The next Newport Parish Council meeting is at Newport Primary School (The Hall entrance) at 7pm on Tuesday 14th March 2023 – all village residents are welcome. Access to the meeting room is through the main gate on the Village Hall side of the school and to the rear of the building.    

Public Forum – The Public Forum will commence at 7.00pm. The period designated for public participation shall not exceed 15 minutes. Each member of the public may only speak once and for no longer than 3 minutes

Individual complainants must report any instances of irresponsible / nuisance parking directly to the authorities to take enforcement action if deemed necessary. Photographic evidence plus the registration number, make model and colour, plus the exact location will be required. The links below provides guidance as to the reporting and escalation process.

https://www.eastriding.gov.uk/environment/roads-streets-traffic-and-parking/abandoned-and-nuisance-vehicles/

https://www.eastriding.gov.uk/environment/roads-streets-traffic-and-parking/parking/civil-parking-enforcement/

The next Newport Parish Council meeting is at Newport Primary School (The Hall entrance) at 7pm on Tuesday 7th February 2023 – all village residents are welcome. Access to the meeting room is through the main gate on the Village Hall side of the school and to the rear of the building.    

Public Forum – The Public Forum will commence at 7.00pm. The period designated for public participation shall not exceed 15 minutes. Each member of the public may only speak once and for no longer than 3 minutes

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has provided councils with Household Support Funding (HSF) to support vulnerable households with the rising cost of energy bills and food.

The fund is being used to support households in need, particularly those who may not have been eligible for other recent government support payments but who are still in need.

The Household Support Fund is currently funding the following schemes:

• £400 grant payment Apply now, closes 31 January
• School holiday support for children who receive free school meals
• Healthy Homes – helping you improve your heating system
• Citizens Advice – £50 Tesco Voucher
• Humber & Wolds Rural Action – help with heating oil costs

On Thursday 4 May 2023, local elections are taking place across 230 councils in England. At these elections, you will need to bring photo ID to be able to
vote at a polling station.

A wide range of photo ID will be accepted, including passports, driving licences and cards with a PASS Mark. If you don’t have an accepted form of photo ID, you can apply for a free voter ID document known as a Voter Authority Certificate.

Learn more

Please find below a link to a great sheet with lots of information for mental health support

Your Life Your Way 

ERYC has launched Your Life Your Way, a website hub featuring a vast range of information on how to stay independent and access support for both carers and East Riding residents. The website will help people self-serve and enable anyone to get timely advice. This enhances the personal touch, giving choice and control to residents. 

Visitors to the website will find guidance on staying active and independent. If you have any care needs there are contact details for vital services and information on how to access the technology available through our lifeline service that can support independence. You will also find: 

• Advice and support for any stage of your adult social care journey 
• Information and help to stay active and look after yourself 
• Information on over 300 local groups and activities 
• Local community and care services 
• Personal budgets, payments, and a benefits calculator
• Help to work out what you need to pay towards care
• Support for carers including a FREE Carers UK digital resource
• Lifeline, aids, equipment, and adaptations 

We understand that for most people, staying independent is important to ensure you live a happy and fulfilling life. Your Life Your Way provides the information and guidance to get you the right support at the right time. 

To visit the Your Life Your Way website click the button below:

Your Life Your Way

For further information please email: yourlifeyourway@eastriding.gov.uk

The Goole Go far are a community transport service for Goole / Howden and surrounding villages offering a Medibus door to door service taking passengers for medical appointments to  Scunthorpe, Hull Royal, Castle Hill & Goole Hospitals, Allam Centre Hull & local health centres as well as Dentist & Optician appointments too. This is a vital service for those that maybe don’t drive  or have trouble getting to appointments. Anyone can use the service the cost is £5 pp return (for those with a bus pass) & £10 return (without a bus pass).

Further information is available via the links below.

Newport Parish Council has provided a donation to support the work of this organisation in January 2023.

Goole Go Far are also recruiting volunteer drivers  to drive the Minibuses (full training will be given). They are looking for anyone who can spare a couple of mornings a week or maybe just a day every couple of weeks to join their very friendly driver team. Maybe recently retired looking to offer something back to their community. They are based in Goole down Carlisle Street.

