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Energy saving advice for your home

Energy saving advice for your home

LEAP (Local Energy Advice Partnership) is a FREE service that is helping people keep warm and reduce their energy bills without costing them any money, via telephone calls or home visits. It is free for those who really need it.

Free phone: 0800 060 7567

Email: support@applyforleap.org.uk

Online application: applyforleap.org.uk

How they can help:

  • Free energy saving measures such as LED light bulbs, energy saving plugs, draught proofing and lots more!
  • Income maximisation call for debt advice and benefits check
  • Support with supplier issues
  • Referrals for funding for Cavity Wall and Loft Insulation
  • Referrals for funded First Time Central Heating
  • Referrals into ECO
  • Referrals for Heart broken white good replacement

Green Energy Switch delivers the scheme for Peterborough, Rutland, Fenland and South Cambridgeshire in partnership with Local Authorities, Housing Associations and other organisations such as Age UK and the DWP. It is funded by energy suppliers as part of the Warm Home Discount fund.

FREE PLACES FOR CHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SCHEME IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE

CCC has ongoing funding from the Department for Education to enable families, who receive free school meals due to the benefits they receive, to book free places at a local holiday scheme this Christmas. An eligible child will be entitled to up to 16 hours for free at a participating holiday scheme. A nutritious meal is also provided as part of the programme and children and young people will have much needed social contact and opportunities to engage in physical activity. Parents can book places directly with participating holiday schemes, more information can be found at www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/haf

ActionFraud – 23M people use 123456 as a password


Whether it’s your Facebook, Amazon, or Netflix account, the explosion in popularity of online apps and services means more and more of us have to remember an increasingly long list of passwords.

Unfortunately, some of us cope with this challenge by resorting to practices that leave our data, devices and money at risk – by using the same password across multiple accounts, or by creating simple passwords that could easily be guessed by hackers. Bad password practice is more prevalent than you might think – the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre carried out analysis of passwords leaked in data breaches and found that more than 23 million users worldwide used 123456 as a password. You can read more about it here: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/most-hacked-passwords-revealed-as-uk-cyber-survey-exposes-gaps-in-online-security


Here are some top tips that will make your life easier and your online accounts more secure:


1: Creating memorable passwords

A good way to create strong, memorable passwords is by using 3 random words. But remember, don’t use words that can be guessed (like your pet’s name). You can include numbers and symbols if you need to. For example, “RedPantsTree4!”

2: Saving passwords in your browser

Saving your password in your browser means letting your web browser (such as Chrome, Safari or Edge) remember your password for you.

This can help: make sure you do not lose or forget your passwords protect you against some cyber crime, such as fake websites It is safer than using weak passwords, or using the same password in more than one place.

Here are some useful links on how you can start saving passwords in your browser: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Safari.


3: Email account passwords

If a hacker gets into your email account, they could: reset your other online account passwords access personal information you have saved about yourself or your business
Your email password should be strong and different to all your other passwords. This will make it harder to crack or guess.

Need help changing your email account password? You can use these links to find step by step instructions: Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook, BT, AOL Mail.



For more of the government’s latest advice on how to stay secure online, visit the Cyber Aware website: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/cyberaware


Thanks for reading! If you found this information useful, please help us spread the word by forwarding this email to your friends.
 

The Library Presents – planning for Spring Season 2022

The Library Presents

Cambridgeshire residents are invited to help select The Library Presents’ Spring 2022 Season of arts events.

Selection is open until Midnight on 26 November 2021

Visit https://www.library.live/the-library-presents-blog/choosing-the-library-presents-events-for-spring-2022-in-your-nearest-libraries

Or pop in to one of the participating libraries: Arbury Court, Barnwell Road, Cambourne, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge Central, Clay Farm, Histon, Northstowe, Papworth, Sawston, Ramsey, St Neots, St Ives, March, Chatteris, Wisbech, Whittlesey, Ely, Littleport and Soham.

The Autumn Season of events is also live right now, all information is online at www.library.live/the-library-presents

A14 C2H – Planned Road Closures week commencing 8th November

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Reminder: B1514 Brampton Road will be closed this Saturday (6 November) between the RingGo car park and Edison Bell Way. The closure will be in place between 8am and 5pm.

The planned closure of Grafham Road overbridge has been postponed and will be rearranged.

For all queries relating to the scheme, please email: A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk Further updateson scheme progress can be found on our website

ActionFraud – Cyber Crime Survey 2021

Fraud and cybercrime are the most common criminal offences in the UK. Analysis of Action Fraud reports showed that 86% of frauds had a cyber element to them. As the threat from cyber crime continues to grow and evolve, it is important to remember one thing – most of it can be prevented. By following just a few practical steps you can make it harder for cyber criminal to get into your devices and online accounts.

In order to better understand what steps you are already taking to secure online, we would be grateful if you would please complete the short survey we have created. Your answers will help us to determine what areas of online security we need focus on over the coming months.

Please note:

  • the survey is completely anonymous and we don’t ask you for any personal information
  • Survey answers will not be shared with any third parties

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/cybercrimesurvey2021/

Thank you for helping us improve our response to fraud and cyber crime in the UK

Kind regards

Action Fraud Team

ROAD CLOSURE COTTENHAM

We have been advised that the High Street in Cottenham will be closed from the 15th November for four weeks for sewerage repair works to be carried out. The closure will be from the junction of the High Street and Lambs Lane through to Broad Lane Roundabout.