With the summer holidays fast approaching Lifestyle 2019 has promoted one group of children help a local charity.
The Tin Tin Gang made up of pupils from Beverley Minster Primary School and Beverley High School.
When Nesta Merrells passed away, her family discovered a tube of twenty pence pieces which she had been collecting throughout Lent, for an annual fundraiser along with the rest of the congregation of Walkington Methodist Church.
This year the congregation took up the East Yorkshire foodbank challenge of saving forty pence for forty days. Nesta’s, however, was only recently found in her bedside table.
Tesco’s Beverley store has joined hundreds of others across the UK to celebrate four years of the supermarket’s surplus food donation scheme.
The store showcased the Community Food Connection scheme, which is run in conjunction with food charity FareShare.
Woodmansey Primary School PTFA has been awarded £2,000 by the Tesco incentive Bags of Help.
The school were one of the winners for the competition held at Tesco store on Morton Lane for the months of January to February.
East Yorkshire Foodbank has expressed their gratitude after they scooped top prize in the Tesco Bags of Help Incentive.
The charity which helps tackle food poverty says the money will help fund their new delivery service.
Frank Stephenson & Son Funeral Directors in Beverley are collecting Easter Eggs which they will donate to the East Yorkshire Foodbank.
Manager Lewis Northen says that by running this incentive it enables them to do something they are very proud of. Helping people at some of the most difficult times.
A local charity is asking residents in Beverley to save 40 pence for 40 days for Lent. East Yorkshire foodbank hopes residents will take part in their #40for40 challenge.
East Yorkshire foodbank is looking to raise cash so they can continue their fight with tackling food poverty in the are.
Tesco says they are pleased to be working with local groups as they look to put their food waste to good use.
Their Community Food Connection programme has proved so successful it has served up thousands of meals to local people.
East Yorkshire Foodbank is appealing for help to find more storage following what they say was a successful Christmas campaign.
Following an increase in food poverty in the area the charity says the response from their public appeal resulted in an influx of food parcels.
Beverley Cherry Tree Centre has awarded £4,000 by the Tesco. The Charity which is based on the Swinemoor Estate won the money in recent customer poll.
The poll which was held at the Tesco store on Morton Lane will now be used to fund a project to improve safety.
A look back at 2018 shows it was a good year for the small Market Town of Beverley.
2018 saw Beverley as a town achieve a number of things, while there were also some great stories in the community. Of course, there was other not so good news too.
The annual Christmas Tree Festival at Beverley Minster is underway. It features 86 trees that have been decorated by the community.
Over the coming days, Beverley Minster expects around 8,000 people will attend the event. While there those visitors will be asked to vote for their favourite entry.
If Beverley is the fast becoming a food capital why is food poverty on the increase in the Town as people struggle to feed their families?
In the season of goodwill, local schools and residents are stepping up to the mark collecting food donations. But is that really enough and can more be done.
East Yorkshire Foodbank has expressed their gratitude after following a successful food collection held at Tesco in Beverley.
During a three day long national event hosted by the supermarket giant, East Yorkshire Foodbank collected 107 crates of food.
Football players in Beverley have got behind a campaign being run by the charity East Yorkshire Foodbank.
Beverley Town put an appeal out to football players in the club to bring a tin of food to their match on Saturday.
East Yorkshire foodbank has come up with a unique way over the festive period to boost the supplies they need.
In the run-up to Christmas, East Yorkshire foodbank will be running a reverse advent calendar. People are being asked to make donations while following a specific list of items to help boost stock levels.