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Sherburn Informer COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

ISSUE 1 APRIL / MAY 2019

ALSO INSIDE, NEWS AND UPDATES FROM:

Peter Pan Nursery

Eversley Park Centre

The Old Girls School

Local History Society

Sherburn Rugby Club

Sherburn High School

U3A

Community Library

Local Churches

SADRUG and lots more……

Inside This Issue:

Welcome from the Editor

“What’s On” your guide to Local Events in April/May

Parish Council Update

Village Noticeboard for News and Information

A Date For Your Diary:

Sherburn in Elmet Gala

Saturday 18th May 2019

See Your New “What’s On” Guide

On Page 3 Of This Issue For Further Details

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HELLO AND Welcome to the FIRST

Edition of the Sherburn InformeR

Each issue of your community newsletter will feature a “What’s On” guide to local events, a report from the Parish Council, your Village Noticeboard with news and infor-mation and contributions from local clubs, groups, charities and organisations, keeping you up-to-date and celebrating everything good in Sherburn in Elmet.

We hope to reach as many residents as possible and you will find each edition on-line at: sherburninelmet.co.uk or on the Parish Council website at: sherburninelmet-pc.gov.uk Printed copies will be available at Sherburn Community Library, The Old Girls School, Eversley Park, Lady Popplewell Centre, Harold Mills Centre, Sherburn G.P Surgery and Finkle Hill Dentists. If you find that you are still not able to access a copy, please get in touch and we will do all that we can to help. Thank you to all those who have kindly contributed to this issue and don’t forget to keep sending us your information and news for inclusion in future issues, it is really great to hear from you and to be able to pass on your good news. For information, to respond to any article or have something included, please contact the editor: Anne-Marie Oldroyd on 07410453584 or by e-mail at : anne-marie.oldroyd@siect.uk Hope you enjoy this issue Anne-Marie

Sherburn Community Informer is kindly funded by Sherburn in Elmet Parish Council.

An Invitation for Community Groups and Clubs who may be interested in using this

facility to attend an information event at the Eversley Park Centre

6.30pm Tuesday 16th April 2019.

We are in the process of securing funding to upgrade the current facilities and extend the clubhouse on Eversley Park to make

playing at Sherburn, as good an experience as possible. In addition to refurbished team changing and shower areas, we will

have a new extension with kitchen, separate changing areas for match day officials and a disabled toilet. The Rugby League

are also showing interest themselves as they have grants available for grass roots Rugby, which may lead to us being able to

also add a floor to the extension which will then allow us to accommodate separate Female and Juniors changing areas whilst

being able to retain a gymnasium.

This investment in the village can form part of a broader community sporting facility which we would like to open up to more

users. We have already approached local cycling and running clubs and we would like to welcome any other groups that may

be interested in using this facility.

Sherburn in Elmet Parish Council

Working in partnership with

Sherburn Bears A.R.L.F.C

Sherburn Rugby Club Regeneration Project

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“What’s On” your guide to Local Events

Peter Pan Nursery has a charity shop situated behind Moorhouse Opticians, off Finkle

Hill in Sherburn in Elmet. Our shop is run entirely by volunteers and all of the profits

raised go to support the nursery. We are always looking to recruit volunteers to help

in our charity shop, so if you would like to find out further information regarding this,

please call Kay on 01977 681863.

Peter Pan Nursery are currently looking to recruit volunteers to

help support our qualified and experienced staff with the care of

our children in the nursery. Training will be provided and you will

be required to complete a DBS . If you would like to find out more

please contact Melanie on 01977 681863.

As a small, independent charity, we do struggle to obtain funds for daily running costs so we greatly appreciate any

donations we receive. Could your place of employment select us as their ‘charity of the year’ or hold fundraisers for

us, such as ‘dress down Fridays’ or bake sales etc.? Huge thanks to

the following local businesses and groups who have supported us so

far in 2019 – Scarthingwell Golf Club, - Optare, Eggborough Spar &

Chip Shop, Louise Gomerson & Colleagues at Network Rail, LNER &

Northern Rail, Roy Gomerson, Jason Chalkley & Ex-Members of Selby

Railway Sports & Social Club (Golf Section), Elmet Lions Oz Taxis. Also

thanks so much to all those who have supported us in the past.

