The East Riding Safeguarding Children Partnership (ERSCP) oversees and co-ordinates all of the work undertaken within the East Riding to keep children safe. It is a partnership between the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Humberside Police and the East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group working alongside other relevant agencies. Read more about the ERSCP. Please click to view the December 2022 ERSCP Newsletter which contains information about a new collaborative project with Barnardo’s charity to address Child Exploitation and key sources of support for families this winter.

In response to the cost of living crisis, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has recently launched a corporate campaign to draw all available help, advice and support together into one easily-accessible package for residents. ‘Help for Households’ is now gathering pace and you will soon see a comprehensive programme of communication activity running across the whole of the East Riding with a particular emphasis on the areas, groups and individuals most in need of help. The help, advice and support offered includes: a wide range of council support available to residents government support support provided by others including local charities, community

Yorkshire Flood Resilience are holding a number of free sessions next week designed for community groups that want to understand how they can prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies, including Climate Adaptation and flooding.  Please follow this link to register for these events (link will take you to Yorkshire Flood Resilience website): https://bit.ly/3dZptcT

We have received the following communication from National Highways regarding proposed roadworks on the A63: Advance notice of roadworks – A63 We’re getting in touch to let you know we’ll soon be carrying out essential maintenance work on the A63 between North Cave and South Cave, in both directions (but not at the same time), completing this work will mean smoother and safer journeys for customers. We plan to start work on Monday 14 November and aim to complete in December. We’ll be working overnight between 8pm and 6am, Monday to Friday. We cannot complete this work in harsh weather;

Please see the following message we have received from EYRC regarding cold callers. Please pass this on to friends and neighbours: East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Trading Standards Services as received reports of Nottingham Knockers cold calling in East Riding villages. You may know this group as ‘duster sellers’. They are normally young males carrying large bags full of cleaning products which they offer for sale door-to-door.  This approach is believed to have started in the Nottingham area,  hence the term ‘Nottingham Knockers’. Unfortunately, as well as selling everyday items at inflated prices, they may also be looking for suitable targets

The meeting organised by EYRC on the 8th September to discuss the traffic calming measures for Blanshards Lane and Lower Church Street has now been cancelled. EYRC have not given us a reason for this cancellation. We’ll let you know as soon as it has been rearranged.