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Christmas Tree Recycling
If
you live
in an area which receives the garden waste collection
service and have a real Christmas tree for disposal then
you can use your green bin to recycle it. Please
cut the
tree into manageable pieces and ensure that the lid will
close and that the tree is loose and not wedged in the
bin.
Or
the following garden centres are collecting trees for
recycling. Please take your tree along between 2nd
and 31st January 09 for it to be composted.
Newton Regis, Whitacre Heath, Newlands Nurseries,
Planters, Melbick, Hoar Park and Dobbies.
For
more information
www.northwarks.gov.uk/recycling or call 01827
715341.
Christmas Card
Recycling
Take your cards to
NWBC, Council Offices, Atherstone
Atherstone Leisure
Complex
Arley, Polesworth or
Coleshill Sports Centres
Polesworth,
Baddesley, Coleshill, Kingsbury, Water Orton or
Atherstone Libraries
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North
Warwickshire West Safer Neighbourhoods Team
Covering Curdworth
Ward, Kingsbury Ward, Hurley and Wood End Ward and Water
Orton Ward
The Team includes
Sgt Ron Drake / PC Louise
Cleal / PC Nina Bowden / PCSO Peter Beale / PCSO Gavin
Scott / PCSO David Brown / PCSO Caroline McMurchie
Contact the Team ~ Tel: 02476 483554
E-mail:
nww.snt@warwickshire.police.uk
Website:
www.safer-neighbourhoods.co.uk/nww
Partners and Communities Together (PACT)
PACT is all
about police, partners and the local community working
together to improve their neighbourhood. Police
surgeries are held prior to PACT meetings.
www.northwarks.gov.uk
North Warwickshire
also has a nuisance Co-ordinator working proactively to
reduce anti-social behaviour.
To report
anti-social behaviour please call 01926 415000
Dear Resident
Is there an issue in your community you want to
raise but don’t know how?
North Warwickshire Community Safety Partnership is
pleased to enclose your free Safer Neighbourhoods magnet
and flyer.
North Warwickshire has 4 Safer Neighbourhoods Team's
covering the Borough. Teams are made up of Police
Officers, Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and
Special Constables who engage with local people to
understand the communities they serve and address the
issues that matter most to them.
The magnet enclosed contains contact details for your
local Safer Neighbourhoods team including: contact
names, contact telephone number, email address and web
site details. This will enable you to contact your
team directly with any issues or concerns you have.
The leaflet enclosed provides details about your Local
Area Forum and Partners and Community Together (PACT)
meetings. These are multi-agency meetings where local
people can raise issues within the community that can
then addressed by the agencies. 30 minutes prior to
each meeting the Police hold surgeries where residents
can speak to their local officers about their concerns
which the officers will action accordingly. The leaflet
provides the contact details for North Warwickshire
Borough Council’s Nuisance Co-ordinator.
This leaflet has been funded
through the Safer Stronger Community Fund to encourage
people to report crime and other community issues.
If you have never been to your
Local Area Forum do take the opportunity to meet your
local Safer Neighbourhood officers. If you cannot get to
a meeting, contact your Safer Neighbourhood team who can
take your issue to the meeting on your behalf.
The latest crime statistics for
North Warwickshire encouragingly show that overall
crime has been reduced by 25% since 2005
with levels of crime being
reduced for the fifth year running.
Through the work carried out by
members of the Community Safety Partnership North
Warwickshire has seen the following reductions over the
last 3 years:
- Business crime has reduced 24%
- Vehicle
crime has reduced 36%
- Burglary
has reduced 36%
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Criminal damage has reduced 12%
Over the
next three years the Community Safety Partnership
is aiming to further reduce and sustain these impressive
reductions. The partnership is aiming to achieve the
following reductions;
- Reduce violent crime by 15%,
from 724 to 615
- Reduce Criminal Damage by 15%,
from 871 to 740
- Reduce Arson (Small Fires) by
26%, from 125 to 92
- Reduce Anti-Social Behaviour
by 15%, from 3470 to 2950
- Reduce Serious Acquisitive
Crime by 15%, from 1035 to 880
Building safer neighbourhoods involves the police,
partner agencies and, most importantly, local people.
We are working hard to ensure
that you feel safe in your neighbourhood by building on
our achievements but we need your help.
Please
keep your magnet and leaflet so that you have your Safer
Neighbourhood Team’s contact details for when you need
them. Visit
www.safer-neighbourhoods.co.uk to find out more
about what your local team is doing to help protect your
community.
Yours
sincerely
Councillor Barry Beeson
Chair
of North Warwickshire’s Community Safety Partnership
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NWBC - Fly Tipping, request for
information
The Borough
Council is re-launching it's efforts to deter fly
tipping and to increase the effectiveness of enforcement
measures. Be alert to suspicious behaviour and report
it. Reports are always treated confidentially, and
can also be made anonymously (but with a lesser chance
of an enforcement outcome). Without a witness, our
options are limited unless the suspect confesses or can
be linked to items in the tipped waste.
Council's
telephone hotline 01827 715341, or on-line at
www.northwarks.gov.uk or e-mail
customerservices@northwarks.gov.uk
Sept 08
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WCC Speed Limit Review consultation: A and B Class
Roads.
