 Normanby Hall
Although most of us welcome the summer sun, high temperatures can be harmful to your health. The heat can affect anyone, but some people run a greater risk of serious harm. As our climate changes, hot spells are expected to be more frequent and more intense.
Read the Public Health England; Beat the Heat leaflet, to see how to stay safe in hot weather, including how to keep your home cool. It tells you who is at greatest risk of ill health from the heat, how to recognise when you or someone’s health may be affected, and what to do if you or someone else becomes unwell as a result of the heat.
Further useful information is available on the NHS Choices website.
Do
you want to gain a recognised qualification from Entry Level to Level 2 to help
you with employment?
Do you want to learn new skills?
Adult Community Learning gives you confidence to move on! Are you interested? Then get in touch…
Call today and find out more about the courses:
Scunthorpe 01724 862217 or Barton 01724 296811 email: nlacl.enquiries@northlincs.gov.uk
Check out the council website for more information on how to enrol and what courses are available.
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North Lincolnshire Clinical Commisssioning Group (CCG) have launched a public
survey ‘Making time for everyone: Easier to Access GP
Practice Services’. They want to find out the views and experiences of
local people, to help them design a new service specification for a contract to
operate extended access to GP practice services from April 2018.
The survey is available to complete online or if you would rather have a printed version of the survey, please contact 0300 3000 567 or
email nlcc.embrace@nhs.net and a printed copy will be posted out which can be returned by FREEPOST (no stamp required).
Members of the CCG will also be out in the community speaking in person to
local people at the following venues:
Wednesday 2 August, 11am to 2.30pm at the Ironstone Centre, Teale St, Scunthorpe DN15 6EG
Thursday 17 August, 10am to 1pm at the bandstand in Brigg market
Thursday 31 August, 9am to 11am at Ashby market, Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe DN16
2TB
Friday 1 September, 10am to 4pm at the Healthwatch Wellbeing Fayre, Church Square,
Scunthorpe
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We realise that for working parents/carers of primary school-age children that
the school holiday periods are always a challenging time to try and find
activities that children want to take part in, especially activities that fit around your
work commitments, whilst being affordable and providing a safe,
quality provision, that can work around a full working day.
In order to look
at this issue, and with the prospect of expanding the service that the council currently
offer within the leisure centres, and some of our visitor attraction sites (eg Normanby Hall Country Park, the Museum and 20 : 21), we are seeking the
opinion of parents about this very issue, and welcome your views on how we look
to shape our future school holiday provision.
If you are
interested in having your say, and would like an input into shaping future
council services on what your child(ren) would like to do over the summer, then we would be grateful if you could spare a few moments of your time to gather your thoughts and answer a few questions.
It is easy to
have your say, just access the online survey, alternatively if you
do not have access the internet then please request a hard copy of the
questionnaire by telephoning 01724 297270 and leave your name and address and a
questionnaire will be posted out to you.
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We have been busy adding lots of activities to our Children and Young People’s Activity Guide so that families have the information they need to plan fun times this summer without breaking the bank.
For details of multi-sport camps, arts and crafts activities, family fun days and much, much more. We will keep adding events as we become aware of them so do check back regularly for the latest information.
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Community Wellbeing Hubs
Are you looking to access activities but can’t find
what your looking for?
Staff at your local Community Wellbeing Hub will
do their best to support you in identifying
activities in your local community to suit your
needs. Check out the hub webpages on the council website for a timetable of events at each hub and the Hub contact numbers.
You can now order a fresh
cooked meal, in advance, to
enjoy while you are at the
Hub.
With a selection of choices, orders for
meals will need to be made by the Friday of
the previous week.
For more information contact your local
Community Wellbeing Hub.
Watch out for more information on how the Hubs are getting involved in the Tour of Britain activities. Also visit the North Lincs Tour website to hear about what is happening across the county in preparation for the North Lincolnshire stage of the tour.
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Barton Wellbeing Hub
In support of the Alzheimer's Society, Barton Wellbeing Hub, tofts Road, Barton, are holding a Cup Cake morning on Tuesday 15 August, 10 am to 1pm. Various activities to take part in including cup cakes to decorate, pin the cherry on the cupcake, there will be cakes to buy and Bingo.
Pop in and meet the team.
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The North Lincolnshire Council Community Responder Service is available from 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week, 365 days a year by a team of staff based across North Lincolnshire.
WHO can access this service -
Any person over 18, who have at least 3 of the following criteria -
- Living Alone
- Socially isolated
- Learning disabilities
- Physical disabilities
- Mental Health difficulties
- Dementia sufferer
- History of falls
- Over 65
- Care and support services in place
For more information on what services they provide and when they provide it; please read this additional information.
