We have added another new feature to The Grapevine! We have added Smiley Faces that you can use in your messages!

They are very easy to use, just click on the picture to insert them into the message you are writing.

Everyone has different styles of writing, including a Smiley in your message will ensure everyone knows how you feel and what you are trying to say!

The Smileys include:

• A smiling face
• A grinning or laughing face
• A sad face
• An angry face
• A confused face
• A shocked face
• A sleepy or snoring face

As some of you will have noticed, pound signs (UK currency symbols e.g. £) were not displaying properly for a long time in The Grapevine. We stopped them being displayed intentionally, this was to avoid hacking and to keep The Grapevine safe for everyone to use.

We have made some technical adjustments and pound signs will now display properly in your messages!

Councillor David Sprason, the lead Cabinet member for Adult Social Care in Leicestershire, has now registered on The Grapevine!

In fact, Mr Sprason was so interested in The Grapevine and the huge benefits it could offer to everyone who uses it that he thought it would be good to start his own conversation - "Ask Councillor David Sprason about Adult Social Care".

Perhaps you have a suggestion, a query or a problem with Adult Social Care and its services? Have you had a great experience with Adult Social Care and its staff? Whatever you would like to feedback to Leicestershire's Adult Social Care representative can be done directly on The Grapevine!
The conversation is moderated, which means that each message will be reviewed by a member of The Grapevine team.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to have your say about the Social Care issues that affect you.

1. Hobbies (General Chat)
     
2. Fawlty Towers voted top in comedy survey (Arts, Entertainment and Leisure)
     
3. St George's Day (News and Sports)
     
4. Prisons are too comfy (News and Sports)
     
5. Congestion Charge for Leicestershire (News and Sports)
     
6. Pensioners will outnumber children in two years (Getting Older)
     
7. Annoyed as DLA was stopped with no warning (Direct Payments, Money and Benefits Advice)
     
8. Vitamin supplements could shorten your life (Health and Social Care)
     
9. Where have all the rainbows gone? (Housing and the Environment)
     
10. Windows Keyboard Shortcuts (Computing, the Internet and Technology)

Phone: 0116 305 7538 Fax: 0116 305 8179
Email: grapevine@leics.gov.uk
Website: www.leicscareonline.org.uk/grapevine
Address: CareOnLine, Room 317, County Hall, Leicester, LE3 8RL.

The aims of CareOnLine and the Grapevine are to reduce isolation and improve the quality of life among Older People, Disabled People and their Carers. The service provides help with access to computers and the Internet, training, technical support and a purpose-built website.