Category Archives: Community Focus

Eastrington Open Gardens

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The 2012 Eastrington Open Gardens Day will take place on Sunday 20 May.  The organisers are looking for up to 6 gardens of all shapes, sizes and descriptions whose owners would be willing to let the general public view them on the day of the event.

Your garden doesn’t need to be grand or super-tidy.  It could be your vegetable plots, relaxing patios, wildlife ponds, plant collections, formal beds, orchards, bee-friendly wildlife gardens and so on.

If your garden is unsuitable or unready for exhibition, you are very welcome to help run the event by making teas, sell programmes, marshall visitors, sell plants and offer advice to growers.

Eastrington Village Hall will be open throughout the day to sell programmes.  It is the H.Q. for plant and produce sales, parking, toilets and refreshments, but participating gardeners are welcome to do their own refreshments and plant sales if they prefer.

Admission to the event will be by programme and map; and all profits will be towards “Pretty Up Eastrington” projects.  Last year’s fundraising paid for the new village noticeboard, clearing the village pond and the purchase of a new waste bin.  Other projects include: construction of the village welcome signs; restocking the village green and part of the churchyard with perennial flowers and shrubs.

Contact Jane Irisa, Secretary of “Pretty Up Eastrington” by telephoning 07941 695893 or emailing pue@live.co.uk

 

Fund Raising Golf Competition

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SUE RYDER CARE (at Holme Hall, Holme-on-Spalding Moor) are holding their very first Golf Competition comprising of 18-holes, various teeing off times are available.

The event is on FRIDAY 27TH APRIL at Burstwick Country Golf which is one of the most upcoming golf courses in East Yorkshire.

The event is open to individuals and teams of up to 4.  It will comprise of breakfast and registration, followed by 18 holes at Burstwick Country Golf.

Prizes and Trophies will be presented for the winning team, hole in one, nearest the pin and the best dressed!  This will take place in the newly built function room at Burstwick Country Golf, along with raffles, auctions and other prizes.

During the day there will be opportunity to meet a P.G.A. professional who will be able to offer advice and tips to players.

Entry Fees:
For a limited time only prices are – £25.00 per person or £100.00 for a team of four players, including breakfast and green fees, but to take advantage of this offer you must register before the 30th March 2012.

It promises to be a wonderful day for everyone taking part, with the added bonus of having fun and winning prizes. All the money raised through this event will support health and social care charity Sue Ryder to provide end of life and long-term care to people living with complex care and support needs including cancer, dementia, Multiple Sclerosis and acquired brain injury.

For further information or to register please contact Jan Hornby on 01430 860460 or e-mail: jan.hornby@sueryder.org.uk

Assistant Volunteer Project Leader Required for Wold Wonders

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Assistant Volunteer project leader required, also workshop leaders for music and drama group.

“Wold Wonders” is a music and drama group for adults with learning difficulties and/or physical disabilities living in Pocklington, Market Weighton and the surrounding rural areas.  They meet every Wednesday at Pocklington Arts Centre.

The group enjoy various performance art based activities such as dance, song, improvisation which lead to rehearsals for shows which have included Dick Whittington and The Wizard of Oz and are performed before an audience at the Arts Centre. [They are currently working on Aladdin which will be performed on Wednesday 8 February 2012.]

They are looking for a project leader who will put on shows and people to run arts-based projects that will help the group members develop their performance skills.

This work is very rewarding for people with the skills and dedication to enable the development of the talents and self-reliance of this group of often marginalised people.

Contact:  Kate Burgess

Tel:       01759 303225

E-mail:    burgess.kate@gmail.com 

11 Jan 2012.

Forgotten Voices – Community Choir

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Interested in singing?  Aged 16-30 plus?

“Forgotten Voices” is a ten-week community singing project run by community musician, Sam Dunkley.

The choir will sing a mixture of popular music, show tunes, gospel, folk, and light classical repertoire.

Each session costs £5 and includes refreshments, lasts for 2 hours and will be held in the studio area of Pocklington Arts Centre on Tuesdays.

For further information and to register your interest, please e-mail:

info@pocklingtonartscentre.co.uk

or call in at the Arts Centre box office.

Tracker Packs

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Try the exciting NEW Yorkshire Wolds Way Tracker Packs. The packs, containing maps, games and challenges can be borrowed for one day FREE (with £10 deposit and proof of identity) from:

The Paper Shop, Market Weighton – for the Londesborough Parkland Ramble Tracker Pack (2 mile circular route) telephone 01430 872248 or email lionelmc@aol.com

Hull Tourist Information Centre – for the Welton Wildlife Corridor Tracker Pack (3 mile circular route) telephone 0844 811 2070 or email info@vhey.co.uk

Filey Tourist Information Centre – for the Filey Seaside Scamble Tracker Pack (4 mile circular route) telephone 01723 383636 or email tourismbureau@scarborough.gov.uk

Malton Tourist Information Centre – for the Wharram Percy History Detective Tracker Pack (4 mile circular route) telephone 01653 600048 or email maltontic@btconnect.com

Allow at least half a day to complete the walks.

Thinking About Cars

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A message from Sergeant Peter Rogers – Pocklington and Wolds Weighton Neighbourhood Policing Team

Over the last few weeks the number of recorded offences of theft from vehicles has risen across the county.  Some of this will be down to those visiting local places of interest leaving personal property on display in cars, or those out and about with their children simply leaving things there in the rush of keeping young ones entertained, but it is clear that the vehicle security message still isn’t getting through to everyone.

