FLU CLINICS HELP VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN FORMBY PREPARE FOR WINTER

A local warmth scheme are encouraging people in Formby to consider their winter wellbeing at a series of special flu clinics.

nPower Health Through Warmth will be at the events to raise awareness of the support available from the scheme, which helps vulnerable people in Formby to install or repair heating and insulation.

nPower will also be raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support at the flu clinics, which are being held at the Gild Hall, Church Road on 14 October and 15 October 2013.

Local co-ordinator, Robbie McAndrew, comments:- "The flu clinics are a great chance for vulnerable people in Formby to get advice on winter health and the help on hand from schemes such as Health Through Warmth. Visiting the flu clinics is one of the most important events of the year for us, as we are able to speak directly to people who could most benefit from the scheme. This is the eighth year we have attended the flu clinics and we will also be using the events as a chance to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support as another way of supporting our local community."

npower Health Through Warmth is managed locally by Energy Projects Plus and offers help with the funding and installation of heating and insulation measures for vulnerable people. The scheme is available to homeowners who have a cold-related illness, a low income with little or no savings and who are unable to fully fund measures, such as a new boiler or heating system. You do not have to be, or become, an nPower customer to benefit from the scheme.

Since the scheme was founded in 2000, more than 6,800 vulnerable people in Merseyside have been referred to nPower Health Through Warmth for help with heating and insulation with almost £6milllion being levered to fund the work required.

For more information about nPower Health Through Warmth's eligibility criteria, or to apply for help, please visit:- healththroughwarmth.com or call:- 0800 043 0151.

CCTV IMAGE APPEAL - CROSBY ROAD SOUTH, SEAFORTH, SEFTON

MERSEYSIDE Police Detectives have released CCTV of a man they want to speak to in relation to a burglary in Seaforth. The man was caught on camera at the front of a house in Crosby Road South that was burgled while the 44 year old homeowner was briefly out.

He returned home at 3pm, on Tuesday, 1 October 2013, to find his front door open and a Sony Viao laptop, a Nexus 7 netbook, and an old-style camcorder stolen from his kitchen and lounge.

Detectives believe the offender gained entry through an insecure back door but left by unlocking the front door and walking out.

They are keen to speak to the man in the CCTV footage as he was filmed visiting the premises sometime between when the homeowner left at 2.45pm and when he returned at 3pm.   Call Detective Constable Stephanie Rimmer at Marsh Lane CID on:- 0151 777 3807 or Crimestoppers anonymously on:- 0800 555 111.