@SOA - New Web Wise Courses (Free)

Web Wise Project

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New courses starting.......

The Web Wise Project aims to help people over the age of fifty to get benefits from using the internet that younger people take for granted.  Eleven million people in the UK do not use the internet, yet often services and goods are most easily, and cheaply, available on line.  Older people, who do not use the internet, are increasingly at risk of being excluded from what are becoming “normal” life opportunities and activities.

Web Wise is provided by Age UK Warwickshire, in conjunction with Stratford District Citizen’s Advice Bureau.  We organise courses in local venues, like village halls and libraries, within Stratford District.  Each course lasts six weeks, with one two-hour lesson each week.  The project is funded by Comic Relief.  We also work in partnership with Orbit Housing, Heart of England.

Web Wise courses are free.

Our courses cover the basic functions of the internet, including the World Wide Web, email and Skype (video calling), banking, shopping, and searching for information.  There is a particular emphasis on helping learners to save money, and to manage finances more effectively, by using services on the internet.
You may bring you own laptop or tablet computers, or you can use one of ours.  John Sawyer, the Project Co-ordinator, leads the courses and, where possible, there will also be Web Wise volunteers, who can give one to one support.   We try to tailor the course to individual needs, and to this end each learner is invited to do a self-assessment prior to starting the course.

Our next courses are:

• Brailes Village Hall.  Tuesday mornings, starting on 2nd February; NOW FULL

• Blackwell Village Hall, Tuesday afternoons, starting on 9th February; NOW FULL

• Bishops Itchington Community Centre, Wednesday afternoons, starting on 10th February;NOW FULL

• Claverdon Church Centre, Thursday afternoons, starting 4th February.

• Lighthorne Heath Village Hall,  Monday afternoons, starting 8th February

• Southam Grange Hall, Monday afternoons, starting 4th April

• Studley Village Hall, Tuesday mornings, starting 29 March

If you would like to attend a course near you, contact:John Sawyer on 07881 812943, or emailjohn.sawyer@ageukwarks.org.uk or write to John Sawyer, Age UK Warwickshire, 8 Clemens Street, Leamington Spa, CV31 2DL

@WAR - Smart Start Survey for parents of 0-5s. Please share.

Help share our survey

We want to hear from parents (including expectant parents), carers and families with 0-5 year old children, as well as front line workers on how to improve outcomes for children in Warwickshire. Online survey Parents and carers can now complete our new online survey here. By telling us their views, they will get the chance to enter our Prize Draw to win one of three prizes:£100 multi-store shopping voucher and two £50 multi-store shopping vouchers. Please can you share this survey link with parents you work with through your social media pages, email or newsletter.  We want to know about what early years help parents, carers and families value, where they go to for support, and what support would have helped but has been missing for them (gaps and unmet needs).   Social media  We also have new Facebook and Twitter pages through which we will provide updates on the Smart Start programme and engagement activity. Please can you share the links below with parents and families of children aged 0-5 years that you engage with. Facebook Twitter Website Engagement with families From January to May 2016, Warwickshire CAVA (Community and Voluntary Action) will be working with the Smart Start Programme to talk to families across the county. Events and focus groups will be taking place over the next few months, to give parents and carers from across the county the chance to have their say. Click here for more information or visit our Facebook page   Engagement with professionals   Focus Groups and interviews with front line workers The Warwickshire Public Health Team are currently running a series of Smart Start focus groups and semi-structured interviews with maternity and early years front line staff from different service sectors across the county. This engagement exercise will continue up to March 2016. If you’re working with 0-5s families (including expectant parents) and are keen to share your views, you can join one of the Smart Start focus groups. If you’re unable to join a focus group, you can request a semi-structured interview by contacting smartstart@warwickshire.gov.uk.   What happens next?   Once we have gathered all views, they will be used to help decide on what support, services and activities are provided in Warwickshire in the future.  (Please note all information provided by parents and families will remain confidential and contact information will not be shared) For more information on the Smart Start programme visit www.warwickshire.gov.uk/smartstart

Kind regards

 

Amanda Wilson-Patterson

Localities & Communities Officer

Communities 

Warwickshire County Council

 

Telephone:     01926 413642 (internal 3642)

Mobile:          07780 995817

Email:           amandawilsonpatterson@warwickshire.gov.uk

Website:        www.warwickshire.gov.uk/getinvolved                   

 

For further information on the Stratford-on-Avon Area Office visit www.warwickshire.gov.uk/stratfordarea

@SOA - Free microchips limited offer before it becomes mandatory for all dogs

The Rural Crime Coordinator Lucy Lambert has teamed up with Lisa Parkes the Dog Warden to provide a series of exciting events across the District.

