Good afternoon, residents of Kingstone,

Today we are sharing good news!

The Safer Neighbourhood Team have teamed up with the Young Hopefuls from Kingstone Primary School and Kingstone Parish Council for a litter pick in Coldstone Cross. Altogether, 5 “Stop the Drop” rubbish bags were collected.

The children are hoping to make a positive impact in the community, making the area free of litter. They certainly have done this with their great effort.

A huge well done to the Young Hopefuls!

Message Sent By 

Tally Hunt (Police, PCSO, South Wye Hereford)

The Parish Council confirmed that they are happy to promote and organise Defibrillator and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training. If you want to attend then please register your interest with Councillor Thorne at lynne.thorne84@gmail.com so that numbers can be established and a training date booked.

About Neighbourhood Matters

We are committed to engaging with our communities across Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin to increase trust and confidence and to help us protect people from harm.

Our communities are active participants in helping to prevent and detect crime and anti-social behaviour and we know that by working together we can make a real difference.

Public safety, crime prevention and protection of the vulnerable cannot be accomplished by the police alone. It takes effective partnership working and strong community relationships. It is only by the police, our partners and the public working together that we can build resilient and safe communities, and both reduce and prevent crime.

Our Local Policing Charter, launched in March 2021, outlines how we will ensure we provide a visible policing presence and how, using local engagement, social media and new digital channels, we will create further opportunities for dialogue so the public can raise concerns, provide feedback, be involved and help shape policing. Neighbourhood Matters will help us to work with the public and build strong community relationships.

If you sign up to Neighbourhood Matters, you decide who you want to hear from and the type of alerts you want to receive. You'll be getting information on exactly what’s happening in your area and what is being done about it. You'll also hear about positive police action, good news stories and be able to play an active part in helping us with our public appeals.

You can sign up to Neighbourhood Matters here.

Kingstone Grange Garden Allotments

There are plots available now for residents of Kingstone village or to those resident within 3 miles of the site. Plots will be allocated on a first come first serve basis with a waiting list created for when further plots become available.

To register your interest, contact the Parish Clerk at  clerk.ktgpc@hotmail.com.

The Kingstone Food Share opened successfully at the Village Hall on 17 February thanks to the efforts of Parish Councillor Paula Rawbone, volunteer helpers and a donation of £4,950 from the National Lotteries Communities Fund.

The Food Share will run on Saturday Mornings from 10am until 12pm throughout 2024 in the Village Hall, Kingstone, on the following dates:

23rd March

20th April 1

18th May

22nd June

20th July

17thAugust

21st September

19th October

23rd November

21st December

Open to all residents of Kingstone Parish, please bring proof of your address with you.

See the attached document for full details:

Don’t have gas heating? Want to save on bills?

1. Do you live in Herefordshire?
2. Do not have mains gas heating?
3. Is your home hard to heat (EPC rating of D, E, F, G)?
4. Is your total household income under £31,000 per year?

If you answered yes to all these questions, you could qualify for free energy-saving upgrades to your home

Call 0800 170 1432 or visit severnwye.org.uk/upgrade to find out if you qualify.

Kingstone BMX Bike Track Open

After years of planning and many hours of hard work, a BMX bike track has officially been opened in Kingstone.

With support from Kingstone and Thruxton Group Parish Council and West Mercia’s local Policing Team, the track was constructed by a local Company, PB Yeomans Contracting Ltd, the dirt track is completely free to use and has already received rave reviews from local children and adults alike.

Councillor Warrillow from the Parish council said “I am thrilled to see this completed. The Track looks great and I am sure it will continue to develop over the years as the local young people of our village take ownership of its upkeep.

I would like to thank Connexus for allowing us to lease the land, PB Yeomans Contracting Ltd for their support in building the track and the local young people for their invaluable help and ideas during the construction.”

For more details please email: clerk.ktgpc@hotmail.com.

Herefordshire Council Leaders Newsletter, January 2023 is attached:

Sponsored by Herefordshire Council  providing a wide range of information on organisations, groups, activities, events, advice and help available both locally and nationally to members of the public and professionals. 

"Talk Community are bringing Herefordshire together, by connecting people to services, groups, community hubs, events, and information to help them stay well.

We want our residents, businesses, community leaders and council to all play their part, to make Herefordshire a better place to live and work.

From little acts of kindness, like looking out for your neighbours, or volunteer-run community hubs across the county, offering information and signposting, to partnerships with the police and NHS."

Click here for the Talk Community website homepage.

With Spring on its way we start to think about getting out to walk in the beautiful English countryside again, but where to find new and interesting walks?

Walking in Herefordshire https://www.walkinginengland.co.uk/hereford has loads of walks to download and print, free, it also has books of walks, details of all the walking groups in the county and much more. Whether you want to walk on your own or with a group all the information is there in one place.

John Harris (who maintains the website) said ‘There is so much walking information on the web but it is difficult to find. Walking in Herefordshire (part of the Walking in England website) has brought it together in one place so whether you are walking from home, or away on holiday, you will be able to find a walk suitable for you’.

With walks from half a mile to twelve miles plus long, and a note of suitability for pushchairs and wheelchairs, everyone can find a walk to enjoy.

So home or away, check out the websites and get walking!

John Harris

www.walkinginengland.co.uk

john@walkinginengland.co.uk

Community Engagement

Today officers from both the South Wye and Golden Valley Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) have been in the villages of Kingstone, Clehonger, Madley and Eaton Bishop conducting enquiries with regards the increase in reported crime which is believed to be connected.

If anyone has any information that can assist officers with their enquiries. Please contact either SNT via Tel No. 101.

Neighbourhood Watch Our News - January 2023

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As part of Operation Snap, members of the public can report and submit digital footage showing potential traffic offences via a secure online form.

This can range from driving dangerously or carelessly to overtaking on solid white lines, using a mobile phone while driving, ignoring traffic lights or dangerous driving around other road users, such as horse riders and cyclists.

See the following link for further details and to submit a report. Operation Snap