To not get this neighbour involved in a community project?

[BlackBucketOfCheese]

Our little cluster of streets are running a community project to tidy up the streets and alleyways.
It is my responsibility to design and deliver the leaflets. No problem there.

I’m just printing them off and wondering if I should deliver one to my next door neighbour.
This is a man who beats his wife and children (oh and the dog too) and when another neighbour reported him, he came to my house and threatened to beat me up and his wife sent me a horrible letter.
He has spent the majority of lockdown breaking it at every turn, whilst shouting loudly in his garden about “sheep” and “idiots staying at home”, knowing we and many around us are shielding.

He is a violent thug who makes life here very difficult, I doubt he would get involved anyway but I can imagine him standing out there laughing at all of us.

Would I be unreasonable NOT to put a leaflet through his door?

I wouldn’t. He sounds like an absolute nob who won’t be interested anyway.

I would stay well clear tbh. Poor kids with an arsehole parent like that

It's not his kids fault hes like that. It would be horrible to not inform them of the project.

I would avoid. With a person like that it seems like an innocent invitation could just be ammo to have something else to complain or get angry about.

There are only two possible outcomes - he completely ignores it, in which case its a waste of time or the other option, it sets him off on a tangent. Probably the latter, since he clearly enjoys antagonising people.

All you would do is give him an opportunity to ruin it for everyone. Don't put a turd in the punchbowl.

Don't bother worrying about what he thinks ,he sounds a complete twat. Let them stand in the street laughing. No one cares about idiots like this but how awful for their kids. Just carry on with the other residents and ignore him and his wife. They will probably comment about people being out tidying up who are shielding. I would put an altered leaflet through for the kids only.

It's not a community project if you don't invite the whole community.

Quite frankly this sounds like a safeguarding issue. Why are you giving headspace to a leaflet. You should be calling social services!

If any further threats happen. Record and call the police.

You should be calling social services!

I have done, several dozen times.

Nope no leaflet for the abuser.

I think this would be a case of "Oops, somehow X's copy must've accidentally fallen into the bin when I passed it on my way to the door."

As for the children, is it really a children's activity? Are his children likely to be interested or allowed to participate?

If you're having second thoughts, you could ask the opinion of someone else who's involved in the project and knows what your neighbour's like. That way it's not "just" you making the decision.

It isn’t really a child friendly activity because we will be scraping up dog and cat shit and probably picking up glass and other sharps.

I would turn left/right out of the house away from them and accidentally run out of leaflets before him. If challenged then of course you meant to chat to him in person as you thought you would see him over the fence.

Just to follow up. I didn’t give them a leaflet.