Community Information - Wednesday 9 December 2009
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(0) "Community
News" in full colour
(1) Village
Hall Damage
(2) Local
Land surveyor or someone who owns and can use a hand held GPS to map features
needed urgently
(3) Local
resident's email address Hi-Jacked
(2) Charity
Auction Success
(3) Ashley
Memorial Hall available for Hire
(4) Ashley Memorial Hall Committee Members Required
(5) Newcastle
under Lyme 50+ Forum - Winter Newsletter
(6) Staffordshire
Library Winter Clallenge - Book prizes to be won
(7) Christmas Tree Festival 2009 at St Mary’s
Church, Mucklestone - judged by local celebrity Nick Hancock
(8) SCAM ALERT - a
couple with a child in a pushchair were knocking on the doors of bungalows
at night.
(9) POSSIBLE SCAM using Lloyds Pharacist,
Newcastle under Lyme
(10) Help With Claiming Benefits - Be Warned, be
Helped
(11) Silent
Call Guard ~ Number Change
(12) Ashley
& Loggerheads - The 671 club
(13) Consumer-Rights-Mini-Guide
(14) "Festival
Walks" - Walking For Health
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"Community News" in full colour
The next issue of "Community News", deadline Friday 1 January, covering February and March will be in full colour.
We are very pleased to announce Awards For All have given us a grant to cover this.
The issue will be 2 or 3 A4 pages long (12 - A5 sides).
What would you like to see in this issue?
Please email Editor@CommunityNews.eu
Local Land surveyor or someone who owns and can use a hand held GPS to map features needed urgently
Are you OR do you know someone
WANTED HELP WITH LOCAL NATURE RESERVE
Local Land surveyor or someone who owns and can use a hand held GPS to
map features.
Please ring 01630 67 43 65 and ask for Eric or Tony
OR
Please email reserve@loggerheads.eu
Local resident's email address Hi-Jacked
Message
Dear,
How are you today? May this emergency appeal finds you well,i am sorry i do not inform you about my travel to Africa for a program. The program is taking place in three major Countries in Africa which includes Ghana,Nigeria and South Africa. It has been a very sad and bad moment for me that the condition i found myself is so intoxicated to explain.I am stranded in Nigeria because I forgot my little bag in a taxi where my Atm card,all the money i have with me and some important documents are,i am so confussed right now that i do not know what to do or where to go.Please i need your urgent help to send some money to me so that i could be able to come back home.
ETC
If you ask to check it is genuine, reply is:-
Dear,
It's, please proceed immediately as my life is in danger.
Unfortunately the hall has recently been the target of vandalism and graffiti. The youths that hang around outside the hall have been told that they can do so as long as they respect the property and it is not in use.
If you spot any youths outside the hall whilst it is in use, please contact the local non-emergency police number on 0300 123 4455 and they will politely be asked to leave.
Many Thanks, Peter Davis, Chairman.
A big thank you to all who supported the Charity Auction at The Peel in November in aid of The Douglas Macmillan Hospice. We received huge support from local companies and public donations which helped us to raised over £3000's on the night! It was a wonderful result.
The Hospice is run by 200 full and part time and 400 volunteers. Their costs are in excess of £20,000 a day to run the Hospice, which includes a 28 bed in-patient unit, a 25 place day car unit, palliative care nursing team, 24 hour ‘hospice at home’ care, social work, bereavement support, chaplaincy team and therapeutic care.
They rely on voluntary donations to pay the majority of their costs. They need to raise in excess of £7 million a year (07/08 figure)!
Due to the current economic climate donations have significantly fallen this year. Therefore there are no capital projects on the go at the moment, therefore all monies raised will go directly to help fund the running costs of the Hospice and extended services they provide.
Ashley Memorial Hall available for Hire
The hall is available to hire for regular bookings, Private Events and
Children's Parties. It is available at very competitive rates and it is
a wonderful venue with fabulous facilities on-site including a fully functional
kitchen and bar, tables and chairs to seat up to 120, and a stage.
If you would like further information on the hall rates and availability,
please contact Peter Davis on 01630 672472
Ashley Memorial Hall Committee Members Required
In November 2010, after 11 years service to Ashley Village Hall and the
community, Peter Davis the Chairman of Ashley Village Hall is retiring.
