This week is Breastfeeding Celebration Week with the theme being promoting and supporting breastfeeding during the Covid-19 pandemic.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council Children’s Centres and Humber NHS Teaching Foundation Trust Integrated Public Health Nursing Service (ISPHNS) have teamed up with breastfeeding charities and Public Health England to run a campaign on social media.
Hull City Council will begin to distribute £3m of grant funding to help support those providing care to the city’s most vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic.
The grants have been provided by the Department of Health & Social Care’s Infection Control Fund to help with additional costs being faced by care providers who are caring for vulnerable residents in Hull.
The council’s household waste recycling site at Weel, Beverley, will have its opening hours temporarily extended in a bid to control some traffic issues.
As of Tuesday 2 June, the site will open at 8am, two hours earlier than normal, and then close at the regular time of 5pm.
A major programme of investment is being made in facilities and infrastructure at Beverley’s Flemingate centre during the lockdown.
Wykeland Group, owner and developer of the popular retail and leisure destination, has used the lockdown period to introduce a wide range of improvements to enhance the experience for customers and to support businesses as they resume trading.
Jerry Green Dog Rescue is urging you to keep your dog safe in the heat this summer.
Whether you’re off for a long trek through the countryside or simply chilling out in your garden, they want you to put your furry friend first.
East Riding Safeguarding Children Partnership is organising an online forum in partnership with East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS).
The service is for people who have concerns about young people and online activities or simply want a general chat about issues they have identified in their community that they feel may pose a risk to young people during the Covid-19 restrictions.
To say thank you to all NHS employees working hard to look after people during the COVID-19 crisis, Barratt Developments Yorkshire East has launched a new NHS Deposit Contribution Scheme giving a 5% deposit to help them buy a new home.
A confidential online chat facility has been launched by East Riding of Yorkshire Council to give those who may be suffering from domestic abuse another way of accessing help.
The webchat has been set up by the council’s domestic violence and abuse partnership and gives those experiencing, or at risk of, domestic abuse the chance to speak directly to an independent domestic abuse advocate.
East Riding Archives is asking residents to share their memories of the COVID-19 lockdown period in a new COVID-19 collection, which will be preserved for the benefit of future generations.
The archives team are looking for items like photographs of people’s daily lives; pictures of empty streets; pictures and recordings of the ‘Clap for Carers’ on Thursday evenings, or other thanks for NHS and key workers; pictures of rainbows in windows; or even diaries with notes about what people have been doing during the lockdown.
Last year, East Riding Archives unveiled a new app to turn back time.
‘What was Here’ is a virtual ‘time machine’ on smartphones or tablet devices to let users see what used to be at various locations across Hull and East Yorkshire, using historic photos.
Beverley Art Gallery is encouraging people to consider joining the Friends of Beverley Art Gallery.
In these challenging times of increased social isolation – and especially as the gallery is currently closed.
Hull City Council has been awarded £1.36m to improve the city’s cycling infrastructure.
The funds will help fast-track the authority’s plans to making key improvements to cycle routes across the city.
Virtual comedy project ‘Your Place Comedy’, put together by ten small, independent venues returns for a third edition.
East Riding Theatre will once again collaborate with some of the region’s best-loved small theatres and art centres.
Beverley’s new Mayor, Councillor Tom Astell, has launched a competition for local children to create a tourism leaflet promoting Beverley’s landmarks.
The idea was inspired by a hand-drawn leaflet posted onto social media by local 10-year-old Daisy.
Cllr Denis Healy has thanked Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust on behalf of the town for work they are doing during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
His words come on the day that the nation will come together one final time to Clap For Carers.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust and the staff at Beverley Ambulance Station have expressed their thanks to the community for their support during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Since the outbreak staff based there say they have been overwhelmed by the support shown by the community and local businesses.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Community Support Services has received an ‘outstanding’ rating in its latest inspection from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which took place on 5, 6 and 9 March 2020.
The Community Support Services is a domiciliary care service providing a reablement service to people living within their own homes in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
News that markets in Beverley will resume in June has been welcomed by Cllr Denis Healy.
Speaking to HU17.net Cllr Healy says that the return of markets is a major step forward to reopening Beverley. While he also says those using markets will have to do so with care.