Thanks to kind lady who found my bag

MY black handbag was stolen from my car in the Clifford Bridge Road area on Sunday, December 2.

I would like to thank the lady who found the store cards, driving licence and bus pass left on her wheelie bin the next morning in the Humber Avenue area and contacted the police. She took them to Coventry Little Park Street for me to collect. This was much appreciated.

Unfortunately the thieves used my credit card and took cash.

If everyone in the area would look in their bins I might find my bag and the diary that are still missing. That would be so helpful. If you find them please call 101. I could then collect from you.

I think the moral of this story is what we are always being told: “Don’t leave valuables in your car.”

In the mean time, thanks again to the kind lady. Sue Jeffs Address supplied

Destroying us with belligerent attitude

COVENTRY City Football Club should direct their concerns for next season to SISU. That’s where constructive and positive talks should begin. It’s all well and good suggesting the legal action should not be an obstacle but why should Wasps continue to bend over backwards to assist? It’s wrong to try to misuse the assurances the council sought at the time of the sale to Wasps: “To secure the future of both Coventry City Football Club and Coventry Rugby Club”. In establishing that assurance, SISU’s interests were protected, ensuring Wasps’ acquisition would not enable them to reject Sky Blues in the future. An assurance Wasps have hitherto maintained.

It was SISU who took the team to Northampton and it is SISU who are destroying the city with their belligerent attitude. If City’s management really want the Sky Blues to continue, appeal to your pay-masters. The council assurances were not intended to support an organisation that is hell bent on destroying itself.

During this long battle, other organisations have bent over backwards to help maintain the club within the city, but there has to be a limit. Wasps have to protect their business.

SISU are not interested in the well-being of the club, players, managers or fans. My personal appeal to Ms Seppala – prove me wrong. Frank Harrison Coundon

Enough of sticking plaster policies

I SEE parking charges at the Godiva Festival are included in the latest list of fundraising to offset next year’s budget gap of £10 million (Dec 6).

Every little helps, as they say and £50,000 a year is not to be sniffed at but the proposals to raise the rest of the cash from the other suggestions provided look a bit far fetched to me; sponsorship/naming rights, parking patrols at night, bus lane enforcement etc will help I’m sure but it’s certainly not going to offset a £10 million gap which can only come from cuts to our services.

With a projected financial gap in 2020/2021 of £17 million and increasing demands for social care, children’s services, special needs etc, there is only one solution to this attack on our public services and that’s by removing this government, which has an ideological belief that all public services are wasteful and must be privatised.

While I admire the efforts of authorities throughout the UK in their attempt to maintain public services, they cannot do it without government support.

No amount of sticking plaster policies will make any difference, the services will fragment and disappear for those who cannot afford to pay. Exactly the same as what’s happening to the NHS. Bob Arnott Holbrooks

Help us reach every pupil with support

ONE in five children has suffered some kind of abuse – and we know the effects can be devastating and last for years.

That’s why the NSPCC’s ‘Speak Out. Stay Safe’ programme is teaching children how to keep themselves safe, and who they can speak to if they need help. Delivered at no cost to schools, the programme could prevent pupils suffering from abuse or neglect.

In November, a school in Warwickshire became the 20,000th in the UK to be visited by our ‘Speak Out. Stay Safe’ team – a milestone in our mission to reach every primary school. We’re urging all schools to sign up for a visit.

With the help of our mascot Buddy, ‘Speak Out. Stay Safe’ is spreading an important message in a lively, interactive and memorable way. Through age-appropriate, interactive assemblies and workshops, children are empowered to recognise the different types of abuse, and understand how to protect themselves.

We help children to identify a trusted adult they can speak to if they are worried about themselves or a friend. They also learn about Childline, and how the service can support them.

And though we are delighted to have reached so many pupils, we will keep visiting schools every week to ensure this vital service helps to protect a generation of children from abuse.

It is our ambition to reach every school in the UK. To find out more, and request a visit for your school, go to www.nspcc.org.uk/speakout

The NSPCC Schools Service relies on volunteers to help deliver assemblies and workshops. To get involved or to find out more, visit nspcc.org.uk/what-you-can-do or call 0121 227 7577. Karen Squillino Head of NSPCC Schools Service