Fire family needs clothes, shoes & accommodation

On Tuesday 25th October, a Mother and her 3 daughters lost their home and nearly everything they owned in a house fire on Vicarage Road, Wednesfield and we are hoping our community can help them out.

Kim Manley and her girls aged 15, 13 and 7 are in need of both clothes, shoes and accommodation. They need among other things clothes, including size 12 (adults), girls age 16, girls age 13-14, girls age 7 and shoes sized 5, 3 and children’s 13. If you have any of the following items that you can donate, please get in touch or drop them off at St Thomas’ Church in Wednesfield.

Donation drop off point

St Thomas’ Church in Wednesfield has kindly offered to put a donation box in the Church, this is open for visitors on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday mornings (10 am – 12 noon) with coffee served on Wednesday, Friday and Saturdays. There will be a large box at the back of church, just by where you come in which is  marked ‘House Fire donations’ and will be there from Thursday 27th.

We’ve already had a fantastic response from the community on our Facebook page and would like to extend our thanks to everyone that has already been in touch – however if you feel you can help or have something to donate, please do!

Accommodation Needed

The family are currently looking for accommodation – if you or someone you know has a property in the Wednesfield area available to rent and are able to help please email us on info@wv11.co.uk and we’ll pass your details on. We will also offer one month’s free advertising on the website, including a plug on our Facebook page and Twitter feed to any landlord that can waive the deposit  for this family!

The offer of free advertising has been matched by the Tettenhall Village website, so that’s free advertising on both websites and associated social media platforms if you’re a landlord that waives your deposit fees (web traffic stats available on request).

Image:  Express and Star

Click here to join the event at 7pm tonight!

PACT Live is your chance to take part in an online Q&A session similar to those held in community centres & libraries across Wednesfield, but from the comfort of you own home.

Don’t know what PACT is? Check out Sergeant Causer’s explanation here.

We realise that not everyone can make it in person to community centres for these meetings, perhaps because of work , or maybe because of childcare commitments, so we’re bringing PACT to you!

Join us at www.wv11.co.uk/live between 7pm – 8:30pm on Thursday 13th October, 2011 when you will be able to take part in the conversation and ask questions about the local  issues that matter to you.

Our guests include:

• Sergeant Simon Causer – Neighbourhood Police Sergeant for Wednesfield North, South & part of Fallings Park.
• Simon Hamilton and Sue Lindup – Wednesfield & Fallings Park LNP.
• Mark Henderson – Director of housing from Wolverhampton Homes.

Sign up for a reminder at www.wv11.co.uk/live - or if you are not able to get online during the event, visit the page now to submit your questions – if selected these will appear on the night.

Whilst we will attempt to get answers to as many questions as possible during the live event, we may not be able to answer all questions submitted – however we will do our best to ensure any unanswered questions are responded to after the event.

It also is important to remember that the website is a public forum and not to ask questions or post comments naming individuals, these will be blocked/removed.

Violet Bowen from Wednesfield, yesterday celebrated her 104th birthday. Born on September 21, 1907, Violet is an avid reader and has regular visits from the Home Library Service, which delivers books to readers who are unable to make their own way to their nearest library.

To celebrate her big day yesterday, senior library assistant Carol Bayley popped in to the home of their oldest service user and presented her with a birthday cake. She said: “I enjoy getting the books delivered from the library and look forward to seeing Carol. I love reading and it was a lovely surprise to have a birthday cake from the library.”

Happy Birthday Violet!!

The Home Library Service delivers books to over 700 house-bound residents of Wolverhampton. Visiting members every four weeks, the team can also provide audiobooks, music CDs, jigsaw puzzles and pre-recorded popular DVDs. For more information about the service please log on to www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/libraries or call 01902 556256.

Birthday cake photo by Omer Wazir.

107.7 The Wolf  radio station has teamed up with The Mander Centre to bring you the Pride of Wolverhampton Awards 2011 – A chance to showcase all that’s good about the people of Wolverhampton!

In October they will be holding a glitzy black tie event at Molinuex, honouring some of the most deserving and admirable people our city has to offer! With a range of awards up for grabs all you need to do nominate someone you know and they could be one of the lucky winners to receive an accolade to be proud of.

The categories include:

Child of Courage – Open to Children aged up to 16. Courageous act over a long period of time i.e. illness, hospital etc.

Little Star – Open to Children aged up to 16. Performer, dancing singing etc. Heading for stardom!

Teacher of the Year (Adult)- Kids need to get to voting this time – tell us why your teacher deserve to be given the award of Teacher of the Year – have they done something really special for you and your classmates. Headteachers, have you got as member of staff who has gone the extra mile for the children at your school?

Parent/Guardian of the Year (Adult) Kids need to get to voting this time – tell us why your parents deserve to be given the award of Parent of the Year – have they done something really special for you and your siblings, do they work really hard etc etc.

Grandparent of the Year (Adult) – Kids need to get to voting this time – tell us why your grandparents deserve to be given the award of Parent of the Year – have they done something really special for you and your siblings/parents, do they work really hard etc etc.

