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THE VOICE OF DISTRICT Spring 2012 Welcome Shape up for spring Citizenlink gives you an update on the work of Council. We publish two editions a year. This time around we’ve reduced printing and distribution costs through a procurement partnership with two other councils. That means delivering this for less. We think it’s important you have an opportunity to know what’s going on, what we’re doing and how we spend your money. These updates also give important information about local services. In this edition we concentrate on things we know matter most to you: leisure services and clean streets. We’re also focusing on the services you access most frequently, for example planning and benefits. The £1.1million investment at Abbey Leisure Centre in Selby has Why not take a look around and see if Please note: some copies of Citizenlink encouraged nearly 2,000 more people to sign up for membership, you want to join too? are delivered to homes outside of the Selby District Council area. It is more according to the latest figures from the Trust that runs the service Abbey Leisure Centre, Scott Road, Selby cost effective to do this, even bearing on behalf of Selby District Council. Opening times and days in mind print costs, than to send 6.30am - 10.00pm Weekdays directly to individual homes within the WLCT is in charge of both Abbey Leisure sport and leisure activities available to 7.00am - 7.00pm Saturday postcodes that straddle two different and Tadcaster Leisure centres, in an residents.” 8.00am - 9.00pm Sunday council areas. innovative ten-year deal designed to bring As well as the refurbished gym and in new investment but cost taxpayers less new health suite facilities, Abbey Leisure A full range of state-of-the-art gym in the long-run. Also part of the deal is Centre also boasts a popular pool, which facilities, sauna, fitness suite, swimming the running of sports courses and clubs to runs sessions for all ages as well as open pool and refreshment area help the community. Over the past twelve swimming. Annual membership from just £18 per Inside your months four new clubs have been set up Gillian Ivey is the Council’s Executive month and WLCT has drawn-in money to invest in member with responsibility for leisure Tadcaster Leisure Centre a new Rugby League Development Officer. services. She said, “This partnership Opening times and days It’s this sort of community work that continues to go from strength-to- 9.00am to 10.00pm Weekdays Your Council WLCT now wants to develop further. strength. We’ve seen a huge increase in 10am to 7pm Saturday Tax bill The organisation’s Head of Service membership of the Abbey Leisure and 10am to 7pm Sunday explained for Sport, Mike Lyons, told Citizenlink, Tadcaster centres, and we’re now looking Page 2 “We’re determined to make a difference at ways we can further enhance facilities Find out more online: www.selbyleisure.co.uk and continue to broaden the range of through additional investment.” London 2012 comes here to Selby New hospital site now fully open Page 3 The fight which means that it looks different from Selby’s new hospital and civic against different angles. It is designed as an old flytippers centre development is now fully penny, to reflect the contributions local Page 4 open, following the completion people made to fund the original hospital of the car park late last year. at the site. National Selby District Council’s involvement award for our Hospital services have been delivered has been key to getting the new hospital local hero from the new premises for some months built, as explained by Council Leader, page 5 now and the Council relocated soon Mark Crane, “I’m really proud of what after; but the car park and landscaping of we’ve achieved here by working closely PLUS... the site have only recently been finished. together with the NHS. There was no way The development had to be staged like Selby was going to get a new hospital • Details of your waste this because of the demolition of the old without support from elsewhere, which and recycling collections hospital. is why we got involved in this project. • How Homechoice supports The car park includes a new sculpture It’ll save both of us money in the long- Council tenants to celebrate the war memorial legacy run too, with reduced spending on • Let’s get set for spring of the site. The sculpture is a parallax, maintenance and running costs.” at Selby Park! 2 Spring 2012 Need to get in Leader’s Leader Despite tough All councils have been It’s not been easy; far from touch? economic times dealing with significant it. But we’ve been ahead of reductions to funding; but the game on this. Our website has information we’ve got a good instead of looking at which Further challenges are about everything we do: news story to services to cut, at Selby ahead. The economic www.selby.gov.uk tell here at Selby we’ve looked root and branch volatility means income from Phone us: 01757 705101 District Council. at how we deliver services to investments is down and see if we could do more with inflation is up – both of which Visit us less. And we have. put us under pressure. And Access Selby We’ve been through a total more cuts to funding are still Market Cross, Selby, YO8 4JS restructure of the organisation to come. Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri – to really focus on getting the But I’m confident that we 9.30am to 4pm most from our money. The can continue to be innovative Weds – 10am to 4pm changes we’ve made have and flexible to deliver the Or you can find out about Selby saved £1.3million from our services you really need District Council services at your base budget, on top of other despite these challenges. local library efficiency savings delivered Every member of staff I speak Tadcaster Library over recent years. to is determined to do their Station Road, Tadcaster That means we’re doing bit – to deliver our services as LS24 9JG more with your money. efficiently as possible. Mon – 2pm to 7pm Tues and Fri – 2pm to 5pm Thurs – 9am to 2pm Sat – 9am to 1pm How to view Sherburn in Elmet Library, Finkle Hill, Sherburn, LS25 6EA Your Council Tax planning Mon, Tues and Fri – 9.30am to 5pm applications Weds – 9.30am to 1pm Thurs – 9.30am to 7pm online Sat – 9.30am to 1pm bill explained Did you know that you can The Council Tax Bill shows the equivalent homes in the area. to the end of March 2013 and view planning applications financial year for the charge; Band C to A pay progressively the instalments you need to online by visiting our the name of the people liable less; Bands E to H pay keep to. website www.selby.gov. to pay, the correspondence progressively more. If the On the back of the bill is a uk? address and the address of the number of homes, or the Direct Debit form. The easiest All planning applications property the charge is for. number of properties in each way to pay your Council Tax, we receive are available Under the date of issue valuation band, change in an you can choose from four to view simply by visiting is your account number. To area then the number of Band payment dates. the planning portal pages the right are the Council Tax D equivalents of our website. You can Band for the property and in that area view the original planning the Disabled Band, where we to spread the applications, see who is show if a reduction is made Council Tax dealing with it and view the for property adaptations for a charge over actual decision when its disabled person. also changes, made. We collect Council Tax hence the Background and for North County change on supporting documents Council, Police, the Fire individual relating to each planning Planning Service and your local town or bills. application are available parish council, and ourselves. The charge and there is detailed review to The charge for each is shown. for the period information on making A number of people have is shown, and paying for an online asked why, if there was no less any application, commenting re-start Council Tax increase last discounts on planning applications year, the amount on the bill and benefit and appeals. It’s quick The Council’s been reviewing and easy to find out what three areas of its strategic changed. – giving the Council Tax is divided up amount you you want to know about planning document, the planning applications. Core Strategy, since by the number of Band D have to pay the adjournment of the document’s Examination in Public last autumn. The Examination in Public Council re-structure delivers long-term savings is a review of the document by an independent Planning We’ve changed how we work at Selby District Selby. Access Selby works to Inspector. The Inspector Council to enable us to continue to deliver services a contract with the Council. highlighted three areas for you need, but with significantly less resource. That means councillors further work, including a still have control over what review of the total number Like councils across the savings. Rather than cut happens, but Access Selby of homes needed across country, Selby has faced a services, we’ve redesigned gets to decide exactly how the district, the Council’s big reduction in the amount the way we work. We’ve split it uses resources to deliver green belt policies and the of money it gets from central the commissioning and services – that’s where savings deliverability of new homes Government. Our money delivery of services. come from, because staff can in Tadcaster given previous comes from different sources, This new approach work across different business completion rates there. including Council Tax, but enables us to use our areas, depending on priorities. The Council was granted over half of our funding comes resources more flexibly Future funding remains an adjournment to look directly from the Government. across everything we uncertain, but the changes again at these issues. The With less money on the table do. Services are now we’ve put in place mean we’re Examination in public will we’ve had to look at what we delivered by an arm’s length well set-up to deal with future re-start on 17 April. do and how we do it to make organisation called Access challenges. Spring 2012 3

New food safety scheme launched in Selby The Council is launching a new Food Hygiene Rating Scheme next month to encourage improvements in food safety and hygiene standards amongst local businesses.

