Take Five to Stop Fraud Week

22-26 JANUARY 2018

Neighbourhood Watch is proud to be supporting Take Five To Stop Fraud Week.

Take Five To Stop Fraud Week is part of the national campaign from Financial Fraud Action UK and the Government, backed by the banking industry coming together to tackle fraud.

The advice being issued this week is really simple but it can stop you becoming a victim of fraud.

  1. A genuine bank or organisation will never contact you out of the blue to ask for your PIN, full password or to move money to another account. Only give out your personal or financial details to use a service that you have given your consent to, that you trust and that you are expecting to be contacted by.
  2. Don’t be tricked into giving a fraudster access to your personal or financial details. Never automatically click on a link in an unexpected email or text.
  3. Always question uninvited approaches in case it’s a scam. Instead, contact the company directly using a known email or phone number.

Together we can help stop fraud.

To read more about the campaign and to access all the resources go to

https://takefive-stopfraud.org.uk/

Consultation on Local Pharmacy Services

Solihull Council would like to hear people’s views on a draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) which will help ensure residents have good access to local pharmacy (chemist) services.

This is a follow-up consultation from a survey carried out in September asking for people’s views on pharmacy services in Solihull.

The draft PNA looks at the current provision of pharmaceutical services across Solihull and whether they meet the current and future needs of residents, identifying any potential gaps in services.

NHS England will use the PNA when making decisions regarding applications for new or changes to, existing pharmaceutical services. It will also be used by NHS England, Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Solihull Council to inform their commissioning of local pharmaceutical services.

The draft PNA has been put together on behalf of Solihull Health and Wellbeing Board using the analysis of local health needs, local information, intelligence, and surveys with the public and pharmacies.

People are invited to read the draft PNA and share their views by completing a short survey at: www.solihull.gov.uk/consultation

The closing date for the consultation is Monday 22 January 2018.  Feedback will be used to inform the final PNA which will be ready for publication by 1 April 2018.

For more information contact Claire Cook, Communications Officer, on 0121 704 6136.

Aylesbury House Hotel – Update

The Parish Council have been advised that Spitfire took the difficult decision at the end of 2017 to withdraw from the Aylesbury House development. Spitfire stated:

“We were careful to select a new developer for the site. It was important the new developer shared our values for quality and design”.

The site which now has planning consent will be developed by Cameron Homes.

Tesco Bags of Help – Fundraising for Play Equipment in Hockley Heath Park

The Hockley Heath Residents Association, with support from the Parish Council, have applied for a Tesco grant and have successfully been shortlisted to receive a prize of either £1,000, £2,000 or £4,000 towards play equipment for younger children in the park. Throughout January and February shoppers at a number of regional Tesco stores can vote for 3 projects, of which the Youngsters of Hockley Heath is one, by dropping a token in a voting box – you may have seen them by the entrance to Tesco stores. Please vote for this local project, your support is very much appreciated.