Latest posts

Hi everyone, here's the latest updates I've had from the Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator.

The first is the July Trading Standards Newsletter that you can read by clicking here.  The second concerns an initiative by the Office of Fair Trading which you can see here.  There is an article on telephone scams here and the latest Air Support Unit Newsletter here.

There is also an article about volunteering opportunities here and the latest Neighbourhood and Home Watch  Network Newsletter here.

I've also been asked to pass on details of the Trading Standards Scambuster Facebook page which you can find by clicking here.


That's all I have for tonight,

take care

Abby

Updates and information for Wednesday

Hi all, there are quite a few posts today. The first is from Lancashire Council concerning email,  telephone and internet scams that you can read here and there's a couple of articles about metal theft here and here.

Lancashire Police are launching a messaging service to keep people updated on crime and policing issues in their local area. You can read more about it by clicking here.  There is also a copy of the latest in the know newsletter here.  If you're interested in attending the Chorley and District Neighbourhood Watch Assocation AGM you can find the details here and here.

I've also been asked by Shirley Dodd to let people know that questionnaires for the Village consultation have been hand delivered to every home in Croston. Please would you return them to the locations stated on the back of the questionnaire or you can now complete the questionnaire on line by visiting Save Croston Rec on facebook where there is a link to the online survey.

That's it for now,

Abby

Friday update

Hi all, a quick update for you on a couple of things ...

Facts and figures

I was looking at how much the blog has been visited and read since I set it up in January and I came across some interesting facts and figures about our scheme’s site I thought I’d share with you!

• We get over 100 visits a month to the site and they are not just from our estate. This has steadily grown from about 50 in January, 60 in March and a high of 105 in May. 
• 54 visits were from the US and 16 from Russia. Other visitors to the site come from South Korea, Philippines and Argentina to name but a few.
• The three most read posts are those about the grit bin, the litter bin on the play area and parking on the pavement making up just under 20% of all the post that are read. 
• Most visitors come to the site from the links I send to you about updates but over the last 2 months people seem to be finding the site using Facebook or search engines such as bing and Google.
• The ‘how to post a comment ‘ page is read at least twice a day - but generally speaking comments are thin on the ground.

So thanks for your support and feedback on the blog, I hope it continues to be a useful source of information for you. As always, please let me hear your comments, good or bad, about the blog by posting a comment.

Village Facebook site

Mark Cowley who lives on the estate has set up a Facebook site for the village at http://www.facebook.com/crostonnews.  There’s lots of useful information about the village life and I’m sure if you use Facebook you’ll want to like the page.

Subscribing to the blog

You may have noticed a couple of changes to the blog’s home page one of which is the ‘subscribe via email’ link. If you enter your email address in the box and follow the instructions you’ll get an automated update every time I post to the blog.  Your details don’t get passed on (I control the behind the scenes information if you enter your address) and it helps me because the email updates you get now can be sent automatically. So, if you have a moment now please would you subscribe by email from the home page.


Thanks, Abby.