It’s Water Saving Week next week
A bonus piece this week from one of our Young Reporters. In the runup to Water Saving Week next week (11-15th May 2020) she extolls the reasons to save water. Read on…
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Keep up to date with updates on Covid-19 response from NELC
Latest updates on Covid-19 support from NELC. Where to find news and how to subscribe to email updates. Useful for yourself, your colleagues, neighbours, beneficiaries and others. Read on…
Think before you flush
With scares around toilet roll shortages, Anglian Water has been keen to remind people that flushing alternatives to loo roll down your toilet is a bad idea. If you’re using something other than toilet paper then it shouldn’t be flushed, but should be binned instead. Read on to find out the whole story.
Humberside Police warn residents to watch out for coronavirus related scams
Please read this important letter that has been circulated by Humberside Police. There are scams around at the moment that are preying on coronavirus fears so everyone is being urged to be on their guard. Read on.
Blue Lights Brigade volunteers supporting the community during Covid-19 health emergency
During 2019 Big Local North Cleethorpes provided financial support to two local community safety initiatives – the Blue Lights Brigade (BLB) Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and the Safe & Well check programme led by Humberside Fire and Rescue and again, supported by volunteers from BLB. Now, as the Covid-19 health emergency takes hold, these […]
General News roundup
Read a quick roundup of news headlines, information and useful resources we’ve spotted recently…
Let’s all beat Scams together
Scams are fraud and fraud is a crime. Crime has victims and these victims could be us, our friends, family, staff, volunteers, neighbours or beneficiaries. So this just out booklet – “The Little Book of Big Scams” is a must read. Read on to find out more…
Local lads raise over £5,000 in aid of Cancer Research. Reporting by Young Reporter
Charlotte Lowe is a former Young Reporter and since stopping writing the weekly articles for Grimsby Telegraph, she’s continued in her writing and journalism. Read on for an article she’s just written for the Telegraph community pages about a local fundraising event.
Capacity Buildings secures National Lottery support
VANEL Member organisation Capacity Buildings has just received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £10,000 for an exciting heritage project named Community Housing Association Memorials. Read on to find out more about the project.
Cleethorpes Community Cops was at Cleethorpes Police Station as it closes and the local policing team moves to the Knoll
Over the past year, VANEL has been leading a project to research and archive the history of policing in Cleethorpes. The project has now come to an end and this week the results of this “Cleethorpes Community Cops” project were on display at Cleethorpes Police Station at a bitter-sweet event organised by the Police to mark the final closure of the Police Station after nearly 90 years of service. Read on for the story of the event, along with lots of photos and information about Cleethorpes Cops project.