For further information about our special nursery, please contact Kay

or Melanie on 01977 681863 or email: office@peterpannursery.co.uk

www.peterpannursery.co.uk

APRIL 2019

FRIDAY 5TH APRIL 7pm. Cinema Evening, A Star Is

Born, The Old Girls School. (Tickets on sale from 9.30am Tues 5th March)

SATURDAY 13TH APRIL Time t.b.c, Cinema After-

noon, Ralph Wrecks The Internet, The Old Girls School. (Tickets on sale from 9.30am Tues 5th March)

TUESDAY 16TH APRIL Local History Society, The

History of Wentworth Woodhouse with Trevor Moody, All Saints Church

THURSDAY 18TH APRIL 2pm. U3A Meeting with

Sarah Hey and Cocoa from The Dogs Trust, Eversley Park Centre

SATURDAY 20TH APRIL Easter Bonnet Competi-

tion, Craft Stalls, Raffle and Tombola, The Old Girls School

SATURDAY 27TH APRIL Time t.b.c, Northern

Ceramics Market, The Old Girls School

MAY 2019

FRIDAY 10TH MAY 7pm. Cinema Evening, Dirty

Dancing, The Old Girls School. (Tickets on sale from 9.30am Tues 9th April)

SATURDAY 11TH MAY 1-3pm Open Day, The Old

Girls School

MONDAY 13TH TO SATURDAY 18TH MAY Mental Health Awareness Week, activities t.b.c—pop-in to Sherburn Library and Community Hub to find out more

THURSDAY 16TH MAY 2pm. U3A Meeting, The

Illustrated History of Leeds with Alan Pugh, Eversley Park Centre

THURSDAY 16TH MAY TO TUESDAY 21ST MAY Dementia Awareness Week, activities t.b.c—pop-in to Sherburn Library and Community Hub to find out more

SATURDAY 18TH MAY Sherburn in Elmet Gala

2019, this years theme is Stage and Screen, come along and join in a fantastic day of fun from 10am onwards at Eversley Park. The wonderful parade will be setting off from New Lane travelling through the village from 12.30pm

If you have any local events you would like to promote

in the Sherburn Informer completely free of charge

e-mail me at: anne-marie.oldroyd@siect.uk

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Monday

Memory Café 1.30pm

Please contact Sue Thornton Visiting Scheme on:01977681828 1st Mon-day of every month Sing Along, open to everyone from 1.30pm as part of the memory Café starting 4th March 2019.

Tai Chi for 60+ 3.30pm

Please contact Sarah for details.

Tuesday

Pilates with Diane 11.30 - 12.30

Please contact Diane on:07950089199

Yoga with Debbie @Yogadose 6.30pm - 7.30pm

Please contact Debbie via Face-book@yogadose or 07872185282

Wednesday

DDMix 9.30am - 10.30am

Dance Fitness a brand new full body workout. Booking essential, please con-tact Emma on: 07743101255

Tai Chi for 60+ 1pm

Please contact Sarah for details

Thursday Light Circuit Training for 50+ 1.30-2.30. Please contact Sarah for details.

Yoga with Debbie @Yogadose 6.30pm - 7.30pm

Please contact Debbie via

Facebook@yogadose or 07872185282

Friday

Strong and Steady 9.30-11.00am

Programme for the prevention of trips and falls. Please contact Age Uk Selby for more information on: 01757 704115

Pilates with Diane

Please contact Diane on:07950089199

Monthly

Citizens Advice 1st Monday of the month. Please ring 01757 701320 for an appointment.

Selby Parish Nurses Drop-In

A clinic every 3rd Wednesday. Come and join them for a free cup of tea or coffee and a health check. No appoint-ment necessary.

Are you looking for a venue? For Further information including room rates. Please contact our Centre

Manager Sarah Kay on Email sarah.kay@siect.uk Mobile 07731745057 Landline 01977685178

We have lots of Special Events coming up during April /May

See “What’s On” guide on Page 3

We hold regular Cinema Evenings, screening the most popular films.

See “What’s On” guide Page 3

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Sherburn Informer

It's a pleasure (and a relief) to be able to

write this Report for the Informer. For a

while it looked like we might lose our

community newsletter and at a time

when there is so much happening in

Sherburn that would have been serious-

ly bad news. The Community Informer

had been run for years by a small (very

small!) team at the Community Associa-

tion, but that couldn't continue (to use

modern jargon it wasn't sustainable).

The Parish Council have worked closely

with the Community Trust to find a so-

lution and the Community Informer is

reborn as the Sherburn Informer. Our

population is growing and we need to

keep in touch with residents so they

know about everything that's happen-

ing in Sherburn.

Welcome To Sherburn

The Parish Council and Community

Trust are also cooperating to produce a

Welcome to Sherburn booklet which

will be distributed to every house in

Sherburn; this will be an invaluable ref-

erence source on the many different

facilities, resources, events, clubs and

societies we have.

Planning/Development

There is a lot of building work in Sher-

burn. Work continues on the Redrow/

Persimmon site off Low Street and ac-

tivity has recently begun on the Hodg-

son's Lane site on the northeast side of

Sherburn. Some disruption is inevitable,

but it's perhaps worth stating that the

acceptable operating hours for noise

generating work on the construction

sites are 08:00-18:00hrs Monday to

Friday, 08:00 to 13:00hrs on Saturday,

and not at all on Sundays and Bank Holi-

days.

