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Protect Your Pa$$W0Rd: National Campaign Launched By Neighbourhood Watch

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Neighbourhood Watch launches PROTECT YOUR Pa$$W0rD campaign with 3 quick and easy steps

As we spend more time at home and on our online devices, over one third (34%) of people say that they’re more concerned about cybercrime than physical crime and a startling 1 in 5 people are a victim of cybercrime!* You could be more at risk than you might think.

If strengthening your passwords is something you keep putting off, or you feel overwhelmed by the sea of online security information, you’re not alone.

As part of our Cyberhood Watch initiative, launched in 2019 in partnership with Avast, we have launched a PROTECT YOUR Pa$$W0Rd campaign that targets both the overwhelmed and complacent, providing everyone with 3 easy steps to be more secure online.

PROTECT YOUR Pa$$W0Rd in 3 easy steps

  • Create a separate password for your email account
  • Use 3 random words
  • Turn on two-factor authentication (2FA)

To find out more about how to do each step visit our Password Protection page on our website .

But we won’t stop there! Whilst taking those 3 easy steps will go a long way to protecting yourself online, we want to protect not just you but your whole community! To do this, we are asking you to spread the word and help protect your family, friends, colleagues and neighbours by sharing these 3 easy steps with 3 others.

To share with others you can forward this email to at least 3 of your friends, share the information from our Password Protection page in your local newsletter, or share our campaign on your social media channels using our Protect your Pa$$W0Rd Campaign Pack,

More about the campaign

Our campaign will run on social media for 4 weeks from 9th November 2020. We are targeting both Neighbourhood Watch members and non-members alike with two different attitudes to online security.

For those that are unsure and overwhelmed by an abundance of advice, we want to cut though the noise and simplify the confusion, so they feel empowered to take action.

And for those that think ‘it won’t happen to me’ we want to shock them into action, so that they realise how prevalent the problem is, even amongst young people.

Visit our Protect your PA$$word campaign page to find out more.

*Perceptions of cybercrime in the UK report produced in partnership with Avast, surveyed over 14,000 Neighbourhood Watch members.

For more information contact Deborah Waller on deborah.waller@ourwatch.org.uk.

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St John’s Bellingdon – Sunday Service 8th November 2020

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Dear all

In what seems like no time at all it’s Saturday again and so time to upload our the service for St John’s Bellingdon for Sunday 8th November (Remembrance Sunday) onto YouTube.

Once again we’ve filmed most of it in church and continued with the words and images together – and we’ve stayed with the slightly different angle so that you can still see the flowers and the communion table but add some other shots for the Act of Remembrance (now I’m working on how to make the transition between videos better!).

This week our Psalm is Psalm 70 and readings are 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and Matthew 25:1-13 and they are read by Fionnagh with me leading the intercessions.

It is on the Parish YouTube channel as usual – and this link should take you there

https://youtu.be/P1tAUCI7yl0 

but it’s in the same place as usual and you’ve lots of experience now of on line services!

As before the service is available after 09.45 tomorrow when it goes public (and live)!

I’ve attached the notice sheets for St Mary’s and the Parish.

Our next afternoon service in the building was due to be on 8th November – Remembrance Sunday – but the new lockdown means we can’t meet in the church building. Instead I’d encourage you to tune in to Songs of Praise led by Martin Paxton with Jean Corfield speaking and recorded at St Mary’s before the lockdown. It on the St Mary’s YouTube channel and the link is

Also if you’d like another way to mark Remembrance Sunday safely then the Royal British Legion are encouraging people to stand in silence outside their houses at 11.00 on Sunday.

With prayers and best wishes to you all

Tim

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Helping local shops to help you

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While its tricky to leave the house, and supermarket delivery slots are like hens’ teeth, its an ideal opportunity to look to more local producers, many of whom are offering a delivery service, click and collect, or other innovative shopping methods. Its ever more important to support your local shops, particularly in the run up to Christmas.

The Chilterns Conservation Board, the statutory body for the AONB, has helpfully put together a starter list of some of the local producers and makers who you can turn to for your daily requirements. The full article covers the whole Chilterns AONB but the most relevant sections for us are “The central Chilterns” and  “Tring and the northern Chilterns”. There’s also information specifically on the wonderful community shops that are springing up in villages all over the area – our nearest are at Wigginton and The Lee. 

We’ve put together our own list of very local sources of food and other provisions, please do contact us if you know of any others, or would like your business to be added to the list. The list is for information only, and doesn’t imply a recommendation. 

Let us know if we’ve missed any, we’ll be adding to the list!

Remembrance Sunday, 8th November 2020 – how to commemorate safely

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Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day will be a little different this year, but there are still lots of ways you can get involved while following social distancing guidelines.

