In celebration of the NHS’ 75th anniversary, parkrun UK is collaborating with the NHS to encourage staff, volunteers, and local communities to participate.
In addition to recognising the NHS’s immense contribution to the health of the nation, the events will also recognise the dedicated individuals who have played a fundamental role in shaping the service.
On Saturday 1 July, NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) celebrated one year since its inception.
With significant progress made over the past year, the ICB is committed to creating healthier, happier communities.
In light of the unprecedented demand for health and care services, this winter, health and care leaders in Humber and North Yorkshire are reminding people how they can get the help they need.
As a result of the high number of people waiting for hospital services, local people are being encouraged to use all alternative health services, including NHS111 online and local pharmacies, and to watch out for the health of their loved ones.
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership is advising residents on how to stay healthy during winter.
The tickets for the 7th annual Stage4Beverley festival are already selling fast, with the opening night on Wednesday 15 February with Bob Harris in conversation with Martyn Joseph almost sold out.
In addition to internationally renowned musicians, the festival also features local and emerging talent, poets and comedians.
East Riding of Yorkshire health professionals wants to encourage patients to take care of themselves.
A number of GP practices and pharmacies in the East Riding of Yorkshire are encouraging patients to take part in Self-Care Week (14-20 November) and ‘exercise self-care for life’.
An East Yorkshire poultry rearing company is celebrating after one of its employees won a second national farming award.
Mel Jackson, Poultry and Farms Supervisor at Middleton on the Wolds-based Clive Soanes Broilers, won Farm Worker of the Year at the British Farming Awards last week.
This winter, the NHS urges people to get vaccinated against influenza and COVID-19 as soon as possible.
There is no doubt that vaccination is the best way to prevent serious illnesses and prevent overloading the local health and care system.
A partnership between rural internet champions Quickline Communications and telecoms infrastructure provider CellnexUK has enabled 53,000 homes and businesses to access lightning-fast broadband in its first year.
Quickline and Cellnex UK joined forces last year in order to install lightning-fast broadband equipment in isolated parts of the north of England, including remote communities in the North Yorkshire moors, using Cellnex UK’s towers and infrastructure.
Caroline Lacey, chief executive of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, has signed the ‘Charter for Employers Positive About Mental Health.
On Tuesday 4 October, the council became a Mindful Employer, joining over 1,300 other organizations, including the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB and Hull and East Yorkshire Mind.
Over 2000 people across Yorkshire have been supported by Yorkshire-based non-profit, Better Connect, to enter employment, training, or job seeking, over the last five years.
An employability programme with a difference, Action Towards Inclusion (ATI) helps those who are most excluded from the labour market.
The Yorkshire Wolds are one of Yorkshire and England’s most magical but least known landscapes – dry grassy valleys through undulating chalk hills, unspoiled villages, a dramatic coastline, and delightful market towns such as Beverley and Pocklington.
Barratt Developments Yorkshire East has announced Yorkshire Air Ambulance as its charity of the year for 2022.
The chosen charity, Yorkshire Air Ambulance, is an independent organisation that provides a lifesaving rapid response emergency service to five million people across communities in Yorkshire and relies on the generosity of individuals and organisations to ensure the service can continue.
The new Flat season is underway at Beverley, with racing now scheduled all the way through to September. One of the highlights is the Beverley Bullet Sprint Stakes in August, a Listed race over 5f.
If you are heading to Beverley racecourse this year, here are three trainers to look out for on the race card.
Rookie trainer Gemma Tutty is optimistic about claiming the first winner of her fledgling career when Little Jo runs at Beverley on Bank Holiday Monday.
Tutty is still waiting to get off the mark after taking over from her mother, Karen, at Trenholme House Farm in Northallerton.
Housebuilder, Barratt Developments Yorkshire East, chose Safe and Sound Homes (SASH) as its charity of the year for 2021 and raised £50,000.
The chosen charity, SASH, which operates across East and North Yorkshire, helps young people aged 16-25 who are facing homelessness.
This year’s Stage4Beverley festival is almost upon us and with restrictions being eased, and one event already sold out, it promises to be a week full of excellent performances and entertainment.
Leading artists from around the country will be arriving in Beverley to bring their music, song, poems and more to venues around the town.
As winter has finally reached us, we have something to cheer us up and to look forward to in those long, cold and dark winter nights.
Beverley’s Winter music festival, Stage4Beverley, is back again next February ( 13th – 20th ) after a year’s break due to COVID. Chris Wade, the programmer for the festival said “ the festival has felt so long in coming that we all now feel the need to get out and hear live music and entertainment. S4B is the perfect answer.”