The government’s Household Support Fund will help vulnerable households with the rising cost of heating oil. As a result, Humber and Wolds Rural Action have been awarded funding from East Riding Council to offer grants to eligible residents in East Yorkshire.

On application if eligible, households will receive an oil delivery of approx. 500 litres and free membership to the YORSwitch Bulk Oil Buying Scheme for the year. (normally £20 per year).

The criteria can be viewed on the website below, along with the application forms.

https://www.hwrcc.org.uk/east-riding-household-fund-for-oil-customers/

East Riding Household Fund for Oil Customers

Eligibility

Households are eligible if they fall into one of the following categories and meet all of the criteria:

 SINGLE PERSON – NO CHILDREN

To be eligible under this category, you must:

• live alone with no dependents; and
• be employed, or self employed, and have a gross income of under £26,000 per year; and
• have total savings of under £1,000; and
• not currently receive any benefits; and
• be responsible for paying the household’s oil,LPG and electricity bills; and
• not have previously received any other Government cost of living payment (apart from the £150 council tax energy rebate which was made to all households).

COUPLES – NO CHILDREN

To be eligible under this category, you must:

• live with a partner with no dependents; and
• be employed, or self employed, and have a combined gross income of under £31,000 per year; and
• have total savings of under £1,000; and
• not currently receive any benefits; and
• be responsible for paying the household’s oil,LPG and electricity bills; and
• not have previously received any other Government cost of living payment (apart from the £150 council tax energy rebate which was made to all households).

SINGLE PERSON – WITH CHILDREN

To be eligible under this category, you must:

• receive child benefit for one or more children; and
• be employed, or self employed, and have a gross income of under £31,000 per year; and
• have total savings of under £1,000; and
• be responsible for paying the household’s oil,LPG and electricity bills; and
• not currently receive any benefits (apart from child benefit); and
• not have previously received any other Government cost of living payment (apart from the £150 council tax energy rebate which was made to all households).

COUPLES – WITH CHILDREN

To be eligible under this category, you must:

• receive child benefit for one or more children; and
• be employed, or self employed, and have a gross income of under £31,000 per year; and
• have total savings of under £1,000; and
• not currently receive any benefits (apart from child benefit); and
• be responsible for paying the household’s oil,LPG and electricity bills; and
• not have previously received any other Government cost of living payment (apart from the £150 council tax energy rebate which was made to all households).

HOUSEHOLDS WHERE A MEMBER HAS A LONG-TERM HEALTH CONDITION

To be eligible under this category, your household must include somebody who:

• has one of the following long term-health conditions which means they spend most of the day at home:
  • cardiovascular conditions
  • respiratory conditions (in particular, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and childhood asthma)
  • mental health conditions
  • physical disabilities.

This person must also:

• be aged 65 or over, or aged 5 years and younger; and
• receive one of the following disability benefits:
  • Personal Independence Payment enhanced rate (higher weekly rate)
  • Disability Living Allowance (higher weekly rate)
  • Attendance Allowance (any rate)

The household must:

• be responsible for paying their own oil,LPG and electricity bills; and
• have total savings under £1,000; and
• have a combined income below £26,000 for single households and £31,000 for couples (not including any child benefit or disability benefit).

If you think you might be eligible, please complete the relevent form and Fiona from HWRA will contact you to discuss further and complete a YORSwitch membership form free of charge for the first year.

Please see YORSwitch Bulk Oil Buying Scheme for more information.

If you are on LPG, we are looking at how we can support our customers. If this applies to you, please contact us on the telephone number or email below.

SINGLE PERSON NO CHILDREN

COUPLES NO CHILDREN

SINGLE PERSON AND COUPLES WITH CHILDREN

HOUSEHOLD WHERE A MEMBER HAS A LONG-TERM HEALTH CONDITION

If you have any queries please contact Fiona on 07918 147006 or Email: oil@hwrcc.org.uk

The next Newport Parish Council meeting is at Newport Primary School (The Hall entrance) at 7pm on Tuesday 10th January 2023 – all village residents are welcome. Access to the meeting room is through the main gate on the Village Hall side of the school and to the rear of the building.    

Public Forum – The Public Forum will commence at 7.00pm. The period designated for public participation shall not exceed 15 minutes. Each member of the public may only speak once and for no longer than 3 minutes