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Guest speakers
OPPORTUNITY FOR FREE FIRE SAFETY TALK
We are a team of fire safety specialists who offer free fire safety talks to the community of Cleveland. We can provide a 1 hour talk and/or a PowerPoint presentation offering fire safety information for the home. The team are part of the Community Safety department of Cleveland Fire Brigade and specialise in specific groups, i.e. Disabilities, Older Persons, Hearing Impairment, Younger Persons, BME and Drug and Alcohol support.
If you and your group are interested in this free service then please call the community education department on 01429 872311 to arrange your talk, or you can contact your specialist Advocate directly form the list below.
Margaret Yull: Disabilities Advocate – 07725 956576
Laura McQuillan: Deaf Persons Advocate – Text 07894 613688 - Mincom 01429 874053
Kelly Bonner: Younger Persons Advocate – 07984 613689
Shelly Walker: Older Persons Advocate – 07725 956572
Glen Clerk: Older Persons Advocate – 07725 422941
Pav Rehman: BME Advocate – 07802 458600
Lyndsey Galbraith: Drug and Alcohol Advocate – 07894 613690
URGENT NEWS! Bogus Callers! Retired Royal Navy sailor Frank May has warned old folk in Cleveland to be on their guard after he was targeted by bogus officials.
Two men came to the pensioner’s home in Middlesbrough earlier this month and charged £200 for some roofing work.
They returned last week and offered to tidy up his garden for £600, He had the sense to turn them down. However, after they had gone 80-year-old Frank May found his wallet containing £200 and treasured personal papers had been stolen.
He told police: “I feel angry and hurt that people can, quite blatantly, invade your privacy and do this.
“It is despicable, cowardly behaviour. And I have no doubt they will go on to target more elderly people like myself unless they are caught. It makes me so angry and frustrated. I don’t think any punishment that the courts can impose is suitable for this kind of offending.”
The two men who called at his home in Lexden Avenue turned up last Friday (February 23rd) in a white Ford Transit van. The engine sounded “rough.”
Both were white and in their early 30’s. One was around 6ft tall and of medium build. Both were polite, spoke with local accents and mentioned that they were from the Hartlepool area.
PC Jeff Lillystone, who is appealing for any information that can help track the two men down, added: “All too often elderly people blindly put their trust in such workmen - and find that trust is totally abused.
“All too often money is stolen, the work carried out is shoddy and the parasites responsible simply go on to target more and more vulnerable people.
He said anyone who can help trace the people responsible is asked to ring 01642 303126 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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