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Merchistoun Hall

The Merchistoun Community Library is a fiction only library.

Membership is £1.00 to cover administration.

The library is self service and open week days whenever hall is open.

The community association is adding new, donated books and books from the store every month at the moment to try and improve the book stock.

If you have books, fiction and paperback only please you wish to donate please bring to Merchistoun Hall.

These books will either be added to the library or sold to provide funds for new books or donated to Oxfam.

We also currently have a small grant from EHDC and are buying books that have been recommended best sellers by Waterstones or amazon. Look out for these on our social media.

Hampshire Police

Crime Prevention Bulletin May 2025

Crime Prevention Bulletin April 2025

Crime Prevention Bulletin March 2025

The Police

Phone Scam Alert – Out of the blue? No thank you…

Good afternoon,

We’re receiving a high number of reports from victims of fraud who have responded to phone calls purporting to be from banks/building societies and/or utilities including Sky, Virgin Mobile etc.

Please try to get into the habit of letting calls from unknown/withheld/private numbers go to voicemail. If they leave a message and you wish to respond, wait a few minutes for the line to clear, then double-check that you are calling the genuine person/organisation.

Dial 159 to get you through to any bank/building society or, alternatively, use the phone number on the back of your debit/credit card. Why not save 159 into your phone now so it’s there when you need it?

Our colleagues at the Met Police have made this this short, signed, subtitled video about scam calls: Vishing bitesize guide (subtitles & sign) on Vimeo

For more information about phone scams also see: The Little Booklet of Phone Scams (met.police.uk)

Inform your credit card company/bank IMMEDIATELY if you believe you have been scammed.

If this message is not relevant to you, please share it with friends and family members who may find it more useful.

Hampshire Alerts is not a crime reporting portal – please do not report crime here.

If you realise you’ve been scammed and wish to report a fraud that has already happened, please report it to Action Fraud either phone 0300 123 2040 or online at: Action Fraud

If a crime is in progress, and/or you are in fear for yourself or someone else, and/or there is evidence in situ that could be damaged/destroyed, please phone 999 immediately.

Otherwise, report online, or find out about other ways to report a crime at: Report a crime | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary

Thank you – Fraud Safeguarding Team

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Home-Start Butser

Home Start Butser - Volunteer Leaflet

Homestart Butser Poster

Being a parent has never been easy. It can be lonely, frustrating, heartbreaking and overwhelming. Life changing events can happen to anyone. All parents struggle at one time or another. That is why Home-Start is ready to support families through their toughest times.

Volunteers are trained to provide practical and emotional support to families with young children through one-to-one home visiting and in Home-Start Butser’s Family Groups.

All our services are based around the principal that volunteers offer no judgement, just compassionate, confidential help and support.

If you would like to find out how to get help or if you are interested in becoming a volunteer visit:

www.homestart-butser.org.uk - 01730 233755

Report cyber-offences, scam/phishing emails, texts & websites

Advice on reporting cyber-offences – https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/guide-to-reporting

Received a phishing email? – Report it now to report@phishing.gov.uk

Received a suspicious text message? – Forward it now to 7726

Report a scam website? – https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/about-this-website/report-scam-website

WALKING IN HAMPSHIRE

Walking Poster

Are you fed-up with doing the same old walks?

Walking in Hampshire www.walkinginengland.co.uk/hants is the website for you!

With hundreds of walks to download and print, free, it also has books of walks, contact details for 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 said ‘There is so much walking information on the web but it is difficult to find. Walking in Hampshire (part of the Walking in England suite of websites (www.walkinginengland.co.uk) – one for each county in England) 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

email: john@walkinginengland.co.uk

Footpath Closures

Potential closure of footpaths: Information for residents can be found via the following link below. If any footpaths, including urban paths are not shown, an application needs to be made to Hampshire County Council to hopefully ensure its continuance. The application process can be found by following the link.

https://www.hants.gov.uk/landplanningandenvironment/rightsofway/definitivemap

What is a Definitive Map?

Each highway authority keeps a Definitive Map and Statement of all public rights of way - the formal legal record of the existence of footpaths, bridleways, restricted byways and byways open to all traffic. In total it offers more than 137,000 miles of public footpath, bridleway and byway providing a level of access admired throughout the world.