Our own St John’s Church will incorporate the two minute silence into their weekly service posted on youtube as always, the link will be available on bellingdon.com from Saturday night, and there are some lovely ideas from the Royal British Legion:

Pause for the Two Minute Silence on your doorstep

With many unable to take part in Remembrance services and events this year, you can still play your part from home and take part in a moment of Remembrance by observing the Two Minute Silence at 11am from your doorstep.

Download a poppy for the Armed Forces community

Download a Remembrance Poppy poster to display in your window this Remembrance Sunday and donate to support the Armed Forces community

Download and donate

Watch on TV/social media

Although there will be no March Past the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, a National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph will still take place.

The closed ceremony will be broacast live on BBC One and you can tune in from 10.15am as representatives of the Royal Family, the Government and the Armed Forces lay wreaths at the Cenotaph.

You will also be able to watch a live stream of events from the Cenotaph on our Facebook page.

Virtual Field of Remembrance

During these challenging times it’s important that we still join as a nation to remember the sacrifices made by our Armed Forces. That’s why we’ve created a virtual Field of Remembrance where you can leave a personal tribute.

Post a tribute

Festival of Remembrance

On Saturday you can watch the Festival of Remembrance at 9.10pm on BBC One. The socially distanced programme was pre-recorded in October and features an interview with Captain Sir Tom Moore, as well as tributes from TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

What we’re remembering this year

In the year that marked 75 years since VE Day and VJ Day, we are celebrating the contribution of every member of our Armed Forces who stepped up to defend our way of life then, and those who continue to do so today, whatever the threat.

Whether it be watching the Remembrance Service on television, or pausing for the Two Minute Silence at your doorstep or front window, we are encouraging people to pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of our Armed Forces in new ways.

To show your support for the Armed Forces community you can download a Remembrance Poppy poster to display in your window this Remembrance Sunday

You can also check out our list of other Covid-safe activities and teaching resources to help you get friends and family involved in Remembrance this year.

Update from Martin Tett, Leader of Buckinghamshire Council

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Dear Resident

As you are no doubt aware, the Prime Minister has announced a second national lockdown which will start from tomorrow, Thursday, subject to the MPs vote today.

This means that from tomorrow, we will all have to stay at home other than for a few very specific reasons. I recognise how difficult this is in so many different ways; the impact on our businesses that have worked so hard already to introduce COVID safe measures, the impact of being separated from friends and loved ones and the impact particularly on the vulnerable and the isolated.

We are currently talking with Government to confirm exactly what this means in terms of what activities are still allowed, which shops or building may remain open and what support will be available to our most vulnerable residents. We will do our best in the coming days and weeks to outline the kinds of support that will be available for anyone who is struggling, whatever their circumstances. I know our local businesses in particular will find this uncertainty worrying and we are seeking to confirm the level of support that will be available as soon as we are able to.

The situation in Buckinghamshire

This is a very quick update and as soon as more information is available, I will write again with a fuller update. We do know that all leisure centres in Buckinghamshire will close during this period but our Household Recycling Centres will remain open. We will also be able to update soon on libraries – they will all close from tomorrow but we are hopeful some will then reopen next week on a ‘click and collect’ basis i.e. to pick up pre ordered books or drop off returns and to provide computer access.

For now, please be aware that locally, cases have continued to rise at a very worrying pace, especially in the former South Bucks District area.

Overall in Buckinghamshire there are now 115 cases per 100,000 people. In the former South Bucks District area the case rate now stands at 200 cases per 100,000 people, up from 161 in a matter of a few days since I last wrote to you. And very alarmingly, we are seeing a very significant increase in cases in the over 60 years now, again, especially in the South Bucks area with a case rate of 181 cases per 100,000 people in that age group. Sadly, as we all know, this will almost inevitably lead to more hospital admissions and more people becoming seriously ill from this virus.

Please act now

In light of these figures I urge everyone to limit their movements ahead of the lockdown and to take great care if you do decide to head out. Now is not the time for a final ‘hurrah’ before things close. Please make sure you strictly adhere to the hands/face/space guidance, staying at least two metres/six feet from anyone you don’t live with unless you’re in a support or childcare bubble with them.

Testing

It’s essential that if you or anyone you live with develops symptoms of coronavirus, no matter how mild, that the whole household isolates immediately and that anyone with symptoms gets a test. We have significantly increased testing capacity in Bucks now with new walk-through centres available so you should be able to book a test if you need to.

I will write again soon with more detail as it comes through, in the meantime please keep checking our social media channels (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) and our website for any updates.

Stay safe and look after yourselves and each other,

Martin Tett,

Leader, Buckinghamshire Council