An organisation that has been providing a loans and savings lifeline for families for more than 20 years has been rewarded with a top accolade in a nationwide awards scheme.
HEY Credit Union, which has branches across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire, shared the top spot in the Treating Customers Fairly category in the Consumer Credit Awards 2021 (CCA).
East Riding Libraries are delighted to announce a varied and exciting programme for their literature festival, The East Riding Festival of Words, which will be back with live events this autumn.
Puppets Plays and Storydays are back again with another entertaining puppet storytelling, this time of ‘Three little fish and the big bad shark’ by Ken Geist.
Local councillors, MPs and businesses are being urged to join forces to make the case for electrifying and upgrading the railway lines in and out of Hull, amid fears rail infrastructure investment plans could be watered down.
This year’s Bridlington Kite Festival drew in big crowds at the weekend with kite-enthusiasts treated to a range of different shapes and designs in the air.
More than 100 kites took to the skies, including Oscar, the world’s largest teddy bear, Bertie Bassett, a stingray, Mario, and a 100m-long dragon made by hand in Bali, according to owner Malcolm Goodman who brought it along to Sewerby Fields in only its second outing.
East Riding Youth Dance is happy to announce its return for an autumn term, running from October 2021 to February 2022.
This exciting and inspiring community dance programme takes place in the East Riding for young people aged 9 – 18, in Bridlington, Beverley, Pocklington, Leven and Withernsea.
With the number of children needing foster care continuing to rise, a Beverley fostering agency, Orange Grove Fostercare is encouraging people to consider opening up their home to a child in care.
According to the Fostering Network, the UK’s leading fostering charity, 900 foster families are needed across Yorkshire.
Would you like the opportunity to try out a new hobby, learn a new skill or expand your knowledge completely for free and with no commitment?
This September you can do just that. East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Adult Learning and Employability team are back with another ‘Try Month’, bringing you the opportunity to try out as many different courses as you like, in one of our centres or online.
The annual Bridlington Kite Festival – a weekend of vibrant kites soaring high above Sewerby Fields in the seaside town – is set to return in September. As a result, visitors can now find out more about the weekend’s activities by visiting the brand-new web page.
West Building Supplies is celebrating 50 years of trading by expanding into the well-known market town of Beverley.
The expansion means that new West Building Supplies, new on Grovehill Road is the fourth site complementing the existing sites in Bridlington and Scarborough.
The East Riding Festival of Words has launched its Poetry Competition for 2021.
The competition will reach its climax with an event at North Bridlington Library on Saturday, 29 January 2022, at 11am, to celebrate the winning poets, hear from the judges, and listen to the winning poems.
A 200-year-old granary has been lovingly restored by a Driffield farming family to create a luxury, large group holiday let.
Over the last few years, Sarah and Andrew Soanes have overseen the conversion of the disused farm building at Kipling House Farm near Middleton on the Wolds to create Kipling House Barn.
Natural England is today announcing that the Yorkshire Wolds is to be considered for status as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Securing this designation would allow the area to benefit from greater protections, so that more of England’s beautiful landscapes are safeguarded for future generations.
Residents are being encouraged to share their views on plans to further improve cycle lanes in key parts of the city.
A consultation has been launched to gather views on plans to improve sustainable travel links between Hull and the East Riding, including improvements along key cycle routes from Hull to Beverley and Hull to Cottingham.
An organisation that has been providing a loans and savings lifeline for families for 21 years has marked the milestone by publishing its first social impact report.
HEY Credit Union is also using the findings of the study to plan further expansion and help more people across the Humber region to manage their family finances.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Asset Strategy Department recently secured funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to support the installation of a Solar Farm at the council’s South Cliff Holiday Park in Bridlington, as well as solar panels on the roofs of 22 council buildings, including leisure centres and libraries.
Beverley Art Gallery in the Treasure House will reopen on Monday, 17 May with a brand new exhibition.
‘To the Water’ has been created by curators Helena Cox and Sally Hayes, and is a unique mix of art and social history, looking at the different ways in which waterways have inspired artists over the centuries.
Humberside Police are supporting Operation Sceptre – the national campaign to tackle knife crime.
Op Sceptre aims to reduce the number of people, especially young people, carrying a weapon.
Work has started on replacing the council’s popular Belvedere chalets in Bridlington, located on the south beach towards the end of the promenade.