Melsonby Community

Correspondence from Openreach:

By way of introduction, I’m the regional engagement manager at Openreach and we look after the broadband network across the UK, including in Melsonby.

I’m getting in touch to inform you about a community scheme we’ve recently launched to upgrade the broadband network for around 500 properties in the East Layton exchange area including properties in Melsonby, Ravensworth, East Layton and Forcett.

If successful, we’ll roll out full fibre broadband – a considerably faster and more reliable broadband service than the existing part-fibre, part-copper lines that serve the majority of properties in the villages today. We’re currently rollout out this technology across the UK (we’ve reached over 14 million properties so far) and the Government has made some funding available to help subsidise the rollout and ensure that rural areas like yours don’t miss out. To secure the funding, we need to prove that there is demand within the village for the faster broadband speeds.

We’re asking people to pledge their support for the scheme on our website here: Connect My Community (openreach.com). We need to secure 177 vouchers for the scheme to go ahead. One important point, people will be able to choose their communications provider e.g. Sky, TalkTalk, BT, EE, Plusnet, we are not endorsing any one particular provider.

Letters will be dropping through the doors of all eligible properties this week and if you haven’t already you will soon see our vans and engineers out and about completing some initial survey work.

Full details of the scheme are included in the attached document. I would really appreciate it if you could help us spread awareness of the scheme so that everyone who wants to support this, has the opportunity to do so.

Please do let me know if you have any questions. Look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards

Wendy

Wendy Sycamore
Regional engagement manager
Openreach

Update report from Councillor Angus Thompson – April 2024

April 2024

Our outreach service will be at the following venues:

Advice Bus

9th Bedale Market 10.00 – 12.00

12th Reeth 10.00 – 12.00

19th Leyburn Market 10.00 – 12.00

26th Tesco’s Catterick Garrison 10.00 – 12.00

Cuppa Connect

8th Hawes Market Hall 11.00 – 13.00

10th Richmond Town Hall 14.00 – 16.00

12th Leyburn Arts & Community Centre 10.00 – 12.00

Catterick Connection

3rd Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Club @Brewers Fayre Catterick Garrison 10.00 – 12.00

8th & 22nd Veterans ihub Community Centre loos Road, Catterick Garrison

10.00 – 12.00

9th & 23rd Richmond Centre, Munster Barracks 11.00 – 13.00

15th Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club@Nutrition Hub Richmond

Swimming Pool 10.00 – 12.00

26th Veterans Breakfast Club Colburn Village Hall 09.00 – 11.00

An adviser will be available to provide basic information and signpost you to relevant advice and support.

on: Saturday 17th August 2024

at: Melsonby Methodist School

Times

Staging of exhibits:                                      9.30 am – 12.30 pm

Doors open. All welcome:                           3.30 pm

Presentation of Trophies:                            4.30 pm 

Auction of produce / raffle draw:             to follow  

Exhibit Entry Fees

Adults: (16 years and over):                      20p per entry

Juniors: (under 16 years):                          no fee

Prizes           1st place  50p   2nd place  30p   3rd place 20p

Cups and Trophies awarded for most points

H Lamb Challenge Cup                              Class A Vegetables and Fruit

Runner-up Trophy                                     Class A Vegetables and Fruit

Leek Club Trophy                                      Classes A3 and A4 Pot and Trench Leeks

Rose Bowl                                                  Class B Flowers

Runner-up Shield                                      Class B Flowers

Jan Archer Trophy                                     Class C Floral Art

Kim Nixon Trophy                                      Class D Preserves and Baking (Adults)

Runner-up Shield                                      Class D Preserves and Baking (Adults)

West Trophy                                              Class D+  Junior’s Baking

Beehive Trophy                                         Class E Artwork and Crafts (Adults)

Geoff Garrett Trophy                                Class E+  Junior’s Artwork and Crafts

Stokoe Trophy                                           Class F  Photography

Stokoe Trophy                                           Class F+ Junior’s Photography

Wendy Vart Memorial Shield                    Best Newcomer in Show

Cups and Trophies awarded for best exhibit in Classes

Larry Thompson Trophy                            Best Exhibit in Class A

Golding Cup                                               Best Exhibit in Class B  

If you have never exhibited in the Show before, HAVE A GO THIS YEAR.

Just one exhibit will make a difference and ensure that the show continues to be an important event in the village’s calendar.                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Even if you decide not to enter an exhibit, please come along and support our Village Show. You are promised a fun afternoon. In addition to perusing your friends’ and neighbours’ prize exhibits, there is the opportunity to obtain lots of lovely fresh veggies and home- made produce for your family’s delectation. Always a highlight of the afternoon, and not to be missed, is an auction of produce under the hammer. Melsonby Parish Village Show is organised by Melsonby Parish Village Show Committee.

The programme is attached and include a exhibit entry form.

North Yorkshire Council wants to hear your experiences, so that they can look at how to

Reduce the amount of food waste and make healthy food more accessible.

They want people living and working here to be involved – please fill in the Let’s Talk Food survey https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/LetsTalk

The Let’s Talk Food survey is part of the wider conversation that has been taking place about food in North Yorkshire, looking at the whole food system – from how we grow food, what we grow, to what we buy and eat and how much we throw away

There are several ways you can take part in Let’s Talk Food:

You can fill in an online survey here https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/LetsTalk – the survey is on Commonplace, which is a safe and easy-to-use online tool used to engage with communities, by over 250 organisations including neighbouring councils in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

If you would prefer, you can pick up a paper copy from your local library, leisure centre or main local office and return it in the envelope provided.

You can also email letstalk@northyorks.gov.uk or call

0300 131 2 131 (please say ‘Let’s Talk’ when prompted) to request a survey.

You can write to:

Let’s Talk

North Yorkshire Council

County Hall

Northallerton

Home to school travel policy – consultation

I write to advise you that the Council has commenced a consultation on proposed changes to the Council’s Home to School Travel Policy.

The necessary information can be found here on the Council’s website: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/your-council/consultations-and-engagement/current-consultations/home-school-travel-policy-consultation

with an online survey form for your responses to the consultation and details of engagement events that will be held during the course of the consultation period.

The consultation closing date is Friday 12 April.

If you’re struggling to pay for food and other essentials, there are local schemes and organisations in North Yorkshire which may be able to help or point you in the right direction. You’ll find information about emergency financial support, managing debt, benefit entitlement, energy bills and staying connected all in one place at http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/costofliving

North Yorkshire Council’s cost of living web page also has information about pension credit, schemes to help families and local community-based support including Warm Welcome spaces as well as advice on staying safe and well.

If you’re less confident with technology and have friends or family who might be able to help you understand what support is available with the cost of living, please ask them to look at the web page with you. You can also go into any North Yorkshire library or North Yorkshire Council office. If you’re not sure who to turn to, you can call North Yorkshire Council’s customer service centre on 0300 131 2 131 Monday to Friday from 9:30am to 4:30pm asking for ‘cost of living help’ when prompted.