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WONDERFUL VILLAGES AWARDS 2022

The Village Halls PodcastWONDERFUL VILLAGES AWARDS 2022

WIN £1,000 FOR FAIRFIELD VILLAGE HALL
The incredible contribution of village, church and community halls throughout rural Britain and those who work tirelessly to support their local community, often goes unrecognised and unrewarded. That is, until now!

This year, in 2022, The Village Halls Podcast has teamed up with Allied Westminster – the home of VillageGuard, the UK’s most popular Village Hall insurance – to launch the WONDERFUL VILLAGES AWARDS.

The Awards feature five different categories each of which will lead to a hall winning £1,000. So that’s a total prize fund of £5,000 up for grabs!

The five categories are:
THE UNSUNG HERO OR HEROES AWARD
YOUNG PERSONS AWARD
PROJECT OF THE YEAR
INNOVATION AWARD
INSPIRATIONAL STORY AWARD

These Awards are open to any village, church or community hall in the United Kingdom and are focused entirely on rural communities
Further information on each of the categories and how to enter can be found at: www.thevillagehallspodcast.com/wonderfulvillagesawards

Become a Dementia Friend

A Dementia Friend is somebody that learns about dementia so they can help their community. Dementia Friends help people living with dementia by taking actions – both big and small. Actions do not need to be time-consuming. Anyone can become a Dementia Friend and it’s really easy. Volunteer Ambassadors are running in-person Information Sessions as well as virtual Information Sessions that you can book on to attend. Or you can watch our short online video to join. Click here for further information

Home Fire Safety Visits & NEW online Home Fire Safety Checks

How safe are you? Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) have launched a new online Home Fire Safety Check and are encouraging everyone to complete one for them or a family member, friend or neighbour, to see how safe you are – www.safelincs.co.uk/hfsc.

For those most at risk, partner agencies can complete a referral form for a Home Fire Safety Visit. A Home Fire Safety Visit is a FREE home safety visit that is tailored to an individual’s needs and is aimed at those who are more vulnerable such as the elderly, people living alone and those with reduced mobility. Further information can be found here Home Fire Safety Visit | Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (hwfire.org.uk) or you can contact the team on 0800 032 1155

Additionally, HWFRS are happy to visit with any groups/attend events to take face to face referrals or give fire safety talks, email: cwebster@hwfire.org.uk

Reporting Pension Scams

Why should you report?

Pension scams ruin lives. On average, victims lose £75,000! With some losses in the millions. For some, it’s their whole life savings and once the money’s gone, it’s often gone for good. Criminals’ tactics are constantly evolving and the nature of them means they can be hard to spot. So, it’s difficult to understand the true scale of threat.

What should you report?

It is illegal to cold call consumers to talk about pension products, if you have received an unsolicited call, you should report this to Action Fraud straight away (details below).

Report any information you think could be relevant including the name and contact information of those involved as well as related materials such as websites and brochures.

When should you report?

You should report if you believe a scam has already happened or if you suspect that a pension scam could be taking place or are suspicious of those involved.

Who should you report to?

In England, Northern Ireland and Wales you should report fraud, cyber-crime or concerns about a potential scam to Action Fraud via www.actionfraud.police.uk/reporting-fraud-and-cyber-crime or on 0300 123 2040.

Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online is the UK’s leading source of unbiased, factual, and easy-to understand information on online safety

Website Checker: A new initiative has been set up by Get Safe Online in collaboration with a number of partners (including the National Trading Standards Scams Team) to establish a way for people to check whether a website is likely to be legitimate or a scam. If you are getting adverts when on social media or just surfing online, a good way to check if these are real is to visit www.getsafeonline.org/checkawebsite and type the website into the search bar and hit enter! The results you get can help you make your own decision on whether to buy from that website or not and you can do this before you even visit the site. The website checker looks at over 40 data sources to formulate its fraud score. The tool was originally devised in 2012 and has been the subject of continuous improvement by the ScamAdviser technical team ever since.

Return of Charity Egg Stall

Bumble Hole Foods have announced the return of their charity egg stall for one day -Friday August 12 from 10am-2pm. This is one off fundraiser for the Primrose Hospice and the Family Support Centre London Marathon runners, The CornflowerCoppers.

The price of the eggs is now a minimum suggested donation of £3 for 30 free range eggs, which is still significantly lower than supermarket prices, but 100% of all money raised will support this wonderful local cause.

Bumble Hole Foods, David Hewston Way, Rocky Lane, Bournheath, Bromsgrove, B61 9HU

Goodbye PC Stone

PC Stone is off to pastures new, he has been a great friend of Fairfield, Wildmoor & Stoneybridge and will be greatly missed, thanks PC Stone for all that you have done & achieved.

Village Hall AGM

At the Village Hall AGM that was held on Wednesday 6th July, accounts & reports were presented. To view accounts & reports CLICK HERE

The following persons were re-elected as trustees:

Geoff Cotterill
Mary Gibbs
Alan Mabbett
Conrad Palmer
John Woodall

The following persons, nominated by their respective service user groups, will also serve as a trustee:

Glenn Jones (Sequence Dancing)
Linda Garvin (Women’s Institute)
Sharon Shorthouse (Preschool)
Ann Waldron (Line Dancing)

Following the AGM, a full Committee Meeting was held, at which Geoff Cotterill was elected by members to serve as Chair of the Trustees.

Village Hall AGM 2022

Vote For Fairfield

We’ve been nominated to be part of the Asda Foundation Green Token Giving online vote

The vote is now live and voting will close at midnight on Friday 30th September 2022. The cause with the most online votes will receive a £500 donation with second place receiving £400 and third place £300.

Vote for Fairfield Village Community Association by visiting www.asda.com/green-tokens and selecting Bromsgrove from the drop-down box. You will be able to vote once every seven days, so please return and revote in the coming weeks.

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