If there is a problem you can report it

to the site manager, but please also

let the Parish Council know (details

below). That way we get the full pic-

ture and can respond accordingly if a

contractor claims something is an

isolated incident and we know it is-

n't. We will liaise with Planning En-

forcement at Selby District Council -

they are the people with enforce-

ment powers.

Sherburn 2

Work has now begun on Sherburn2,

the extension to the industrial park

and the planning application to build

industrial units on the former Gas-

coigne Wood site is currently

awaiting a decision.

Smoke Free Places

We have also applied for and re-

ceived a grant to help us keep our

children's playgrounds as smoke free

places. A competition is being run

with local schools to design signage

which will ensure that everyone gets

the message that this is a No Smok-

ing area.

New “Pocket Park”

We have also received a grant to

refurbish the Memorial Garden next

door to the library. This area has be-

come run down, but could be a lovely

"pocket park" close to the centre of

Sherburn and the shops.

Rugby Club Refurbishment

We are also working with the Sher-

burn Bears rugby club to refurbish

the club house at Eversley Park. At

the time of writing we are awaiting a

visit from the Rugby League and

hope to have their support in provid-

ing an ambitious upgrade to allow

the club to flourish.

Sports Hall Rebuild

Staying with sport, the Parish Council

are paying for a feasibility study which

is needed if the funding is going to be

available to rebuild the sports hall at

the High School with a more expan-

sive upgrade. The double benefit

there is that it could be used by the

community and it would also mean it

could be used for a wider range of

sports.

Parish/District Elections

Finally 2nd May is the date for both

Parish and District Council elections.

If you are interested in standing then

please contact the Clerk, Nicola Smith

at the Parish Council office and she

will be happy to provide information

on what is involved. Parish Councillors

do not get paid for their time, but we

are always keen to hear from people

who are interested in becoming in-

volved.

More generally we welcome new ide-

as or concerns. Please call into the

Parish Council office (at the Eversley

Park Centre), telephone (01977)

684666 or email us:

clerk@sherburninelmet-pc.gov.uk.

Website http:// sherburninelmet-

pc.gov.uk/

Opening hours Eversley Park Centre

Monday to Thursday 10am to 4pm,

Friday 1pm to 4pm.

Parish Council Report

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Sherburn High School News

This half term has been an action-packed one as our Year 10, 11, 12 and 13 stu-dents have been sitting mock exams in preparation of their finals in May and June. Much hard work from both students and staff is going into revision and marking, fingers crossed it will pay-off. As always, we have been busy raising funds for one of our house charities and this term it was the turn of Bramham house to raise money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, we are hoping to achieve £1000 but mon-ey is still rolling in. Two of our Sixth Form students have taken up the challenge of walking the Yorkshire Three Peaks in July and have set up a Just Giving page as they are raising money for the British Red Cross, if you would like to support their cause please use the following link https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/phoebeleeshay3p.

We welcomed Year 5 students into school recently to take part in solving the case of the missing Sherbies! They had to investigate staff members through the use of forensics in science and clues in other departments, hopefully they had a great day with us. In other news we’ve had a flying student, success at netball, football and basketball, a parliament workshop and finally, a select group of Year 10 students are involved in the Green Apples project, sampling university life by visiting higher education centres and taking part in aspiration raising activities. They are all relish-ing the thought of becoming undergraduates!

News from your U3A

Where else can you take a trip to Burton Agnes with your camera on Monday, play Mah Jongg with your pals on Tuesday, take a walk with the dog on Wednesday, play badminton on Thursday, learn all about designing a website on Friday, come out to dinner with us on Saturday and visit the local garden centre for lunch on Sunday? And that’s just a quick sample of the 21 group meetings and activities that were going on in a typical week at Sherburn & Villages U3A.

We welcome new members to come and see what we get up to and try out our activities for themselves. So just who can come and join us? Our membership is made up of people from every walk of life who are no longer working full time or have less family responsibilities and are now able to pursue hobbies and activities they may not have had time for previous-ly. Generally our members tend to be over 50 but there’s no age limit at all.

This winter we have continued to grow and we’re delighted that our membership is now well over the 600 mark, drawn we believe by our friendly inclusive activity and interest groups. At the heart of the U3A is sharing skills and knowledge and the breadth of experiences brought by our members means we have groups led by members learning pottery, taking ad-ventures in the countryside with a qualified instructor, improving their languages and enjoying painting and craft skills but there are also a host of other fun activities too - come with us on days out, theatre trips, short breaks and visits in the UK and Europe.

As a charity we keep costs down so that everyone can take advantage of our offering and we hope participate and bring their own skills and experiences along as well.

