Keyingham residents are being given a unique opportunity to have their say about how they’d like the old Board School to be used. “We have now confirmed that the building appears to be structurally sound” says Dominic Boynton, chair of the Keyingham Board School Action Committee.

I know its Christmas but I thought I would take the opportunity to let you know how things are getting on and perhaps give you something to ponder upon as an alternative to Turkey and TV repeats.

Following the open day lots of you were good enough to spontaneously write to English Heritage expressing your concerns about the state of the Tower and how important it was that the tower was saved. As I told you in my last letter EH were very surprised! But there is no doubt that as a result PHT crept up the agenda.

A replacement play area has been officially opened in Main Street, Thorngumbald, thanks to £30,000 of commuted sums funding from East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

The money, which came from M Ralph and Sons Ltd as part of a section 106 agreement for a local development in Main Street, has been spent on toddler equipment, including swings, balance beams, stepping stones, wobble board and multi-use play unit, as well as exercise equipment, including an inclined horizontal ladder, step bench, abs bench and shoulder press.

Enjoy a family treat for Christmas 2011 and join the much lauded BadappleTheatre for their latest 'theatre on your doorstep' production. Writer Kate Bramley (Back to the Land Girls) and her itinerant band of actors put their classic Yorkshire comedy slant on the Dickens’ Christmas story. Have a good chuckle while the blustering, skin-flint farmer Ebeneezer Scrooge gets his comeuppance and is forced to see the error of his penny pinching ways.

The nationally award winning East Riding and North Yorkshire Waterways Partnership held its Annual Conference on 17th November 2011 at Bishop Burton College.

Entitled ‘Better Together? Developing a Successful Waterways Partnership’, the day included lively discussion around the benefits, challenges and pitfalls of successful waterways partnership working locally, regionally and nationally.

From Monday, 5 to Friday, 7 December, it is the Empty Homes Agency’s ‘National Week of Action on Empty Homes’ which aims to identify and raise awareness of the problems with empty homes.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has an empty homes team which is pro-active in tackling the problem of empty homes in the area and will be active on the streets of Withernsea during the week of action.

The Older People’s Charter Groups (OPCG) meet every month to review health and social care services in the East Riding. One of the major concerns of the groups is the effect cuts are having on services and in particular vulnerable groups. At a recent meeting of the Beverley group the members the group were pleased to hear about the work of the Sensory Impairment Team. Marie Brigham, a member of the team, advised the meeting of the support the team can provide to those with hearing and vision problems at no cost.

AGE UK East Riding will be at the Aldi store in Withernsea on Thursday November 17, with information about the charity’s services and how local residents can help.

The charity is appealing for volunteers to help with its Good Neighbour Scheme, which provides a vital befriending service for older people throughout the East Riding.

Latchers is a breastfeeding peer supporter group. The aim of the group is to provide education, support & encouragement to mothers who chose to breastfeed their baby.
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