East Riding of Yorkshire Council is currently engaging with consumers and retailers to work towards making our high streets safer in the run-up to winter.
The countdown has started for the hugely popular Walking East Yorkshire Festival 2020.
The festival, which will be delivered virtually for the first time in its history, will begin on Monday, 21 September with the launch of the brand new website.
The sights and sounds of Hull Fair can still be enjoyed this year thanks to a digital exhibition that launches this weekend.
The exhibition, Hull Fair, includes specially commissioned videos of the iconic and historic annual event, interviews with regular fairgoers explaining why the fair means so much to them, as well as pictures and objects that have been kindly submitted by the public.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has pledged his support for this year’s Great British September Clean, run by environmental charity, Keep Britain Tidy, together with East Riding of Yorkshire Council Ward Councillors for Beverley Rural, Minster and Woodmansey, South East Holderness, South West Holderness and Mid Holderness.
A new lobster hatchery and research laboratory has opened in Bridlington, with the aim of producing important research on fishing grounds off the East Riding coast.
The development of the Yorkshire Marine Research Centre, based on the South Pier overlooking the harbour, has been developed by the Holderness Fishing Industry Group in close association with the Holderness Coast Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG), which contributed 50% of the capital cost of the new facility, sourced from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.
Beverley Town Council is proud to support the fantastic work of a dedicated group of litter pickers called The Wombles of Beverley.
Founded by Ronald Keuning and Lance Spruce-Jarrett, they are a fantastic group of community-spirited residents are helping to keep the streets of Beverley clean.
Emergency funding is available to residents in the East Riding whose income has been reduced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Government has made a limited amount of money available to help people with essential items, such as food and essential living items and it can be used to pay utility bills and some travel costs.
Children and their parents are being encouraged to follow the latest advice about safe bus travel, as the new school year begins for many.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is encouraging families to prepare their travel routes in advance and make sure youngsters are aware of new precautions in place to keep everyone safe during the coronavirus pandemic.
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust and East Riding of Yorkshire Council are pleased to support and celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week which has been running for eight years in the USA is being celebrated for the third time in the UK in 2020, from August 25-31.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has announced that Skidby Mill will, unfortunately, be closed to visitors at weekends with immediate effect.
The Mill will remain open for visitors as normal on Mondays and Tuesdays (10.00am- 4.15pm – last admissions -Closed for lunch between 12.30pm -1.00pm).
Since the start of 2020, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has continued to invest in its schools’ estate with a capital programme in excess of £1.5 million. Using a combination of funding from the Department for Education and the council’s own reserves, this year has seen more than 70 schemes being delivered across the East Riding. The work includes larger schemes to replace school roofs and boilers that are beyond…
Thousands of students in the East Riding are receiving their GCSE results.
Exams could not take place this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic so students have been awarded teacher-assessed grades.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has taken delivery of its first electric-powered vehicles.
The four zero-emission Renault Kangoo vans have just been rolled out and are helping staff take much greener journeys as they go about their daily duties.
The Humber will be at the centre of a new study looking at how technology can support workforces to choose how and where they want to work in order to improve staff health and well-being as well as increasing efficiency and productivity in the delivery of services to the public.
Construction has started on a new roundabout on the A165 Scarborough Road in Bridlington, halfway between the junctions of Seathorne Road and Grindale Lane.
The work will also include improving the existing footway to create a combined cycle/footway between Scarborough Roundabout and the new roundabout
Groups and organisations to benefit in Stamford Bridge, Beverley, Driffield, Skirlaugh, Preston, Bridlington and Bubwith
Seven East Riding organisations have recently been awarded funding from East Riding of Yorkshire Council as part of commuted sums from local housing developments.
Since relaunching its Love Your High Street fund in April this year, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has helped more businesses, local town/parish councils and organisations.
This has been done by offering 100% grants of up to £10,000 (subject to meeting the eligibility criteria) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On the 22 September, prominent business and public sector leaders will come together virtually at the inaugural Humber Estuary Development Conference – one of the region’s largest business conferences of the year.