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July 2019 July 2019
DRAX HALL
DORSET TRADING STANDARDS
Village Hall Referendum

Dorset Council Trading Standards Service check and approve All Parishioners are welcome to attend this
businesses so you don’t have to. open meeting and vote
For more information visit www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk or DRAX
Saturday 6th July 2019 11 am at the Drax Hall
call 08454 040506. HALL
To report or seek advice about problems you have "Disposal of the Drax Hall" - it is proposed that the Drax Hall
experienced when dealing with a trader call 08454 040506. be sold, the proceeds contributing to the new Village Hall
funds, subject to:
- building of the new Village Hall going ahead
Finding a local Trading Standards approved trader
- no disposal of the Drax hall until the new Village Hall is complete
Are you worried about rip-offs and rogue traders? If so then Dorset Council
Trading Standards can help identify reliable workers for the job you need doing. A presentation will be made, followed by discussion. All inhabitants of the Parish
attending the meeting and over the age of 18 will be able to vote. A majority will
Businesses across Dorset have signed up to the national ‘Buy with Confidence’ determine the outcome.
scheme, giving local people a wide choice of established traders committed to
fair trading and good customer service. This helps protect you as a consumer of This is in accordance with the Declaration of Trust for the Drax Hall.
goods and services and it helps support reputable local.
‘Buy with Confidence’ covers all kinds of work from plumbing and decorating, to Public Access Defibrillator outside the Village Hall
car servicing and gardening, from local business all over the County and beyond.
It is very straight forward to use and you are talked through the process as you go.
Our members have been visited in person and audited by Trading Standards
officers to make sure they comply with consumer protection laws and more There is a short film clip on You Tube by the British Heart Foundation that shows
recently with modern day slavery requirements for the added confidence that exactly how to do it DON’T BE AFRAID anyone can do it, and remember the worst
vulnerable workers are not being hired to undertake work for you. thing you can do when someone’s heart stops is nothing !

We take customer references and make sure complaint procedures are in place
if needed. In addition, criminal records checks are undertaken for staff who work Village Hall Hiring
in or around your home.
The village hall has two options for hire the large upper Hall at £8 per hour and the
It doesn’t stop there! Once a business joins ‘Buy with Confidence’ they are Lower room at £7 per hour please telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528 to
monitored by Trading Standards through customer feedback, complaint discuss your requirements and view the facilities available.
monitoring and every three years are re-visited for another audit.
Alison Bennett 01929 472023
We would always encourage you to choose a Dorset based trader. However, as
the ‘Buy with Confidence’ scheme is also run by all our neighbouring local
authorities, then the pool of Trading
Standards approved traders is much
greater than just those who are Dorset When you respond to advertisers, do please tell them you saw
Council approved.
their advert in this magazine - it helps them monitor the
Other trader approval schemes are
available but remember, only ‘Buy with effectiveness of their advert and helps us generate more
Confidence’ has this level of Trading advertising revenue!!
Standards approval and access to a

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