cnc newsletter - news from other organisations 2014 - issue 2

Care Network passes on news from other organisations.... 2014 Issue 2

Scams Awareness Month Throughout May, Cambridge CAB was busy spreading the word about fraudsters preying on hard-up households as part of Scams Awareness Month 2014. Many scams appear to be perfectly respectable at first sight. For more information and scam reports in the Cambridgeshire area, please see www.consumerhub.org or www.cambridgecab.org.uk.

Fraud offences in England and Wales rose by 25% in 2013, compared to the previous year, with 207,252 cases reported to Action Fraud. But nationally Citizens Advice has calculated up to four million people could be scammed each year as many scams go unreported.

What to do if you have been scammed Report it to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 to help stop it happening to others. Often you can't get your money back if you've been scammed, especially if you've handed over

cash. If you've paid for goods or services by credit card you have more protection and if you used a debit card you may be able to ask your bank for a chargeback.

Get advice and report scams to Trading Standards through the Citizens Advice consumer service on 08454 04 05 06 or online advice at www.adviceguide.org.uk.

Sign up to the Cambridge CAB Scam Alert online at www.consumerhub.org to receive updates of local scams reported in our area.

Advicehub Kiosks Supported by funding from the Big Lottery, Advicehub is run by a small team at Cambridge CAB in partnership with Care Network in South Cambs, working to extend the kiosk network and develop additional functionality to provide more advice services online and in your local community.

There are self-help touchscreen kiosks at 11 locations across the Cambridge area – Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Arbury Community Centre, Cambridge Leisure Centre, East Barnwell Medical Centre, Mandela House, Meadows Community Centre, Wintercomfort, Sawston Medical Centre, Melbourn Community Hub, Gamlingay Eco Hub and Cambridge CAB itself.

We also hold outreach advice sessions at John Huntingdon’s Charity in Sawston on Fridays from 9.30am to 12.30pm, Girton Community Centre on Wednesdays from 1pm to 4pm and Mandela House (benefit appeals advice only) on Mondays from 9.30am to 4pm.

Our 75th Anniversary Cambridge CAB has been helping people to find a way forward from their problems since war broke out in 1939 – this year we will be celebrating our 75th birthday in September. Watch out for us at various community events this summer including Sawston Fete on Sunday 8th June and Arbury Carnival on Saturday 14th June – we hope to see you there.

Cambridge Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity no 1056102. Cambridge CAB, 66 Devonshire Road, Cambridge CB1 2BL. Monday to Friday 9.15am – 12.45pm. Adviceline 0844 8487979

Care Network is pleased to be able to support and promote other organisations which serve older and vulnerable adults. To this end we produce this special newsletter, free of charge, which carries information sent in by other organisations.

LOCAL NOT FOR PROFIT COMPUTER RECYCLING WE ARE LOCAL & WE RECYCLE YOUR REDUNDANT ICT EQUIPMENT: Reboot Cambridge Community Interest Company is a Non Profit Business specializing in the refurbishment, resale and recycling of redundant ICT equipment.

Our Refurbished machines and components are used for running a week long training course in the Refurbishment/ Recycling of computers. Supported by the Big Lottery Fund, this is provided free of charge to the long term unemployed, Under 24s Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) and other benefit recipients. This is supported by the Big Lottery Fund.

It is also available to those in employment for a small fee.

Refurbished machines are provided at low cost to support charities and their service users. We also offer repair, refurbishment and support services to local charities and small businesses.

To be able to provide this we rely on donations of redundant equipment from the public, local organisations and businesses.

WE TAKE: repair, refurbish & recycle computers, components & peripherals: Computers: desktops; laptops; tablets; Computer components & peripherals: memory sticks (RAM/ ROM); power supplies; motherboards; graphics & sound cards; hard drives; CD & DVD drives; USB sticks; external drives; SSD drives; flat screens LEDs & TFTs; working scanners & printers; webcams; digital cameras; keyboards; mice.

WE DON’T TAKE Old computer monitors (called CRTs these are classified as hazardous waste and need specialist recycling via council waste disposal sites; we would be charged if we took them to these sites, but it is free to you as a member of the public); TVs, VCRs or other domestic or electrical appliances.

