Lower Valley Friday Flyer 06 December 2019 – OUT NOW!!
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This week:
- Be Scam Aware – The 12 scams of Christmas…
- New Suicide Bereavement Service across West Yorkshire and Harrogate
- Join the Calderdale Heritage Walks every fortnight until March 2020
Have a great weekend!
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Pennine Magpie recruiting new Trustees – various roles
Pennine Magpie is a charity based in Halifax that offers a wide range of activities, experiences and training to adults with learning disabilities.
We are at an extremely exciting time of development and are looking for new Trustees to help us achieve our strategic aims.
We are particularly looking to recruit new Trustees who have experience in the fields of:
- Finance
- Employment Law
- Governance
- Health and Social Care
- Project management
- Adult Education
- Learning Disabilities
You do not have to have a particular professional background to become a Trustee. You may know someone with a learning disability, or care or have cared for someone, you may be someone who believes strongly that all people no matter what their disability deserve to be respected and valued by society. If this describes you, you could have a lot to offer.
Pennine Magpie is committed to promoting equality and diversity opportunities and we welcome applications from all aspects of society.
If you feel you have the experience skills and drive to help us deliver our strategy, please contact amanda.goulding@penninemagpie.co.uk or phone 01422 383550 in the first instance.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Be Scam Aware – The 12 scams of Christmas…
Please read this important advice from the SAFER team regarding current telephone scams – Please also pass on the information to friends / relatives that may not have internet access.
With the festive season upon us, we would like to draw your attention to our twelve scams of Christmas.
At this time of year people can let their guards down as the festive fun starts and the criminals try to take advantage.
We hope you keep scam aware this Christmas and have a fun filled, scam free new year!
- Subscription Trap: Offering a free gift or trial offer in return for Postage and packaging and your bank details…
- Bogus Charities: Make sure the marketing you receive is genuine.
- Pop-up shops: Often sell counterfeit and/or faulty items.
- HMRC: Phonecall claims you have over/underpaid taxes. Never give out bank details and hang up immediately.
- Bank scam: Call claims to be the bank, reporting suspicious activity. Hang up and phone your bank on a trusted number.
- Police scam: Similar to the bank scam, it will claim suspicious activity of your bank account. Hang up immediately, WAIT 15 minutes or use another phone and call 101.
- e-Greeting/online cards: They can contain malware
- Bogus gift cards: Be sure you are buying from a trusted retailer as they can be illegitimately replicated.
- Seasonal travel scams: Only use trusted online travel agents.
- Delivery scams: ‘Sorry we missed you!’ card with a premium number. Check it is a genuine delivery card. Trusted retailers will name the courier delivering your parcel.
- Smishing: Text messages pretending to be the bank requesting immediate response. Never contact your bank via text.
- Romance scams: Only use well established and trusted dating websites. Do not contact anyone away from the website. Trust your gut feeling.
For the detailed list, download the PDF: 12 Scams of Christmas
Be aware of the following:
- BT phone call – ( You may be called by an old BT phone number – These phone numbers can apparently be bought by scammers), it’s an automated call that will you to press option 1……..DO NOT DO THIS AS YOU’LL BE CHARGED £35!
- HMRC – You may be called to say that you owe £600 to the tax man and that they will arrest you. Don’t be fooled – Tell them you are already in prison! HMRC never contact by phone or email.
- Internet Provider (Whomever that may be) – If you receive a phone call telling you that there is something wrong with your laptop / computer. Simply tell them you don’t have internet – If in doubt, you can always confirm later by contacting your internet provider yourself.
- Call from your bank – Now this is probably the most dangerous one – You might get a very convincing call from someone claiming to be your bank. You may think you’ve put the phone down to contact your actual bank when in actual fact the other caller has intercepted this call and you end up talking back to the scammers.
There are a number of FREE apps available to download to your smartphone which can detect and block unwanted calls as well as automatically identify & stop spam, scam and fraudulent calls. One of those is Mr. Number – Caller ID & Spam Protection
Mr. Number is the most powerful call blocker on the market. Block calls from people, businesses, and hidden numbers. Browse comments from other users when you get a spam call. Automatically block potential fraud and suspected spam calls.
Available for FREE (offers in app purchases) on both the Apple Store and devices that support Google Play
- Google Play Store / Android – Get it here
- Apple Store – Get it here
If you have been a victim of a scam or have come across suspicious behaviour, contact The Safer Team – West Yorkshire Joint Services for advice.
As a rule: If something seems too good to be true… it probably is.
Free Get Digital course from Potential4skills: Help to get back into work.