Get set for spring The major new district-wide scheme will help customers choose where to eat out or shop for food by giving them information about hygiene at Selby Park! standards. • Restaurants, takeaways, bowling are also available daily vintage motorcycles, and with cafés, sandwich shops, Selby Park is one of the best loved and most and are great fun for all age brass bands and refreshments popular parks in our district. pubs, hotels, supermarkets groups. throughout the day this is an and other retail food The bandstand is a very event not to be missed. outlets, as well as other Located near Selby Abbey, adjacent to the park pavilion popular attraction, hosting music There’s also the Annual Park the five-acre park offers much over the summer months, businesses where concerts from a wide range of Open Day, which takes place consumers can eat or more than you may expect. where there is a bouncy castle local and regional bands. every July and is a terrific family For parents with toddlers, the and other toys to keep them buy food, will be given a Each year the park plays day out and is completely free! hygiene rating as part of recently refurbished play area is amused. host to the hugely successful Selby Park is maintained by a great way for the kids to get The thriving park is open all the scheme. Selby Classic Motorcycle WLCT as part of an innovative • There are six hygiene outside and play in safe and year. From April to September Rally. The annual rally each deal with Selby District Council pleasant surroundings. the park pavilion is open and ratings on a simple June is now one of Yorkshire’s to deliver leisure services. numerical scale Younger children can also serves ice creams, tea, coffee main motorcycle events. It’s For more, log on to: www. be entertained in the play area and snacks. Crazy golf and ranging from ‘0’ (urgent a spectacle of classic and selbyleisure.co.uk. improvement necessary) at the bottom to ‘5’ (very good) at the top. • Consumers can access ratings by looking online A golden opportunity at food.gov.uk/ratings and businesses will be encouraged to display The World’s most prestigious sporting event is coming here to the Selby their stickers and the district! On 19 June the Olympic torch passes through the area on its way from certificates showing Hull to York. It will visit Camblesforth, Selby, Monk Fryston, Barkston Ash and ratings at their premises. Tadcaster. This is likely to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This scheme supports Olympic dreams: you can the long-term plans of the Council to support People en route are already support the torch as it makes its businesses in the district. planning how they’ll help to way through the Selby district Evidence from similar celebrate the torch in their schemes already operating town or village. It’s not too late an opportunity to get involved within and to get involved. Maybe you’d the weekend following the elsewhere in , Wales like to organise a special event torch procession. Details of the and Northern Ireland shows or get together with others Forums can be found online: that overall business and to help your community www.your-community.org.uk. consumers benefit. celebrate? You can find During its time in the Selby The National Food Hygiene out more online: district the torch will be carried Rating Scheme is supported www.london2012. by a number of different by the Food Standards com/get-involved/ people, all nominated because Agency. local-leaders. This is of the work they’ve done for your chance to shine in others or part they’ve played in the torch celebrations! the community. Your local The torch will visit every part Community of the UK ahead of the games, Engagement but out of all the regions it Forums will be will spend more time here in playing their Yorkshire than anywhere else part too. apart from London itself. The They’re region will also host a number working of teams taking part in the together games; again an indication that with local this is a national event, not just communities something for those living in or to give people near London. Safety first:The new Council- backed scheme is designed Lighting up the streets: the torch will go through Camblesforth (13), to drive-up standards for consumers and retailers. Selby (14), Monk Fryston (15), Barkston Ash (16), and Tadcaster (17). 4 Spring 2012 Your district councillors Contact information for all Crackdown on fly tipping your local district councillors is available on our website. You can find out how to contact your councillor by phone or email by looking at the ‘Councillor Details’ page on www.selby.gov.uk. You can also look at a map of the district and view councillor information by ward, or you can search alphabetically for a councillor. Details of which committees and outside bodies each councillor sits on are also available. You can also use the Ask the Leader page which allows you to email your questions direct to the Leader of Selby A crackdown on fly tipping in the Selby area has seen three District Council, Cllr Mark recent prosecutions by the Council for illegally dumping waste. Crane. A resident from Market Council officers investigate issue of fly tipping tyres. It is Weighton was found guilty every single case reported a problem particularly in areas Agendas of dumping garden waste at and where there is evidence, near the M62, indicating that Important Appleton Roebuck. He received this is followed up. However, people are coming into the and minutes a six-month conditional officers are not just reactive to district from other areas to discharge and was ordered incidents, they also take a very dump waste. changes available