Monthly Archives: October 2009

Clocks go back 1 hour – Report broken street lights in Hedon!

Posted on October 23, 2009 by | Leave a comment

clock 2amDON’T FORGET!! The clocks go back by one hour at 2am on Sunday 25th October 2009!

NOTE: The prospect of shorter daylight hours and long winter nights can make more people worry about crime and personal safety.

Many will return home from work, school, shopping in darkness and may feel more vulnerable, especially those people who live alone.

So if you see a street light that is not working then do us all a favour and REPORT IT.

You can report it via the East Riding Council website online fault reporting or on Fix My Street.

Let the Hedon Blog know if you have any difficulty in getting faulty lights fixed in the town.

See other useful documents from the East Riding Council website.
See Report Street Lighting on this blog.

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East Riding Poppy Appeal Launched

Posted on October 22, 2009 by | Leave a comment

poppyThe Poppy Appeal in the East Riding was launched in Beverley today by the Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, the Hon. Mrs Susan Cunliffe-Lister and the Chairman of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Councillor Christopher Matthews.

For photos of the launch see over at HU17.net – It’s all about Beverley! Sharp eyes might spot Hedon Town Mayor Councillor Ann Suggit amongst the invited guests.

The Hedon Armistice Parade takes place on the 8th November 2009.

Image: Wikipedia

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The Hedon Police Report

Posted on October 22, 2009 by | Leave a comment
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The Hedon Blog has been keen to feature reports from the Humberside Police website.

Now we’ve gone a step better as the local police team has submitted this introduction to the services they provide:

The South and Mid Holderness Neighbourhood Policing Team is led by Inspector Woodhead, who is supported by Sergeant Towse.

The South West Holderness Ward area is part of the dedicated Neighbourhood Policing Team. The team are based at the Hedon Police Station and forms part of the larger South and Mid Holderness Neighbourhood Team.

The area is covered by the Neighbourhood Police Officer, Pc Pyle and Police Community Support Officers Adds, Foster and Wilcock. They are also supported by dedicated Incident Response Staff and a number of Special Constables.

The Neighbourhood Policing Team for the South and Mid Holderness area are committed to providing highly visible and effective community policing for their area.

This involves active engagement with elected members, community groups and partners to ensure that issues are highlighted and addressed with a view to permanent solutions being sought.
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A Dickens of a Christmas at St Augustine’s Church Hedon

Posted on October 21, 2009 by | Leave a comment

St Augustines Stained GlassSt Augustines Tower2Christmas comes early to St Augustine’s Church on Saturday 14th November 2009 with the staging of a Dickensian Christmas Market complete with atmospheric Christmas music and mince pies!

The event which takes place from 10am – 1pm will feature a variety of stalls selling books, home-made cakes, jewellery, clothing and craft items and also the ever popular Tombola. Refreshments – including the compulsory mince pies – will be on sale.

The winner of the Balloon Race, which started with the release of balloons from Haven Arms Car Park on Yorkshire Day 1st August, will be announced.

A special Christmas raffle will be held.

Hot Press! Kids – It has also been reported that Father Christmas will be making a special appearance!

If you have a community event to publicise then please complete the simple online form and we will do our best to promote this on the Hedon Blog.

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Talk About Local in Hedon #TAL09

Posted on October 20, 2009 by | Leave a comment
Conference 'Agenda'

Talk About Local 'Agenda'

The excellent Talk About Local “Un-conference” held in Stoke on October 3rd 2009 resulted in the following posting TAL – Part One on this blog.

Part Two has now been published. The Hedon Blogger has outlined his plans for building upon the work of this website to create a better online voice for the town.

His outline document is also featured over on his Social Media website. But any comments can also be posted here.

Will Perrin the founder of Talk About Local gave a very timely presentation today about Hyperlocal Websites and Public Information included as a slidehare below:

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder support group in East Yorkshire

Posted on October 20, 2009 by | Leave a comment

OCD Action logoIn a letter in the current edition of the Holderness Gazette Christopher W. Fox from Driffield offers to set up an OCD support group in the East Riding.

OCD is short for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and is the name given to a condition in which people experience repetitive, upsetting and even frightening thoughts or behaviours.

The obsessions are characterised by involuntary thoughts or impuses that people are unable to get rid of. These compel people to carry out an action to reduce the anxiety or stress they feel. People can have compulsions without having obsessional thoughts but, very often, these two occur together. Carrying out a compulsion reduces the person’s anxiety and makes the urge to perform the compulsion again stronger each time.

OCD is more common than people realise with up to two people in every hundred being a sufferer.

Christopher would like to hear from anyone who would like to join the group whether they suffer from OCD or knows a relative or friend who does. He would also like to hear from any venues in the region that would be willing to host meetings.

If you would like information on OCD then contact OCD Action.

For support and information on OCD or to leave a message for Christopher W. Fox then ring OCD Action on Tel: 0845 390 6232 or Tel: 020 7253 2664.

E-mail: support@ocdaction.org.uk

OCD Action has a Blog which reveals the realities of living with the condition and also has thriving Forum pages.

Source: Holderness Gazette

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New Vicar at St. Augustine Hedon?

Posted on October 18, 2009 by | Comments Off

St Augustines Tower2New Vicar at St. Augustine? – Sadly, No!

St. Augustine’s Church are keen to point out that rumours that the Church has a new vicar are unfounded.

New tenants have moved into the Vicarage but they are not connected to the Church and should not be contacted for anything to do with the Church.

Anyone wanting to book a Baptism, Wedding or Funeral should contact Church Warden Carol Gronous on 01482 – 896680.

Any other Church business or fundraising enquiries should go to Church Warden Wendy Bond on 01482 – 899772.

If you have a community event to publicise then please complete the simple online form and we will do our best to promote this on the Hedon Blog.

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Getting Your Street Fixed

Posted on October 17, 2009 by | Leave a comment

FixMyStreet snipGot a problem that needs fixing in your neighbourhood? Difficult to contact the council? Then use Fix My Street the graphical and easy way to register your problem.

Follow the numbers of cases reported in this area by looking at the left hand side-bar and scrolling down to Fix My Street.

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