Bits & Bobs + Technology

Welcome to the new look blog. To be honest it really isn't a lot different from my other blog. There is a story behind changing blogging platforms and it is simple.

Blogspot has served me well for over ten years and to be honest with you I would have quite happily stayed put had I done my homework before deciding to host my own website. Honestly the only reason I have moved to Wordpress is because my domain hosts made it easy for me to do so.

I am loving the plugins Wordpress has freely available. The theme I have choosen is simple, once again it is black and white. You may or may not notice I try to find freely available tools and see how best they serve my purpose. I do actually want to move forwards with this blog and make it a little more interactive. Perhaps by exploring Youtube, Podcasts, Text to Speech and Speech to Text, Video editing software. You may be asking now, Hey! what has that go to do with the local community? That is also simple.

This time ten years ago our local community was struggling to become internet friendly the great news is Local Groups and Organisations are now visible on the web, they are also keeping their websites regualry updated, This is fantastic news. I am not really sure if I want to go on this journey again as I really didn't make myself very popular the first time around.

The fact is the demographics of the Parish has changed in the last decade as has the demographics of the internet. In my heart of hearts I know it should be incumbant upon us all to keep up with technology and use it to our advantage. The advantage should never be about replacing one to one, face to face conversations it should be about reaching out to those people that perhaps do not have the time or the capacity to attend meetings.

I Rest My Case

We have seen recently Earlswood and Forshaw Heath Residents Association some great awareness work and turn to an online petition in order to save and look after its local shop and its Post Office. That petition has raised as of the 25th February 2020 nearly 1259 web signatures. Which is absolutley incredible for a small Parish that has a population of just over 3 thousand. The chairlady reached out to those much like myself that use the internet. This time ten years ago that just would not have happened. Imagine being able to build on that.

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Crime Stats Alcester North November 2020

Well here you go, Crime Stats for November 2020 for Alcester North, Once on the page hover over the hot spots to get a break down for your village or town, I still think this is a great tool. Just a reminder the tool is provided by www.police.uk and is for anywhere England As always I have set the default search area for Alcester North. Click Here to Access Crime Map For Alcester North

Late Post Earlwood Wildlife Partnership

Earlswood Wildlife Partnership Contact us at: ewp2010@btinternet.com or on 07528 595444 Evening Chorus Walk Sunday 3 rd May Please join us for an evening walk through beautiful Clowes Wood listening out for birds singing their evening chorus Walk will begin and end at Wood Lane car park staring at7 pm and lasting about 2 hours Sun 3 rd May 7pm – Evening Chorus Walk, meet at Clowes Wood car park (Wood Lane) donation £2

Earlswood Wildlife Partnership News Letter 12

Contact us at: ewp2010@btinternet.com or on 07528 595444 Newsletter 12 Welcome to 2013, now the snow has gone it is time to start planning our programme for the year and we hope as many people as possible will join in. The dormouse, reptile, bat and butterfly surveys will be continuing and we hope to undertake a bee survey as well but if you have any suggestions of the type of activities you would like please get in touch. Dormouse Survey – 10 th November No evidence of dormice was found but we did find a wood mouse nest. This caused a bit of excitement but unfortunately, the nest was empty! The wooden inners from the tubes have now been taken away to be cleaned and will be put back in March – we will be looking for volunteers to help in the next newsletter Winter Tree Identification Walk – 15 th December This was a very interesting walk, it is fascinating to see the differing characte...

Olympic Torch Photos Earlswood Glad I found a quiet Spot

Memories Of My Day Watching the Olympic Torch. On the Common past the Res. All Pictures taken By Carrie

Core Strategy Consultation Period Stratford on Avon District

Stratford-on-Avon District Proposed Submission Core Strategy Regulation 19, 20 and 35 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 https://www.stratford.gov.uk/planning/proposed-submission-representation-form.cfm/form/cspropsubs14/q/1 I am writing to inform you that the District Council has approved its Core Strategy for submission to the Secretary of State for independent examination. The Core Strategy sets out the vision, objectives and framework for managing development in the District up to 2031, contains policies on a wide range of specific subjects, and identifies a number of development site proposals. In accordance with the Regulations, before the Core Strategy is submitted there will be a six week period for making representations on the legal compliance and soundness of the Plan. This will commence at 4.00pm on Thursday 5 June and end at 5.00pm on Thursday 17 July. Representations received will be submitted to the Secretar...

Earlswood, Forshaw Heath &Tidbury Green Residents Please be aware and Alert a possible 3000 Houses

Well I once again appear to have taken quite a long sabbatical however I thought it worth coming out of blogging retirement to make any readers I may have left aware of the following response Solihull MBC have received in their recent call for sites for future housing needs. This call for sites is by Solihull MBC and Barrats have responded with the following From the Methodist Church to Earlswood Station From Earlswood Station running in the line of the woods behind Poplars farm behind the Limes and up to Pound Close. Apparently it is know as a Garden Village information of which can be found on the links below. Submission information Garden Village Information TiA Parish Council is aware and will be discussing the submission at their next planning meeting. Also your District Councillor is aware I also believe that Stratford SDC is aware however I don't know what if any response they may have made. What is a call for sites? A call for sites is made by every cou...

Crime Stats Alcester North October 2020

Well as crime has been on my mind for the last couple of weeks and it has always appeared difficult to find any meaningful crime stats. I have at long last found the information used by the Police lurking on the Police.uk website. It is not live data and runs approx 6 to 8 weeks in arrears for example October 2020 is now visible. This is a totally interactive tool, easy to use and has a great dashboard, what is good about this tool it also provides outcomes. The default is for the whole of the Alcester North area however it is simple to find out where the hot spots are and which crimes have been included. So for those of you keeping an eye on the stats this may well be the tool to use. To get to the information just click the link below Alcester North Crime Data

Forshaw Heath & Earlswood BoD in Warwickshire

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