If you have some time on their hands, you may be interested in this project to support volunteers in providing help at home. For more info, please contact Kathy Peacock at [email protected] or phone 07503800094 or through Facebook https://www.facebook.com/communitycatalystsryedale
If you are looking for support, this website may be of interest: https://www.smallgoodstuff.co.uk/north-yorkshire/
Please note that the Slingsby Support Group is still active and available to help folk in Slingsby.
Wath Court Fabrics are looking for a Sales Consultant to fill a permanent role working Saturdays from 10am to 4pm. Full details above. To apply, please email [email protected]
North Yorkshire’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner is asking for people to get involved in her next monthly public accountability meeting, live from 1330 Tuesday 28 July. Members of the public are invited to send in their comments before or during the online session.
The meeting on Tuesday 28 July, will start at 1.30pm and will focus on:
As well as watching the live broadcast, the public are also invited to ask their questions, relevant to the discussion, during the meetings via Twitter by including #NYscrutiny in their tweets.
Commenting on the public meetings, Julia said:
“These meetings give members of the public and staff the opportunity to understand the performance of both services and hear what they are doing to keep us safe and feeling safe.
“I encourage everyone to join in and watch, and if you have a question, please ask it.”
The agenda, along with presentations and reports are available on the Commissioner’s website here: https://bit.ly/PAM28July
To ask a question on this month’s hot topic:
To watch the live broadcast
Sent by:
The Office of the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner
12 Granby Road, Harrogate HG1 4ST
Tel: 01423 569 562
Email: [email protected]
If you thought the Ryedale Festival was too classical, exclusive or serious for you, have a listen to the extraordinary Abel Selaocoe, who grew up in a township near Soweto. His singing and cello playing was live-streamed on Thursday from Helmsley church. He mashes up Bach and African songs to stunning effect.
All the Ryestream free-to-view music can be found here: https://ryedalefestival.com/ryestream/
The Yorkshire Arboretum reopened its café on Friday 17th July. The Arboretum Café is now open 11am-4pm every Friday, Saturday and Sunday with a revised menu and processes in place to maintain cleanliness and social distancing. The National Tourism Organisations of Great Britain & Ireland have granted the arboretum the ‘We’re Good to Go’ COVID-19 Industry Standard mark. The mark recognises the arboretum’s adherence to government and industry COVID-19 guidelines and comprehensive risk assessment – a one-way flow system is in place with clear, easy-to-follow signposting. Hand sanitiser stations are in place at the arboretum entrance, in the Visitor Centre and at the café counter.
The Arboretum’s July newsletter is HERE
John Hatfield is all set for his sponsored skydive on 1st August, in aid of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, and he would welcome your support. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/John-Hatfield4
John writes: “Not many people can celebrate their 65th birthday and have a 21st in the same year! I will be 65 in July and will reach my 21st year in Slingsby in the same month. So I was trying to think of something special to mark the occasion and had a few crazy ideas but had nothing planned.
Late last year my niece was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). She is the third person I had heard of with this disease after my partner’s niece and a friend’s wife. Anyway, early this year my niece’s husband died suddenly and I thought maybe I could help in some way by raising some money for MS.
I decided to try for a skydive! I’ve never done anything like this before, but if I can help raise a bit of money for MS I will. I was originally given the opportunity on 30th May at Bridlington but this was postponed as all airfields were closed due to Covid-19. I am now expecting to jump on the 1st August.
If anyone would like to sponsor me I have sponsor forms at home or there’s a ‘Justgiving’ page on Facebook. Look for The Big Leap 2020 in my name John Hatfield. Or go to: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/John-Hatfield4 Alternatively, you can phone me on 01653 628701. Thank you in anticipation.”
