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TV LICENCING SCAM

Recently one of our members was nearly tricked by a TV Licence scam. Fortunatley she stopped filling in the online form before it was too late. Age UK has information concerning this scam on their website.
Please visit the Links page of our website to access the Age UK website.

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ESSEX POLICE HAVE SENT US A MESSAGE CONCERNING SERIOUS SCAMS, CYBER PROTECTION, DELIVERY SCAMS, ETC

LINKS TO THIS INFORMATION ARE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS PAGE

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FOR UP-TO-DATE CORONAVIRUS ADVICE PLEASE SEE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE LINK TO GOVERNMENT COVID-19 WEBSITE TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS PAGE

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IMPORTANT NEW DATA PROTECTION RULES

The rules on data protection are changing. However, how we use your information will not change. On the back of the Membership Renewal form we have added an extra bit asking for consent to use your personal information. All this means is we can contact you by phone, post or email concerning U3A matters and use any photos taken on the coach, on trips, at the meetings etc. for publicity purposes. It also means you can continue to receive the national magazine. We do not give any of your information to anyone outside our U3A. In other words, how we use your information is not changing, we simply have to have explicit written consent from you to do so. If there are any questions about this, please see either Jackie or Jan.

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I.C.E.

In Case of Emergency

The Committee thought it would be advantageous to keep a list of family/friend contacts for our members in case of emergencies.

Please contact Jan via the Contact page by email enclosing the following details:

Your: Membership number, Name, Telephone Number/s

Emergency contact details: Name of contact/s, Relationship to you, Contact number/s.

The details will then be added to your membership information and Jan will keep the list with her at the meetings, etc. and it will be passed on to the relevant Group Convenors for their records.

Of course we hope the details are never needed!

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PARKING AT ST. NICHOLAS'S CHURCH

ParkingWe appreciate parking can be tight when we have a full Friday meeting, especially if you arrive close to 10am. Although most members do park sensibly, we have been asked by the church to remind members again not to double park or block people in (as not all the cars in the car parks are for our meeting) and to take special care if parking on the road by the side particularly to leave plenty of access room for prams etc. to get down the middle. Sensible parking prevents embarrassing interruptions to the meeting asking people to move cars.

We would also like to ask our members not to arrive at the car park until after 9.30.

Thank you.