Endangered lemurs have received a vital funding boost from the Yorkshire Wildlife Park Foundation.
The charity has made a substantial grant to help save the species from extinction and empower local communities to protect them.
A Hull enterprise leader has been presented with a prestigious award in the House of Lords.
Charles Cracknell, Hull City Council’s youth enterprise manager, has been named Enterprise Champion at the annual SFEDI & IOEE Celebrating Enterprise Awards.
Five-star housebuilder Barratt Homes Yorkshire East recently invited 20 students from Cottingham High School to learn about the importance of protecting and preserving wildlife in the community, this autumn.
As part of the activity, the housebuilder took the students on a tour of its Gold Standard RSPB wildlife-friendly garden at the nearby Poppy Fields development in Cottingham.
Keeping children entertained over the school holidays can be difficult – but families in East Yorkshire can let their children aged 10 and over have a go at driving a real car this half term holiday, thanks to a scheme which aims to create a safer next generation of drivers.
Young Driver, the UK’s largest provider of pre-17 driving tuition, will be running an event on Tuesday 29th October at the Defence School of Transport at Leconfield, offering those aged 10-17 the opportunity to learn how to drive.
As part of a Libraries Week that celebrates the role of libraries in a digital world (Monday, 7 October to Saturday, 12 October) and Get Online Week (Monday, 14 October to Sunday, 20 October), East Riding Libraries are inviting players to a game of bingo.
The online bingo card has links to a wide variety of library and council digital resources, as well as some informative and fun things to do online.
Regional accountancy practice Forrester Boyd are delighted to announce the appointment of Carrie Jensen as partner to be based at the firm’s Grimsby branch.
The move takes the total number of partners at the firm to 10 as the practice continues to expand in the Lincolnshire and the Humber region.
Businesses are being given the chance to have their say on what students should be taught, to help produce a skilled workforce that will benefit the regional economy.
Bishop Burton College is seeking the views of businesses spanning many different sectors as part of a major review of its curriculum.
Families who have children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) are being asked for their views on specialist education provision in the city.
A draft SEND sufficiency strategy and action plan has been published and families, carers and professionals who work with children with SEND are being asked to complete a survey about the proposed plans.
The British Council, in collaboration with Absolutely Cultured, is launching an international mobility bursary for Hull-based emerging cultural leaders.
The funding will see £12,500 distributed as individual bursaries of up to £1,000 which are available to enable an international opportunity that will support professional development for emerging cultural leaders working in arts, education and civil society (including third sector, charities and community-based organisations).
Beverley’s First Gentle Festival is lining up to bring something special to the town.
Taking place from Friday 4th to Sunday 6 October 2019 and organised by Music Living, a not-for-profit organisation, the event will be a wholly inclusive community event to which absolutely everyone is welcome.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is reminding residents and visitors that the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will close on Saturday, 14 September. The exhibition is open every day – including Sundays – until then.
On loan from the Natural History Museum in London, the exhibition features 100 awe-inspiring images, from fascinating animal behaviour to breathtaking wild landscapes.
Jacob’s Well is, for the first time, sending a coach overseas, in a change from its normal business of sending aid for hospitals, schools or disaster victims.
The coach, generously donated by Acklams coaches in Beverley, is en route to Burkina Faso in West Africa.
A new Beverley-based festival is seeking young musicians who would like to take part in what promises to be a very special event.
The First Beverley Gentle Festival is being organised by Music Living, a local not-for-profit organisation, and follows their successful Gentle Concerts held In 2018.
One of the first artworks gifted to Hull by Thomas Ferens has won a prestigious award that will allow it to be preserved and displayed for future generations.
The Night School (1892) by Edgar Bundy (1862-1922) was first displayed in the Hull Autumn Exhibition in 1907.
The 2019 Bridlington Seafood Festival will once again set taste buds tingling when it returns to the town on The Spa Promenade on the weekend of 15-16 June.
The two-day event, which runs from 10am-4pm both days, will offer seafood cookery demonstrations, free children’s entertainment, live music, educational sessions and, of course, a wide selection of food stalls, traders and exhibitors.
An ‘inspirational’ council officer has been made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her work with children and families across the East Riding.
Bridget Bennett, East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s service manager for early years and family support, has worked as a social worker in front line practice since 1977. She has worked in the East Riding since 1999, having previously managed a family centre in York.
Excitement is building in Beverley for the return of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.
This will be the third year that is has visited Beverley. The popular exhibition will be open to the public in the Treasure House from Saturday, 22 June to Saturday, 14 September.
There will be a chance to join East Riding Libraries and Customer Services on Planet Library this summer for an out-of-this-world adventure!
The Summer Reading Challenge, produced by the Reading Agency, returns to East Riding Libraries with the theme of ‘Space Chase’ inspired by the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing in 1969.