Helen Flynn

North Yorks Adult Learning and Skills Service is now offering these FREE on line courses. Whilst you are at home, this is a great opportunity to learn something new or brush up your skills. Knitting for Health and Relaxation Free online. Learn basic knitting skills: –Cast on and off, garter and pearl. –Complete a knitting […]

We asked local people who normally offer exercise classes in our area to let us know details of what they are offering on line at this time. We asked people to respond by the Easter weekend. Below are details from those who have responded so far. If you are offering exercise classes on line at

Please click HERE below to find out which shops, businesses and services remain open during the crisis. Some of these are delivering, so please get in touch with them direct if you need shopping delivering to you.  Most areas across the dale and in Washburn now have volunteers in place to help you with this,

Shopping is a necessity at any time and, fortunately, thinking of staying safe whilst shopping is not normally an issue. Coronavirus is causing problems in many ways and this article from the BBC website gives some good guidance on how to make sure you stay safe whilst shopping for food and other necessities. We hope

Due to coronavirus, Citizens Advice Craven and Harrogate Districts have suspended face to face advice. There are a number of ways people can continue to get advice during this time. Contact the local service by email on the Citizen’s Advice website: https://cachd.org.uk/email Or you can call and leave a message anytime, they will get back to you

The Government has just refreshed its guidance on the benefits of wearing face masks when out and about in the community. Please find the current Government advice below: Use of face masks in the community There is very little evidence of widespread benefit from the use of face masks outside of the clinical or care

During the Coronavirus crisis, if your income has changed and you are concerned about paying your rent or council tax, Harrogate Brough Council can help.  you can apply to have your council tax reduced. We can also review your monthly payments, spread them across 12 months or arrange a payment holiday if you are of pension

Please click HERE below to find out which shops, businesses and services remain open during the crisis.Some of these are delivering, so please get in touch with them direct if you need shopping delivering to you.  Most areas across the dale and in Washburn now have volunteers in place to help you with this, if

If you are a small business owner and currently have exemption from paying business rates, you may well be eligible for a £10k grant payable from Government to help with income loss during the crisis. This includes people who run holiday rental cottages and many other small businesses. Applications are made using Harrogate Borough Council’s

North Yorks County Council has launched a hardship scheme to help those are having difficulty affording to pay for food and shopping needs and who are self isolating owing to having symptoms (or the virus), are over 70 or who fall into a vulnerable group.   Contact Nidderdale Plus if you are suffering from financial