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August Chair Letter – Safety, Events and Community News

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Dear Parishioners of Bubwith, Breighton and Willitoft

 

I wish you all well as we enter the school summer holidays season.  It’s all hands-on deck to entertain and safeguard our younger parishioners and grandchildren imported into the parish for some intensive grandparenting during this 6 week period.  

 

Regarding safeguarding, you may have noticed the recent influx of electric scooters and quad bikes locally.  Of course they are great fun and magnets for children and young people who can’t wait to get motorised. But did you know that whilst being fine on private land with the landowner’s permission e-scooters are illegal on public roads, pavements, cycle lanes and other public areas. Quad bikes have age and usage restrictions even on private land and on public roads, riders must be over seventeen and hold a full car or motorcycle license (apparently not a well-known facts). 

 

As a reward for getting to the end of the summer holiday the  Bubwith Big Bash III will be held at the Leisure Centre on Sunday 31st August 11am to 3pm this will include an array of entertainment including some fairground attractions, bungee trampolines, circus performer a variety of stalls from local groups and the Church Café will be selling food and beverages in addition to the bar being open.  To cap the day off the Tennis Club will be holding a BBQ from 4pm onwards.  There will be something for everyone to enjoy so please put the date in your diary and come along.

 

Just a reminder that together with East Riding Council we are about to pilot a Walking for Health group on Friday each week commencing on the 1st August. Registration will be at 9.45am for a 10am start.  If you need more information please contact of   Just take your first step to becoming a social walker by joining us on the 1st.

I have been approached again about nuisance dogs in the parish.  As a Parish Council we have little power to act so I thought it might be helpful to remind you of the Dog Warden service again.  This East Riding Council Officer has numbers of powers to deal with stray dogs and dog fouling amongst other things. The contact number for the dog warden is (01482) 393939 or email: to be effective it relies on individuals reporting concerns.

There are two Parish Council matters that I need to update you on; 

The boat moored on the river Derwent between the water treatment works and the bottom of Dingle Dell continues to be high on the agenda as a concern to local people.  We will not let the matter drop and are in regular communication with relevant officers at ERYC and other agencies.

The environmental concerns regarding tyres historically dumped adjacent to the Public Right of Way near Breighton Industrial Estate – with the assistance of Sir David Davis we now have a reassuring reply from the Environment Agency:

“With regard to the environmental risk, I can confirm that tyres are very slow to degrade under natural conditions. The vulcanisation process to which the rubber is subjected during manufacture of the tyres provides for a very stable product – which hinders the processing of end-of life tyres. Scrap tyres have historically been used to create basal drainage layers in landfill sites and baled tyres have been trialled in flood-defence works and in establishing marine environments. Whilst not pursued at scale, those trials were undertaken supported by evidence of the long-term stability of the tyres. I hope that this would give some reassurance to Bubwith Parish Council of the low pollution risk associated with scrap tyres
I appreciate that the tyres are unsightly and a potential blight on that location but in summary the risk to the environment is very low.”​​​​​

We have now put this matter to bed as we believe we have exhausted all avenues of our enquiry. 

Finally, if you have observed volunteers out along the riverbank beating down or pulling up Himalayan Balsam you may be interested to hear that this is Natural England initiative to prevent our riverbanks being overtaken by this invasive species.  Sadly if left to its own devices it will choke out our natural vegetation.  If you are interested in getting involved please contact Louise Smith at the Jug & Bottle who will be happy to have more volunteers.  

I hope you have a lovely summer and thank you for your kind attention.  

Best wishes.

Sandra Hills

Chair of Bubwith Parish Council   (mob: 07748965779)

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July Chair Letter – Youth Club, Dog Warden & The Big Bash

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Dear Parishioners of Bubwith, Breighton and Willitoft

I hope you are well. I’ll bet you are glad I’m not one of those people who mention how the nights are ‘fair drawing in’ once the 21st June has passed. After all, there is a good chunk of summer, and the school summer holidays ahead of us!

Perhaps the summer holidays are a good place to start this month as there is currently a working collaborative between the Parish Council, Leisure Centre and Youth Club to see if we can organise a couple of sessions at the Leisure Centre
in August using Reel Creative https://www.reelcreative.org. This not-for-profit charity ran a session for Quick Line earlier this year and it was well received by young people in the village. Fingers crossed as we seek funding. We will confirm
as soon as possible with details of how to secure a place. I’m sure parents are already getting arrangements in place for their children’s summer activities.

Regarding the Youth Club, I’d like to remind people that its success is reliant on volunteers as well as paid staff. There have been a number of pleas in the Bugle and on Social Media seeking volunteers to support Youth Club sessions. The
number of children permitted to attend is linked to the number of adults present. Sadly, if we do not get that balance right there may be occasions when children may be turned away, clearly this is not a situation anyone wants. Please consider being a volunteer for at least one session per term, you will be greatly appreciated and as bonus your children get free entry for that session.

Another venture we are planning in collaboration with East Riding is for adults. We are about to pilot a Walking for Health group on Friday each week, commencing on the 1 st August. Please see the advert later in the Bugle.

As a dog lover and owner myself it saddens me greatly to hear of some of the negative stories of dogs in our Parish. There have been reports of an unattended dog wandering on Breighton Road and of further incidents of dog poo immediately outside people’s homes. I urge dog owners to be considerate by keeping their dog under control and cleaning up after them. For the none dog owners who are becoming increasingly exasperated with the impact of dogs on their lives, if you have concerns about problems please contact the Dog Warden.

The Dog Warden is the East Riding Council Officer who has numbers of powers to deal with stray dogs and dog fouling amongst other things. The contact number for the dog warden is (01482) 393939.

