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This
page currently includes reports and contact numbers
for:-
Volunteer
Drivers needed for Beeline Community Transport -
CLAIM IT!
Benefit Take Up Campaign - Atherstone Town
Trail leaflet
Home Wood
Chipping Service - Compost
Bins for your garden
Anti-Social Behaviour
- Nuisance
Motorcycles - WCC Trading Standards Service
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Registered Charity: 1045957
59 – 61 Long Street
Atherstone, CV9 1AZ
Volunteer Drivers
Needed
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Do
you enjoy driving?
¨ Do
you enjoy meeting people?
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Do
you want to get out & about?
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Have
you got time on your hands?
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Do you own a car?
Beeline needs you
For more information call Pat or Josie on 01827 717074
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CLAIM IT!
Benefit Take Up Campaign
Claim it!
is a Warwickshire wide initiative to encourage
individuals of all ages to apply for help with rent and
council tax.
Council Tax
Benefit can help you if you are struggling to pay your
Council Tax and you have a low income.
Housing
Benefit could help you if you pay rent for your home and
you are struggling with those payments.
For further
information or help with form filling, and to request an
application form please contact North Warks Borough
Council and quote ref: GR/MA
Tel: 01827
719365 E-mail:
benefits@northwarks.gov.uk
Website:
www.northwarwicks.gov.uk
Address:
NWBC, The Benefits Team, The Council House, South
Street, Atherstone,
CV9 1DE
20/9/07
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Home
Wood Chipping Service
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Subsidised service available to Warks householders
Monday to Fridays by appointment
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Chippings
will be left with the householder in plastic bags
supplied as part of the service
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Chippings
are for use by the householder and will NOT
be taken off site
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Garden
woody waste must be no greater than 10cm (4") in
diameter and of manageable length
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Material
that is unsuitable to chip will be left for the
householder to deal with
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The
resident MUST be at home while the
work is being done
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Garden
waste for chipping must be in an area with vehicular
access
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Teh cost
of each visit (max 1 hour) is £15.00 inc VAT
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To book
an appointment ring 01926 738827
Monday -
Friday between 9.00am - 12.15pm (answerphone outside
these hours)
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Beware Doorstep
Callers
Lock
Keep front and back doors locked
Stop
Are you expecting someone?
Chain
Put chain on before answering the door
Check
Identity of Caller
If In Doubt
Keep Them Out
Contact
Information: Warwickshire Trading Standards Service
01926 414040
(office hours)
Warwickshire
Police 01926 415000
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North
Warwickshire Community Safety Partnership - Advice for
Parents and Riders of Motorcycles being used off road
All motorcycles including:
Quad
Bikes/Mini Motors/Go Peds/Monkey Bikes/Scooters
Are NOT allowed to be used on:
Pavements/Disused Railway Lines/Rights of
Way/Bridleways/Canal Towpaths/Parks/Wasteland/Public
Land
They
can be used on the road if
they are:
Taxed/Insured/Registered with the DVLA and have an up to
date MOT certificate
The
confiscation of any motor-cycle ridden illegally leads
to it being crushed.
Advice for Parents
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If you
buy a Motorbike or Quad Bike for your child, YOU are
responsible for that young person and their actions.
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YOU as
a parent may be prosecuted for permitting your child
to fide illegally-this will affect your own car or
bike insurance.
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The
only place off road vehicles can be ridden lawfully
is on private land with the land owners permission
or at off road centres (where you will probably need
off road insurance).
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We
recommend that full protective clothing and a helmet
is worn at all times.
APPEAL FOR
INFORMATION
If
you see or know of motorcycles being used in a manner
likely to cause alarm, distress or annoyance to you or
other members of the public please contact:
The Police on 01926 415000 or anonymously to Crime
Stoppers on 0800 555111
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Transform your
garden with a compost bin
Spring
is a great time to start composting at home. As you
clear up the garden ready for the sunnier weather, you
will undoubtedly have lots of things that can be
composted.
Warwickshire County Council and WRAP (the Waste &
Resources Action Programme) are still supplying home
compost bins at subsidised prices. Starting from £6,
including delivery, they certainly are a good deal.
Composting
is a great way to help the environment. It is the
biodegradable waste in landfill sites that rots to
produce methane gas, because squashed under all the
other rubbish it doesn’t have enough access to air and
anaerobic decomposition takes place. Landfill sites
still account for about 25% of UK methane emissions.
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, contributing to
climate change.
Nearly two thirds of kitchen and garden waste can be
tipped straight in the compost bin. You might be
surprised to discover that it’s not just fruit waste,
vegetable peelings and prunings that can go in either –
paper / cardboard, eggshells and teabags make for great
compost too. Composting means hugely cutting down on the
amount of waste we put out for collection – while
receiving lots of free nutritious fertilizer that will
help your garden bloom.
The most important tips for making good compost are:
·
Ensure that you get a good mix of wet (e.g.
food scraps, grass clippings) and dry (e.g. paper, card,
straw, leaves) materials. The dry materials will trap
air spaces in the compost, which it needs to work
properly.
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Do not include meat, fish, dairy or cooked
food scraps. These are the things that might attract
unwanted visitors to the bin!
If
you would like to order a compost bin please call the
orderline: 0845 073 2001.
The offer is limited to 3 bins per address.
There are two models of bin available, the Compost
Converter 330 litres - £6 and the Soil Saver 600 litres
- £15. Delivery is free! As part of the bin offer WRAP
will also provide an extensive range of support
materials that are sent to you seasonally and contain
lots of hints and tips designed to keep you composting
successfully at home.
Penny Holmes is the Home Composting Advisor for
Warwickshire and Coventry. She is working closely with
Warwickshire County Council, and is available to attend
events, give talks or help schools with composting. If
you have an event you would like her to attend, please
call her on 07985 953184. Local residents can also call
0845 600 0323 for advice and information on home
composting, or visit
www.recyclenow.com/compost
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Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)
The
Young Persons Safety Officer is based at the NWBC
offices in Atherstone. Part of his role is to
co-ordinate a multi agency response to anti social
behaviour (ASB), In order to do this he is
encouraging reports of ASB to be directed to a secure
e-mail address:
communitysafety@northwarks.gov.uk. These
reports will then be collated and input onto a database
to assess the areas in most urgent need of intervention.
This information will then be shared with the agencies
that can best respond to the issues.
When
reporting incidents of ASB it is important to include as
much information as possible to aid our response.
The information, which is most helpful is:-
Date/Time/Location/Description of behaviour/Names and
description of those involved
Although work is done alongside the Police, the capacity
to respond quickly to an incident is not possible.
Serious incidents of ASB should be reported to the
Police. Once information is received the areas
with the most pressing problems will be visited by the
Safety Officer and he will speak to the young people
about the nuisance/ASB.
There
is a new website that serves as a directory of services
for children, young people and families.
www.up2datecovandwarks.org.uk
This is an opportunity for
services in the parish to promote their activities and a
great resource from which we can direct people to
appropriate services.
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