VANEL, through their North Cleethorpes area funding, wish to announce future free training availability based at 82, Grimsby Road Cleethorpes. BLUE LIGHTS BRIGADE – are also offering training to any local start groups on emergency planning of local disasters – see below for details. The first is not Post Code based, and is purely aimed […]
Author: Glyn Atkinson
A qualified community safety advocate with 11 years of NHW experience.
Currently Chair of the NE Lincs Co-ordinators group meetings, and Chair of Humberwatch, covering 4 unitary authorities trying to unite campaigns locally.
MEETING TONIGHT 7 PM – AT ST AUGUSTINE’S CHURCH HALL – FOR NHW CO-ORDINATORS. Our meeting this evening has two main purposes – firstly to offer training opportunities to all present as Co-ordinators, and to introduce a specific training programme for Cleethorpes groups and residents, based at the Big Local premises at 72, Grimsby Road, […]
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WINTERTIME PLUMBING SCAM !!!
ONE FROM THE DEPUTY CHAIR FROM A COLD CALL VISIT TODAY ! I am not going to name the firm, but please be very wary of cold calls about blocked or slow heating radiators on your central heating systems ! The firm quoted that only 12 months on from engineer servicing and flushing out, all […]
Adding to yesterday’s post, the same person is now being phoned from numerous other I/D blocked numbers, and has had to have the BT service make additional safety measures to stop the calls filtering through. Please be careful answering any calls which can grab your number onto a system that sends regular recalls once obtained. […]
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Another telephone scam reported !
One of our NHW Co-ordinators has been in touch telling me about the latest B.T. scam contact phone calls – the seriousness of this is that someone with high technical knowledge has deliberately cut through telephone cables in the supply box going to the Co-ordinators phone line. The 2 numbers used to actually make phone […]
NOT GUILTY, YOUR HONOUR !!! For those who know me, and my lack of ability to look good in photos, please take note that a recent article published in the Grimsby Telegraph, and copied on several Facebook pages yesterday, showed me prominently taking part in a multi agency walk round on the East Marsh, organised […]
A NEWLY REPORTED METHOD OF POTENTIALLY STOPPING uPVC WINDOWS FROM LOCKING!! There has been a new report on one of the DN NHW Facebook pages, reporting the use of a wooden pencil that is placed in the rain gully guards, to prevent owners being able to fully close and lock ground floor windows. I am […]
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Latest spate of thefts from cars !
A police report from today has noted a sharp increase recently in thefts from cars, both locked and unlocked, and in many areas across the North East Lincolnshire area. Please ensure that you leave nothing visible that could be sold on for a quick drugs fix, and no parking money in centre consoles or side […]
Local areas have been recently targetted by youths, and fires have been lit in several places, including industrial and leisure sites, not just alleyways and old unoccupied houses. Business owners obviously have a legal duty of care to protect their businesses against the risk of arson around workplace areas, but members of the public also […]
A CHANCE TO WIN VOUCHERS BY COMPLETING THE LATEST SURVEY FROM NATIONAL NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH ! Neighbourhood Watch has today launched a landmark new survey to understand the impact of cybercrime on communities across England and Wales. Traditionally Neighbourhood Watch has been focused on keeping people safe in the places they live but with the advent […]
——— SCAM WARNING ——— Action Fraud has recently received 63 reports about a scam in which fraudsters target people with offers of “low cost” loans or “free” government grants. What the victims aren’t told is that the money they’ll receive is actually an advance payment for Universal Credit. The criminals use the personal information they’ve […]
It is indeed a splendid summer for those who sun worship, with very hot, near record, temperatures at the moment, and very few storms in between to clear the air. It is hard work cooling down enough to sleep comfortably at night, and shops seem to be full of people not shopping , but enjoying […]
Recent police reporting on local neighbourhood alert warnings have been published, with holidays for school children and hotter weather in mind, so these are being passed on. 1. Police have discovered areas in parks where evidence of bonfires or attempted woodland arson have taken place – so, do you know where your child is in […]
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BANK CARD SAFETY !
For those who view the Facebook DN pages in N.E. Lincolnshire, how many times recently have you seen a post with a picture of a lost or “found in the street” bank card? Where do people store their cards when out shopping, wallet, purse, handbag, back pocket with other things stuffed in? I will not […]
As wonderful as family and friends events are , along with getting rid of safe combustible rubbish, please spare a thought for your close neighbours, both for noise and smoke pollution. Do you know if any close neighbour suffers from any breathing problems – COPD, asthma, hayfever etc? These conditions can all be triggered by […]