The second round of free compost giveaways will be held by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council in September.
Approximately 5,000 bags of compost will be given away for free between September 6 and 22 at nine giveaway events across the area.
May marks the return of East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s free compost giveaways.
The area will host eight giveaway events between Monday 9 May and Saturday 21 May, during which around 5,000 bags of compost will be distributed for free to local residents.
The High Sheriff in Nomination for the East Riding of Yorkshire and WISHH Trustee, Jacky Bowes, is organising a Midsummer Spectacular Charity Concert to be held at Driffield Showground on June 25th to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is looking to recruit new foster carers and supported lodgings providers, for children and young people, at a fostering event in Driffield next week.
Anyone interested in finding out more about becoming a foster family is invited to go along to an information event at Driffield Rugby Club, YO25 9DW (next to Driffield Show Ground), on Tuesday, 21 September, starting at 7pm, with refreshments available from 6.30pm.
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.
An East Yorkshire-based firm of Chartered Building Surveyors is helping to preserve village halls, for communities across the East Riding, to ensure these vital community hubs remain standing.
The team at Delaney Marling Partnership Limited (DMP) is working with members of the HWRA, formally known as Humber & Wolds Rural Community Council, which is an independent charity working to improve sustainability and vibrancy of rural communities in the Humber region.
Ring in the festive season and shop for a good cause at the 24th annual Southburn Christmas Fayre in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
This year’s Southburn Christmas Fayre is taking place on Tuesday 12th November at 10am-4pm at Driffield Showground.
A cycling scheme for Syrian refugees won a top national award for sustainable travel. The road safety team at ERYC and Refugee Council led the incentive that saw forty refugees take part.
Refugees from Syria who settled in the East Riding were given training in cycling skills and also road safety.
A Driffield woman has been presented with her prize after winning a recycling competition at Driffield Show.
Catherine Robson won a home composter after visiting East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s waste and recycling trailer at the event in July.
The East Riding of Yorkshire Model Show takes place this weekend with big crowds once again expected to attend the model spectacular at Driffield Showground.
Hosted by the local model club for the area, Bridlington & Wolds Scale Model Club, the show includes a range of displays, activities and also specialist stalls.
An avid Wargamer and collector, Nathan Long, who turned a hobby into a business is bringing ‘Ambush!’ a dedicated Wargames Show to the East Riding.
Nathan, who runs the store Mighty Lancer Games in Bridlington says after years of being a fan of Wargamer he felt the East Riding was missing out on having its own event.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s annual compost giveaways will be held over two weeks at 10 locations across the area, starting in Beverley on Saturday 12 May.
The council say they will be looking to give away Around 5,000 bags of compost free to residents in the East Riding next month.
Around 100 delegates have attended a major rural tourism event to help make connections and grow their businesses.
Held at the Rix Pavilion, at Driffield Showground, the event encouraged those attending to network with each other and with a wide range of organisations that share the same aim of increasing the number of visitors to the area and celebrate locally produced food and drink.
Residents are being asked to sign a pledge to Keep the East Riding Tidy as part of a campaign to reduce litter and fly-tipping.
The Tidy Pledge campaign has been launched by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s streetscene services in an effort to encourage residents to take more responsibility for their rubbish.
Places are still available for business and community representatives in Driffield and Pocklington to find out more about what they can do to make the most of the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire.
Hosted by Welcome to Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, the free roadshows will be taking placed at Driffield Showground on Wednesday, 15 February, from 10am-12.30pm, and at The KP Club, Kilnwick Percy, York, on Wednesday, 22 February, from3-5pm.
Building carer friendly communities was the theme of a multi-agency event which has taken place in the East Riding to mark Carers Rights Day.
Organised by the East Riding Carers Support Service, the full-day event which was held at Driffield Showground, gave organisations from across the area the opportunity to come together to explore and discuss the support and services available to the estimated 40,000 carers in the East Riding.
Photos from the Driffield Show where thousands of people enjoyed a day that celebrated the best of Agriculture, country sports, crafts and many other activities.
One local business says Driffield Show is an important day on the events calendar. As a provider of superfast internet, Quickline has recently launched a new service in Beverley