Contact us to arrange pick up of donations or to arrange to leave donations at our Cottenham Office.

RESALE: We sell on, or donate, repaired, refurbished or recycled equipment to people, home and abroad, who can benefit from cheap, recycled, computers or components.

VISIT US: Reboot Cambridge CIC, Unit 9, The Maltings, Millfield, Cottenham, Cambs, CB24 8RE

RING US: 01954 253302; or Paul on 07932 948980; or Trevor on 07842 116994

EMAIL US: [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected]

BECOME A VOLUNTEER, SUPPORTER OR DONOR: If you can, or you want to be able to repair, refurbish or recycle computers, or help us to train others, or support us in cash or in kind …

RING US: 01954 253302 or Email: [email protected]

Reboot Cambridge Community Interest Company Unit 9a The Maltings, Millfield, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8RE. Tel 01954 253302

Email [email protected] Registered Company No: 8561331


SEMPA CIC is a new social enterprise enabling disabled, elderly and vulnerable people to live independently in their own homes and communities by employing their own carers / Personal Assistants (PAs). At the moment we’re developing a Contract of Trust video resource to enable disabled people as employers to create a

trusting relationship with their carers / PAs, and Guild of employers of PAs to raise and set standards, provide support - mostly peer to

peer, increase the status of employers and provide a national voice. For more about our work go to our new website: www.sempa.co.uk

Social media Please also visit the social media links for SEMPA as featured at the top of the SEMPA home page. If you like what you see please post your ‘like’ on the SEMPA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sempacic and / or follow @sempa_cic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sempa_cic Raising funds for SEMPA CIC Nigel Fenner (Director of SEMPA CIC) is cycling 1,023 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats over the last 2 weeks of May 2014 to raise funds for SEMPA CIC. 2 of his friends Phil Couch and Ifor Preece are also riding a significant part of the route for SEMPA. Go to SEMPA’s homepage to sponsor them: www.sempa.co.uk

Nigel Fenner (Director) is happy for you to pass this information onto anyone you feel might be interested. Nigel can be contacted by Email: [email protected] or Tel: 07850 496 314 SEMPA Community Interest Company (Company number 8828434) Orwell House Cowley Road Cambridge CB4 0PP Website: www.sempa.co.uk Twitter: @sempa_cic

SEMPA COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY


Cambridge Foodbank Cambridge Foodbank are pleased to announce that with the opening of our sixth Distribution Centre at Chesterton Methodist Church on Tuesday 6th May, they now have a Centre open each day of the week (Monday to Friday). Chesterton will open each Tuesday from 10:30 – 12:30hrs. Our distribution centres are open: Monday St Pauls Centre, Cambridge Tuesday Chesterton Methodist Church, Chesterton Wednesday Our Lady and English Martyrs (OLEM), Cambridge Thursday Church of the Good Shepherd, Arbury Friday The C3 Centre, Trumpington Barnwell Baptist Church, Fen Ditton St Pauls Centre, Cambridge

So that we can provide a variety of balanced nutritious meals, we ask that you download, and use, our up-to-date shopping list . Goods must be ‘in date’, non-perishable food products. Donations can be placed in the Foodbank’s collecting bins at Sainsburys (Coldham’s Lane), Asda (Bee Hive Centre) or Waitrose (Trumpington) when shopping in these stores.

Alternatively collections, large or small can be delivered directly to our warehouse at Unit 4 Orwell Furlong Cambridge CB4 0WY Map

The warehouse is open: Monday 9.30-13.00 Friday 9.30-13.00


Illuminate is a Cambridge based charity that provides coaching and training to those not currently in work, taking a career break or working part time. We aim to build confidence, raise self esteem and enable fundmental postive change for all our clients. We do this through our Confidence for Change programme, workshops and coaching as funding permits.

During June & July 2014 , we will be running a programme at Espace North in Littleport. Cambridge County Council’s Community Learning Trust Fund has kindly funded this course.

The programme consists of 5 days of group work to include training, discussion and activities.

