Town and parish bulletin Friday, 19 September

Resident engagement survey

We are asking residents to share their views as part of our council engagement programme. Completed surveys will be used to inform the council business plan.

A paper version of the questions has been printed in the autumn issue of Your East Riding. Residents who wish to complete the survey online, can do so at eryc.link/have-your-say

To request the survey in another language or format, please call (01482) 393939.

Financial drop-in event in Withernsea

Practical support and expert advice to help local people save money and stay warm this autumn and winter.

📅 Thursday, 25 September

🕒 Drop-in anytime from 10am-3pm

📍East Riding Leisure Withernsea, Station Road

Free tea and coffee will be available at the event. No booking is required.

The event is part of our Help for Household campaign, which brings together range of initiatives to support residents with the rising cost of living. 

Residents will be able to talk to council experts and community groups about a variety of schemes, including:

• The Healthy Homes Heating Fund, which provides financial support for residents with long-term health conditions
• The Great British Insulation Scheme, which can help with loft and cavity wall insulation for eligible households.

Save the date: Preparing for Adulthood event

Following the success of this year's Preparing for Adulthood event, we'd like to invite you to next year's event: 

📅 Wednesday, 4 February

🕒 1-6.30pm

📍 Mercure Hotel, Grange Park Lane, Willerby, Hull, HU10 6EB

The event will bring together young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families to explore available services and opportunities as they prepare for adulthood.

Study launched into improving rail connectivity between Goole and Leeds

We are launching a major study to improve public transport connectivity for Goole and the Lower Aire Valley to Leeds, working with local authority partners across Yorkshire.

The study, commissioned from Stantec, will develop a ‘case for change’ to explore better strategic transport links between Goole, Knottingley and onward connections to Leeds, Hull and Wakefield.

Project Gigabit boosts rural connectivity

Rural East Riding communities are now beginning to access gigabit-capable broadband through Project Gigabit - a government-funded initiative. 

Broadband supplier Quickline has been awarded contracts worth more than £300 million to expand high-speed internet access across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, including up to 25,000 rural premises in the East Riding.

East Riding Libraries’ Festival of Words poetry competition launches

The 2025 Festival of Words poetry competition is open, with the theme ‘My Universe’.

Prizes on offer for the winning entries include the £500 East Riding Gold prize, the East Riding Silver Prize of £200 and the East Riding Bronze Prize of £150.

In addition, there will be six Highly Commended prizes of £25 each, two for adults and two each for primary and secondary school pupils.

The closing date for the competition is Saturday, 10 January 2026.

An update on the redevelopment of East Riding Leisure Goole

Goole Library and Customer Service Centre are to remain in their current Carlisle Street location.

This follows plans that were originally put forward to move both services into the brand-new Goole Hub, alongside East Riding Leisure Goole.

The decision was made for them to remain in their current location due to the building remaining in council possession. The Goole Museum is also housed in the same building and has no plans to relocate.

With the wider work of the Goole Town Deal the current location of the library and museum works well with the redevelopment of the adjacent Market Hall. An application has also been made to the Libraries Improvement Fund to refurbish and upgrade the library. If the application is successful work would start at the end of the bicentenary year. Timescales for the building works for East Riding Leisure Goole have not been affected by the change to the plans. Completion is still scheduled for late summer 2026.

The additional space within East Riding Leisure Goole will now house extended gym facilities.