• East Riding poetry festival returns to the High Wolds and is calling for submissions on the theme of ‘connections’
  • East Riding Libraries to celebrate PRIDE this June
  • Compost giveaways prove as popular as ever with East Riding residents
  • Run With It Charity sees massive increase in work with special education schools
  • East Riding Schools: Breaking barriers to boost attendance
East Riding Leisure Helps You Shape Up For Summer

East Riding Leisure Helps You Shape Up For Summer

East Riding residents keen to give their health and wellbeing a boost this summer can take advantage of a great offer from East Riding Leisure.

The ‘Shape up for Summer’ membership is back for 2022 and includes three months of membership for £69 with no tie-ins or direct debit sign-ups, saving up to 30 per cent.

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Elizabeth Jane Hallett Awarded A British Empire Medal In The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Elizabeth Jane Hallett Awarded A British Empire Medal In The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Elizabeth (Liz) Hallett was born and grew up in Beverley. 

For almost 30 years she was one of the local District Nursing Sisters. When she was 7 years of age and a brownie, she had her first taste of fundraising when her dad made her a box to go on the back of her bicycle and she wrote letters asking people to donate paperback books for the Blue Peter RNLI inshore lifeboat appeal.

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Mayor Supports Building Society Charity Campaign Which Raised £1,014

Mayor Supports Building Society Charity Campaign Which Raised £1,014

The Beverley Building Society team have been a little busier than usual during the last two weeks of May, raising much-needed funds for its Charity of the Year for 2022, the Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre.

From Monday 16 May to Friday 20 May, the Society’s team bravely took on a 211-mile ‘Beverley to Buckingham Palace’ Exercise Bike Challenge (the equivalent distance of the actual route), in advance of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

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Call For Businesses To Commit To Green Action At Humber Business Week

Call For Businesses To Commit To Green Action At Humber Business Week

The team at the University of Hull’s Aura Innovation Centre are calling for people to use this year’s Humber Business Week to take action to make their organisations greener.

The Humber’s net-zero centre, Aura Innovation Centre, which supports small businesses to bring their low carbon ideas to life, will be running several events over the week which will help organisations begin their journey to sustainability.

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Flotilla And Flypast Put The Humber Centre Stage For Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

Flotilla And Flypast Put The Humber Centre Stage For Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

Businesses from the Humber Bridge to Hull marina have outlined their plans to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style against a spectacular backdrop of a flotilla and flypast.

Hessle Town Council, which is organising the Humber Platinum Jubilee Flotilla of 70 ships and boats on Thursday 2 June, has now confirmed details of a programme of family fun.

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Swift Group Pledges Fundraising Support To The Daisy Appeal For Five Years

Swift Group Pledges Fundraising Support To The Daisy Appeal For Five Years

The UK’s largest manufacturer of touring caravans, motorhomes and holiday homes has pledged its support to a charity on its doorstep which is transforming detection techniques for serious medical conditions.

Swift Group, based in Cottingham, East Yorkshire, has confirmed the Daisy Appeal as one of its chosen charities and will help to raise funds for the ongoing development of life-saving and life-changing facilities and treatments at Castle Hill Hospital, which is also in Cottingham.

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Elwell Tour At Beverley Art Gallery To Celebrate Beverley’s Most Famous Artist

Elwell Tour At Beverley Art Gallery To Celebrate Beverley’s Most Famous Artist

There will be a chance to join Treasure House Curator, Sally Hayes, to hear about the paintings of Fred and Mary Elwell which are on display in Beverley Art Gallery, on Wednesday, 8 June, from 1pm – 1.30pm.

This short informal lunchtime tour will provide an enjoyable introduction to the renowned artistic Beverlonian couple and will be the perfect companion event to the performances of Gordon Meredith’s new play, ‘Paint the Town Fred’, at East Riding Theatre in Beverley on 9, 10, and 11 June.

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Humber Bridge To Fly Union Flag As Part Of Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

Humber Bridge To Fly Union Flag As Part Of Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

Organisers of a spectacular Platinum Jubilee flotilla and flypast have revealed plans to apply the finishing touch to the celebrations by flying the Union Flag from two of the highest points in the region.

Hessle Town Council has secured an agreement with the Humber Bridge Board to raise the flags on each of the two towers of the Bridge on the evening of Wednesday 1 June, the eve of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

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Molescroft Primary School Hosts Platinum Jubilee Party Day With Graham Stuart

Molescroft Primary School Hosts Platinum Jubilee Party Day With Graham Stuart

MP, Graham Stuart, visited Molescroft Primary School to join in with their Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Molecroft Primary School, located in Beverley, teaches approximately 400 students aged 4 to 11. In its last inspection, OFSTED awarded the school an ‘Outstanding’ rating, and its Headteacher is Michael Loncaster. 

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Barratt Developments Yorkshire East Secures 5 Stars For Record 13th Year

Barratt Developments Yorkshire East Secures 5 Stars For Record 13th Year

Local housebuilder Barratt Developments Yorkshire East, which includes the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, has received the maximum 5-star rating in the new Home Builders Federation (HBF) annual New Homes Customer Satisfaction Survey. 

The number of stars awarded is based on customer responses to the question: “Would you recommend your builder to a friend?”. Over 90% of Barratt Developments customers said they would recommend the housebuilder to a friend.

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Hull City Council Backs Project To Support Ukrainian Women Entrepreneurs

Hull City Council Backs Project To Support Ukrainian Women Entrepreneurs

Hull City Council has announced that it will be backing a national project to support Ukrainian women entrepreneurs as part of a programme that will see women entrepreneurs from war-torn Ukraine relocate to the UK. 

During the first Global Entrepreneurship Congress [GEN] since before the pandemic, 6,000 ecosystem builders, ministers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors exchanged ideas to improve and develop new entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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Mary Paints The Town Fred In Elwell Festival At The East Riding Theatre

Mary Paints The Town Fred In Elwell Festival At The East Riding Theatre

Following a sell-out run in April, the new play, ‘Paint the town Fred’, written by Gordon Meredith, will return to the East Riding Theatre in Beverley from Thursday 9 to Saturday 11 June 2022, alongside a festival of Elwell themed events including a gallery tour, talk by Wendy Loncaster, artist workshops and Q&A with the cast, director and writer.

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Children’s Cancer Charity Urges People To ‘Turn Yorkshire Pink’

Children’s Cancer Charity Urges People To ‘Turn Yorkshire Pink’

Candlelighters, a charity supporting children with cancer across the Yorkshire region, is urging people to get involved with its fundraising and awareness campaign, Pink It Up, from the 6 – 12 June.

The charity offers a variety of support for the families of children with cancer and serious haematological disorders including emotional, practical, and financial support, as well as investing in vital childhood cancer research, and relies entirely on funding from the community in order to provide its services.

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Archive Service Acquire Preservica And Launch Digital Archive Site

Archive Service Acquire Preservica And Launch Digital Archive Site

East Riding Archives – responsible for safeguarding and making available the documentary heritage of the East Riding of Yorkshire – have just selected an automated digital archiving solution called Preservica, and launched a new site, offering access to a new public digital archive.

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