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14th March 2024
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Welcome to Network. This week, we share news regarding the upcoming election for the Police and Crime Commissioner, flag up a chance to win a £1,000 Sainsbury's eGift Card, appeal for information regarding recent fly tips, and highlight a great Easter offer from bus service, Herts Lynx. All that, plus news from our colleagues at East Herts Healthy Hub.
** Election of the Police and Crime Commissioner
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The election of Hertfordshire's Police and Crime Commissioner will take place on Thursday, 2 May.
The successful candidate will oversee how the county is policed; set the police budget; decide the amount of council tax that is charged for the police; and keep residents updated on what the local police are doing to keep the area safe.
Poll cards will start arriving on doorsteps next week. All electors will receive one of these prior to 2 May. The poll card will tell you where you polling station is if you are voting in person.
If you haven't registered to vote, it's not too late. The deadline for registering for this election is Tuesday, 16 April.
Register to vote
** Win a £1,000 Sainsbury's eGift Card
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Support a good cause via East Herts Lottery this month and you could win a £1,000 Sainsbury’s voucher in our March SuperDraw. A chance to stock up your wardrobe for the spring with Tu, freshen up your home with Habitat homewares, or just save some money on your groceries!
Get your tickets before Saturday, 30 March to be in with a chance of winning. If you already have tickets, you can buy additional top-up tickets just for Super Draw week.
East Herts Lottery has been helping charities, school PTAs, voluntary organisations, sports clubs and community groups generate extra funding since 2019. Half of the ticket price goes straight back to the good cause you have chosen to support.
Visit East Herts Lottery
** Fly tipping: appeal for information
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We are working with the police and the National Farmers' Union (NFU) to find out who is responsible for a series of fly-tipping incidents across rural East Herts.
Since Tuesday, 20 February, there have been five large tips, the most recent of which occurred just of the A602 in Watton at Stone, between 6am and 7am on Friday 8 March.
Similar fly tips have appeared in Tewin, Hunsdon, Furneux Pelham and Wadesmill.
In each case, industrial scale waste has been dumped on a farmer's land.
Fly tipping blights the countryside, harms the environment and is a massive strain on the public finances as Local Authorities and the Environment Agency have to clear up the mess.
We are always grateful for information which might lead to the identification of the perpetrators. Information can be reported by calling the non-emergency number 101 or, if you would rather stay anonymous, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
** Kids Go Free On HertsLynx This Easter
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From 29 March to 14 April, children ages 10-years and under can travel for free on the HertsLynx services across North & East Herts and Dacorum.
When making your booking via the app or booking website, you’ll need to add the child tickets and then add one of the following promo codes, depending on how many children are travelling on your booking:
* Easter1 for 1 child
* Easter2 for 2 children
* Easter3 for 3 children
* Easter4 for 4 children
Please note, this promotional discount is only valid with a fare-paying adult ticket; children aged 10 years and under must travel with an adult. The promo code will discount the child ticket only and any incorrect usage of this discount code will result in your booking being cancelled.
For bookings of more than 5 passengers, please contact the HertsLynx team by phone on 01992 555 513 or email hertslynxsupport@hertfordshire.gov.uk
** Drop-in Sessions
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Healthy Hub East Herts is running drop-in sessions across the district for residents to pop in for FREE help and advice about anything they would like support with.
The next Healthy Hub session will take place at Ware Library on Tuesday, 19 March from 2pm - 4pm.
In addition, you can visit us in person in Hertford every Tuesday and Friday between 9am and 4pm.
We'll be at the Skills & Learning Centre, 67 Fore street, Hertford SG14 1AL.
** Hertfordshire Health Walks Taster (Ware)
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Hertfordshire Health Walks will now have a further free taster walk coming to Ware. Please see the poster for further details.
This will take place every Friday (except for Good Friday) and offers residents the chance to exercise in a friendly environment, a chance to socialise with other residents, and the promise of a free hot drink after the walk at Southern Maltings.
** Weight Management Survey
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Work is underway between Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB and Hertfordshire County Council to plan a new adult weight management service for the county.
The new service will provide Hertfordshire residents aged 18 and over with support to lose weight, including dietary advice and physical activity options.
We want to give all eligible and motivated residents access to the most appropriate support for them, and to be able to increase or decrease the support as and when they need it. The new integrated service will be easier for healthcare staff and residents to navigate and remove the need for patients to be referred again by their GP if their needs change.
To help us and the provider we appoint to deliver this service, we would like to gather your views through a short survey.
The survey will be open until 5pm on Friday 22 March.
Take part in the survey
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** New Licence Applications
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Details of any new licence applications or applications to vary existing licences allowing the sale of alcohol, the provision of entertainment or late night food can be found on the council's website.
Use this link to find out more information
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** Contact Us
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Should you need to contact East Herts Council about any service we manage please visit the contact us section of our website
which has useful links to direct you to the relevant teams.
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