Friend of the Year (Children/Adult) – Fairly Generic but an individual who has been community minded and given back and gone the extra mile for a friend.

Neighbour of the Year (Children/Adults) – Fairly Generic but a neighbour who have been community minded and given back and gone the extra mile.

Family Of The Year(Children/Adults) – Fairly Generic but a whole family who have been community minded and given back and gone the extra mile.

Entrepreneur Of The Year (Children/Adults) – Business minded, good idea that’s raised funds

Outstanding Achievement In Sport (Children/Adults) – An achiever in a particular sport. Trains hard, enters competitions, wins medals/trophies.

Carer Of The Year (Children/Adults) – Carer for Family Member or someone who works in the industry who goes the extra mile.

Act of Bravery – Open to Children and Adults – Random act of bravery e.g. fire incident, dangerous circumstances etc

Contribution to the Community (Children/Adults) sponsored by SunnySide Kennels – Dedication to community groups.

Charitable Act of The Year (Children/Adults). – Someone who has carried out a huge fundraiser attempt i.e. challenge/event.

To nominate your chosen parties visit 107.7 The Wolf website and fill in their form Closing date for entries is Sunday 9th October and they can not accept late entries.

This morning we received a call from a concerned WV11 resident asking us to make you all aware of a scam that that is again doing the rounds.

Fraudsters are calling people up claiming to the from their internet provider, from Microsoft windows or from a anti virus company saying there is problems with their computer and asking them to run some checks and install some software onto their machines.

This is often a malicious  attempt to gain remote access to your computer and once they’ve done this the fraudsters can then gain access to all the important files contained there. Further to this they will also ask for some form of payment probably using your debit / credit card which once they have the details leaves it open for further misuse.

The lady we spoke to this morning had just received one of these calls herself, but being savvy to the threat of cyber criminals politely informed the caller that she hadn’t got a computer and he swiftly hung up. She has reported the incident to the authorities and then called WV11 asking us to alert other readers to this threat.

This type of crime is nothing new but does seem to be having some kind of national resurgence at the moment with fraud attempts being reported across the country so just beware.

If you have any news or events to tell  WV11 about get in touch via our contact page or call / text us on 07855 409 319.

Image by damirme/Flickr  used under CC license.

Wednesfield’s new £2.3 million community library opens today after a lengthy building process. The building on Well Lane promises to be an excellent new resource for the local community.

Designed to be fun and exciting for people of all ages to learn in, the building which is set to house thousands of books as well as becoming home to a number of community groups has three floors housing the library, offices and a learning centre.

The city council received £1,497,297 from the Big Lottery Fund’s Community Libraries programme towards the cost of the development.

St Thomas’ Church on the High Street is holding it’s Spring Fayre this Saturday,  10am – 12 noon, Stalls will include cakes, books, music, jewellery, bric-a-brac, groceries, the human fruit machine and more. Everyone is welcome!

If you  attend the Fayre don’t forget to post your pictures to our Flickr Pool or to our Facebook page for everyone to see – if you don’t know how to use Flickr see our guide here.

St Thomas can now also be found on Facebook.

Older tenants of Wolverhampton Homes are being urged to take advantage of a new gardening service, called the Tidy Garden Scheme, launched this week.

The new gardening service is launched in partnership with grounds maintenance supplier Continental Landscapes and will cost £7 a week.

In the spring and summer, the service will include fortnightly lawn mowing and twice yearly hedge cutting. During the autumn and winter months, the gardener will visit monthly to prune shrubs, edge lawns, weed and generally tidy up.

Tenants were heavily involved with choosing Continental Landscapes as the grounds maintenance contractor. They specifically requested that a payable gardening service be set up for those people who have difficulty maintaining their gardens.

Mark Henderson, Director of Housing, said: “Wolverhampton Homes is delighted that we have been able to offer the Tidy Garden Scheme after tenants and leaseholders told us they wanted it.

“Well-tended gardens can have a real positive impact on the feel of an area and we hope residents will take up this service.”

Communal gardens will continue to receive a gardening service covered by the service charge.

Tenants and leaseholders with private gardens are now being asked to let Wolverhampton Homes know if they are interested in the service. Priority will be given to older customers at first, but it may be extended further, if it is successful.

For more information on the Tidy Garden Scheme and to register interest call Wolverhampton Homes on 01902 556789.

(Information taken from Dash24.com)

Wednesfield’s new £2.3 million community library is set to open to the public on Tuesday 1st June. The building on Well Lane promises to be an excellent new resource for the local community.

Designed to be fun and exciting for people of all ages to learn in, the building which is set to house thousands of books as well as becoming home to a number of community groups has three floors housing the library, offices and a learning centre.

The city council received £1,497,297 from the Big Lottery Fund’s Community Libraries programme towards the cost of the development.

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PACT meetings (Partners and Communities Together): Group meetings where you can raise any concerns you might have about your community with your local neighbourhood officers.

Drop-in Surgeries: Where you can speak to your neighbourhood officers on a one-to-one basis and raise any concerns that you might have about your community.

You can download a PDF of all Wednesfield PACT meeting dates for 2010 here and all Ashmore Park meeting dates here.