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Money and Advice Event at Hedon Co-op

East Yorkshire Citizens Advice Bureau – the CAB – is holding an advice and money event at Hedon’s Co-op store at New Road Hedon on Thursday 12th November. The event is an opportunity for people to go along and seek help about any financial concerns they have.

The event runs from 10am – 2:30pm and residents can call in at any time.

This is a special event for Hedon, normally the CAB can normally be contacted as below:

East Yorkshire Citizens Advice Bureau

5a Prospect Arcade

Bridlington

YO15 2AL

The CAB also has offices for appointments in Driffield and Withernsea.

The CAB operates an appointments system – please ring for an appointment or contact our Advice line to speak to an adviser.

Appointment Line: 01262 605644

Advice Line: 01482 393180

CitizenLink (videolink) appointments are available via village portals or at the Council’s Customer Service Centres

CitizenLink: 08457 887700 (or any ERYC Customer Service Centre).

The CAB can make a difference as this case study from its website confirms:

An 80 year old housebound client suffering from emphysema was turned down for Attendance Allowance. The bureau challenged the decision after obtaining evidence to support the claim and the decision was overturned. Attendance Allowance was awarded, increasing the client’s weekly income by almost £100.”

Blue wheelie bins – new council advice

CANS AND PLASTIC BOTTLES can now be mixed with paper in the East Riding Council’s blue wheelie bins according to a council update printed in the Holderness Advertiser last week.

Prior to this latest advice you had to put cans and plastic bottles into a plastic carrier bag first. Now residents are being asked to wash cans and bottles out and – after drying and the cans are crushed – they can be added straight to the blue bin. Obviously squashed cans take up far less room in the refuse lorries.

The Council’s Environmental portfolio holder Councillor Symon Fraser advised residents to wash and squash the cans and plastic: “When they are cleaned in washing up water, dried on the side and then squashed, there are no nasty liquids to contaminate the paper.”

The Council website at the time of writing has not yet been updated to reflect this new advice, however, the Blue Bins page is still a source of useful information.

To support this new message the Council is giving away free can crushers to three lucky residents. To be in with a chance of winning you need to e-mail sarah.white@eastriding.gov.uk by Thursday 26th November 2009.

Hedon Armistice Parade 2009

Here is a video from today’s Armistice Parade in Hedon organised by the Hedon and District Branch of the Royal British Legion. It’s a bit shaky but the Hedon Blog promises that future video productions will be better!

more about “Hedon Armistice Parade 2009“, posted with vodpod

Hedon Mayor Salute

Prize winning Chrysanthemums – and look at those leeks!

These were some of the prize winning flowers on show at the 61st exhibition organised by the Hedon and District Chrysanthemum Society yesterday.

The vegetable section was also impressive – just look at the size of the leeks and onions pictured here!

Do you know of any vegetables that are larger than these? Let the Hedon Blog know!

Hedon Blog JigsawPlanet Puzzle – Guy Fawkes

For your jigsaw puzzle this week – then head on over to Jigsaw Player.

The first ‘official’ Jigsaw Player puzzle is based on an image used in the Bonfire Night in Hedon article. The JigsawPlanet player has lots of new features for Hedon Blog puzzlers. Choose whether to see the image or not, or you can opt to see a ghost frame of the image to act as a template.

Click on the image below to play the Guy Fawkes puzzle on the new Jigsaw Player:

New Street Lights for Drapers Lane Hedon

New Lamp Posts

Council engineers have begun to install new street lights in Draper’s Lane, Hedon.

Councillor Steve Sloan in the Liberal Democrat Focus newsletter circulated recently stated:

It is good to know that the old concrete lamp posts are finally going to get replaced. This is part of an ongoing programme. If you think that your street lighting needs improving please let us know”

Councillor Sloan can be contacted online via WriteToThem.

The new street lights programme obviously explains the lack of council action on current concerns about faulty street lighting in the area!

Planning Application for off-shore wind farm cable network and sub-station

GRAHAM STUART, MP for Beverley and Holderness, is encouraging people who live in the Hedon area to attend a public event.

Power generation company E.ON is hosting the event on Wednesday 11th November to show people details of a major planning application in the area.

The company, which plans to build a major off-shore wind farm, now needs to get planning permission for the cables which will bring power ashore to a dedicated sub-station.

E.ON already run 21 wind farms and are planning to expand both on-shore and off-shore wind generation.

Graham Stuart made this statement yesterday about the plans:

I have met with representatives from E.ON who have shown me the planned route for the underground cables and the location of the sub-station. I fully support the provision of renewable energy generation and an off-shore wind farm should have the least impact on the people of Holderness than those on shore. The company still needs to connect that wind farm to the National Grid, however, and the plans appear to have been well prepared and should have a minimal effect on those living and working in the area.”

The E.ON open day is due to take place at Hedon Town Hall, St Augustine’s Gate, Hedon, HU12 8EX on November 11 between 1pm and 8pm.

Other information:

Graham Stuart MP website

See Wind Power – The answer? on the Hedon Blog.

Bonfire night 2009 in Hedon

THOSE LOOKING  for Guy Fawkes night activities in Hedon tonight might consider the Haven Arms or the Station Inn. Both public houses have bonfire night ‘parties’ starting at 7:00pm.

Other information: The Gunpowder Plot – Parliament and Treason on the Houses of Parliament website.

Send in your photos from the event, e-mail them to hedonblog@gmx.com

Give your views on the event – leave a comment below.