A free networking and information session for volunteers working with young people will be held on Tuesday, March 1 from 5.30pm at the Bridlington Community Hub on Marshall Avenue.
Council praised over food poverty action during Covid pandemic
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has been recognised for its dedication in supporting the development of the East Riding Food Poverty Alliance and the actions to tackle a rise in food poverty in the area during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tuesday, 27th April 2021, 11:00 am
The ERFPA recently presented the leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Cllr Richard Burton, with a certificate of recognition. Photo submitted
The East Riding Food Poverty Alliance (ERFPA) – a partnership of food banks and pantries – was set up in June 2020, after food banks witnessed an increase in residents requiring food vouchers since the start of the pandemic.
The A LOCAL artist and community group have brightened up a York footbridge as part of a wider project to tackle graffiti. Network Rail said graffiti was unpleasant but cleaning it cost millions of pounds and staff had had to paint over graffiti on Love Lane bridge over the East Coast Main Line multiple times. It had therefore commissioned East Riding Voluntary Action Services and artist Emma Garness to design and paint artwork for the bridge, which included mallard ducks to represent the nearby nature reserve, Hob Moor. Emma said painting the 40 metre footbridge had been a breath of fresh air.
St Nicks, Rawdon Avenue in York, has secured funding for a green mentor to work with young people. A NATURE reserve has received a cash boost to help encourage young people in York to become green influencers . St Nicks Centre for Nature and Green Living will receive £18,000 annually for the next two years from the Ernest Cook Trust educational charity to support the employment of a green mentor. The new post will enable children, aged 10 to 14, across the city to follow in Greta Thunberg’s footsteps and get involved in community social action projects. Freya Lovett, who will take on the green mentor role, will work with young people on projects to protect and enhance the local environment and tackle climate change.
Green Influencersâ fund to inspire young people in the Dales to follow in Greta Thunberg s footsteps
Rosie Russell-Cohen, who will take on the role of ‘green mentor’ for the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust.
She will work with young people, aged 10 to 14 year old, to influence what goes on in their communities with the hope they will make a r YOUNG people across the Dales will be inspired to follow in Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg’s footsteps thanks to funding from The Ernest Cook Trust national educational charity. The Clapham based Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT) has received funding to support the employment of a ‘Green Mentor’ who will be tasked with enabling young people to lead the way as ‘Green Influencers’ on social action projects in their communities across Craven and the Dales.