With one month to go until the Queen’s Baton Relay reaches the East Riding, find out more about one of the East Riding’s Batonbearers prior to the Baton’s visit to Beverley and Market Weighton in July.
June Marks The Start Of The ‘Springboard Summer Tour’
The ‘Springboard Summer Tour’ starts on 26 June 2022 at the Memorial Day for Ivan Usher at Beverley East Riding Leisure.
The ‘Summer Tour’ is engaging with 16–24-year-olds across the East Riding and speaking to them about helping with their next steps to education, further training or employment.
Giveaway Of Compost Proves As Popular As Ever With 5,000 Bags Distributed
Drivers waited in line at events to get their free compost bags, as the compost giveaways proved popular as ever.
Over 5,000 bags of compost were given out at nine giveaways organized by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s waste and recycling department.
Over 30 Ukrainian Refugees Helped By Local MP With Visa Applications
Graham Stuart, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, has assisted over 30 Ukrainian refugees with visa applications since the war in Ukraine began.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in Europe’s largest refugee crisis since the Second World War. The Government launched the Homes for Ukraine scheme, which allows the British public to open their homes to Ukrainian nationals.
Awards That Highlight Very Best In Local Tourism Return For 2022
Awards that reward the region’s best, brightest, most successful, and innovative tourism businesses will return in 2022 and will continue to be a route to national recognition.
The 2022 Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards, the REYTAs, organised by tourism body Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY), has been officially relaunched culminating in an awards event in November 2022.
Beverley Art Gallery Explores Beverley’s Role In European Art During 60s And 70s
An exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery sheds light on the fact that Beverley was at the centre of the European art world in the 1960s and early ‘70s….
In 1962, the Beverley-based sculptor, Jacqueline Stieger, met the Austrian sculptor, Alfred Gruber. A personal and creative relationship followed that not only brought Gruber to Beverley but also introduced his European artistic friends to the region.
National Recognition For Hull Broadband Provider
Hull broadband provider Pure Broadband has scooped a national award as customers continue to turn to it to supply its ultrafast connection.
The Hessle-based company beat competition from across the UK to win the Best Fibre Marketing Campaign at the 2022 UK Fibre Awards thanks to its fresh, new brand identity and proposition: ‘No ifs, no buts, no buffering. Just really good broadband.’
MP Supports Careers Guidance Provision Progress In Beverley And Holderness
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, met Careers Leaders from across his constituency to discuss how Careers Hubs are being used to improve the quality of guidance that students are given in local schools.
Careers Hubs were first developed in 2018 and Yorkshire and the Humber was one of the first regions where these were located.
Latest Lagoon Hull Plans Reveal How Project Will Transform The City
A new vision for the Humber region has been revealed to give the public a glimpse into how Hull’s biggest regeneration proposal in a generation will turn the area into a must-visit destination and one where people love to live.
New Health Centre Opens To Acclaim And Proves A Model For Best Practice
A new health centre in East Yorkshire has opened its doors to a warm welcome by clinicians and patients of the surgeries it has replaced.
The Willand Primary Care Centre at Anlaby is seen as a model of best practice by health professionals, with the old surgeries in Willerby and Swanland having made way for a bright, modern building with planned services and facilities catering for more clinical and administrative staff to support patient healthcare for years to come.
Community Event In Memory Of Ivan Usher To Take Place This Month
Sunday, 26 June, 2022, will see a major community event at East Riding Leisure Beverley, when many local organisations, sports clubs and local residents will come together for the Beverley What’s On Community Event in memory of Ivan Usher, from 10am to 3pm.
Those attending will have the chance to try out a wide range of activities and sports, support local clubs taking part in football and rugby matches, and find out more about what’s going on in Beverley.
Photography Workshop And Practical Session By Nigel Walker
Photographer Nigel Walker is to run a short workshop and practical session on slow photography in Beverley based at Atom Bar on New Walkergate.
The half-day, on 9 July will start with an introduction to observation and creativity using a camera.
Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Exhibition Drawing The Crowds To Sewerby Hall And Gardens
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at Sewerby Hall and Gardens is proving hugely popular.
On loan from the Natural History Museum in London, the exhibition is on display until Sunday, 17 July, and, during its first four weeks, has seen an increase of 46 per cent in visitor numbers at the attraction, compared to the equivalent period in 2019.
KCOM And Age UK Team Up To Combat Loneliness With The Chatty Bus
Bus company, East Yorkshire, is bringing back its “Chatty Bus”, a project that aims to raise awareness of loneliness and social isolation in society during Loneliness Awareness Week next week.
This month, East Yorkshire will be partnering with Age UK Hull and KCOM, bringing a team of chatty ambassadors who are keen to talk to anyone and everyone.
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.
The Story Behind Beverley’s Platinum Jubilee Beacon
At 9.45pm last Thursday evening, the Mayor of Beverley lit Beverley’s platinum jubilee beacon of fire before 200 people in Coronation Gardens and connected Beverley to the national and worldwide beacon celebrations that were happening to honour the Queen at that precise moment.
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.
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.