This will take place on: - Tuesdays 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th June and Tues 1st July 2014. This is a days course starting at 9.30 a.m.

You will take away from the programme a range of coaching and personal development techniques to bring about change in your life. You will meet other like minded people and find a supportive and safe place.

The process is informal and friendly but designed to challenge your thinking. You will finish feeling more confident, have a better understanding of what is important to you, effective communication skills, identify and build your strengths. You will also plan how you are going to really make your aims and desires happen.

If you are interested in this opportunity, you will need to:-

Ensure you can attend all 5 days (this is a funding requirement).

Feel ready to make change in some aspect of your life.

Apply for this programme by completing the short application form.

Be prepared to invest in yourself by completing any work and activities set in between training days, so you gain the most out of this experience.

Be comfortable and capable of working in a group setting.

Not in work or working under 16 hours and 19 years or over

There are 10 places available offered free of charge. This is a unique and exciting opportunity, to find out more or receive an application form, please contact us …

Sam 01223 520124 or Maria 07974 952724 [email protected]

www.illuminatecharity.org.uk

ILLUMINATE CONFIDENCE FOR CHANGE PROGRAMME June 2014 Littleport

Cambridge City Council and Mayor's Day Out to Great Yarmouth All Cambridge City senior citizens are able to attend, all they have to do is purchase ticket from Cambridge Corn Exchange BOX office. The tickets are heavily discounted, as most of the financial support comes from sponsors. The tickets go on sale next Tuesday 3rd June and the booking form is available on the day from Cambridge News or the box office itself. The cost is £8 per person, which includes the travel, free time in Great Yarmouth and an afternoon show at the Britannia Pier theatre. Each coach is represented by councillor/steward and a member of St John's ambulance team.


Grants for household and disability items in Cottenham Cottenham United Charities is a group of local charities, including the John Moreton Trust, that provides accommodation in 7 almshouses in the village and gives grants to those in need.

Cottenham United Charities have funds available for low-income and disabled Cottenham residents for household and disability items.

Applications for grants for essential household or disability items can be considered throughout the year. During the last year grants have been given to purchase a wardrobe and drawers, a fridge freezer, an electric riser / recliner chair and to make adjustments to a home for a disabled person.

Cottenham Charities can also give support to elderly frail residents who would like the assurance of a Community Lifeline alarm but are put off by the cost of installing and renting the system.

To make an application please contact Malcolm Dee on 01954 250387.

Share your views on care at home My name is Suzanne Hughes and I am a Doctoral Researcher interested in the care that older people receive in their own homes and how it makes them feel.

I am looking for people aged 65 plus living in the East Anglia region who might like to take part in a study.

Firstly, I would visit you and you can tell me about yourself; how things have changed for you since you have got older, how you first started receiving care and how you have found the care you receive affects you

Secondly, I would ask you to complete a two week diary where you would record experiences that you think are important and how these make you feel.

Finally, I would come and collect the diary and return approximately one week later to talk about the entries and discuss further your overall experiences.

Please rest assured the information you provide would be STRICTLY confidential. Your personal details would not be passed to anyone else.

The study will take place through 2014.

If you are interested in taking part, or you would like further information about the study, please contact Suzanne Hughes Tel: 07578 869 384 or email to: [email protected]

Cambridgeshire Handypersons Service Cambridgeshire County Council are running a survey to find out people's requirements for a county-wide Handyperson Service.

Opinions are sought from those who may be using the service and also from organisations across the county who may have recourse to recommend the use of the service.

Please complete the survey appropriate for your situation Individuals over 60 or with a disability and/or Carers:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3KF8GTB

Professionals answering as an individual or on behalf of an organisation/group: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3TRHRPQ

If you want are happier completing a paper copy please speak to your local Community Navigator who will procure you a copy. Telephone: 01954 212100

Buchan Street Neighbourhood Centre


cnc newsletter - news from other organisations 2014 - issue 2

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reboot cambridge community

cambridge leisure centre

cambridge cb1

anniversary cambridge

local community

online advice

arbury community centre

cambridge cab scam alert