Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

With the latest Governments guidelines coming into effect from Thursday, I am waiting for updates from our own Council, FDC and other organisations.

All community group meetings at the Council Chamber has now been suspended (previously a group of 6 allowed).

WTC Offices may remained closed (awaiting confirmation) but as with the previous resistrictions the Town Clerk will be available to contact by telephone/e-mail.

All Whittlesey Town Councillors are contactable by phone/e-mail.

All Issues and concerns are being dealt with.

Our main Citizens Advice Hub is based in Wisbech.
https://www.citizensadviceruralcambs.org.uk/

There are a number of residents who use the Peterborough Hub.

I wanted to let you know about a change to the Peterborough Citizens Advice Centre/ service that should benefit local people.   If you have anyone who wants to/ normally engages with them …
From Monday 9^th November, Citizens Advice Peterborough will have a new free local Adviceline number. The new number will be 0808 278 7850. This number will replace their existing number (0344 499 4120). 

The existing number will continue to work and will give people the option to continue with their call or to ring back on the new freephone numbers. 

Below is what has been distributed to our 43 NHW Co-Ordinators in Whittlesey/Eastrea & Coates.

I am sure you are more than up to date with the Prime Ministers press conference yesterday.

Below is a summary of the latest advice.

As previously – we @ NHW are still registered with The Fenland Hub as a point of contact for anyone who we may be able to help or assist under the latest rules.
Fenland Hub telephone number is 01354 654321

I know there are still some active NHW members who are still helping and assisting their neighbours.

It is important that we maintain contact with our neighbours – especially the more elderly – many/most have adapted very well and are
more or less independent in their requirements – however a short conversation/phone call will be I am sure most welcome.

Hopefully we will not be inundated with calls or requests – but we will be here if required.
If any of you need help or assistance – please let me know…..

We have been fortunate in Fenland/Whittlesey not to have had a larger number of COVID infections – or deaths – but the numbers have been
increasing in the last week or so.

Our thanks again for your help…Stay Safe – Keep Safe

Roy G…Robin & John

Roy Gerstner
Chairman (2011 – 2021)
Whittlesey & District NHW

w: www.whittleseynhw.org.uk

Neighbourhood Watch is a grassroots charitable movement.
It is the largest crime prevention voluntary movement in England and Wales and has upwards of 2.3 million members.

Under the new restrictions:

• People will be told to stay at home except for specific reasons
• These include work which cannot be done from home, childcare or education, exercise outdoors, medical reasons, essential shopping,
  providing care for vulnerable people or for volunteering, and visiting members of your support bubble
• Meeting indoors or in private gardens will not be allowed, but individuals can meet one other person from another household outside in a public place
• Non-essential retail will close, but can remain open for click-and-collect delivery
• Pubs, bars, restaurants will have to close, but can still provide takeaway and delivery, excluding takeaway of alcohol
• Indoor and outdoor leisure facilities, such as gyms and swimming pools, will also close, along with entertainment venues
  and personal care facilities such as beauty salons
• Places of worship will close, unless they are being used for funerals, to broadcast acts of worship, individual prayer, formal childcare
  or essential services such as blood donation or food banks
• Construction sites and manufacturing workplaces can remain open
• Weddings and civil partnership ceremonies will not be able to take place except in exceptional circumstances, and funerals
  will be limited to a maximum of 30 people
• Children will still be able to move between homes if their parents are separated
• Clinically vulnerable people will be asked to be “especially careful” but people will not be asked to resume shielding
• Overnight stays, staying in a second home, and holidays will not be allowed – including in the UK and abroad –
  although there are exceptions, such as work trips
• People will be told to avoid all non-essential travel by private or public transport