Potential4skills is getting Digital this December
We’re offering a free Get Digital course to people in receipt of benefits
Candidates will learn:
- ICT skills to manage your universal credit claim
- How to find work digitally with online job search
- Complete job applications form online
- Create/edit and upload CV’s
- Become more confident and motivated to progress into the job market
On completion of the course we will order the candidate either a Laptop or a Tablet which they can then keep so they can put into practice what they have learnt on the course
We’re taking bookings for the course now so don’t miss out. Please give us a call on 01757 322017 (option 1)
Join the Calderdale Heritage Walks every fortnight until March 2020
Even walks in Brighouse attract walkers from further afield so why not join in a fun activity that combines gentle exercise with fascinating insight into the history of Calderdale?
Walks take place every second Sunday on a fortnightly basis. Each walk has its own topic of interest and takes place in a different part of Calderdale. All welcome to join, all levels of fitness welcome.
Walks that are wheelchair accessible are marked as such.
December walks:
- December 1st: Big ‘Cs’ IN RIPPONDEN: Church, catastrophe, conflict, cooperation, Chartism and more. Ripponden had them all!
- December 15th: Brighouse Extends Northwards: In the 1800s Brighouse expanded rapidly particularly to the north. Many buildings from that period are still in use, some with rich histories. Wheelchair accessible.
- December 29th: How Hebden Bridge: The story behind the growth of the town and the changes that have taken place. Wheelchair accessible.
For more information, take a look at the Calderdale Walks or visit CalderdaleHeritageWalks.org.uk
Lower Valley Friday Flyer 29 November 2019 – OUT NOW!!
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This week:
- Lower Valley Children’s Centres Christmas Fayre at Wellholme Park Children’s Centre
- The Space at Field Lane Christmas Fair Saturday November 30
- Santa at Kershaw’s Garden Shopping Centre Saturday 30th November
- NHP Annual General Meeting – 29 Nov 2019
Have a great weekend!
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Projects Administrator – North Halifax Partnership
37 hours per week
£18,135 pa
Fixed term to July 2020
North Halifax Partnership is a community-led charity with a purpose to support individuals from cradle to grave, and to carry out activities which relieve poverty and disadvantage, promote health and wellbeing, and strengthen communities.
We deliver children’s centres and family support services; a Staying Well service to tackle loneliness and isolation; Ovenden and Mixenden Initiative help people into employment and training, provide youth activity and diversionary projects and deliver activities that make the community safer, cleaner, greener and more cohesive.
We are looking to appoint an individual with a strong customer focus to provide friendly and efficient administrative support and help ensure the smooth running of the projects of the Ovenden and Mixenden Initiative (OMI) and Staying Well programmes.
The role involves:-
- Providing a friendly welcoming service to service users and stakeholders
- Assisting with the organisation’s internal communications through administration of databases, triage of enquiries and preparing documents for meetings.
- Undertaking service evaluation surveys over the telephone
- Maintaining appropriate records and data standards to ensure information is organised and evaluated effectively in adherence to the Data Protection Act.
It is essential that you have at least 1 years’ experience delivering excellent customer service working in a paid or voluntary capacity for an organisation with a lot of direct customer contact.
Please email completed applications to Julie.Jones@nhpltd.org.uk.
For more information about this role, please contact Vicky McGhee on 0300 555 0266.
Closing date 12 noon Wednesday 18th December 2019
Interviews to be held week commencing 6th January 2020.
North Halifax Partnership LTD is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Due to the nature of this post you will be required to undertake a DBS Check.
Come to Bridge House Day Centre to discover our range of activities!
As the dark nights draw in the isolation for those living alone can increase.
Do you know someone that would benefit from a day out in a stimulating, warm and friendly environment?
At Bridge House Day Centre we are able to offer all that and more
We have a range of activities including but not limited to knitting, baking, bingo, puzzles, quizzes and movement classes.
Sound interesting? Pop in for a visit or call to discuss a free trial session.
Transport options are available
For more details contact
Aisha Daji, Day Centre Manager on 01484 905111 or aisha.daji@bridgehouse-care.co.uk
Bridge House Residential, Day & Nursing Care
95 Bracken Road
Brighouse
HD6 4BQ
01484 905111
Lower Valley Children’s Centres Christmas Fayre at Wellholme Park Children’s Centre
Lower Valley Children’s Centres are excited to invited you to their annual Christmas Fayre on Saturday November 30 from 10am – 1pm for a day of fun for all the family!
There will be Christmas crafts, Face Painting, Cake stalls and Christmas Market, as well as entertainment by Dazzling Dan!
As a special treat, we will be screening “The Stick Man” by Julia Donaldson, a favourite Christmas story for children. There will be three screenings with ice cream.
To book a place for this, please ring 01484 714768.
There will be a Christmas Sensory Pod for children. This can be booked on the day on a first come first served basis.
Hot food will be available for all and of course there will be Father Christmas!
The Christmas Fayre will take place on Saturday November 30, 10am – 1pm at
Wellholme Park Children’s Centre, Bradford Road, Brighouse, HD6 4AF
Tel: 01484 714768