Every case is considered on an individual basis
An early help and wellbeing check, and a risk assessment, is completed in the first instances to gather sufficient details about an individual’s support needs.
Contact the Community Responder Service
Call 01724 297212 during office hours (answerphone available out of hours) or email prevention.adults@northlincs.gov.uk (emails sent out of hours will be answered on the next working day).
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Save
money and time on fuel bills
North Lincolnshire Council’s successful collective
switching scheme offers you a chance to find a better deal to keep fuel bills as
low as possible. The scheme has been running since August 2013, and has so
far saved local households collectively over £100,000 on fuel bills, with
average savings of over £250 per household.
Many residents have highlighted the great savings
to be made and how simple the switching process is. Collective switching
enables households to sign up to a scheme that allows an intermediary to enter
an auction with energy companies on their behalf, to secure a discounted energy
price.
Working with iChoosr, the UK’s leading provider of
collective switching, residents have until 9 October 2017 to
register for the latest round online.
The timetable for registering your interest is:
Autumn Auction 2017
- Launch from: 7 August 2017
- Auction: 10 October 2017
- Offers out from: 23 October 2017
- Closure: 28 November 2017 (last date to accept offer)
For further information and to register on line
please visit the collective switching webpage.
To request a paper form to be sent out to you or
for more information about the scheme, please contact North Lincolnshire
Council, Home Assistance Team on housing@northlincs.gov.uk.
The deadline for returning paper forms is Friday 6 October 2017.
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Are you worried about money? Are you
an unpaid Carer?
Then the Carers' Support Centre may be able to help…..
You can now book a welfare benefits advice appointment at the centre in Brigg.
If you are over 65 years of age, or care for someone over 65
years of age, then you can see someone from Age UK on alternate Wednesday
afternoons.
If you need help filling in benefit forms, or you want
advice, the Citizens Advice Bureau have an outreach at the centre on Friday
mornings.
Also, the Ongo Financial Inclusion Team are available for
their tenants on Monday afternoons.
Please ring on 01652 650585 to make an appointment if you
need help or advice.
Should debt be a problem for you then please ring as there
are several local organisations that can help with this, as well as national
ones like Stepchange (0800 138 1111) and the National Debtline (0808 808 4000),
both of whom offer free advice.
In the
latest survey of unpaid Carers completed by Carers UK, large numbers of unpaid
Carers were in financial difficulties. Many were using their savings, or credit
cards or bank overdrafts.
So, why not check
that you’re receiving all the benefits you, or the person you care for, are
entitled to?
They change
all the time so it may be worth asking, even if you’ve been refused before.
Visit the Carers' Support Centre website for lots of useful information and advice.
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Tickets are now on sale for
the brand-new weekly online lottery, Lincs Lotto. Players have a 1 in 50
chance of winning a prize, plus there’s a jackpot prize of £25,000. Tickets
costs just £1 and are available online.
50% of all proceeds goes to your chosen charity – double the amount the National Lottery gives to
good causes. Players can choose which good cause they want to support when they
buy their tickets. The draw takes place every Saturday at 8pm with the first
draw taking end of September.
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Writing a book: from idea to print - an afternoon workshop with local author Stephen Wade
Born in Leeds, Stephen now lives locally and has enjoyed a long and successful career as a writer of more than 50 works of non-fiction, including history, biography, true crime, and the paranormal. His backlist includes the ‘Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths’ series, ‘Unsolved Yorkshire Murders’ and ‘Hauntings in Lincolnshire’.
Stephen will talk about his experiences of writing, researching and getting published, giving examples from his own work, and has also promised some entertaining anecdotes from his long and varied career.
This event is FREE of charge but places are limited, so please book your place via library.enquiries@northlincs.gov.uk or ring 01724 860161 (ask for the Duty Officer). Refreshments included (tea, coffee and biscuits).
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Do you want to get out and meet people, join a group to improve your fitness or maybe there's an activity you've always wanted to try but never got round to it? Below are some ideas to get you started.
If you prefer to speak to someone, call the Adult Information Service (AIS), who can provide you with a list of activities in your area. Call 01724 296607. Friendly, helpful staff are waiting for your call.
- Community Wellbeing Hubs are a great place to meet people and socialise. Wellbeing Hub contact numbers.
- Foresight Limited operates throughout North and North East Lincolnshire to meet the needs and requirements of disabled people, their families and carers. For further information, contact them directly via their website or call 01724 271381.
- Check out the Carers’ Support Centre there is always lots of groups and activities for Carers in North Lincolnshire.
- North Lincolnshire Council – What’s On pages on the council website. Lots of information about upcoming events, exhibitions and places to visit.
- Visit the North Lincolnshire Children and Young People's Activity guide for information about lots of cheap and free activities throughout North Lincolnshire throughout the year.
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