to pay court costs of £150. proactive approach. So officers intend to work Dumping takeaway menus Officers use a mobile with local garages and tyre to Housing in the Selby Park left a local wireless surveillance camera to businesses to identify the online man with court costs of £305 target specific areas that have waste carriers they use to All our agendas, reports and and a 12-month conditional suffered fly tipping in the past. dispose of their tyres – and Benefit minutes can be seen online – discharge. In the third case The technology uses a small this information is then From April 2011 Housing so you can keep in touch with dumping a large amount of camera which can be attached followed up to ensure that what we’re doing and see the Benefit for people in private household waste at Cridling to trees or buildings to help these are properly disposed rented accommodation, decisions we take. Stubbs landed another man with covert surveillance. of. This is all part of our called Local Housing with court costs of £517 and a The Council also takes a For more, go online – Allowance (LHA), reduced commitment to accountability two-year conditional discharge. proactive approach to the www.selby.gov.uk. and ensuring that you know from 50% of the market what’s going on. You can see rents to 30%. Also, single the agenda for a full council people aged between 25 meeting, read the minutes of a and 34 can now only get the LHA rate for shared licensing committee meeting Tenant or even read background Home accommodation. information that will be Simon Cahill has Those already claiming presented at meetings. told how the Home LHA receive nine months You can also find out when Choice lettings ‘transitional protection’ from these changes, starting on Council meetings are due to scheme helped Sweet the anniversary date from take place in the future; and him find a home you can see find out who sits when they claimed Housing on the various committees. quickly and Benefit for their home. For easily. example, if you moved into Home your home in October 2009, your anniversary date is Don’t let them This new scheme gives families more October 2011 and you will support to get an affordable home. Councils receive protection up to July get away with it and housing associations across much 2012. of North Yorkshire have joined together Those whose anniversary We want to give a fair deal to offer homes through this scheme. date was June 2011 will to those who need benefits It means you can use the internet to lose transitional protection – that’s why we’re making register an interest in an affordable from this month. We wrote it easy for you to report home in participating areas. to everyone when they went suspected benefit fraud. The aim of the scheme is to onto transitional protection We take benefit fraud promote choice, mobility and give to tell them about this, seriously and are committed people up to date information about explaining when this runs to paying Housing and what homes are available and where. out and the reduced amount Council Tax Benefit promptly Simon and his family applied to of Housing Benefit they will and accurately to genuine the scheme when it was launched last receive. claimants. But we will take summer and quickly found a property. He It is important that you action against anyone who explained, “It worked well for us as we satisfy yourself you can afford receives benefits they are not could update the system as our situation to pay the difference between entitled to. got worse. We started off as bronze and your rent and the reduced We work with the then moved to gold which was when we Housing Benefit you will Department for Work and found two possible homes. receive; and still have enough Pensions to cross check “I think the system is easy to use and money to live on for your information –you can help it worked well being able to manage it all utility bills, food, clothing and too by reporting suspected online. It was fast - once we said yes, we travel needs. If you believe benefit fraud: moved within a fortnight. you cannot afford to stay in • Call the 24 hour Benefit “This family needed to have your present home, speak to Fraud Hotline on 01757 stability and this new home your landlord or the Council’s 292230 provides it. It has all Housing Options Team on • Report it by visiting our dropped into place 01757 292035. website www.selby.gov.uk for us.” Spring 2012 5

Selby residents’ recycling a Awards success for ‘huge success’ Significantly less waste in landfill sites and much more recycling – that’s how good Selby households have Selby street cleanser become at recycling their waste. Selby street cleanser Les Chopping has won an award Residents have embraced for his proactive attitude and praised for his community the kerbside collection service, part of a seven-year contract work at a national awards ceremony. with Enterprise Managed The Star Awards are an annual Additionally Les was Services Ltd, which offers event hosted for 13,000 awarded the Chairman's paper, cardboard, tins and Enterprise employees to award which is the overall plastics recycling and the recognise their achievements award for the whole event. Les latest figures show that there and contribution to the is pictured here receiving his has been a major reduction company's driving principles. awards from Alan Peterson, in the amount of costly waste Street Scene services in Enterprise Chairman. sent to landfill over recent Selby are run by Enterprise in Martin Raper, Regional years. partnership with the Council. Operations Manager for The amount of waste sent Les Chopping was Enterprise commented, “Les is to landfill reduced – this