The latest issue of the Cann Hall FOCUS Newsletter has just gone to press. It will, as usual, be delivered free of charge across the ward by our team of volunteers.
Please contact Clyde Kitson on 8534 2947 if you would like to help deliver the newsletter near your home. Each round takes about 45 minutes, thank you.
The latest edition of the popular Cann Hall Ward FOCUS Newsletter has been printed and is currently being distributed free of charge by our team of volunteers.
Please contact Clyde Kitson on 8534 2947 if you would like to help deliver the Newsletter near your home. It comes out every six weeks and a round usually takes about 45 minutes. Thank you.
Today Nick Clegg has revealed Labour’s secret plans to scrap half a million apprentices because they think they are ‘deadweight’.
In the strongest signal yet that Labour can’t be trusted to build a stronger economy, the plans would make it harder for young people to find good, well-paid jobs, and would damage the skills base in the British economy.
In a little-publicised paper written by the party, they propose to scrap intermediate (level 2) apprenticeships, replacing them with a downgraded to “traineeship”.
Labour claim that Intermediate Apprenticeships have “devalued” the apprenticeship brand and are “of no value to either employers or learners” and that scrapping them “would minimise ‘deadweight’”.
The Liberal Democrats, the party most in favour of apprenticeships, have strongly condemned the plans.
While Liberal Democrat ministers such as Vince Cable have created record numbers of apprentices, seeing over 1.6 million apprentices start since 2010, Labour’s plans would pull the rug from under the feet of a generation of young people.
The latest copy of the FOCUS Newsletter has just been printed, and will be delivered across Cann Hall, free of charge, by our team of volunteers.
If you would like to help deliver a road near your home, please contact Clyde Kitson on 8534 2947. The FOCUS is published every 6 weeks, and each delivery round takes about 45 minutes.
Access an advance copy here: Cann Hall 264
Look after your boiler – Central heating boilers should be checked and serviced at least once a year by a Gas Safe Registered engineer to ensure they remain safe and efficient.
Reduce draughts – Check the weather-stripping on your windows and seal your doors to keep heat from escaping. At night, close your curtains to help insulate your windows against heat loss.
Open your curtains during daylight hours – to let the sun’s natural warmth in.
Bleed radiators – If you notice that a radiator is warm at the bottom but cool at the top, this could mean that there is air in the system, which prevents the warm circulating water from reaching the top of the radiator.
Top up your loft insulation – Heat rises, and in an uninsulated home a quarter of the heat is lost through the roof. The latest government guidelines recommend 270mm (11”) for insulation thickness which means if you live in a property that’s older than 10 years of age; it’s probably ready for a top up.
Turn down the thermostat – Turning down your room thermostat by one degree could save you around £65 a year!
Radiators are not washing lines – hanging clothes on radiators means that you’re stopping the heat from getting to the rest of the room.
Do not heat empty rooms – Only switch radiators on in rooms that you use. Make sure you shut the doors, though, to keep the rest of the house warm.
Compare suppliers – Compare the various offers from energy companies to identify a cheaper tariff.
The latest edition of the popular Cann Hall Ward FOCUS Newsletter has just gone to press.
It will be distributed free of charge across the ward.
Please contact Clyde Kitson on 8534 2947 if you wuld like to help deliver the Newsletter near your home. It comes out every six weeks and a round usually takes about 45 minutes. Thank you.
You can see an advance copy here: Cann Hall 263
The latest edition of the popular Cann Hall Ward FOCUS Newsletter has just gone to press.
It will be distributed free of charge across the ward.
Please contact Clyde Kitson on 8534 2947 if you wuld like to help deliver the Newsletter near your home. It comes out every six weeks and a round usually takes about 45 minutes. Thank you.
You can see an advance copy here: Cann Hall 262
TEMPORARY CLOSURE FOR MODERNISATION
This office at 355 High Road Leytonstone will be closed from November 4 until November 18 for modernisation.
Customers are being advised to use either the Leytonstone Post Office in Church Lane or Leytonstone Road Post Office.
The London Fire Brigade has advised that there are no plans to permanently close Leytonstone Fire Station.
It is one of nine fire stations to be rebuilt as part of a PFI project. The work of demolition and rebuild of the existing station will start in late 2014.
During the rebuild process the fire engines will be relocated to Woodford and Walthamstow fire stations.
Local residents will be informed before any works commence.
All residents are welcome.
Come and meet your ward councillors and have your say about the area.