Harrogate Borough Council

ASPIRING sporting stars and artistes of the future are being invited to apply for a grant from Harrogate Borough Council’s 2009 Centenary Grant Project.

A major consultation asking people whether they think cycling should be permitted on certain paths on Harrogate’s famous 200 acre Stray has now closed.

An innovative partnership designed to deliver more affordable homes across North Yorkshire has been officially launched.

On 17 December 2008, five young people from the Harrogate district, who have themselves experienced homelessness, will unveil their film ‘Behind No Doors’ before an audience at Harrogate International Centre.

Harrogate Borough Council’s Cabinet heard last night (10 December) that its services perform well above the national average for district councils in 2007/2008 and that year on year improvements were being made in the local community.

Talented young Harrogate swimmer, Maddy Winzer, has been selected for the British Triathlon National Talent squad. At just 14 years of age, Maddy is the youngest member of this national squad.

Members of Starbeck in Bloom are turning their attention to all things arboricultural as they celebrate National Tree Week on Wednesday, 3 December 2008.

The Leader of Harrogate Borough Council who took his own council to the High Court to seek that a planning application be overturned has won the case and costs have been awarded against the planning applicants – Margaret and Michael Atkinson.

Yorkshire Water has apologised to Harrogate Borough Council after one of its employees painted a tree in Birk Crag nature reserve nr Harrogate.

Local firm Houseman and Falshaw have won the contract to enhance the waterside viewing terrace on Knaresborough’s famous riverside walk.

Harrogate district residents who want to ‘move-on’ into rented accommodation are being offered help as Harrogate Borough Council unveils its latest project to support those in housing difficulty.

Pateley Bridge Cemetery in Panorama Walk is nearly fully restored thanks to an on-going partnership between

Harrogate Borough Council’s pioneering work to provide council tenants with affordable and renewable energy to heat their homes has earned them the title of Sustainable Social Housing Landlord of the Year 2008.

Harrogate Borough Council’s journey to become an ‘excellent’ authority by 2010 has reached the next landmark.

Harrogate Borough Council’s Parks Team has started consulting on proposals to give a £160,000 makeover to the ever-popular children’s play area within the Valley Gardens.

Harrogate town centre will be lit this Christmas following a joint funding campaign between

The reputed home of Hugh Ripley, Ripon’s last Wakeman and first Mayor (1604), will once again become a central point for the City of Ripon as two local ladies with a wealth of catering experience re-open the building as the Wakeman’s House Café.

The Dean of Ripon – the Very Reverend Keith Jukes – is swapping his cathedral’s pews for a children’s playground on Monday, 10 November as he gives his blessing to new facilities at Millfield play area.

Harrogate Borough Council will next week (10 November) start a major consultation asking people for views on whether cycling should be permitted on a limited number of paths on Harrogate’s 200 acre Stray.

4 November 2008: Owners and tenants of properties used for retail or business in the town centres of Boroughbridge and Knaresborough are advised that public funds to help improve their properties are still available.

One of the first young people chosen to take part in a pioneering housing project in the Harrogate district has been highly commended in the 2008 UK Youthbuild Awards.

28 October 2008: A housing landlord forum set up 10 years ago by Harrogate Borough Council is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a trade fair on 4 November.

21 October 2008 - A two-year project to deliver a teachers’ toolkit on reducing energy and waste has been completed.

20 October 2008 - Warning notices, which threatened to tow away cars being sold illegally from public land have worked and the numbers are down to nearly zero.

17 October 2008 - ALL councils have a duty to carry out housing survey needs to make sure that they can meet demand.

10 October 2008: THE new tenant of Ripon City’s important Wakeman’s House says it feels like coming home.

14 October 20-08 - An award winning local housing team has been shortlisted for three more.

14 October 2008 – OVER twenty national funding bodies are coming to the Harrogate district and the organisers, Ripon and Harrogate Councils for Voluntary Service and Harrogate Borough Council,

10 October 2008 - IF you are thinking of a new look for the lounge, kitting out the kids’ bedrooms or something different for the dining room, Harrogate Borough Council invites you to attend a “makeover” roadshow with a difference.

8 October 2008 - AS the numbers of domestic abuse rise nationally, Harrogate Borough Council has adopted a policy to help victims locally.

8 October 2008 - YOUNG Army recruits at Harrogate’s Army Foundation College have had a taste of ‘digging ditches’ at Hookstone Wood and they enjoyed it so much they are making a second visit.

