Neighbourhood Notice Board

Anyone can read public notices. To post, comment, save favourites or flag a notice, you need an account.

Sign in with Google with the arrow icon at the top right. There is no separate password for this site: Google checks who you are, and we never see your Google password or email address.
The first time you sign in, your account is made for you with your first name and Coventry as your town. You're then taken to My Account to choose your own town (and a different name if you like).
Tick Keep me signed in on your own device to stay signed in for 30 days.
Day or night look: the moon icon at the top switches to a dark background with light text, the sun switches back. Each phone or computer remembers its own choice.
If your account is suspended, that is on this noticeboard only; your Google account isn't affected. Contact us if you think it's a mistake.

Use the pencil-and-page icon at the top right.

Title up to 50 characters; description up to 500 characters. The description can use bold, italic, underline and lists. Web addresses become clickable links.
Category: Event/Gig, Service/Job, Sell/Rent, Free, Lost/Found, Announce. Each has its own coloured icon on the notice.
Photo (optional): one JPEG, PNG or WebP image up to 5 MB, from your gallery or camera. Location and camera details are removed from the photo before it is stored.
Public: ticked, anyone can see the notice; unticked, only logged-in members can.
Comments: untick to turn comments off for this notice.
Expires after 7, 14, 30 days (default 7). Expired notices disappear from the board.
The brain buttons can suggest a title or reword your description. Nothing changes until you accept the suggestion with ✓ and save.
You can edit (pencil) or delete (bin, then ✓) your own notices from the board. Category, town and expiry can't be changed after posting.
Take your time: a new notice that is sent very quickly is treated as a possible robot, and you will be asked to check it and send again.

The icons under the title show all notices (globe), your favourites (star), your own notices (person) or one category.
Search looks in titles and descriptions; several words must all match.
The clock picks how recent: any time, 24 hours, 7 days or 7–14 days ago (new comments count too).
The crosshair (when logged in) shows notices within a distance of your town.
The ↻ button clears all filters. Your last filters come back when you reopen the app.
More notices load as you scroll down.

Comments: tap the speech bubble on a notice. Comments are up to 150 characters; you can edit or delete your own. Each person can leave up to 5 comments on a notice.
Favourites: tap the star to save a notice; the star icon above the board shows them.
Flags: if a notice is inappropriate, tap the flag and choose why. Tap a red flag to take your flag back. The number of flags is shown on the notice; you can't flag your own.

Tap your name at the top right to:

change the name shown on your notices and comments, or your town;
delete your account: type DELETE in the box to confirm. This removes your account, your notices with their comments, and your comments on other notices. It can't be undone.

Accounts not used for 180 days are deleted, together with their notices and comments.

Be friendly and write in English. Notices, comments and photos are checked automatically when you save; abusive, explicit, violent or non-English text, and unsafe photos, are refused with a message saying why.
Some words are not allowed at all and will stop a save.
To keep the board fair: up to 5 notices an hour and 20 a day, and 10 comments in 10 minutes.
Notices that collect many flags are reviewed and may be removed.
The rules on selling animals and livestock are under review.
Moderators' decisions are final. The full rules are on the Privacy and site rules page.

We keep only your Google account number (not your email address or password), the name you use here, your town, the dates you joined and last visited, and what you post.
We don't record your IP address, device or browser.
Photos are stripped of location and camera details.
A log of actions (for example sign-ins, posts and refused saves) is kept for safety for 12 months. It never contains your notices and comments; for a refused save it notes only the blocked word.
Everything we keep, how long for and your rights are explained on the Privacy and site rules page.

Questions, a suspended account or something to report: email [email protected].

Neighbourhood Notice Board v2.1