Author: Liz Leatherbarrow

Could you kick start your group after Covid with a grant?

Harrogate Borough Council are offering grant-funded insulation for low-income households across the district through the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG). HUG funding is available whether you own or privately rent* your home.  As you’d expect the grant is subject to terms and conditions but it can be used for loft insulation, draft proofing or cavity wall insulation. If you are a home owner the entire cost of the works will be covered by the grant, if you rent your home* there is a maximum of £5,000 available for improvements. HUG in Harrogate is being run in partnership with the Council at the City of York, and Selby and Craven district councils, it is part of the Better Homes Yorkshire initiative. You’ll find more information on its website. *You’ll need your landlord’s permission to carry out any work if you are in private rented accommodation.

Summer plants now available

Summer bedding plants are now on sale at the Harrogate Borough Council nursery site: Nursery Lane East, off Harlow Moor Road in Harrogate. Use the postcode HG2 0FH in a sat nav. The nursery is open Monday to Friday from 9am until 4pm and Saturday, Sunday and on bank holidays from 10am until 4pm. Currently there is a range of plants available to buy, including: geraniums, French marigolds, begonias, fuschia and strawberry hanging baskets, petunias, lobelia and impatiens. This year there are more plants for pollinators on sale as these will help wild bee and other insect pollinators which are in decline, but crucial for maintaining plant diversity. Also on sale are a small selection of herbs and a variety of plant pots for gifts; compost, bark and manure. There is now a click and collect service available from 9 am to 3pm, Monday to Friday or it is possible to request a delivery* to your home in the Harrogate district and you can shop online . (*delivery is only available for orders over £5.)

Office furniture free to good home

Could you benefit from some office furniture, which Hempsons no longer require due to office restructure?  The furniture includes desks with or without pedestals and cabinets(click links for photos)

Desk measurements:  1600mm x 1600mm with pedestal and 1600mm x 1200mm without.  
3 drawer cabinets 1070mm W 1100mm H 

If you are interested, please contact Mick Parker, Facilities Manager at Hempsons, Harrogate on  01423 724066  or m.parker@hempsons.co.uk

In Memoriam

Friday 28 May until Monday 7 June
West Park Stray in Harrogate

A visually stunning touring art installation, from award winning artist Luke Jerram, designed as a temporary memorial to those we have lost over the last 15 months. In Memoriam is also a tribute to frontline NHS staff and care workers who have constantly put their lives at risk during the ongoing pandemic.

People are asked to think carefully before going to Harrogate District Hospital’s Emergency Department

The department has seen a significant increase in patient numbers over the past couple of months, and people with less urgent issues are experiencing longer waiting times.

The department was seeing around 130 patients per day in March 2021, this has grown to over 160 per day in May 2021.
Unless it’s a life-threatening illness or injury, people are being urged to contact NHS 111 first.

During the pandemic it has been wonderful to be able to enjoy music and dancing and a chat together, albeit virtually at Zoom sessions, with some Dancing for Well-Being group members.

Although the team are delighted to be able to restart the groups now, they want to continue to offer a weekly Zoom session and would like to welcome people who are not yet Dancing for Well-Being members to join.

Zoom sessions are suitable for older people who have health and/or mobility problems and would find mainstream dance and exercise classes too strenuous or challenging in other ways. You can dance sitting or standing at a level that suits you, you don’t need a partner and you don’t need a good memory.

Dancing for Well-Being is good exercise, it’s gentle and safe, it’s great for company and friendship, it’s relaxing and uplifting, and, most important of all, it’s FUN!

If you would like to find out more please call Jackie at Dancing for Well-Being on 07890 071508.

 

In Staveley we have a life saving defibrillator in our old phone box.

Would you like some virtual familiarisation training on how to use it? Yorkshire Ambulance Service  are offering a free session on MicroSoft teams. To sign up for the training please email yas.aed@nhs.net
The session will cover all of the following topics:-

what is a CPAD?

what’s inside the cabinet?

how are CPADs activated?

why do we need CPADs?

how do defibrillators work?

how to give basic life support 

checking your CPAD

and a Q & A session for all participants

Why not learn some new valuable skills that could help one day to save a life.

 Volunteering opportunity – become a MIND trustee

Mind in Harrogate District is looking for new Trustees to join their small Trustee Board and add to their range of skills and experience. If you are seeking a new opportunity and want to give something back to our local community then they would love to hear from you by 4 June.

Mind are looking to diversify their Trustee Board and are particularly interested in people who can help to:

 · Develop their equality and inclusion agenda

· Develop services to support Children and Young People’s mental health

 · Provide strategic input into the marketing and promotion of the charity

· Lead on fundraising initiatives

Find out more