World Breastfeeding Week Picnics Are Planned Across The East Riding

World Breastfeeding Week Picnics Are Planned Across The East Riding
August 3, 2022

To celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, mums, babies, family and friends are invited to a picnic at various locations across the East Riding.

Several events are being organized by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s children’s centres, with the support of integrated specialist public health nurses from Humber NHS Teaching Foundation Trust, to help give breastfeeding mothers support and help.

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Arco Supports Education Programmes With Funding And Volunteering

Arco Supports Education Programmes With Funding And Volunteering
August 3, 2022

Arco, the UK’s leading safety company, has donated £3,000 to local charity Run With It, an educational support non-profit charity, to help develop literacy and numeracy skills in local young people.

Arco is also encouraging colleagues to involve themselves with volunteering opportunities across all Run With It programmes, including aiding in the delivery of two new ten-week education programmes in Beverley during September, benefitting up to 60 students.

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Become A Part Of The Draft Climate Change Strategy Survey

Become A Part Of The Draft Climate Change Strategy Survey
August 3, 2022

An East Riding of Yorkshire Council survey is being conducted after draft material for a Climate Change Strategy was developed.

As part of the Strategy, the local authority will outline its vision and ambitions on climate change in the East Riding and highlight opportunities for future action. 

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Quickline Raises Over £2K To Support Local Veterans Charity

Quickline Raises Over £2K To Support Local Veterans Charity
August 3, 2022

A team of intrepid staff from rural broadband specialists Quickline Communications has raised over £2,000 for the company’s chosen charity Hull4Heroes after tackling the infamous Tough Mudder challenge at the weekend.

The charity, which will be supported by the firm for the next 12 months, was chosen because many members of staff are either ex-forces themselves or have family and friends in the forces.

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Housebuilder Supports Dove House Hospice With £1,000 Donation

Housebuilder Supports Dove House Hospice With £1,000 Donation
August 2, 2022

Local housebuilder, Barratt Developments Yorkshire East, has donated £1,000 as part of its Community Fund initiative to Dove House Hospice, a charity that cares for people at the end of their lives, with life-limiting illnesses and local families who need bereavement support. 

The chosen charity has been caring for patients for almost 40 years, offering support in a number of ways.

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First Local Authority Partnership To Provide Long COVID Rehabilitation

First Local Authority Partnership To Provide Long COVID Rehabilitation
July 31, 2022

East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity, has announced the first local authority partnership to run the Charity’s COVID-19 Rehabilitation Programme, in order to help support local residents with long-lasting or returning symptoms after COVID-19.

This is the first time the COVID-19 programme has been made available to an area not already served by one of the Charity’s facilities, expanding the programme’s reach into new areas to support health and wellbeing ambitions on a local level. 

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Dementia-Friendly Cinema Screenings Return To Parkway

Dementia-Friendly Cinema Screenings Return To Parkway
July 30, 2022

Beverley Parkway Cinema and Theatre is returning to its very popular dementia-friendly cinema screenings in September after being postponed by the pandemic in 2020.

In addition to the lower sound system and additional lighting in the auditorium, there is no pre-film advertising and toilet and exit signs are easy to understand.

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Treasure House Hosts ‘Stargazing An Introduction To The Night Sky’ With East Riding Astronomers

Treasure House Hosts 'Stargazing An Introduction To The Night Sky' With East Riding Astronomers
July 29, 2022

As part of a partnership with the East Riding Astronomers, the Treasure House has opened a new Community Exhibition called Stargazing. 

The exhibition, which can be found on the ground floor near the library, runs until the end of November. This is one of the best times of the year to see planets and stars, as it is one of the best viewing periods of the year.

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Beverley To Get More Funding To Help Fight Increase In Crime

Beverley To Get More Funding To Help Fight Increase In Crime
July 28, 2022

Beverley is set to get an additional £91K to help tackle the growing crime problem specifically in the Flemingate Area.

Funds are a result of another bid to the Home Office’s Safer Streets Fund that has been successful by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside, North East Lincolnshire Council, and East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

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Woman Murdered in Beverley Is Named

Woman Murdered in Beverley Is Named
July 27, 2022

The family of the woman who died at a property on Samman Road in Beverley have named her as Becci Rees-Hughes.

Becci’s family have asked for privacy at this time as they try to come to terms with their loved one’s death.

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Murder Investigation Launched In Beverley

Murder Investigation Launched In Beverley
July 26, 2022

A murder investigation is underway following the discovery of a woman’s body at a property in Beverley yesterday in the early hours (Monday 25 July), which is believed to be connected to an investigation into a road traffic collision near Hornsea later the same morning.

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OUT & ABOUT : Jean Killeen’s Retirement Party

OUT & ABOUT : Jean Killeen's Retirement Party
July 25, 2022

Jean Killeen held a party in her garden for family and friends to celebrate her retirement from childminding after a career spanning almost 33 years.

Jean estimates that she has cared for around 200 children since October 1989 and she was joined by several of the children and their families for the celebration.

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