We are in need of additional committee members to help keep the hall open
and available for all of us to use. It is a fabulous facility which needs
to be supported. We are looking for willing and able volunteers to attend
5 meetings annually and be proactive and interested in maintaining the
hall and helping to keep it open and available to all that would like
to use it.
If you'd like to join our small and friendly team, please contact Peter
Davis on 01630 672472.
Newcastle
under Lyme 50+ Forum
Winter Newsletter
Staffordshire Library Winter Clallenge - Book prizes to be won
The idea is simple, read some books, then jot down what you think of them. Star rate them from 0 - 5
Bags full of books to be won
Christmas Tree Festival 2009 at St Mary’s Church, Mucklestone - judged by local celebrity Nick Hancock
This Saturday 12th December – 10.30am
Christmas Tree Festival 2009 at St Mary’s Church, Mucklestone
Service of celebration led by Rector Jonathan Eades
Best dressed tree competition to be judged by local celebrity Nick Hancock
In aid of The Donna Louise Trust & The Children’s Society
All the trees will be on display in the church between Saturday 12th and Friday 18th December. Please come between midday and 3.30pm and you will be able to see the decorated trees in all their glory.
There will be also be a ‘Memory Tree’ where visitors and
friends can commemorate important anniversaries such as baptisms, weddings
or even the loss of a loved one, by writing a special card to hang on
this tree.
Problem: It has been reported that a couple with a child in a pushchair
were knocking on the doors of bungalows at night. They were
claiming that the mother needed to travel somewhere but only had a
£20 note and they asked if the occupier had change. The £20 turned
out to be a forged note.
Possible Action: This is a scam. Be wary of people asking for change
for notes which may be forgeries. Never answer the door to anyone
unexpected.
POSSIBLE SCAM using Lloyds Pharacist, Newcastle under Lyme
A local resident writes "I received a call from a guy who was the
prescribing pharmacist at Lloyds in Newcastle. He said that he had a prescription
in my name and needed to establish that it was genuine 'given the nature
of the drugs'. He knew my name and address, bute wouldn't say what the
drugs were, and he said that he was now concerned that he had been presented
with a fraudulent prescription. I was concerned because I only ever receive
prescription meds from my surgery.. I told him that I would talk to my
surgery, but that he could be certain this was not mine.
I spoke to the surgery, who could not understand how a Newcastle chemist
could have my name and address, and they confirmed that this had nothing
to do with them
I then rang Lloyds Pharmacy, who replied
that they had no prescribing pharmacists and that my caller had nothing
to do with them. They confirmed that they had received a similar
complaint a month or two back, and I'm expecting their Area Manager to
call me - Lloyds are very concerned that their name is being misused.
It's not clear to me what the scam is - but I've no doubt that there's
more to this than meets the eye. If any of your readers have come across
this, or know what the scam is, the police will be glad to know."
If this has happened to you, please let me know at info@loggerheads.eu
Help With Claiming Benefits - Be Warned, be Helped
There have been recent reports of companies offering benefit advice to individuals. They will offer to visit your home and complete benefit claim forms for you free of charge. However you should be aware that some companies charge as much as 45% commission of your back pay received.
Silent Call Guard ~ Number Change
0844 372 2325
We have recently been informed that the silent call guard number has changed to 0844 372 2325.
Where possible could you please inform people of this change.
Ashley & Loggerheads - The 671 club
The first draw of the 671 club will take place at the end of January 2010.
If you have not been contacted before mid January concerning your club membership please phone Jean on 673109
671 club cost £1 per month. Monthly prize draw with 50% of money in prize rest into Responder Funds. Winner announced in Community News
Door to Door collection £3500 raised
The responders would like to thank all those who have made donation during
the recent door to door collection. your contribution will help to maintain
the service we try to provide.
May the responder group wish you all a
healthy Christmas & thank you all for your support during 2009
Consumer Rights Mini Guide
from
Money Saving Expert
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/consumer-rights-wallet-print
"Festival Walks" - Walking For Health
You are welcome to join any of the walks on the attached programme - just ring the contact.
If a local group want a walk in our area, please contact Shaun below
Also please keep me informed at info@loggerheads.eu
Shaun Stanley
Walking For Health Co-ordinator
North Staffordshire Volunteer Centres
15 Sheepmarket, Leek,
Staffordshire, ST13 5HN
Tel: 01538 398240
Mobile: 07967662001