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Parish Council Meetings

Future Parish Council meetings will be held at 7.30pm in the Village Hall on the following dates:

Thursday October 11th 2012
Thursday January 10th 2013

Planning meetings are provisionally planned for the first, third and fifth (where available) Wednesday of each month at 6.30pm in the Village Hall.

If planning applications are received and a meeting is required, details of the meeting will be published on the notice board outside the Village Hall and on the website.

As the start time may be subject to change, please check each meeting.

If anyone would like to speak for or against a planning application, he/she should notify the Clerk at least one hour before the published start time of the meeting.

Village Tables, Crockery and Cutlery…. For Hire!!

Party If you are planning a party, the village has some items for hire!

  • Tables x 6 (6’ x 2’ each) (wooden) – £4 each
  • Gazebos x 4 (9’ x 9’ each) – £4 each
  • Crockery – chunky, but up to 80 dinner and side plates, bowls, cups & saucers – up to £10
  • Cutlery – up to 80 knives, forks, spoons, teaspoons, serving spoons and forks –
    up to £10

If you would like to hire anything please call Carolyn on 280. All proceeds to Fulking Social Fund.

Many thanks!
Carolyn Loveless

fulking.net – the New Village Website Goes Live!

The Fulking website webmaster hard at workAfter a month or two of hard work, I am pleased to announce the new Fulking Village website is now live.

As reported by Aidan in the June PP, I have taken over from James Lightfoot after his three year stint. I am sure all in the village would like to thank James for his great efforts over that time.

You may have noticed that the old site has not been updated as efficiently as James did it since I have taken it over. This is because I wanted to get the website in a form I could easily maintain. So I have completely reworked the layout of the site and brought most of the old content across to the new site. I have also added a new and improved interactive village diary.

I have decided to follow the Poynings website naming convention – so our new site is now to be found on https://fulking.net. The old domain name “fulkingvillage.co.uk” will also bring you to the new website for the foreseeable future but why not change your browser shortcuts now. I have introduced the new name as we are not really a UK company and the “.net” ending suggests a network of friends and neighbours. And its 9 characters shorter too – less typing!

We will be publishing a series of local history articles over the coming months. The first two are already on the site. So keep your eyes peeled for the new ones to appear.

Finally if anyone has any ideas for a new page or topical news story, spots an error, typo or inaccuracies etc, please get in touch by email on webmaster@fulking.net or give me a call on 957. The website belongs to all of us!

John Hazard

Police and Trading Standards issue cold caller warning

neighbourhood watch logoPeople should be wary of buying goods from cold callers after dozens of reports of suspicious sellers in villages across Sussex.

Residents have been calling police and Trading Standards about vans turning up in streets and opening their doors to illegally sell chainsaws and televisions amongst other items.

There have been reports of people have paying a high price for the items to find they are cheap and of poor quality.

Sgt Chris O’Leary said: “We have had reports of illegal selling of chainsaws and gardening equipment in numerous locations including Horsham, Littlehampton, Worthing, Uckfield, Hastings, Lewes, Mid Sussex and Rye in recent weeks.
“As a police service we need to reduce the risk to people and warn them to be wary of buying from cold callers. If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. However, at this time, we have not linked the goods to any theft offences.”

Louise Baxter, Trading Standards Team Manager at East Sussex County Council, added: “With the recent warmer weather we’ve seen a rise in incidents of cold calling and illegal sales across East Sussex. We are very concerned, especially when older or vulnerable people in our communities are targeted and we would advise people to avoid the cold callers and only use reputable traders.”

East Sussex County Council has the following advice for people:

  • Do not deal with people who knock on your door offering to do home improvement work or want to store their equipment on your property
  • If you do receive such a call, then stop before you answer the door, put the chain on and check the person’s credentials. If you do not know the caller do not let them in, as once they are in it may be very difficult to get them to leave.
  • Do not agree to any work where the caller says “we are only in the area today”
  • Do not be enticed into hiring the caller on the basis that they will offer you a reduction in price, if you allow them to store their machinery on your property.
  • Do not buy TVs or other goods from cold callers or from people selling goods from vans parked in car parks.

East Sussex County Council Trading Standards has a good trader scheme ‘Buy With Confidence’. The list contains a diverse range of businesses including builders, plumbers and gardeners. In East Sussex, to find an Approved Trader please call 01323 463440 (Option 1) or visit http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/buywithconfidence.

West Sussex County Council also has advice about cold callers on their website at http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/living/consumer_advice/consumer_issues/no_cold-calling_at_my_home.aspx along with information about their ‘Buy With Confidence’ scheme.

For consumer advice on trading standards issues, contact the Citizens Advice Consumer Services line on 08454 040506.

http://www.sussex.police.uk/news-and-events/news/2012/07/27/police-and-trading-standards-issue-cold-caller-warning/

John Wright
Chairman
Sussex Neighbourhood Watch Federation.

Sussex Police Crime Prevention Advice

neighbourhood watch logoSussex Police are investigating a number of mainly overnight burglaries where homes have been broken into so that keys to the homeowner’s cars can be taken and the vehicle stolen.

The purpose of these burglaries is to ultimately steal the car.

Simple things can be done to prevent a home and vehicle being targeted, such as:

  • Make sure your home is secure and doors are locked
  • UPVC doors need to be double locked to ensure security
  • If you have a garage place your vehicle in it overnight. Make sure the garage is locked
  • Take the car keys and other small valuable items i.e. handbags, phones upstairs at night
  • Don’t leave the car keys in an ‘obvious place’
  • Set any house alarm
  • Consider fitting a ‘tracker’ to your car. Some second hand cars still have them fitted already. See if yours has
  • Use security lights outside the house
  • Don’t leave important documents or valuables in any car

Most burglars are lazy and will move on if it looks too difficult for them.

DON’T MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM!!!

Please call Sussex Police on 101 or crime stoppers if you have any information or need further advice.

If you see persons acting suspiciously in your area during the early hours please call Sussex Police immediately.

PCSO Jayne Milne
Haywards Heath Neighbourhood Policing Team

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Hot Weather!

neighbourhood watch logoNow the hot weather has finally arrived please can I remind you to ensure that you lock your windows and doors when you are not indoors. Also please do not leave car windows open whilst they are parked on your driveway.

Dogs in cars

Hot DogPlease can I also remind you not to keep any dogs in any car no matter how little time you are away for – dogs can die within 15 minutes in a hot car.

Kind regards

Pc Nick Follett DF198
East Grinstead Neighbourhood Policing Team.

Metal theft

Crimestoppers logoTheft of metal from public buildings and installations such as railways and building sites is now one of the fastest rising crimes, with costs to the UK economy estimated at £770m each year.

‘Metal theft is the hot topic today,’ says Kathy Burke, volunteer chair of Sussex Crimestoppers.

‘Many of us may well have felt the impact of metal theft on our day to day lives: train cancellations from cable and track theft, loss of phone and internet connection, school closures. Crimestoppers offers a safe and anonymous way to stop the thieves by contacting us on 0800 555 111 or using our secure, online form direct from a mobile phone at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.’