Craig Colton

Door to Door Scammer – please be aware

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Don’t get caught out by door-to-door scammers 🚪

We’ve had reports of people claiming to be ex-soldiers, or ex-offenders who are just out of prison, selling household items like cleaning products on the doorstep.

Neither the Probation Service nor the Army facilitate any such schemes.

Although some legitimate organisations will visit your home (such as gas, electricity and water companies, or charities seeking donations), you should never buy or sell anything on your doorstep. Door-to-door callers may be offering poor quality goods at inflated prices – or even gathering information for future crime.

Rogue traders may also knock on your door unannounced, claiming they have noticed damage, before offering to have a look for free as they have just finished a job nearby. But victims have found themselves thousands of pounds out of pocket due to poor workmanship or no work being carried out at all.

Always be on your guard when someone unknown calls at your door. Consider reporting any incidents to us via 101. If you feel threatened or intimidated by their behaviour, it’s an emergency and you should dial 999. Consider also reporting rogue traders to Trading Standards, and contacting Citizens Advice for help and support.

The simple advice is to always say ‘no’ to cold callers. Share this with your neighbours too. If they don’t get any sales in your area, cold callers are less likely to return, which is better for everyone!

New online form for Herbert Protocol

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The Herbert Protocol is a nationwide scheme adopted by all UK police forces with the aim of reducing the risk of harm to someone living with Dementia who may go missing, by enabling swift access to key information that can help the police find the person more quickly.We have previously requested a hard copy of the form is completed by their carer, updated regularly and produced to Police on request.

We are now working in Partnership with ‘Safe & Found Online’ (SAFO) who offer an editable, digital copy of the form.
As part of Missing Persons strategies, UK Police Forces are encouraging carers of vulnerable people who are a risk of going missing to compile useful information about them, via this website https://safeandfoundonline.co.uk/index.html

Should a person suffering from Dementia, be reported as a missing person, we will be able to access the information their carer has recorded on the form, immediately.
Potential lifesaving information can be with the police at the touch of a button.

 

Safe and Found Online is a social enterprise established by people who have personal experience of family members who have gone missing.
The Data Sharing Agreement and Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) approved by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) which covers all UK police forces.

 

Warning! Invasive Non-Native Plant Species in Husthwaite

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Warning! Invasive Non-Native Plant Species in Husthwaite

Last year we had a preliminary audit done of biodiversity in and around the village.  The report, by Wold Ecology, has highlighted the presence of three non-native invasive species: Montbretia, Himalayan balsam and variegated yellow archangel .  These plants are all listed in  schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and under that Act  it is an offence to plant these or otherwise allow them to grow in the wild (so if they are in your garden that is fine but you cannot allow them to spread).

The Parish Council is looking into how we can tackle these plants where they are alongside public footpaths – for example, there is Himalayan Balsam along Ings Beck and some Yellow Archangel along Beacon Banks.  The Parish Council would also encourage all residents to identify whether they have any of these in their garden (photos below) and take all necessary steps to keep them contained. More information can be found on each of these species on www.nonnativespecies.org

Pictures of the plants here: Invasive species

Parish Council Vacancy

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HUSTHWAITE PARISH COUNCIL NEEDS YOU!!

Husthwaite Parish Council has a casual vacancy and would welcome applications from interested persons wishing to be co-opted.

If you wish to apply, you must be a British Citizen, at least 18 years old and either :-

Be on the register of local government electors,

Occupy land within the parish

Have worked in the community for the last 12 months.

 

Husthwaite Parish Council meet in the Village Hall for a couple of hours every other month. Meetings are a very sociable affair and, although we do have official business to discuss, we try to make the meetings as light-hearted and welcoming as possible.

If you would like to become a Parish Councillor for Husthwaite, please forward an expression of interest, including contact information, details of any past experience which may be relevant and the areas of responsibility within the Parish Council that you would like to become involved (Neighbourhood Plan, Public Footpaths, Husthwaite Website, etc) to:-

Husthwaite Parish Council, Inglenook, High Street, Husthwaite, YO61 4PX

or via email to Husthwaitepc@hotmail.co.uk

Thank you

 

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