Harrogate Lions Club of Lions Clubs’ International is proud to announce their sponsorship of the 2008/2009 International Peace Poster Contest which has a theme of “Peace Begins with Me”.

1 October 2008 - JACOB Smith Park in Scriven, near Knaresborough, originally opened in January this year following the bequest of 30 acres of private walled parkland for public use by Miss Winifred Jacob Smith.

1 OCTOBER 2008 - ANYONE with an interest in protecting the unique character of Harrogate is invited to attend one of two exhibitions being held by Harrogate Borough Council’s Heritage and Design Team,

23 September 2008: MANY people reduce their food intake to reduce the size of their waist but now families are feeling the ‘waste pinch’ and are looking at ways of reducing the amount of food they throw away each week.

The Rotary Club of Harrogate is planting 23,000 daffodil bulbs on the Wetherby Road approach to Harrogate, with the agreement of Harrogate Borough Council.

22 September 2008 – PLANS to open up the views for Viaduct Terrace along Knaresborough’s famous and much photographed riverside are going on public display.

22 September 2008 – A council which was commended in a national compact for its support to the voluntary and community sector will this week welcome the national commissioner, Sir Bert Massie.

18 September 2008 - ALLOTMENT holders showing at this year’s Harrogate and District Allotment Show have grown more than fruit, vegetables and flowers. The show, which was held in the Valley Gardens in August, has raised a staggering £2000 for charity.

16 September 2009 - On Monday, 15 September 2008, over 100 people from Pateley Bridge and Nidderdale attended the launch of a ‘new look’ to the Old Workhouse in Pateley Bridge, which is set to become the visitor, cultural and art hub for the whole Dale.

16 September 2008 - RESIDENTS in Darley near Harrogate have welcomed news this week that the owner of a twenty-year old unfinished home in Silverdale Close must now complete it by October 2009 or see the planning permission elapse.

16 September 2008 - Twice a year, groups and societies based in Starbeck near Harrogate are invited to apply for grants from the Starbeck Community fund, which was created with a gift of £300,000

11 September 2008 - A council that has improving the environment as its top priority is backing the organisers of Harrogate’s first ‘car free day’ on 24 September 2008.

10 September 2008 - RESIDENTS of all ages in Starbeck are being invited to help Harrogate Borough Council spend £80,000 refurbishing the children’s play area on Camwal Road.

10 September 2008: Young people in the Harrogate district are being warned that their underage drinking could impact on their health and future career or travel plans.

Heritage Open Days is a chance to discover hidden treasures and enjoy a wide range of tours and events which bring to life the history and culture of the Harrogate district.

3 September 2008: HARROGATE Borough Council is writing to British Telecom to object in the strongest possible terms to proposals that could result in 50 pay phone boxes being removed from across the district.

29 August 2008 - KNARESBOROUGH, once famous for its 19th century shoemaking industry, is to celebrate the reopening of the popular Horseshoe Field’s bridge. A new bridge replaces the rotting timber original that was also over 100 years old.

Funding available for arts and heritage projects

Work on link road to Ripon means car park closes for two weeks

Consultation on 'Shared Paths' on Harrogate's Stray

£184,000 for Starbeck Baths

Celebrating handover of Olympics

Planning delivery grant better than expected for Harrogate

11 August 2008: IT'S party time in Jennyfields. Teenagers who have helped develop Harrogate Borough Council's first ever playground for older children are being invited to a party to celebrate its opening.

7 August 2008 – ONCE again travellers are moving from site to site around the Harrogate district.

Letters are going out next week to around 150 businesses in the Harrogate district as a groundbreaking new project moves health, safety and security to the top of the agenda.

5 August 2008 – Residents in remote rural areas can have different needs to their urban counterparts in terms of keeping their property safe, which is why a new partnership – Safer Nidderdale – is being launched.

6 August 2008 - A team building event and partnership working has led to the Millennium Green in Bilton receiving a much-needed revamp.

6 August 2006 - People who illegally sell cars from the roadside near the Stray in Harrogate are being warned to cease this trade or risk having the vehicle towed away.

30 July 2008 – Ripon Spa Gardens once again holds the region’s record for the number of Green Flags it holds with the announcement on 24 July that they have been awarded another.

