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If you’re a homeowner or residential landlord you can apply for a Green Homes Grant voucher towards the cost of installing energy efficient improvements to your home.
Improvements could include insulating your home to reduce your energy use or installing low-carbon heating to lower the amount of carbon dioxide your home produces.
Check if you are eligible on the link below
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-the-green-homes-grant-scheme
Lord Willy Bach, Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, invites you to share your views on crime and anti-social behaviour in your local area by completing a questionnaire. This survey has been created in partnership with his office and Community Safety Partnerships across our area.
What will the findings be used for?
This is an annual survey. It is separate to the recent surveying carried out by Leicestershire Police. Your views will be used to improve the wider work undertaken in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour and to protect our communities. This includes services provided by a range of local organisations, not just the police. It will help us better understand changes in the levels and types of crime and anti-social behaviour in your local area over time.
Who should complete the questionnaire?
Please complete the questionnaire if you are aged 16 or over and live in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland. The survey should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete. The survey is voluntary and you do not have to answer any questions that you feel uncomfortable with. You can withdraw from the survey up until the point that it is submitted.
The information collected through the survey will be handled in accordance with data protection legislation and will be presented anonymously in any outputs. Please click here <https://www.leics.pcc.police.uk/DOCUMENT-LIBRARY/Transparency/Policies-and-Procedures/Privacy-Notice-September-2020.pdf> to read our Privacy Notice. Your data will be processed by SurveyMonkey and you can view their terms for how they do this.
To complete the survey, please click here <https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GG6H5R6> .
Watch a video message from Lord Willy Bach <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5PjKAV9IHQ> .
As the evenings start to draw in, officers are reminding people to ensure their homes look occupied during the darker nights.
The force traditionally sees a seasonal rise in burglaries around the time the clocks go back, with offences often rising through December and January.
The winter months can make it easier for burglars to go unnoticed and also makes unoccupied homes easier to spot. The force is encouraging residents to review their home security and take a few simple and inexpensive precautions to protect their homes.
One of the easiest things you can do is to leave a light on when you go out, you can use an automatic light timer to switch lamps on in your home when you go out for the evening or when you go away to give the appearance you are home.
There are lots of other things you can do to make your home more secure including:
* Keep doors and windows locked at all times and remove keys from the lock
* Keep valuables, bags, cash and keys out of sight and keep them in a safe place
* Don’t keep large quantities of cash and jewellery in your home
* Avoid leaving packaging from expensive items outside your house – take it to be recycled or put it in the bin
* If you have a house alarm make sure you remember to set it before leaving the house
* Check your outdoor security lighting is in full working order
* Prevent easy access to the back and sides of your home with locked gates and fencing
* If you’re going away, don’t advertise this on social media
* Ask a neighbour or relative to collect post and open and close curtains while you’re away
For more information on how to protect your home, please visit https://www.leics.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/residential-burglary/
If you do spot anyone acting suspiciously, report this to us online via https://www.leics.police.uk/report-online or by calling 101.
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Please find details of a road closure taking place at Church Street Twycross on 7th November
Please find attached the September newsletter from Bosworth Police.
Please find attached the latest trading Standards Newsletter highlighting scams being carried out in the region.
