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RESIDENTS with visual impairments are to given improved security.
Bury Police have been given a £6,000 grant by BurySafe and the High Sheriff Trust to fund a project to improve home security for people who are blind or partially sighted.
The project is being run by the Bury Society for Blind and Partially Sighted and Age Concern's Handyman scheme who are buying and fitting the extra locks, spy holes and door chains needed to secure the homes of the vulnerable householders.
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Gaynor Mason, Bury police's crime reduction advisor, said: "We approached the society and asked them to provide us with volunteers so we could train them to conduct home security surveys tailored to the needs of blind or partially sighted people.
"The aim of this new scheme is to ensure that with the added security measures, people with visual impairments in the Bury area can feel safer in their own homes."
The initiative will run for the next 12 months and 20 local residents have benefited so far.
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