Discover what's on everyday at the Royal Pump Room Museum and Mercer Art Gallery, as well as upcoming arts and crafts workshops.

The Ancient Egyptian exhibition at the Royal Pump Room Museum was recently listed in the top five museums in the North.

22 July 2008 - Sir Ian Botham (otherwise known as ‘Beefy’) has announced that he is dusting down his trainers and setting off in October 2008 on another legendary fundraising walk which this time will take him through Harrogate and Fountains Abbey.

22 July 2008: HARROGATE District Swimming Club will this year send a team of 12 swimmers to the National Championships. This is the largest group of swimmers the Club has ever sent to this level of competition.

Harrogate Borough Council will be carrying out work to replace failed and worn out road surfaces at the following locations. Everything will be done to alleviate restrictions to traffic flow including working evenings.

17 June 2008 - Harrogate Borough Council is to hold a second public consultation on proposals for Jacob Smith Park in Scriven, near Knaresborough.

17 June 2008 - North Yorkshire’s Community Cycle Development Officer, Martyn Bolt, has challenged two of Harrogate Borough Council’s Cabinet Members to see who can commute into the town the fastest.

17 June 2008 - Harrogate Borough Council has this week confirmed that it is prepared to support Harrogate’s Christmas lights fundraising campaign with a £7,500 contribution if local businesses will provide the same amount.

11 June 2008 - As a result of a very generous donation from Mr Alan Dean, a past resident of Pateley Bridge, 40 memorials have been re-erected by MemSafe Ltd., a memorial contractor, at Harrogate Borough Council’s Cemetery off Panorama Way.

11 June 2008 - Harrogate International Centre unveiled plans last week for a £50m redevelopment and enhancement scheme as Chairman of the Board and Leader of Harrogate Borough Council confirmed that one of its unique selling points would be protected.

10 June 2008 - A public meeting is to be held in Harrogate on 25 June to discuss the location for a skate park in the town.

10 June 2008 - AS confusion continues over whether the police have the power to stop or direct traffic for planned charitable community events, Harrogate Borough Council is to cushion the blow for organisers in Harrogate and Knaresborough.

10 June 2008 – The Yorkshire Regiment is to exercise its Freedom of the Borough of Harrogate by marching through Harrogate town on Friday, 20 June.

9 June 2008 - STAFF who have shown remarkable commitment to the provision of public services have been recognised. This is the third year running that Harrogate Borough Council has held its Employee of Achievement Awards.

9 JUNE 2008 - Delegates from 20 primary schools in the Harrogate district will be attending a special training and information event for staff and governors who are interested in becoming more environmentally friendly.

4 June 2008. Harrogate Borough Council has this week confirmed that it is to look closely at whether it would be possible to include some cycle paths on Harrogate’s Stray.

29 May 2008. A state of the art ‘green’ youth shelter has been installed on Knaresborough recreational ground near the town’s swimming pool.

2 June 2008 - Harrogate district’s householders of the future are being invited to draw a picture of their house during their favourite time of the year.

29 May 2008: Harrogate Borough Council has this week agreed to suspend car parking charges in Ripon City over two special weekends this summer.

28 May 2008: A resident of Harrogate district has won a marathon without leaving the gym.

15 May 2008: PROBATIONERS who are helping Harrogate Borough Council reinstate hundreds of memorials through the Unpaid Work Programme are earning themselves qualifications from the York College of Masonry.

9 May 2008: The Housing Team at Harrogate Borough Council has once again been recognised as the country’s top housing performer.

7 MAY 2008: PROPOSALS for a skate park in Harrogate continue to be explored as Harrogate Borough Council once again looks at all the sites it has previously investigated.

6 May 2008: BOROUGHBRIDGE has been welcoming visitors for centuries. Possibly the most famous are the Brigantes and the Romans with nearby Aldborough just possibly being the capital of the Brigantes before the Romans arrived.

Talks between Harrogate Borough Council, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, GP commissioners and North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust about the possibility of extending health care services in Ripon by

10 April 2008. A grant set up to celebrate a local council’s centenary in 1984 will this week make its 25th award. Harrogate Borough Council set up this Centenary Grant funding stream to help local aspiring artistes and sporting stars of the future.

8 April 2008 – THE number of people sleeping rough in Harrogate is set to fall following the pioneering Harrogate Homeless Project being awarded £66,000 from the Government’s Places of Change Programme.