Written by Kylie Barton, Researcher, One Community
Cybercrime, and by extension, cyberbullying is one of those ‘under the iceberg’ crimes that we are still figuring out how best to tackle. Simon Hayes, Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight said:
As we embrace technology and conduct our lives online, so crime has changed and moved online to follow us.”
Written by Kylie Barton, Researcher, One Community
You probably weren’t aware but March is Bisexual Health Awareness Month (#BHAM). After a somewhat controversial episode of Loose Women at the end of last month spurring outrage on Twitter, we thought as a community organisation that works to promote inclusivity we would take a little look at the issue. [Read more…]
Written by Jean Roberts-Jones, Chief Executive, One Community
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” – Benjamin Franklin.
I was reminded of this quote during the week when I and a colleague ran an awareness briefing over lunch for local solicitors. These legal people are often dealing with wills, and so our discussion turned to legacies. Legacy funding is something many charities utilise to raise much needed funds. In essence, it is when someone decides to leave a proportion of their estate to a charity either in the form of money, possessions, or in the form of a trust. [Read more…]
Written by Maggie Laws, Home Support Development Manager, One Community
There has been a lot of talk about Winterbourne View in the news. Like many I felt shocked and angry that vulnerable people were treated in such an unacceptable way and that the serious concerns raised by the families were ignored. As much as Winterbourne View fills us all with sorrow and anger, it should also fire us up to strive for real change and improvement in the future. [Read more…]
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ritten by Joanne Miles, Young Carers Project Manager
To launch Children’s Mental Health week this week, the Duchess of Cambridge delivered a powerful message which highlighted how early support can enable children to positively overcome challenges. In this current climate however, with the continued austerity facing services such as Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), this is unlikely to be possible. [Read more…]
There could be a whole number of reasons you may need a little more help in the home than normal. You may be a little poorly, be suffering from a longer term illness, or old age may just mean you are not quite as able as you once were.
Help in the home style services are something we have done for many years here at One Community. Recently we launched our ‘Mops and Shops’ initiative which is a low cost domestic service to help people retain their independence through assisting with basic housework including dusting, vacuuming, mopping, and ironing as the client needs. We are also working with Age Concern Eastleigh on a handyman scheme for all those odd jobs that need tying up such as small repairs, safety measures, and home security. [Read more…]
Written by Jean Roberts-Jones, Chief Executive of One Community
Insurance may be thought of as one of the mundane necessities of life, but a recent meeting suggested otherwise.
What might have been a fairly dull routine but necessary meeting to review our policy requirements before our insurance expired, turned into quite an interesting review of how we communicate both at work and at home. [Read more…]
Written by Kylie Barton
Hate Crime is a broad term that covers a number of things. In this article we will give a broad overview of what it is, as well as what you can do.
A hate crime, is a crime that is targeted at a person because of the offender’s personal prejudices. These can include prejudices against people with a physical or mental disability, people of a certain race or religion, people of a different sexuality, age, or general subculture.
Such hate crimes are usually born out of a lack of information or misguided fears, and so the more we talk about these different areas the better. Moreover, the more it is reported, the better. Hate Crime is still a little known offence, and it is often something added to another offence such as harassment, assault, threats of violence, robbery, or online abuse and thusly increased the seriousness of the offence in the eyes of the law. Hate crimes can be committed against a person or a property. [Read more…]
Written by Kylie Barton
As online communities proliferate, and beco
me a place where many citizens are increasingly active, there have been growing concerns relating to the safety of people online.
As with all areas of life, there are risks online, but these risks are very much unknown to some members of our communities. In this article we will have a look at some of those fears and the things you can do to make sure that you and your data is safe when surfing the web.
Your data online is really like a needle in a haystack, and you are probably just as likely to be subject to identity theft online as you are to be a subject of fraud in real life. There is always a risk, but it is minimal, and online there are more ways to protect you than there are in real life, and more ways to resolve any situations that occur. [Read more…]
Written by Kylie Barton
Preventative Support Services (PSS) are services that assist older people with their care and support needs to remain in their own homes. At One Community we have Lifeline, Care and Respite, and the Visiting Scheme which could all come under this label.
Vulnerable and elderly people want to remain independent and in their own homes for as long as possible. For this to be safe, and for relatives to feel comfortable, there are a number of support services that can be put in place [Read more…]
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