You can find out all about us and what we get up to on our web-site: www.sherburnu3a.org 0r you can come along to one of our monthly meetings which all members and visitors are welcome to attend and you can meet us with no commitment. Our monthly meetings are held at the Eversley Park Centre in Sherburn at 2pm. See your “What’s On” Guide on page 3 of this issue for details of what’s happening at our meetings in April and May - cost is just £2 including refreshments.

We look forward to welcoming you!

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Village Notice Board

Sherburn Community Gymnastics Club were re-cently awarded almost £1000 towards safety matting. Does your Charity or Organisation re-quire funding? Why not contact Selby District Council’s Western Community Engagement Forum (CEF) (www.selby.gov.uk) which may provide funding for eligible activities.

Sherburn Methodist Church are very

pleased to announce that from the

1st March 2019, they welcomed a

new Minister, Rev C Gillespie.

May 2019 Train Timetable Changes: Northern Rail plan to

introduce an hourly service on Sundays between Leeds and

Selby, this stopping service will call at South Milford. They

also intend to run an additional Monday to Saturday

service between Sheffield and York which will be useful for

Sherburn rail users. (update courtesy of SADRUG)

Sherburn Rugby Club Regeneration Project would like to welcome any other clubs or groups that may be interested in using this facility, to join us at our information event at the Eversley Park Centre at 6.30pm Tuesday 16th April 2019. Come along and have your say.

Opening Soon - Community Information Hub

Find all your local information in one place

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Sherburn in Elmet Local History Society - The Society has been running continuously since 1974. New members are always

welcome. We currently meet in Sherburn All Saints Church Hall on the third Tuesday of each month from October to April.

During the summer months we visit places of historical local interest which includes a day coach outing usually in June. We

are happy to welcome visitors at any of our meetings for a small charge (usually £3) on the door. Our current programme

includes “The History of Wentworth Woodhouse” with Trevor Moody on 16 April.

Sherburn Boghoppers & Hiking Club – The Walking Club has been running continuously since 1976. We walk every three

weeks on a Sunday from the date of the first walk in the year, In 2019 this was 13 January. We travel by coach departing

from Sherburn at 8.30 a.m. and have other pick up points dependent upon the route taken to the destination. New members

are always welcome. Full details of the forthcoming walks are on the websitewww.sherburnboghoppers.com. Further infor-

mation can be obtained from the Secretary jeanelmet98@gmail.com or 01977 683749/07967 640383

Sherburn Guides Do you know that there is an active Guide group in Sherburn with spaces for new members? There’s an exciting new programme of activities based around six themes: Know myself, Express myself, Be well, Have adventure, Take action and Skills for my future.

With a great mixture of activities that are very different from school and give girls a chance to grow, thrive, and have fun in a girls-only environment.

We offer trips out locally, nationally and outdoor and indoor camps and holidays. In 2019 we’ll be going to our very own festival weekend ‘Wellies and Wristbands’. Find out more by e mailing us at : sherburnguides@gmail.com or calling on 07580 209109

Methodist Church

Church open every Sunday, service starts at 10.45am. We are having a Jumbo Coffee Morn-ing on Saturday 30th March from 10am to 12.30 which will include a raffle, tombola, cake stall and bacon butties. Easter Sunday there will be an 8am Communion service and a 10.45am service

Roman Catholic Church Sunday Mass is at 9am which is followed by tea/coffee and a chat, everyone welcome. We are located in Church View (behind the Elmete So-cial Club)

All Saints Church Parish Eucharist every second and fourth Sunday at 10.45am for 1 hour. Church Hill, Sherburn

Funding News After the excesses of the Christmas period, many of us are now trying to get active again. To ensure our young people have an opportunity to take part, we at the Kingspan Insulation Community Trust have been providing funding to local sports projects, helping them to purchase the equipment they need.

The Trust provides new grants every year to projects which meet one of the four objectives: conservation, encouraging biodiversity, health and fitness of young people and road safety. To apply you simply need to live within the parish of Sherburn-in-Elmet. This year’s deadline for funding submissions is fast approaching (31st March) so its time to get going with your application. Everything you need to apply can be ac-cessed on our website including application forms and past case studies: http://www.kingspaninsulationcommunitytrust.org/

USEFUL NUMBERS

SMELLS Environment Agency 0800 807060

LITTER

01757 705101 or info@selby.gov.uk

POTHOLES

Report on North Yorkshire website www.northyorks.gov.uk

POLICE For non-emergencies ring 101

SELBY DISTRICT COUNCIL 01757 705101

Last but by no means least—a very big thank

you for the wonderful legacy provided by Karen

Packham, (the editor for over 7 years of the

previous Community Informer) and the Com-

munity Association, without whom, this new

publication would not have been possible .

THANK YOU