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WBC OPEN Meeting 28th February 2024 - Matthew Barber – Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner

Name: WBC OPEN Meeting 28th February 2024 - Matthew Barber – Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner
Start: 2024-02-28T07:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-02-28T09:00:00+00:00
Location: Littlebury Hotel

From 28 February 2024 07:00 until 28 February 2024 09:00

At Littlebury Hotel

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The PCC's role is to hold the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police to account for the performance of the Force, effectively making the police answerable to the communities they serve. The PCCs also has a wider role in promoting community safety and working with criminal justice partners to improve support for victims of crime.

Matthew has set out his key priorities for the coming years

Strong local policing
Fighting serious and organised crime
Improving the criminal justice system
Fighting fraud and cyber crime
Tackling illegal encampments

Open to ALL businesses regardless of business category. Hear from our hand chosen speaker and enjoy a great breakfast. A superb networking opportunity to meet and connect with other local business owners.

Itinerary

Chair: Ben Jackson

07:00 - 09:00

Your chair this morning.

Meet and Greet

07:00 - 07:30

Meet up you for an early networking session amongst other business owners.

Breakfast

08:00 - 08:30

Join us for a great Littlebury Breakfast to help kick start your day and continue your conversation with like minded businesses.

Guest Speaker & Questions - Matthew Barber

07:30 - 08:00

Join us to listen to our speaker this month who will be sharing lots of information about their business.

Referrals and Guest Introductions

08:30 - 08:45

hear from our guests about their businesses and what we can help them with. We will also share referrals amongst the group.

Close

08:45 - 09:55

We generally close around 08:45am but guest are welcome to continue to network after the meeting.

Speakers

Matthew Barber
Mathew Barber – Thames Vally Police and Crime Commissioner

The PCC's role is to hold the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police to account for the performance of the Force, effectively making the police answerable to the communities they serve. The PCCs also has a wider role in promoting community safety and working with criminal justice partners to improve support for victims of crime.

Matthew has set out his key priorities for the coming years

Strong local policing

Fighting serious and organised crime

Improving the criminal justice system

Fighting fraud and cyber crime

Tackling illegal encampments

Matthew Barber was raised and schooled in Oxfordshire before graduating from Brunel University. He still lives in Oxfordshire, is married to Katie and has two children and a labrador!

Matthew is Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Thames Valley, covering Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire. Elected to the role in May 2021 with a majority of nearly 80,000. He served as Deputy PCC from 2017 to 2021, during which time he took on the chairmanship of the Local Criminal Justice Board.

Matthew also served as a councillor in the Vale of White Horse for nearly nineteen years. First elected to the Council in 2003 he served as Leader from 2011 to 2018 before standing down in March 2022. He has been a director of the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership as well as founding Chairman of Vale4Business and a Board Member of Science Vale and is involved in various charitable organisations.