THESE are the faces of Winchester's three new neighbourhood wardens who will take to the streets next week.

The two wardens and a coordinator will patrol the Highcliffe estate to cut down on petty crime and anitsocial behaviour.

If successful, Winchester City Council bosses who set up the scheme, plan to roll the project out to other areas starting with Stanmore.

The wardens' job will be to reduce antisocial behaviour on the estate and to help the local neighbourhood out with various other issues.

As well as trying to curb antisocial behaviour, the wardens will also help stamp out social and environmental issues such as fly-tipping and graffiti.

Cars that have been dumped and abandoned will also be removed.

This week bosses at Winchester City Council held a special meeting to introduce the three members of the neighbourhood warden scheme.

They are 39-year-old Peter Stevens, a former sniffer dog handler originally from Croydon; 34-year-old Nigel Devlin, a former member of the Royal Navy; and co-ordinator Joanna Naylor, 25, a former community safety officer.

Speaking at the launch, Nigel said: "We are eager to help local people make a positive difference to their community.

"It's a big challenge and we've got plenty of ideas about how we can support the residents."

Joanna Naylor, said: "One of the main issues to arise from our meetings with various community groups was antisocial behaviour.

"We don't have any enforcement powers but we can work with other organisations.

"I hope our presence will deter this sort of behaviour and that we can offer support to the communities affected by it.''

Councillor Brian Collin, portfolio holder for healthy and inclusive communities at WCC, added: "We are very excited about the future of the service and look forward to receiving feedback from local residents.

"The key thing about their role is that they are there for community helpfulness and encouragement - it is not about community control. I hope the community will approach them with their problems."