Our local police Safer Neighbourhood Teams have urged residents to ‘Light up Havering’ and reduce crime. If you’re out all day, then it’s advisable to use timer switches to automatically turn lights and a radio on when it gets dark. Consider fitting door and window alarms. These
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Saint Francis Hospice have asked us to publicise their confidential helpline service, OrangeLine. It is open to anyone, regardless of whether they have had contact with the hospice or not. Their specially trained team are there to listen and support people who may be bereaved, isolated or
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Following a consultation, the times have subsequently changed for the operation and road restrictions for the School Streets Scheme on the whole of Cedar Avenue and South View Drive (west from the junction of Acacia Drive). Please ignore the afternoon times stated in the November edition of
Read more →Following resident consultation, as mentioned in last month’s Bulletin, the School Streets’ Scheme zone was introduced on 28 September for a trial period up until June 2021. The scheme was introduced by Havering Council to reduce air pollution and improve the health and wellbeing of the community,
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The voluntary community sector, charities, and residents, working in partnership with Havering Council, have developed the Havering Community Hub. The Hub offers a single place for a range of information, opportunities and support for residents and provides a platform for communities to connect with each other for
Read more →With the current heavy rainfall expected to continue for several days, we would like to remind residents that Havering Council have a webpage detailing who is responsible when roads, rivers and sewers etc. flood. If you know of a flooding problem, you can also phone Havering Council
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Residents may have noticed large numbers of cones and works machinery, such as diggers, appearing in fields around Upminster and Cranham over the past few weeks. These are archaeology survey works, conducted by Balfour Beatty on behalf of Highways England, and are part of the process of
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Any of our readers who were children during the Second World War, or their relatives, may be interested to know of the British Evacuees Association, which was formed in 1996 with the support of the Imperial War Museum. The charity’s aim is to tell the story of
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As part of Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British September Clean, this morning (15 September), the three Cranham Ward Residents’ Association councillors, Gillian Ford, John Tyler and Linda Van den Hende undertook a litter pick in the main playing field and adjacent woods in Cranham Brickfields. Using equipment
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Online magazine and community, Sixty and Me, have published advice on the most common types of fraud that target older people, such as investment, inheritance, identity, romance or even grandparent scams. A recent local example in Havering is where people have been receiving letters claiming to be
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