Many thanks to all of the East Farndon Wombles who gave up their time to litter pick across the village as part of our Village Spring Clean 2026! A large amount of rubbish was collected and the village looks beautiful in the Spring sunshine. Thank you!
On this page, East Farndon Parish Council re-posts selected latest news items from the Police, Fire and Neighbourhood Watch services and the office of the Northamptonshire Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner (PFCC)
March 2026 Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner Newsletter
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Nov 10th 2025 – The Forcer Protocol – Safeguarding for Military Veterans
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| The Forcer Protocol |
| Northamptonshire Police is encouraging military veterans and their families to sign up to a potentially life-saving safeguarding scheme called the Forcer Protocol. The Forcer Protocol was founded by Claire Lilly and is named after her former husband Lance Corporal Alan Forcer, a veteran who suffered with depression and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following service in Kosovo and Northern Ireland. Tragically he died by suicide in 2020 after going missing. The Forcer Protocol enables police to ensure key information is available to them when searching for military veterans who are lost or reported missing. The service is free and run independently from police with the provider Safe and Found Online. Veterans, their families and carers can complete an online form and provide a variety of information which is held digitally on a secure platform, including photographs, a physical description, any medical conditions, mobile phone numbers of the veteran and friends, vehicle details, whether they have gone missing before, and whether they pose a risk to themselves. The information entered into the personal profile is completely confidential. Police can only access the profile, if the person featured is reported missing. Register now on the Forcer Protocol pages of the Safe and Found website: safeandfoundonline.co.uk/register.php . |
Sept 8th 2025 – Protect Your Pension From Fraud
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| Warning to #Protect Your Pension from fraud. |
| Savers and those reaching retirement age are being warned to protect their pensions and look out for criminals trying to catch people out of their life savings, with Action Fraud revealing a total annual loss of £17,567,249. This equates to roughly £48,129 lost to this type of fraud per day in 2024. Data reveals there were 519 reports of pension fraud in total and £17,567,249 lost in 2024, with an average loss of £33,848 per person.Action Fraud, with support from the Pension Scams Action Group (PSAG), launched a pension fraud awareness campaign, warning people to take extra measures to protect their pension scheme accounts and to be cautious of investment opportunity offers from criminals that could be targeting them How can you protect yourself against Pension fraud? Secure your online pension account: the account you use to manage your pension should have a different password to all of your other accounts. Use three random words to create a strong and memorable password, and enable 2-step verification (2SV). Ignore unsolicited calls about your pension: cold calling about pensions is illegal and likely a sign of a scam. If you’re thinking about changing your pension arrangements, you should get financial guidance or advice beforehand. Investment opportunities: don’t be rushed into making an investment. Remember, legitimate organisations will never pressure you into investing on the spot. You should treat investment opportunities with extreme caution if there’s: Pressure to invest (for example: time-limited offers), Downplayed risk of losing your money, Promised returns that sound too good to be true, Remember to Stop! Think Fraud and find more information on how to protect yourself from fraud here: Stop! Think Fraud – How to stay safe from scams What can you do if you have been a victim of pension fraud? Report pension scams: if you’re worried about a potential pension scam or you think you may have been contacted by a criminal, report it to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk or by calling 0300 123 2040. If you have made a payment: inform your bank or pension provider as soon as possible, they can help you prevent any further losses. Monitor your bank and pension statements regularly for any unusual activity. |
July 25th 2025 – Speaking up about domestic abuse
July 25th 2025 – CCTV Guidance with survey of where systems are
Thank you so much to everyone who came to the quiz on Friday evening. It was great fun with an interesting mix of questions from quizmaster Russell and his glamorous assistant Caroline! The evening raised a fabulous £670 for the upkeep of Marriott Green. The winning team was Jess, Tom, Anne, Paul, Jo and Sam – congratulations 🥳🏆 Please click this link to see photos from the Quiz Night and visit our home page to read more about Marriott Green and what’s going on in East Farndon.
East Farndon organises a range of village events to support the people in our community. We are aware that some people find it difficult to attend these events, especially during the cold and dark winter months, and this can leave them feeling isolated and lonely.
Our village has created a contact group that aims to make sure that everyone feels a connection with the community and are supported in attending village events. The contact group, which is made up of village residents, is available for anyone to call for help in getting to and from village events or for simply organising a get together for a cup of tea and a chat.
This initiative is known as “Ask Aimee” named after Aimee, who lives in East Farndon and has inspired the creation of our village contact group.
To get in touch please call 01858 402055 to leave a message and one of our team of East Farndon residents will return your call and set about getting things organised to help where we can. For those who have access, you can also make contact using this e-mail link: email Ask Aimee
East Farndon events are published in the monthly Parish Magazine, on the Village Website and Facebook pages, and posters around the village. As a reminder, click this link to visit our website Village Events Page: https://eastfarndon.org/events
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Sam Beesley has set up an East Farndon WhatsApp group called “Fabulously Fantastic Farndon”. This was set up originally to support the 12 Days of Christmas event that took place last year, but it has developed into a quick and useful way to update residents on events etc. It is a completely personal and private group and not linked to any formal East Farndon organisation. If you would like to be added to this group then please contact Sam. You can use this link to email Sam Beesley.
The family of Jane Voss, of The Old Post Office, East Farndon, are sad to announce that she passed away at Kettering General Hospital on 18th January, 2026.
Beloved wife of Michael and much loved mother of Felicity, Jane moved to East Farndon in 1982. Michael and Jane first lived at Wren Cottage, then moved to The Old Post Office in 1994 where they renovated the property from dereliction. Those who have lived in the village for a while may remember Jane serving teas at East Farndon’s cricket matches or participating in the village quiz team.
A Celebration of Life and Funeral Service will be held on Monday, 9th February 2026 at 1.30pm at Great Glen Crematorium. All are welcome. Glamorous, smart, colourful attire is encouraged. Donations, in lieu of flowers, for Cancer Research may be made online at Memory Giving or sent to J Stamp & Sons.
The Flower Festival held back in September 2025, raised a fantastic final total of £2,982.30. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this event such a success. Since the festival, we have had a visit from our now retired church architect who advised us not to proceed with repairing the plaster work in the church before attending appropriately to the external guttering and downpipes. This will include the fabrication of a projecting hopper made from lead in the corner where the vestry meets the church. Our builder is in the process of sending us a revised quotation for this work. Once this is received, we should be able to proceed fairly quickly since we have the necessary faculty (the Church equivalent of planning permission) to carry out this work.
Thank you again and may I take this opportunity to wish you Merry Christmas and all the very best for 2026.
Best wishes,
Rev. James Watson
Rector
Many thanks for attending our village Christmas Pantomime ‘Sinbad the Sailor’ on Sat 13th Dec 2025. Everyone had a great time and the travelling Northants Theatre Company LOL, gave a superb performance, oh yes they did!! Please see a few photos below.
A huge thank you to all who came to the Bingo evening on Friday 7th November 2025 at the Village Hall and to everyone who helped run the event. A special mention to Tom and Jess for the entertaining bingo calling and to Merv for organising the evening and the delicious fish n chips. Great fun was had by us all!! £522 was raised for Marriott Green which is run entirely by volunteers (including Richard West who has mown the grass all year 🤩 🤩)- an amazing result…….thank you, Melanie Duke on behalf of the Marriott Green Committee.
See below a few photos from the event.
Many thanks for attending the short wreath-laying service at the East Farndon War Memorial on Sunday 9th November 2025 and for joining us afterwards for tea, coffee and cakes, with donations going to the Royal British Legion. See below some photos from the event.
