Bridlington and Driffield Community Forum will hold its next meeting on Thursday, 18th October starting at 9am at Bridlington Business Centre at Enterprise Way, off Bessingby Industrial Estate. Topics at the meeting will be financial inclusion – a strategy for financial inclusion in the East Riding is currently being developed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council, through a series of community workshops, and there will be an update on how this is progressing. The financial inclusion strategy aims to encourage the availability of easily accessible financial services for all residents of the East Riding. To support this aim, a presentation will also be given by John Smith, chief executive of Hull and East Riding Credit Union, which can offer a range of financial services from their shop in Prospect Street, Bridlington. The second part of the session will be a presentation by Steve Owst from Virtual Riders, who are able to offer free support to voluntary and community sector groups, to help with their IT and website requirements. Peter Crawford, from Bridlington Community Resource Centre, will Chair the meeting, which will run until around 11.30am. Peter said, “I would encourage anyone involved in the voluntary and community sector or running…
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Looking For The New Sport Makers of East Yorkshire
The Humber Sports Partnership has launched the search for hundreds new sports volunteers to become the Sport Makers of East Yorkshire Sport Makers is an initiative which aims to inspire 700 people in the Humber to get involved in sports volunteering within the local sports community. Sport Makers will commit to at least 10 hours organising or leading sporting activities. The initiative is open to anyone aged 16 and over so potential sports volunteers of all ages have the opportunity to become involved during the run up to the 2012 Olympics. Sport Makers is part of the Places People Play legacy programme that is bringing the magic of a home Olympic and Paralympic Games into communities across the country and is an opportunity for everyone who’d like to make sport happen for their friends, neighbours or colleagues. Every Sport Maker will be invited to an informal and interactive workshop where they’ll gain the skills and opportunities to get involved in sport in East Yorkshire. Sport Makers will be introduced to organisations that need their help, and join forces with others who want to make sport happen locally. There’ll also be opportunities to meet top athletes and plenty of incentives to…
