Three Community Projects Awarded Cash By Tesco

Three Community Projects Awarded Cash By Tesco
February 6, 2021

Bags of Help is Tesco’s local community grant scheme, which funds thousands of community projects every year. 

The projects must meet the criteria of bringing benefits to the community. Throughout October – December 2020 the grant scheme made £2m of support available to local projects focused on children and young people.

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MP Hears About Beverley Grammar School’s Brilliant Online Learning Success

MP Hears About Beverley Grammar School’s Brilliant Online Learning Success
February 4, 2021

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, virtually met Headteacher, Gavin Chappell, and Deputy Headteacher, Edward Vickerman, of Beverley Grammar School to hear how the school has been successful with their online learning provision. 

The first lockdown was an important learning experience for Beverley Grammar, and they used the knowledge they gained to plan and put in place the correct measures for welcoming students back last September, and for the subsequent lockdowns.

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‘Thank You To Our Armed Forces’ Sign Installed At Leconfield Roundabout

'Thank You To Our Armed Forces' Sign Installed At Leconfield Roundabout
February 3, 2021

A sign thanking our Armed Forces in the East Riding for their work during the Covid-19 outbreak has been installed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

The metal sign, featuring the words ‘THANK YOU TO OUR ARMED FORCES’ is designed to be an uplifting message of appreciation to the armed forces which will be visible coming from their base in Leconfield as they help with the Covid-19 outbreak, whilst also continuing to train personnel to serve and protect the country.

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Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week

Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week
February 3, 2021

The East Riding Safeguarding Adults Board and East Riding Safeguarding Children’s Partnership in conjunction with the East Riding of Yorkshire Council are supporting Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week, which takes place from 1-7 February.

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Beverley Town Council To Reduce Council Tax Precept Over 4%

Beverley Town Council To Reduce Council Tax Precept Over 4%
February 2, 2021

Liberal Democrat led Beverley Town Council has delivered a Council tax reduction for Beverley residents for the second year running.

Following last year’s reduction of 2%, the Beverley precept for residents of the town will reduce this year by a further 4.29%, whilst the Council continues to invest in public services.

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Easy To Use Homeschooling Resources From East Riding Libraries

February 2, 2021

East Riding Libraries have created a new section on their website to group together free library resources which may be helpful to support that homeschooling.

The new section also includes links to BBC Bitesize learning; Lego Bits and Bricks; the Encyclopedia Britannica Junior; National Geographic; and the Booktrust Hometime Cupboard.

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Humberside Police Gets Whopping 127 Extra Police Officers

Humberside Police Gets Whopping 127 Extra Police Officers
February 2, 2021

New figures released last week show that more than 6,620 police officers have been recruited through a national recruitment drive, backed by £400 million of Government funding.

The announcement means that the Government is ahead of its target to have recruited 6,000 extra officers by next month and 20,000 extra by 2023.

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