Some of the signage at the Leisure Centre has recently gone walk about resulting in people being unaware that dogs are not allowed at the Leisure Centre or on the Playing Field. We would very much appreciate people complying
with this rule, thank you.

The Parish Council have asked me to update people of the issue of the boat being moored on the river Derwent between the water treatment works and the bottom of Dingle Dell. This has caused people significant concern and the Parish
Council have received many contacts to raise concerns. It has been a significant focus for the Parish Council for some time and we are determined not to let this problem go unanswered. Unfortunately, it is not an issue that can be dealt with
quickly and simply but I would like to reassure people that we are making some headway and we will not let the matter drop.

Finally, the Gin Festival! What a superb evening event. It was lovely to see so many people with their glad rags on, tasting the delights of some delicious gins, tucking into some Caribbean Cuisine and dancing to the great home-grown Surplus to Requirements Band. If ever there was a moment to be a volunteer at the Leisure Centre, this was it. A big thank you to all who volunteered, sold tickets, played music, ran the bar and most importantly those who turned up and socialised.

If you’d like to be part of the Social Team to plan and run events at the Leisure Centre please do get in touch, we can tailor your availability to our requirements no matter how large or how small!

Our next major event will be the Bubwith Big Bash planned for Sunday 31 st August is grant-aided by East Riding Yorkshire Council from the ‘Doing it for East Yorkshire’ fund. If you are interested in getting involved in the organisation of the event, running a stall, being a helping hand on the day to set up and clear up, or you would like to offer up a raffle prize please do get in touch. I look forward to another great local event, particularly this year as the Church Café are doing the catering, there will be entertainment for the children and the bar will be open!

Any funds raise from the event will go to local amenities so please hold the date in your diary and come along and have a great time.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Best wishes.

Sandra Hills Chair of Bubwith Parish Council (mob: 07748965779)
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August Chair Letter : Bubwith Bash & Leisure Centre Volunteers

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Dear Parishioners of Bubwith & Breighton

 

Sadly I’m against the clock today as my family will be descending on me this weekend and I’m ill prepared.  However, I have long enough to mention events that have been and some that are coming up.

 

The Big Bash, what can I say! A truly wonderful day with lots of people volunteering and assisting to setup and clear up, lend their prized marquees for shade, run the bar, man stalls, sort the bins and flog raffle tickets.  The sense of community was palpable and if my emotional quotient radar was working correctly, people were having an enjoyable time.  Thank you to all who contributed their time and also to those who brought their families along and took part, there would be no Bash without you all.  

 

My particular thanks to all those generous people who donated raffle prizes and bought raffle tickets (despite my over zealous sales pitch at the queue for the bar), we generated £310 for community projects with a focus on our local children.

 

Last month I spoke about exploring the parish becoming a Community Energy Co-operative and our aims to reduce energy costs and carbon through local energy generation. We made a start at our first meeting and have decided to push ahead a bit further.  We meet again at 7pm on Wednesday 7th September at the Leisure Centre. If we are to stand a chance of success we will need to demonstrate community buy in, so if you are at all interested please come along. 

Contact: or  

 

Finally, there was recently a post box drop to all houses on behalf of Bubwith Leisure and Sports Centre (BLSC) seeking volunteers and influencers to get involved.  I’m pleased to say some people will be coming along to the next Committee meeting.  We’d love there to be more so please feel free to get in touch to find out what it entails.  Mob: 07748965779.  In September a meeting is being planned to discuss how we get a new children’s play park, I have contact details for some interested  parents/grandparents but would welcome more.  

 

On that note, sorry but I must dash, a dirty bathroom is calling and I have a rendezvous with some apples and pastry. Enjoy the remainder of August.

 

Best wishes

 

Sandra Hills

Chair of Bubwith Parish Council   

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Memorial Cricket Match and the Bubwith Summer Bash.

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What a month August was and what a magnificent turnout in the village for the Memorial Cricket Match and the Bubwith Summer Bash.

The generosity of sponsors and raffle ticket purchasers at the Memorial Match raised approx. £2,000 to be split between the Air Ambulance and cricket club. A very fitting tribute to Simon Houlder who I’m sure would have been delighted. Despite the earlier rain it turned out to be a lovely day enjoyed by many. A big thank you to sponsors, Claire and her team from the White Swan and the Leisure Centre volunteers who manned the bar and collected bottles and glasses.

Bubwith Summer Bash, what can I say! The purpose of the event was to get people back out into the community after the stress and strain of ‘Covid Lock Down’ and to overcome some of the natural reticence they might have about socialising again. It certainly did, with an estimated attendance of over 400 people!

No sooner had East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) announced the scheme, than a Parish Council Sub Committee was pulled together and we were off!

The event was subsidized by a grant secured from East Yorkshire Council and the shortfall was met from the generosity of sponsors of raffle prizes and raffle ticket sales. My personal thanks go to the raffle prize sponsors who gave generously and with personal effort, from fruit and grocery baskets with vouchers from the Jug and Bottle to day-old hand-picked potatoes from a local farmer and a range of goodies suitable for all ages.

We were extremely lucky with the membership of our sub-committee (drawn from Parish Councillors and Leisure Centre Trustees) whose enthusiasm, creativity and energy carried the event forward. We were also very fortunate with our team of volunteers who assisted to set up the day, run the event and then clear away afterwards. I would like to thank each and every one of them for their tireless work, and at the behest of the Parish Council (many of whom were volunteers), I would like to single out Vicky Baines for a special mention. Vicky was inspirational with her organizing and hard work (who knew she had the contact details of a Reptile House, Face Painter, etc. in her address book!). Of course, Vicky may now come to regret this success, as I believe there are already requests to make this an annual event!

 

 

 

This is taken from the Bubwith Bugle newsletter.
Sandra Hills
Chair of Bubwith Parish Council