HEDON LIBRARY will be offering free Health Checks on Friday 24th February 2012 between 10am and 12 noon.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Sport and Play Development Service is inviting you to come along for a free blood pressure test, Body Mass Index results and advice on things you can start doing to improve your health and fitness.
For more information contact Adam Swann, rural community sports coach, on 07900 253 847 or email adam.swann@eastriding.gov.uk
Tagged Change 4 Life, East Riding Council, Events, health, health checks, Hedon, Hedon Library
YOUNG PEOPLE in Hedon and across South Holderness are being offered the opportunity to volunteer in their community and earn valuable UCAS points during the summer holidays.
The National Citizen Service (NSC), which ran last summer with young people in Bridlington and Beverley, is now being extended this year to include Year 11 students in Haltemprice and South Holderness as well.
The NCS is run by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s youth support service and funded by young people’s charity, Catch 22. It offers a fun but challenging personal development programme. Participants also have the chance to take the ASDAN community volunteering qualification to gain 30 UCAS points.
Last year, groups took part in many fund-raising and community activities, including raising money for the RNLI and a community garden project. Their work was recognised with the groups picking up a national award at a prestigious ceremony in London attended by Princess Anne.
Katherine Stoney, volunteering officer at East Riding of Yorkshire Council youth support service, said:
“We are really pleased to be able to extend the opportunity to the Haltemprice and Holderness areas this year. Last year we were one of the few providers to offer the chance for participants to gain 30 valuable UCAS points, providing the young people complete the ASDAN community volunteering qualification and we will be offering the same this year. This really is a great opportunity for young people to make a difference to their community during their summer holidays.”
Anyone in this area who is interested in taking part in the scheme should contact:
Tracy Brice
Tel: 07990 518627
Email: tracy.brice@eastriding.gov.uk
Posted in Hedon, Holderness
Tagged ASDAN, Catch 22, East Riding Council, Hedon, Holderness, National Citizen Service
WASTE OFFICERS from East Riding of Yorkshire Council will be at Hedon Library from 9:30am on Wednesday 25th January 2012 to talk about 
recycling, composting and reducing waste – including guidance on what to put in the blue and brown bins.
The officers are also willing to give talks to community groups in the area, contact waste and recycling officer, Karen Woods karen.woods@eastriding.gov.uk.
In other Recycling News, the East Riding Council has reported that thousands of residents have signed up to a text reminder service which reminds them to put out their brown bins.
Tagged East Riding Council, Events, Hedon Library, Waste, waste recycling
Location of proposed Zebra crossing
A PLANNING NOTICE from the East Riding Council in St Augustine’s Gate indicates that a new Zebra Crossing is to be installed at St Augustine’s Gate between Hedon Library and Rhythm & Booze.
This will be the second road safety scheme installed on this stretch of road. The Souttergate road narrowing scheme implemented in December 2011 at the other end of Market Place has been criticised by many residents.
Posted in Council News, Hedon
Tagged East Riding Council, Hedon, road safety, St Augustine's Gate, Zebra Crossing
A FREE TEXT SERVICE that reminds residents to put out their brown bins for emptying is being launched on 12th December 2011.
To subscribe to the reminder service, text the code on the top left hand corner of your brown bin calendar, which will arrive through the post soon, to 07786 200416. Find out more on HU12 Online…
A RESILIENT COMMUNITY is one which can fend for itself in a state of emergency. The importance of this resilience was demonstrated in the floods of 2007 and again at this time last year when we were in the midst of the “Big Freeze”; in both cases some areas in Holderness were cut off and the traditional emergency services were stretched, so communities literally had to help themselves.
It is for such occasions that Parish and Town Councils have been encouraged by the East Riding Council (ERYC) to lead on the development of Community Emergency Plans.
The ERYC’s Corporate and Communities Overview and Scrutiny sub-committee has recently looked at the progress made and reports that only 40 councils (less than a quarter of all councils) have completed their emergency plan (including Burstwick, Preston and Thorngumbald). Hedon Town Council is one of the 35% of councils (also includes Paull) that are still to complete their plans.
“Community emergency plans usually identify a local emergency co-ordination team, a place for the team to work from during an emergency, a safe place for any evacuees to shelter, a list of the vulnerable people that might need additional support, and contact details for people with skills or resources that may be helpful during the response to an emergency.” Corporate and Communities sub committee (PDF) 8th Dec 2011
In the Big Freeze last year then there were many reports from Hedon of 
neighbours helping each other to dig cars out and clear snow from paths and roads. But residents complained that parts of the town had been without bus and delivery services for over a week, and persistent compacted snow and ice on roads and pavements has effectively trapped people – particularly the elderly – in their homes.
The Town Council did apply at the time of the Big Freeze for £1,000 special help from ERYC which was used to purchase 120 bags of rock salt/grit and a manual spreader. One of the town councillors even volunteered and took the spreader out.
It is good news to find out that Hedon Town Council is near to completion on its Community Emergency Plan. The good neighbourliness and community spirit that revealed itself last year was spontaneous and welcome, but could be much more effective if part of a wider coordinated town council-led measures in any state of emergency.
Hopefully, a Community Emergency Plan may never have to be implemented – but unfortunately we all have to be ready for such eventualities and need to know our role in any disaster or emergency situation!
UP TO 270 NEW JOBS are expected to be created when the new Hornsea TESCO opens in January 2012. Job applications have to be completed online – if you need help with this, then the Council’s Adult Education Department might be able to help…
See HU12 Online for more…
Posted in Holderness
Tagged Adult Education Service, East Riding Council, Hornsea, jobs, TESCO
Hedon Flood Tests - September 2010
WORK STARTS on Monday 14th November 2011 which aims to reduce the risk of flooding in Hedon.
The project, jointly funded by Yorkshire Water and East Riding Council, with support from Hedon Town Council, will see the installation of pump apparatus, including permanent buried pipe-work, valve gear and hard standing for temporary pumps to be situated, within the Greville Road Playing Fields on Inmans Estate.
During the floods of 2000 and 2007, drainage systems on Inmans were unable to discharge to the nearby Burstwick Drain due to high water levels in the drain and on both of these occasions it was necessary to deploy temporary pumps which were difficult to install and blocked residents’ access.
Gary Collins, flood project engineer at Yorkshire Water, said: “Tackling flooding is a major focus for us, with the company currently investing £120 
million to play our part in flood alleviation across the region. However, no one organisation can tackle the problem by itself, which is why we’re working alongside local councils and the Environment Agency, with this latest project in Hedon being a great example of this approach.”
Councillor Chris Matthews, cabinet portfolio holder for highways and emergency planning at East Riding Council, and who also represents the authority on the Yorkshire Regional Flood Defence Committee, said: “The council takes flood risk very seriously and has invested millions in more than 100 projects to help reduce the flood risk to many homes across the East Riding. Historically, flooding in Hedon has largely been down to the drainage system being unable to cope with high volumes of water. The works now being undertaken by the council and Yorkshire Water will allow for a faster deployment of pumps should they be required in the future.”
Work to alleviate flood risks on Inmans have been the subject of some debate in the town and on the Hedon Blog.
Posted in Hedon
Tagged East Riding Council, flood defences, flooding, Hedon, Hedon Town Council, Inmans Hedon, Yorkshire Water
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