VANEL (Voluntary Action North East Lincolnshire) has been delivering Scam and Fraud workshops and training for many years. Since 2022 we’ve been working with Community Vision (was ERVAS) and have been funded via the FraudWatch initiative to provide talks and advice across North East Lincolnshire.
By mid 2025 Karl at VANEL has delivered over 40 talks locally reaching 1000+ people. Karl talks to social groups; activity groups; WI groups; friendship groups; church groups; resident forums, neighbourhood watch groups, groups of volunteers and any other groups where people gather. Talks can be 15mins – 1.5 hours just depending on the way your group works.
For full details contact Karl Elliott at VANEL (karl@vanel.org.uk / 07936 415804). www.vanel.org.uk
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If you’ve attended a session and wanted the resources mentioned; here are the main ones:
Website for the FraudWatch project in Humberside: www.fraudwatch.org.uk Lots of useful resources
Useful video and resources http://www.saynotofraud.uk
Take five to stop fraud https://takefive-stopfraud.org.uk/
Friends against Scams https://www.friendsagainstscams.org.uk/
There’s a few more useful resources on our own Scams page here: https://nelwatch.org.uk/useful/scams/
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If you would like a session delivered (in North East Lincolnshire) and can coordinate a venue and an audience (min 10 people) then please contact Karl to discuss.
VANEL delivers sessions in North East Lincolnshire thanks to funding from FraudWatch via Community Vision which ultimately has funding from the Police and Crime Commissioner. Thank you to our funders which make this possible.
Each edition of our own Stay Safe guides/booklets also contains a wide range of scams/fraud awareness advice and are a useful printed resource for sharing with others.
See www.vanel.org.uk/kops/stay-safe
