Recruitment Events Taking Place Across The East Riding

Celebrate The Festive Season With East Riding Leisure
November 26, 2021

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is hosting a number of recruitment events across the region showcasing the exciting opportunities on offer.

The events are hosted by various teams across the council, including people services, adult social care, leisure and adult learning and employability.

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Young Dreamers Dream Big For Children’s Cancer Charity Candlelighters

Young Dreamers Dream Big For Children’s Cancer Charity Candlelighters
November 16, 2021

Over 45 years, Yorkshire children’s cancer charity Candlelighters has continually evolved to provide superb support for children and their families, spanning emotional, practical and financial support, and investment in vital childhood cancer research.

Candlelighters strives to embed the needs and wants of the children at a strategic level, ensuring its support is the best it possibly can be and that donations generously received from the public are always well spent.

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Yorkshire Chef Relocates Lockdown Inspired Frozen Food Business To Wolds Market Town

Yorkshire Chef Relocates Lockdown Inspired Frozen Food Business To Wolds Market Town
November 8, 2021

An East Yorkshire chef who was inspired to create frozen restaurant-quality meals during lockdown has set up a professional kitchen in Pocklington.

Ali Bilton, who grew up in East Yorkshire, but travelled the world cooking for private clients in a career spanning over 30 years, launched a range of chef-prepared dishes for people to enjoy at home during the first lockdown in May 2020.

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Festival Of Words – Back With Live Children’s Events For 2021

Festival Of Words – Back With Live Children’s Events For 2021
October 11, 2021

East Riding Libraries are delighted to announce a varied and exciting programme for their literature festival, The East Riding Festival of Words, which will be back with live events this autumn.

Puppets Plays and Storydays are back again with another entertaining puppet storytelling, this time of ‘Three little fish and the big bad shark’ by Ken Geist.

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Free Compost Giveaways Return This Month

Free Compost Giveaways Return This Month
September 13, 2021

The free compost giveaways run by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council are returning this month.

Eight giveaway events will be held across the area between Saturday 18 September and Friday 1 October, where around 5,000 bags of compost will be handed out for free to local residents.

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Switch And Fix Your Energy Tariff With YORSwitch

Switch And Fix Your Energy Tariff With YORSwitch
August 29, 2021

Registration for the latest YORSwitch round is now open, and residents across the East Riding are being encouraged to switch and fix their energy tariffs.

Since YORSwitch began in 2013, the East Riding of Yorkshire Council scheme has helped more than 36,000 households switch their energy tariffs, with savings of over £7.6 million for East Riding residents. 

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Mezzo-Soprano To Play Maria As Charity Brings Hidden Chapel Alive With The Sound Of Music

Mezzo Soprano To Play Maria As Charity Brings Hidden Chapel Alive With The Sound Of Music
August 19, 2021

An international opera singer is heading home to East Yorkshire to perform for a life-saving charity in an exclusive, hidden gem of a venue.

Mezzo soprano Katy Marriott, who has returned to Beverley following a career singing across Europe, will be joined by the Wedding Belles choir presenting songs from The Sound of Music at The Chapel of Saint Mary and Everilda at Everingham Park.

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Local Bus Drivers Star In New Video Aimed At Getting New Recruits

Local Bus Drivers Star In New Video Aimed At Getting New Recruits
July 16, 2021

Drivers from bus company East Yorkshire star in a new recruitment video, aimed at encouraging people to consider a career in bus driving.

The video shows bus drivers talking about their backgrounds, what they love about the job, and who they think would make a good bus driver – as well as addressing the issue of why bus drivers always wave at each other.

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