nominated by colleagues for a very well known and popular was 12,117 tonnes (April to the Community and Cohesion figure in Selby. September 2009) but fell and Well Being categories. He “Winning the overall award to 9,930 tonnes (April to attended the special awards proves that Les is a star September 2011). ceremony in Manchester at among stars. Selby is very the end of last year when lucky to have him and should he was recognised for his be proud of his achievements." Selby’s star: Street cleanser New round of proactive approach to his role Les commented: “I was over Les Chopping is recognised and how he engages with the the moon to win and I’m very for his efforts at an awards Village Design public. proud of my awards.” ceremony in Manchester Statements The Council has been looking at the latest round of villages to benefit from new Village New affordable homes and Design Statements. These documents set out design principles for each village to ensure that any new community hall for Selby development fits within the spirit of existing buildings. Residents in the Abbots They’ve been developed by local people themselves, with Road area of Selby support from the Council. are benefiting from a The aim is to ensure that any new development that new development respects has delivered eleven the existing local design new affordable family qualities of each village. The Statements offer advice and homes, a church and a Deputy Leader of Selby guidance to anyone who community hall. District Council, Councillor is considering any form of The site, at the former St Gillian Ivey, visited the £1.3 development in the village no Richard’s Church, has been million development during matter how large or small. developed by social housing the construction and said, “We organisation Yorkshire Housing know from listening to residents together with Selby District that affordable housing is House proud: Council and Selby Abbey, as St an important issue for many New flood Cllr Gillian Ivey tours the Richards is part of the Abbey people. protection for new affordable homes parish. “This development shows how we work closely with South Milford a range of people to bring important schemes like this to homes Urine trouble for antisocial behaviour fruition and deliver affordable Eight South Milford homes homes to the people who need are to benefit from a special of fines. Tim Grogan works for Spending a penny could cost you up to £500. That’s them.” grant to help protect them Access Selby’s enforcement because of a bylaw introduced by Selby District Council Paul Atkins, Senior against future flooding, under team. He told Citizenlink, “It’s to help protect residents and businesses in Selby town Development Project Manager a scheme in which the Council despicable behaviour really and centre from antisocial behaviour. Already a number of at Yorkshire Housing said: has been working alongside the that’s why we have been keen successful prosecutions have been brought by the Council, "This development was made Environment Agency. to work alongside the police in partnership with local police, in which both men and possible thanks to great The Agency has agreed to to deal with this. We know it’s women have been fined. partnership working with the give money to protect the something that people have Homes and Communities properties because they have Sergeant Lesley Holliday or Sunday morning to find that been concerned about, which Agency, Selby District Council, been flooded by surface water of Selby Town Safer revellers from the night before is why we took direct action the Selby Abbey team and also more than twice in the last Neighbourhood Team explained have used their doorway or their and introduced this new bylaw Barwic Parade Community twelve years. The exact work that this bylaw was a useful property to relieve themselves. last year. Already we’re seeing it Primary School who came to be carried out at each home tool to help the police and the It’s antisocial behaviour; plain take affect and benefit the town up with the new street name, will depend on the individual Night Marshal patrols to deal and simple. Now we’ve got the centre. Why should we have Swans Way!” needs of the properties, and with unacceptable behaviour, power to take action.” to spend taxpayers’ money Selby Abbey vicar John also requires consent from the “This is protecting people During the autumn the clearing up after these odious Weetman added, "We want the home owners. who live and work in the town Council brought a large individuals?” church and hall to be used not Selby District Council had to centre area who, in the past, number of cases to court and Look online for more: www. only for worship, but also to bid for the money as part of the have woken up on a Saturday magistrates have issued a range selby.gov.uk. serve the local community.” process. 