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THE BIRSTALL POST JAN 2012
Police use Twitter THE POLICE in Charnwood are using social media to reach out to people and partner agencies across their policing area.
Charity show raises funds A NIGHT of celebration showcasing the talents of local young people has raised £1400 for Birstall BAGS. Pupils from the Steps School of Thea-
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tre Dance entertained an audience at the Palmer-Tomkinson Centre, Longslade. Principal Michelle Upton said: “This is a fantastic achievement, I cannot believe the generosity of the audience and I would like to thank them very much for their donations. “We also had some amazing prizes that were donated for the raffle and I would like to thank them all.” Boots donated £500, the Crown at Asfordby a three course meal for four, Leicester City Football Club a behind the scenes tour, the White Horse a £20 voucher, Sally Montague-Mason a personalised fitness programme, the Cooperative pharmacy, Angela Harris and Iona Blake
Neighbourhood beat officers and the police Sergeant, Ian Stone are using Twitter to send quick up-to-date messages to residents across Mountsorrel, Anstey, Thurmaston, Sileby, Quorn, Rothley, Swithland, the Wolds Villages and Seagrave, Barrow Upon Soar, Birstall, East Goscote, Queniborough and Syston. Each of the ten beat teams is using Twitter to post messages about significant campaigns, operations and crime prevention messages. You can also follow them on Facebook at ‘Charnwood Police’. It has been set up as a business page so viewers are encouraged to click on the ‘like’ button and keep in touch with their local police officers. You can also get the latest news, updates and events direct from the police by signing up to Neighbourhood Link at www.neighbourhoodlink.co.uk. Leicestershire Constabulary’s Head of Online Media, Natalie Proffitt, said: “We are encouraging officers in key roles to use sites such as Facebook and Twitter because the number of people and organisations using social media are growing and will continue to grow. It is a great way of reaching people from all
walks of life particularly the young and people who are confident with technology.” The police will continue to use mainstream media such as newspapers, radio, neighbourhood newsletters, leaflets, face to face meetings and beat surgeries as well as networking sites. Sergeant Ian Stone from Charnwood Local Policing Unit (LPU) said: “I am using Twitter to post short updates about significant events and issues that happen across the Charnwood policing area. It is not time consuming to do because it is only like sending a text message, it is a quick and easy way of keeping lots of people across the policing area informed about the work we are doing where they live.” You can follow your beat team or Local Inspector on the following Twitter pages: www.twitter.com/CharnwoodLPU www.twitter.com/BirstallPolice Users of social media are asked not to use either site to report crime. This must still be done by dialling 999 in an emergency or calling Leicestershire Police on 101.
Students help boost computer confidence SIXTH FORMERS at Longslade College are volunteering their time to support local charity CLASH to improve their computing skills. CLASH – Community Leicester Arthritis Self Help – will provide a new and free computer confidence course for all local people and anyone who suffers from arthritis. The course will be held at the Palmer-Tomkinson Centre at Longslade Community College from 3.304.30pm starting Thursday January 12, 2012. It will run every Thursday during term time and has been designed to help those with little knowledge of computers and the internet. Students from the college will be supporting new learners on the Go-on Get Online course. The sixth formers are volunteering their time and are hoping to pass on their knowledge of the digital world.
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Director of Post 16, Mrs Melody Mitchell, said: “We are always keen to involve our students within the community. CLASH has always used our facilities and it is great that they still continue to do so. After recently opening our new community and sixth form centre we now have the facilities to aid this course. The new computer suite with over 30 machines will provide the very best and up-to-date equipment.” CLASH is a local branch of Arthritis Care. It works towards proving information about, and access to the best possible service and support for people with arthritis. Other weekly activities for the group involve hydrotherapy, yoga and gym sessions making their common goal to live with arthritis and not to be ruled by it. There are around 400,000 people with rheumatoid arthritis in the UK and over 20,000 new cases each year. It’s estimated that about 8 million people in the UK have osteoarthritis. About 15,000 children and adolescents in the UK will suffer from juvenile forms of arthritis. For more information about CLASH or to benefit from the activities and support they offer please call 07954 584 402 or 07954 614 466. Additionally more information can be found online at www.clashgroup.org.uk