Come along to one of the venues and meet with us to discuss the importance of dog etiquette and how to report suspicious activity when you are out with your four legged friends.

From the 6th April the Law is changing and all dogs must be microchipped, to raise awareness around this we will be microchipping 20 dogs at each venue for free. If you are interested in the microchipping then you will need to book an appointment in advance by calling 01789 267 575. This is offered on a first come first served basis, any subsequent appointments will then be charged at £5 + VAT per dog.

If you would like to meet with the Rural Crime Coordinator and your local Safer Neighbourhood Team to discuss any concerns you have then do just drop in.

2nd Feb 1030-1330 Stratford Police Station (no parking available at this venue)

3rd Feb 1030-1330 Sheldon Bosley Hub Shipston

8th Feb 1030-1330 Graham Adams Centre Southam

10th Feb 1030-1330 Memorial Hall Welford

16th Feb 1030-1330 Crawford Memorial Hall Bidford

17th Feb 1030-1330 Methodist Church Wellesbourne

19th Feb 1030-1330 St Andrews Centre Shottery

23rd Feb 1030-1330 Jubilee Centre Alcester

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@WAR - Warwickshire Trading Standards Alerts

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Our mailing address is: Warwickshire County Council Shire Hall Warwick, Warwickshire CV34 4RL United Kingdom

@SOU - Southam SNT Newsletter

Incident No.0288 - 08/12/15

Theft – London End, Priors Marston. A large cardboard box containing Dinky & Corgi Toys (cars) removed from garden shed at the rear of property.

Incident No.0183 - 10/12/15 

           

Theft - Priors Marston. A White Daf Truck Horse Box stolen from rural farm.

Incident No.0058 - 17/12/15

Burglary (non dwelling) – Key Lane, Priors Marston. Garden shed at rear of property broken into. Various garden tools taken.

Incident No.0161 - 30/12/15

Theft – The Square, Long Itchington. Single axle Ifor Williams trailer with spare wheel stolen. Securing chain had been cut with bolt cutters.

Incident No.0078 - 31/12/15

Theft - South Parade, Harbury. Childs Motor cross bike (Blue & White) and adults petrol Go-Ped scooter taken between 21-31.Dec 2015.

Incident No.0024 - 04/01/16

Damage – Mill Street, Harbury. Rear window smashed on Ford S Max parked on road. No entry believed made into vehicle and nothing stolen.

FULL NEWSLETTER

@SOU - Trailer therfts

We have had a couple of incidents trailer thefts

 

Incident 164 - 30/12/15 - overnight a Single axle metal Ifor Williams trailer with spare wheel was stolen from a residential property in Long Itchington the trailer was secured.

 

Incident 130 - 13/01/16 between 09/01/15 - 10/01/15 A 8x4 wooden and metal trailer with drop down tail board was stolen from a property in Southam.

 

Incident 248 - 14/01/2016 -  between 15.00hrs - 18.00hrs a single axle Ifor Williams trailer was stolen from a farm near Calcutt. The trailer had a drop down tail board.

 

Please attempt to secure your trailer with a clamp, make it harder for the criminal by attaching a chain and make a note of the chassis number.

 

A hightop silver transit type van bearing an irish number plate has been reported on farms, two males have approached farmers asking if they would like to buy garden furniture.  Please make a decreet note of vehicle registration markers that you do not recognise or should not be on your farm please advise the team at Southam.

 

Kind regards

 

Katrina

 

Southam Farm watch
Telephone 01926 684984
Email SouthamFarmWatch@Warwickshire.pnn.police.uk
Voicemail 14984

Please access our website www.safer-neighbourhoods.co.uk for the latest news in the Stratford District and also Southam SNT newsletters. In a non emergency or to report a crime dial 101

@WAR - Warwickshire Trading Standards alerts

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