News From The Groups

A local door to door scam
Reported to me this week by U3A members who were caught out by a caller at the door. They live on Vaughan estate and nearby is the new Sherwood Gate development. The smartly dressed, well spoken man at the door claimed to be from the development and they had been asked to clear some furniture from the show house. He was in a van with the wording ‘Better Homes’ on the side.
In short they bought something, paying too much for a fake product. They have no connection to Bellway Homes at Sherwood Gate so please be aware as they may be coming your way.

Premium Rate Phone Scam
This scam tries to snare people searching online for phone numbers of government advice services, by creating ads which contain premium-rate telephone numbers. It works by displaying an advert for the phone number of the relevant government advice line. All well and good, you might say.
But the sting is that you’ll be charged a premium for using this advertised telephone number – in some cases, as much as £20 or £30 a call.

You will be put through to the right advice line, but will be paying a very high and unnecessary connection fee. In comparison, calling the advice line directly by using the correct phone number is usually free or relatively low cost.

Beware 090 Numbers
Searches for car tax discs, renewing your driving licence, passport and completing your tax return are some of the areas currently prone to these premium-rate number scams. To avoid being ripped off in this way, you should firstly never use numbers beginning with 084, 087, 090, 091 or 098 when calling government advice lines.

No official government service would ever use an 084, 087, 090, 091 or 098 number to deliver a legitimate government service. Use the government website to search directly for legitimate government telephone advice line numbers. This way you’ll always be able to find the right number to call directly for the service you want.
Care: they do not always come first on a Google search.

David Rose

As many of you are aware Rumble Tums in Kimberley is both a community café and a supported training project for young people with a learning disability, some of whom may also have an additional physical disability.

Part of their income comes from recycling crisp packets. Thanks to your generous support we were collecting large quantities at our monthly meetings. For a time the recycling was suspended however it has now resumed and in the absence of the monthly meeting three of our members have kindly volunteered to act as collection points:

John and Sue Gibson at:
1 Gardeners Close, Hucknall, NG15 7GT (just off the Wood Lane end of Sandy Lane)
And Christine Vincent at:
20 Devitt Drive, Hucknall, NG15 8BL (Vaughan Estate)

Please pack the empty packets flat if possible and drop off at the cafe or as shown above.
http://rumbletums.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/crisp-packet-thingy-or-something.mp4?_=1

Thanks for your support.

Looking Ahead: Walking Cricket Challenge

Whilst on furlough from his honorary ‘Fire Chief’ position Albert has been busy. He has been in touch with Barnsley u3a who have a trophy winning Walking Cricket interest group.

Albert writes: I have challenged Barnsley u3a Walking Cricket Team to a match, then realised we had not yet got a team!

They agreed and proceeded to tell me the ground rules:
You must use a lightweight bat, not your Gunn and Moore, or Kookaburra for example.
No backing up from the bowlers end.
Teams of 8 should contain 3 ladies whenever possible.
LBW will operate during every game.

Hucknall Walking Cricket Team has a fearsome reputation of hard hitting and demon fast/slow bowling. Hucknall u3a will follow their example and show them how it’s done!
And finally NO BITING, KICKING, SLEDGING or CHEATING.

Anyone Interested? Once we can, we will take on the mighty Barnsley.

Albert Briggs