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This Girl Can in Herts 2022

Keeping Physically Active with and After Cancer

Details: There are many reasons why physical activity is good for us. This webinar will explore why physical activity is vital for people recovering from cancer and how to keep active during and after treatment.

Date: Monday 11th April

Time: 7pm – 8pm

Where: Zoom Webinar

Booking: https://www.thisgirlcanherts.org/events/

Women’s Mental Health and Physical Activity

Details: Explore some of the factors that impact a woman’s mental health and wellbeing, and consider what we can do to support women in our community.

Date: Tuesday 10th May

Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm

Where: Zoom Webinar

Booking: https://www.thisgirlcanherts.org/events/

Women’s Mental Health and Physical Activity

Details: Explore some of the factors that impact a woman’s mental health and wellbeing, and consider what we can do to support women in our community.

Date: Tuesday 10th May

Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm

Where: Zoom Webinar

Booking: https://www.thisgirlcanherts.org/events/

We Are Undefeatable (Long Term Health Conditions)

Details: Join us for our We Are Undefeatable webinar, which will focus on being active with long term health conditions. ‘We Are Undefeatable’ is a movement supporting people with a range of long-term health conditions, developed by 15 leading health and social care charities and backed by expertise, insight and significant National Lottery funding from Sport England. The campaign’s purpose is to support and encourage finding ways to be active that suit them.

Date: Tuesday 14th June

Time: 7pm – 8pm

Where: Zoom Webinar

Booking:  https://www.thisgirlcanherts.org/events/

Free community event in Borehamwood

FREE community event at Brook Meadow Park in Borehamwood

A free community event is taking place in Borehamwood on Saturday 2 April – and you’re invited!

The Hertsmere Community Safety Partnership is inviting local residents to join them between 11am and 3pm at Brook Meadow Park to find out what the partnership does to support the local community, but also have fun.

At the event there will be free food, drink and entertainment, including face painting, games and sports – why not come along to meet friends, family and neighbours?

As well as free food, drink and fun activities, there will also be a wide range of partners on hand to offer help, advice and support.

Local officers and Police Community Support Officers will be on hand to offer crime prevention tips and seek residents’ views on police related issues in the area. The local volunteer Police Cadets will also be attending, so any young people with aspirations to join the force can hear more about becoming a cadet. At the event, there will be representatives from Herts Police, Hertsmere Borough Council, Clarion Housing, Herts Mind Network, OneYMCA, Leecliffe Big Local and many more.

Older Person’s Safety Information Event

Older Person’s Safety Information Event Come along to this FREE safety information, help and advice event being run by Hertsmere’s Community Safety Partnership for people aged 60+.

The event takes place Thursday 31 March, 9:30am-1:30pm at The Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar, EN6 2HN. The day will include safety talks and information, a hot lunch and refreshments provided by Herts Independent Living Service. See further details of the event in the flyer, pictured below.

Spaces are limited so please secure your place by calling 0208 207 7801 or email linda.hammond@hertsmere.gov.uk.  
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Making Hertsmere homes comfortable, healthy and greener

Man holding a warm kettle
We have secured £2.2 million in Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery funding to assist Hertsmere residents in making their homes warm, comfortable and energy efficient.

Under the scheme, householders can apply to receive a wide range of insulation measures and renewable heating technologies, which are designed to support homes to reduce their impact on the environment.

The Green Homes Grant scheme is open to homeowners, private tenants and people in social rented accommodation, where the home has a low energy rating and a low annual income. 

If you’re a Hertsmere homeowner with a household income below £30,000, you may be eligible for up to £10,000 of work to make energy efficient improvements to your home.

Funding is also available for private landlords, local authority-owned properties and social housing, however a 33 per cent contribution from the landlord is required and the maximum funding per property is £5,000.

More than 70 homeowners have already taken advantage of the Green Homes Grant scheme.

Register your interest at https://surveys.est.org.uk /s/GreenHomesGrantSchemeLAD/Register your interest at 
or call 0808 196 8255. To learn more about the Green Homes Grant scheme, please visit our website.

‘Worrying about Money?’ leaflet supports financial uncertainty in Hertsmere

A new initiative aimed at helping people facing increasing financial uncertainty find the right support has been launched this week.

Hertsmere Food Poverty Alliance launched its ‘Worrying about Money?’ leaflet for residents of Hertsmere experiencing financial insecurity, and anyone supporting them, at a virtual event yesterday (Tuesday 8 March). The leaflet, which has been designed to help people easily identify and access local advice providers and ways to access existing entitlements and maximise income, will be landing on doorsteps, along with council tax bills, from the end of this month.

The leaflet has been developed based on findings from the Hertsmere Food Poverty Alliance and was co-produced by ourselves and the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN). At the launch, representatives of organisations who have come together to develop the leaflet, shared their thoughts and experiences and discussed how access to money advice and support can help reduce the need for charitable food aid.

The Hertsmere Food Poverty Alliance is a borough-wide organisation aimed at tackling food poverty in response to the rising reliance on foodbanks, and was launched at the end of last year by us. Members are from a wide range of charitable and public sector organisations, including Citizens Advice, Borehamwood Food Bank, Potters Bar Foodbank and The Red Trust Bushey Foodbank.  

Find out more about Hertsmere Food Poverty Alliance at www.hertsmere.gov.uk/moneyworries and the initiative at Cash First Leaflets – Independent Food Aid Network UK.

Radlett Petrol Station — Watling Street

As you are probably aware the petrol station on Watling Street has now closed and the building is being demolished. Starting this week a plywood hoarding will be installed along the front boundary to replace the temporary Heras fencing. There will be various surveys being carried out within the building, utilities will be cut off and they will start to strip out the interior. If there are any questions or comments regarding teh works please do not hesitate to contact the council and we will pass this on to the developer.