfer at Victoria Golf Club.
Duncan has been Beaumaris resident for over 40 years.
His background in insurance and property along with a hobby interest in maintaining small engine equipment supports NHW in practical ways, particularly in graffiti and litter removal.
Duncan is a founding member of NHW Beaumaris and Graffiti Busters and our Secretary in 2022
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Vivian and her family are relative newcomers to Beaumaris but have enthusiastically embraced the community.
Viv is our Social Media manager. With her 30 years’ experience in Sales and Marketing this is perfect for her role.
Viv is always prepared to assist in everything we do and is a highly respected member of our committee.
Eva has had a lifelong interest in education and a lifelong interest in volunteering.
She has been on kinder committees, school committees and through Bayside Council is currently involved with a local group assisting with activities for the aged
Eva has assisted NHW Bayside as a Graffiti Buster, Newsletter Zone deliverer and general volunteer.
Geoff has lived in Black Rock for over 50 years. Geoff was a civil engineer with Vic Roads for some 30 years.
He is one of the founding Committee members of NHW Black Rock and Graffiti Busters and is our “go-to” person for all our projects whenever we need something done.
Derek has lived in Black Rock and Beaumaris for more than forty years.
He was in the newspaper industry for many years and was the founder of the public relations firm Currie Communications.
He was the Australia Day Bayside Senior Citizen of the Year in 2021 and is the founder of the Friends of Bayside Roads Litter Patrol.
Tony McKenna has lived in Brighton for the last 10 years and is now retired. Two children and 3 grandchildren also live in the Brighton area.
He is a qualified accountant and company secretary and worked in the not-for-profit sector for the last 30 years.
He joined NHW Bayside in 2025 and is our assistant Treasurer
Ed has a history in hotels and customer satisfaction programs and published The Gentle Art of Listening which has been featured in Communication Masterclasses with several universities in Australia and South Korea.
He’s active in a variety of community projects.
Ed started NHW Brighton in 2024 and merged this into NHW Bayside the same year.
Campbell Sinclair calls Sandringham home.
He worked in private practice as a Consultant Psychologist and recently completed 10 years (Pro Bono) service with the Royal Flying Doctor service (Mental Health).
He was awarded the Bernice Jenkins RFDS Volunteer of the year in 2018.
He was a Director of the Sandringham Community Bank for 7 years.