A walk down a busy residential street often reveals a variety of items on open display in cars – bags, games, mobiles and shopping and, in rare cases, there have even been electrical items and cameras on view!  Some people leave their Sat Nav still attached to the windscreen and occasionally items such as purses, handbags and wallets are left in cars!  If these things can be seen during a casual stroll, you can bet a potential thief would notice too.

The Police can do so much, and they’re determined through pro-active work being completed in relation to vehicle crime, to get those responsible.  But vehicle owners do need to meet them halfway here!  They can run initiatives, put out leaflets, regularly warn people to avoid leaving valuables in the car, patrol “hot spot” areas, and arrest offenders (as they have done recently), but if people don’t heed the advice to make sure that valuables are removed from vehicles, the potential for further offences being committed, and heartache and inconvenience caused to their owners, remains.

Think about your vehicle security:

  1. Do you have a Sat Nat? – If you do, take it out of the car at night or hide it from view (making sure that the obvious ring on the windscreen where it has been stuck is wiped off).
  2. Have you got shopping or other items in the car? – Put them out of view in the boot.
  3. Do you use a laptop or a mobile phone at work? – Don’t leave them in the car.
  4. Never leave purses, handbags or credit cards in your car.
  5. Always leave your vehicle secure and parked safely.
  6. Conside using a “There Are No Valuables in this Vehicle” cards, which are available at every Police Station.

A few minutes could stop you being the victim of an opportunist thief.

If you see anything suspicious call 0845 6060222 or call 999 if there’s a crime in progress.

The Holme Coffee Shop

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The Holme Coffee Shop is open during the mornings, from 9:30 to 1:30.

If you are looking to chill out, it’s the ideal place to relax and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, or even a light snack.

So whether you are passing through the village and need a break, or just feeling hungry, drop-in to the centre. It’s located off Holme High Street.

You can be sure of a warm welcome and a friendly atmosphere at the Holme Coffee Shop, it’s well worth a visit.

Drink Problems?

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A controversial issue to consider.  Recent press coverage has highlighted a vast increase in the number of teenagers coming into Accident and Emergency departments in the region for drink related matters and one of the most regular complaints that the Neighbourhood Policing Teams receive is in relation to young people drinking and causing annoyance.  It is very worrying.

It should be stressed that this problem relates to a minority of young people, but nonetheless the potential for something serious to happen can be considerable.

The questions that need to be asked are:

  • Parents, do you know where your children are and what they are doing?
  • If you don’t, why not?
  • Are you condoning them drinking to an extent where they are putting their health and personal safety at risk?
  • Do you care about the effect that this kind of behaviour has on the area where you live?

These questions might sound brutal, and to most parents they simply don’t apply.  Some remain aware of what their children are doing, (but do need to make themselves aware), and unfortunately there are a minority of parents who don’t appear to care about the effects of alcohol consumption on their children’s health or the knock on effect on the communities they live in.

It isn’t the job of the PCSOs or the police to act as “child minders” with drunken young people, but they often find that they are.  Over the years there have been situations where youngsters have been found so drunk that they’ve had to be taken home for their own safety, others where adult strangers have been buying drink for youngsters (which begs the question “what is their motivation in doing so?”), and others where drink has led to increased vulnerability or physical violence.  There are even circumstances where youngsters have been dropped off at locations by parents with alcohol and left to their own devices.

Our children are our future.  We treasure our kids above all else and want to see them safe and happy.  So why do we end up with situations like these?  Sanctions exist for those selling or supplying alcohol to those under 18 (usually a Penalty Notice for Disorder costing £80), but the parents need to take some responsibility too.

So the message to parents is:

“Think about where your kids are and what they are doing.”

And to young people who drink regularly:

“Think of your health, your safety and the long term effects both on you and those around you.”

Yorkshire Red Kites

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All birds, their eggs and young are protected by law at all times.

Protection

  • Red Kites have a special level of legal protection at all times.
  • It is an offence to intentionally kill or injure them; take or damage their eggs, or damage or destroy their nests whilst they are being built or in use.
  • During the breeding season it is an offence to “intentionally or recklessly” disturb adult or young kites at or near their nests.  They are extremely sensitive to human activity at this time and any such disturbance could cause desertion of eggs or young.
  • To attempt any of the above actions is an offence in itself, and is “punishable in like manner as for the said offence”.
  • Special penalties (fines of up to £5000 for each bird or egg involved and/or imprisonment for up to six months) could be imposed on a person convicted of any of these offencees.

For more information on this see the “Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.  Section 1(4) and (5), (as amended under Schedule 12(1) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000), Section 18 and Schedule 1″.

Monitoring

  • The progress of breeding Red Kites is monitored annually by people who are licensed and have the permission of the landowner to do so.
  • Similarly, licences may be issued for ringing the young birds.
  • The licensing system ensures that visits to breeding locations are controlled and co-ordinated, so as to avoid unnecessary disturbance.
  • Anyone searching for Red Kite nests without a licence, and disturbing the birds in the process, is liable to prosecution and a penalty as described above.

For more information on this see the “Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Section 16(1)(b) and (c)”.

Photography

  • The taking of photographs at or near the nests of Red Kites requires a licence from Natural England.
  • Anyone taking photographs in such a situation without a licence, and disturbing the birds in the process, is liable to prosecution and a penalty as described above.

For further information on this see the “Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Section 16(1)(h)”.

Further Information

  • The level of protection provided by the legislation referred to above also applies to the other species listed on Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
  • More information about the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 can be found at www.jncc.gov.uk or visit www.yorkshireredkites.net