For
information on which roads in North Warwickshire are to
have the speed limit reduced, go to the website.
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/roadsafety
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We need our
communities to help defeat terrorism. We need
all our communities to be vigilant and to report any
suspicious behaviour to the
Anti-Terrorist Hotline
on 0800 789321.
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Who is Visiting
North Warwickshire and Why?
Research has provided an
interesting insight into why visitors come to North
Warwickshire and what they particularly like about the
area.
The visitor survey
conducted by Heart of England Tourism, found that of the
200 people interviewed in North Warwickshire 84% of them
were on a day visit mainly from the West Midlands
metropolitan area and Warwickshire.
They found that the
majority of the people they spoke to were in the area
visiting attractions or walking/hiking. They also
cited the countryside, the amount of things to see and
do, and access as being the best things about the
area.
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The 'PHILLIS'
Service lends a helping hand to older people
PHILLIS stands for
'promoting health and independence through low level
integrated support'.
This new
preventative service is aimed at older people who may be
finding it difficult to maintain their home or perhaps
would like to get out more, socialise or learn a new
skill.
It aims to
support independent living for people over fifty living
in the county, and who are not eligible for statutory
support. The PHILLIS service will assess what sort
of support is needed for an older person and then,
working with partners, will identify the services to
best help them.
So whether it is
help with shopping, getting out and about, home repairs,
finding social or learning opportunities, claiming
benefits, or keeping fit, PHILLIS is here to help.
Research shows
that providing help and support fo older people as soon
as they begin to struggle with some aspects of daily
living, can help them live safely and confidently in
their own homes.
Once an older
person has had help from PHILLIS, the service will keep
in contact with them on a regular basis, to ensure that
they continue to receive appropriate support as and when
personal circumstances may change.
The service is
free, but for some community based services there may be
a charge.
Simply call 01926
731144 for more information.
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Echills Wood Railway at
Kingsbury Water Park
Follow the link
http://www.ewr.org.uk
to see the latest pictures and news about the railway.
After months of
hard work Echills Wood Railway members have opened their
7¼ guage miniature railway to the public at Kingsbury
Water Park. The railway will operate on Sundays
and Bank Holidays from 10.30am to 5.00pm throughout the
summer. For further information call 01926 498705
or visit the website (use link to take you straight to
it)
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The Tame Valley
wetlands project
Warwickshire
Wildlife Trust has just launched a huge partnership
project, which changes the way wildlife is conserved in
Warwickshire. The Tame Valley Wetlands project
will ensure that rare and protected species like otters,
water voles, bitterns, bats, snipe, great crested newts,
native crayfish and dragonflies will be protected by the
creation of large areas for conservation stretching for
miles across Warwickshire.
The project will be
creating new habitat, improving existing habitat,
assisting landowners to manage their land in wildlife
friendly ways or building otter passes under roads.
This will in turn provide recreation opportunities for
walking, bird watching and bike riding, encouraging
people to enjoy the outdoors.
If you would like to
get involved with the project, learn new skills in
surveying, habitat creation and management, help us
survey for otters, or if you know of areas near you
which could be improved for wildlife please contact us.
The project contact is Tel: 02476308995 or e-mail
louise.sutherland@wkwt.org.uk
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Emergency planning arrangements for the
Kingsbury Oil Complex
Representatives
of the site operators, Warwickshire Fire and Rescue
Service and the County Council Emergency Planning Unit
recently met with Parish Councilors to discuss
arrangements already in place for Kingsbury.
The major incident at the
Buncefield
oil terminal in Hertfordshire that occurred on Sunday 11th
December 2005
has obviously led to concerns over any similar event
happening at Kingsbury. As with Buncefield, the
Kingsbury Complex is covered by the Control of Major
Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH). These
regulations impose duties on both the site operators and
the County Council to have suitable safety and response
procedures in place and both on site and off site plans
have to be produced.
The
emergency services and Warwickshire County Council have
an active involvement in the emergency arrangements at
Kingsbury. Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service,
Warwickshire Police and the County Council Emergency
Planning Unit meet regularly with the Managers of all
the terminals on the complex to discuss planning and
training issues. The site operators have very
comprehensive emergency procedures for the day to day
operation of the site. The emergency services also have
detailed procedures for response to any event at
Kingsbury and have taken part in several training events
on the site over recent years. The County Council
Emergency Planning Unit has also prepared the detailed
"off site" plan which covers the roles and
responsibilities of the many other agencies who would be
involved in the coordination of the response to any
major incident at Kingsbury.
The
recently appointed enquiry team will be reporting on
Buncefield to both the Health and Safety Commission and
the Environment Agency and any findings which result in
changes to current legislation will be incorporated into
the plans for Kingsbury.
Jeremy
Lee, Manager of Warwickshire County Council Emergency
Planning Unit said "The approach taken towards emergency
planning in Warwickshire is very much on a partnership
basis and this is how we have approached our work with
the Kingsbury Complex. We have a close working
relationship with the site operators, emergency services
and other agencies that would be involved in any
incident. Exercising of plans is also important as we
can validate procedures in a safe environment and learn
lessons to improve our joint response".
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20/11/2008
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