A specialist in providing financial advice for older people has been awarded the coveted Later Life Advisor Accreditation.
Charlene Coulbeck, who lives in Beverley and works at the Hessle branch of Informed Financial Planning, is now considered to be amongst the country’s leading experts after gaining the qualification from the Society of Later Life Advisors (SOLLA).
The award-winning, biennial Beverley Puppet Festival returns this year for its 9th edition, but not as you know it.
Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the usual format of indoor and outdoor performances across the town will not be possible.
With Easter approaching, East Riding of Yorkshire Council is reminding residents and visitors to follow government advice to stay home, and not to visit the coast, Local Nature Reserves, or the gardens at Sewerby Hall.
A new campaign has been launched by East Riding of Yorkshire Council to increase the number of staff in the adult social care sector.
Choose Care has been set up by the council and has become especially important with the COVID-19 outbreak to help the people who most need our support right now.
A free online mental health and emotional wellbeing support service has been launched to help children and young people living in Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
People aged between 11 and 25 in these areas can now register to use Kooth, a free, anonymous online counselling and emotional wellbeing service which can be accessed using a computer, smartphone or tablet device.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has made grant payments to 1,942 small businesses worth a total of £19,420,000.
The council is working hard to support East Riding businesses during the hardship caused by the coronavirus lockdown through the Government’s business grants scheme and business rates relief.
The Government has announced a new £75 million package with major airlines including easyJet, Jet2 and Virgin, to help people across the country – including residents in Beverley and Holderness – return home.
East Riding Libraries have launched a new virtual book group, Face in a Book Club, where customers can enjoy reading or listening to a selected Book, eBook or eAudiobook and share their views in a Facebook group.
Drivers who have bought season tickets (permits) for council car parks in the East Riding are to have them extended for free for two months.
The decision comes after East Riding of Yorkshire Council made all council car parks and pay-and-display bays free of charge until Sunday 31 May to show its support for frontline workers and volunteers during the coronavirus effort.
As part of our continued commitment to protecting those that are vulnerable during this unusual time, police are appealing to victims of domestic abuse to get in touch.
This is so that they can help and we are warning domestic abuse perpetrators that this is still a priority for the force and we will continue to target those responsible.
East Riding Councillor David Boynton who also works locally as a Community Nurse, has stated how pleased he is with the response from the community to the Governments request for people to stay at home due to Covid-19.
East Riding Museums Service has recently acquired three small but significant additions to its archaeological collections, ranging in date from the Bronze Age to Tudor times.
A silver dress hook (used to fasten a tunic), decorated with beads of silver wire, was a metal detecting find at Wilberfoss in 2018.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is working to support businesses in the area during the current period of hardship caused by the coronavirus lockdown.
The council is updating its website for traders to let them know that even more businesses will now benefit from Government grants and business rates relief – and that payments will be sent out as soon as possible from 1 April 2020.
Eight invaluable local organisations have been awarded grants totalling nearly £14,000 by Two Ridings Community Foundation to help support vulnerable residents and individuals who are suffering hardship as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
The Covid-19 outbreak is impacting voluntary, community and social enterprise groups and at times of crisis, the strength and desire to help from the public can make the most difference.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has made all council car parks free of charge to help frontline workers and volunteers during the coronavirus efforts.
All council parking charges in the East Riding have been suspended from Thursday 26 March until Sunday 31 May.
Local Commercial Insurance Broker, HI Commercial warns businesses their policies are unlikely to cover for loss of business through pandemic cover and business interruption cover.
Concerned business owners have many questions about their insurance during this unprecedented time, the team at HI Commercial is working with insurers to provide answers as quickly as possible.
East Riding Libraries are reminding people that EBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines are all available to download free for East Riding Library members, even though all East Riding Libraries and Customer Service Centres are now temporarily closed.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has welcomed the official launch of East Riding Council’s community response to the Covid-19 pandemic; designed to help vulnerable people in the area who are being advised to stay at home for extended periods of time.