Category: Information

The Parish Council has received the following message from Digital Shropshire. You may wish to follow this up.

My name is Nirvana, and I am reaching out on behalf of School of Coding. We are pleased to inform you about a wonderful opportunity for the residents of Shropshire.

In collaboration with Shropshire Council, we are offering a series of free NOCN accredited courses aimed at enhancing skills and fostering personal development within our community. These courses cover a diverse range of subjects and are designed to provide valuable learning experiences.

To provide you with more detailed information, we have attached a leaflet outlining the courses and their benefits. We kindly ask for your assistance in spreading the word about this opportunity among your network and community. Your support will help us reach individuals who may greatly benefit from these courses.

Should you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to reach out. We believe that by working together, we can make a positive impact on the lives of Shropshire residents.

Thank you for your time and consideration. We sincerely appreciate your support in sharing this valuable opportunity.

Nirvana Atwal

Digital Shropshire Team Leader 

School of Coding- UK’s Largest Coding Educator 

Head Office : Unit 8 – 8B Newton Court, Pendeford Business Park, Wolverhampton WV9 5HB

Tel: 01902 509 209

www.schoolofcodinguk.co

When we received the following e-mail from BT our first thought was “It’s a scam” but it included our account number and an accurate reflection of charges. So we phoned BT. BT said they didn’t know anything about it but confirmed that someone, they didn’t know who, had applied to transfer our line from BT to themselves. To ease the transfer of telephone lines between suppliers it’s possible for a third party to transfer a telephone service without going directly to the current supplier. This is what has happened in this case. But who? The only clue was the acronym WLR!

WLR refers to Wholesale Line Removal and it’s part of the Big WLR switch off and refers to the removal of PSTN as BT changes over to an all fibre network.  It’s our guess, and it’s only a guess, that as part of the change to full fibre to the home somebody has flagged these lines as ready to be changed over and the software has issued the e-mail.

Don’t ignore this message. IT applies not only to BT but also to any service provider who uses BT circuits and that’s pretty much all of them. If you are somebody who only checks e-mail once a week then we suggest you check your e-mails. Then contact your service provider. We know of at least one other person in Adderley who has received an e-mail and they were with Sky.

If possible, let us know and we will see if this is a problem across the whole of Adderley or just one or two customers. Just drop us a line to webmaster@adderleyparish.co.uk.

BBC Radio Shropshire has contacted us to ask whether you would be willing to support the 2024 BBC Radio Shropshire Make A Difference Awards by spreading the word about how to nominate, or by nominating someone you know who has made a contribution to their community in some way.

The deadline for nominations is SUNDAY 10 MARCH 2024. It’s very simple and quick to fill in the form and say why you are nominating this person or group of people. All the details you need are here https://www.bbc.co.uk/makeadifference 

The categories are Volunteer, Community Group, Fundraiser, Great Neighbour, Carer, Bravery, Green Award and The Animal Award.

At BBC Radio Shropshire we love to celebrate positive stories and the wonderful things that people do to make their community a better place to live. The world can feel like a pretty tricky place at the moment and anything we can all do to focus on positivity is surely a good thing. Last year’s winners and nominees tell us they were thrilled to have been recognised.

Last year we had a good spread of nominations from all over Shropshire. We’re keen to celebrate every corner of the county once again so please do nominate to make sure your area is represented.

I do hope you will help us by spreading the word, or by nominating someone yourself.

Nominations are now open, and close on Sunday 10 March 2024.

This is an annual event and well worth supporting. RABI does amazing things within the farming community and this year the event is also supporting Young Minds and The League of Friends. This is a very popular event so suggest you get there early.

The Met Office has arranged a series of online seminars about community resilience in the face of climate change. Interested? You can download the Met Office information pack by clicking the link below.