National Lottery scam in circulation – Some members have recently received scam mail informing recipients that they have won a large amount of money from the UK National Lottery, despite not buying a ticket. To find more about this scam, how to protect yourself from such scams or report a suspected scam please click here. To find out about Scam Awareness Month running throughout February by the Office of Fair Trading, please click here.
Funding opportunities for small and medium charities – Lloyds TSB Foundation is currently offering funding to small and medium unfunded charities, working to tackle disadvantage across England and Wales. Please click here to find out more.
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Community mediation opportunity for Watch members – Maverick Television is offering Watch members across England and Wales the opportunity to resolve neighbourly disputes and community issues through community mediation - to be featured on a new television series. Please click here to read more about how you could get involved.
NHWN National Communication System (NCS) licence – Some members have raised questions over the circumstances in which a licence should be purchased for the NHWN National Communication System. NHWN currently hold a licence covering all Neighbourhood and Home Watch members using the NCS, enabling members to send and receive secure messages from NHWN, regions and local schemes. Additional local or national partners will need to purchase a licence for which members can choose to receive additional messages. Further information regarding licensing and questions around the new NHWN website and NCS will be circulated as priority in the form of a ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ crib sheet soon. To pre-register with the new NHWN website, please click here.
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