Category: Community Alert
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Do you want to feel safer about fraud and scams?
Becoming the victim of a scam is a terrible thing, and we are all vulnerable to the many scams and cons out there. Every year, the British public loses billions of pounds to fraudsters who bombard us with online, mail, door to door and telephone scams. Prevention through awareness, is therefore a vital tool in…
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Big Clean Up Weekend 15/16 July
We’re planning a ‘Big Clean Up’ weekend across the city on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 July! Councillors across Brighton & Hove will be out in their wards tackling notorious ‘grot spots’ and cleaning up their neighbourhoods. The events include litter-picking, weeding, painting over graffiti, cleaning street signage and some will include a combination of…
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Vacancies – new Committee members and volunteers
FOPA have vacancies for new Committee Members and Volunteers who would like to help with initiatives in the area. Our residents’ association has a special responsibility for future generations who will live here, and enjoy the Palmeira and Adelaide area in central Hove located in the Brunswick Town Area. FOPA have many projects run by…
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Balint Bodroghy-West
I just wanted to let our neighbours know the sad news that my father, Balint, has passed away. He died peacefully at home on 23rd December 2022 aged 91, surrounded by myself and my sister Meredith, his son-in-law Daniel and teenaged grandchildren Oscar and Ava. His funeral is being held on Friday 27th January at…
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Repair Workshops
Are you interested in learning new skills which will help you to fix the things you have at home and keep those items in use for longer? Would you like to save money, avoid waste and help the environment at the same time? From mid-October a new series of free-to-attend repair, reuse and upcycling workshops…
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Barbara Bodroghy – details of funeral
**UPDATE** If anyone would like to attend is Barbara’s funeral, it’s on Tuesday 26th July at 1.45pm at Hove Cemetery North (drive ahead for 100 yards from the entrance, then turn left). Mainly for environmental reasons, her husband Balint has asked that no one sends or brings flowers on the day. It is with great…
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NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH WEEK with John Bishop
This year, John Bishop invites us all to ‘say hello’ to Neighbourhood Watch Week as it kick-starts the Month of Community. It’s a chance to come together with neighbours, with friends, with people you haven’t met, and to ‘say hello’ by making new connections. Building these connections in our community is one of the foundations…
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Preparation for Storms
Useful telephone numbers – Brighton and Hove Council have shared the following useful contact details for residents to prepare for storms that are forecast to hit the south coast. Brighton & Hove Council switchboard 01273 290 000 Dangerous structures, fallen trees and lampposts 01273 292 229 Damaged telephone lines and poles 0800 023 2023 UK…
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Composting scheme
As some of you may have seen from the posters on lamp posts we are hoping to start a composting scheme. This would be under the auspices of Brighton and Hove Food Partnership. To help answer any questions residents may have, or to understand the initiative with a view to getting involved, the Partnership has…
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COVID-19 Help a neighbour
FOPA has had requests from members that would like to offer services to help neighbours in isolation. FOPA will then help co-ordinate a helper to a request. If you are interested in helping or if you need some help please read more