GREEN Hammerton company Badapple Theatre will return to live performances with Tales From The Great Wood. This is a new short play for children and grandparents and everyone else to enjoy together that can be performed indoor or outdoor, says writer-director Kate Bramley, founder of the theatre-on-your-doorstep proponents, as she introduces her interactive storytelling eco-adventure. Listen! Can you hear the whispering in the trees? The Great Wood is full of stories. It s a hot summer s day, perfect for basking in the sun, but instead of resting, Hetty the hare is investigating because someone is missing. As she unravels a tall tale that stretches from end to end of The Great Wood, Hetty realises that every creature no matter how small can have a huge part to play in the world of the forest.
The Lord Mayor of York, Cllr Janet Looker, has teamed up with the Two Ridings Community Foundation THE Lord Mayor of York has teamed up with a local foundation to set up a new fund to benefit the local community. The Lord Mayor of York’s Fund, set up by Councillor Janet Looker and the Two Ridings Community Foundation, will award grants of up to £5,000. Both organisations and individuals can benefit from the grants, but they must fall within the two categories; children and young people and community arts. Lord Mayor of York said: “I look forward to working with Two Ridings Community Foundation to ensure that awards will be made where the need is greatest.”
The Two Ridings Community Foundation chief executive Jan Garrill.
Supported by the East Riding of Council’s Future Communities Initiative and funded by REW, the project will support the voluntary and community sector (VCS) across the area.
The scheme will ensure the sector will have good governance and succession planning in place in order to ensure they are aware of and compliant with legislative requirements, are able to plan effectively, increase their long-term sustainability and become more resilient.
A spokesman said: “ERVAS has a long history of partnership working to meet the needs of the community across the area and has delivered training and development work since its inception and is respected and trusted within the sector.
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Jan Garrill, Chief Executive of Two Riding Community Foundation, left, with Sam Leach of Spark York at the launch last year of the cashless Street Aid Initiative. Picture: Frank Dwyer I’D LIKE to pay tribute to the many people in our region who lead, work or volunteer in charities responding to the coronavirus pandemic. From the vantage of supporting many of them in York and North Yorkshire with cash grants from Two Ridings Community Foundation, I know how hard they have worked to support people since the first lockdown in March 2020 - keeping people fed, well, safe and connected.