6 Rethink Rubbish Spring 2012 New workshop for Selby’s Community Furniture Store Selby’s Community Furniture of working. And at the end of to the cost of the workshop, Store now has a workshop the placement we can provide facilities and equipment. for repairing and renovating a reference and a certificate The Coalfield Regeneration donated furniture. that they can show to future Trust is funding the workshop Located at the Three potential employers. supervisor post until March Lakes industrial park, next to “We know there are a lot of 2013. Jewsons, the workshop will unemployed young people Selby Community Furniture repair, re-upholster and mend in the area and it’s a great Store accepts donations of furniture before it is put on sale way that they can prove their furniture and white goods in the neighbouring store. motivation and existing skills to for reuse and makes them Paul Boulton, workshop an employer.” available at low cost to people supervisor, explained, “We also North Yorkshire County in the community who need offer work placement training Council Selby Area Committee, them. This helps reduce the courses to unemployed young Selby Town Council, Selby amount of waste going to people in the Selby area. United Charities, CPP landfill. “We help them learn Community Fund, York If your items could be of transferable skills for other jobs Diocesan Social Care Fund, benefit to someone else, please such as teamwork, motivation the Colin & Sylvia Shepherd ring the Community Furniture Moving forward: 26 year old Dave Blackmore is one of the first to take and timekeeping. We want to Trust and the Garfield Weston Store on (01757) 291444 to advantage of a work placement at help them get into the habit Foundation have all contributed discuss details and collection. Selby’s Community Furniture Store Sometimes you may wish to Household Waste use central recycling collection points. Recycling Centres Your local recycling The following table shows where these can North Yorkshire County be found throughout Council runs the two Household Waste Recycling the Selby Centres in the Selby district collection points district. – at Station Road Industrial Estate, Tadcaster and Canal Area Location of recycling point Glass Paper Cans Textiles Drinks Plastic Shoes Books Road, Selby. You can take a range cartons of materials for re-use, Appleton Roebuck Shoulder of Mutton pub, Chapel Green recycling, composting or disposal. Opening times are Beal Hungry Fox pub, Marsh Lane listed here. However, opening Burton Salmon Plough Inn, Main Street times for large vehicles and those with trailers vary from Brotherton Brotherton Primary School, Low Street the normal. Please check Three Horse Shoes pub, Silver Street the County Council website, www.northyorks.gov.uk/hwrc Camblesforth Village Hall, Brigg Lane for further details or call their Carlton Carlton Primary School, Townend Avenue waste team on 0845 8727374. The sites are closed on Cawood Bishopdyke Road lay-by Wednesdays. Cliffe Ranch Caravan Park, Cliffe Common Time of year Opens Closes Drax Sports and Social Club, off Main Road March 8.30am 5pm Hambleton Wheatsheaf pub, Main Road April to Hensall Hensall County Primary School, Church Lane September 8.30am 7pm October 8.30am 5pm Hillam Community Centre, Old Vicarage Lane November Hirst Courtney Royal Oak pub, Main Street to February 8.30am 4pm North Duffield Village Hall, Main Street Osgodby Wadkin Arms pub, Sand Lane Get composting Riccall Regen Centre, Landing Lane to improve your Selby Abbey Leisure Centre, Scott Road garden and Back Micklegate Car Park save pennies Morrisons, James Street Tesco, Portholme Road Home composting is an easy way to reduce the amount of Walkers Bingo, Portholme Road waste that you put into your Skipwith Oakmere Caravan Park, York Road rubbish bin by at least a third, and you can produce your own Sherburn in Elmet Eversley Centre, Low Street compost for free. Lady Popplewell Centre, Beechwood Close The great thing about composting at home is that Harold Mills House, North Crescent it's easy and requires relatively South Milford Posthouse Forte, Selby Fork little effort. You may also be surprised at how much of the Thorganby Village Hall, Main Street contents of your bin can be Tadcaster Britannia Car Park, Bridge Street composted at home. Residents in the Selby district Calcaria House, Windmill Rise can take advantage of a low- Chapel Street Car Park cost compost bin offer, from as little as £10. To find out more Sainsbury’s, Mill Lane visit www.getcomposting.com Whitley Railway Station, Maltings Industrial Estate or call them on 0844 571 4444. Spring 2012 Rethink Rubbish 7 Easy guide to your waste and recycling services

You may already know that in the Selby because Enterprise has to deliver the district a company called Enterprise service to particular standards set by Did collects your recycling and household the authority. But it means that it costs waste. It’s part of a seven-year deal the you less, because Enterprise is a big you know? company has with the Council to deliver company and the Council can benefit all street scene services. That includes from economies of scale. You can recycle around things like cleaning the streets too. The contract is designed to deliver you 70% of your household The Council is still in control, though, more, but cost you less in the long-run. waste through your kerbside You receive exact details of your local collections separately. Here’s what you can use the service for. service.

Blue Green Black box box box Glass bottles and jars Newspapers and Plastic bottles YES Aluminium and steel cans YES magazines YES Plastic milk bottles PLEASE Empty aerosols PLEASE Writing paper PLEASE Yoghurt pots Clean foil All types of cardboard Margarine tubs Please remember to packaging Ready meal trays and wash all glass bottles, Junk mail other hard plastic food jars and cans, and Catalogues packaging squash cans if you’re Greeting cards Please wash all plastic able to do so. Telephone directories bottles and containers including Yellow Pages and squash your Broken glass Please flatten all bottles if you’re able to NO Milk bottles, bottle tops cardboard boxes do so. THANKS and lids Window glass or light Cardboard milk cartons Polystyrene bulbs NO Drinks cartons such as NO Cling-film Drinks glasses or Pyrex THANKS Tetra Pak THANKS Tops from ready meals dishes Foil-lined packaging Plastic carrier bags Crisp packets, sweet wrappers or other foil lined If you have more recycling than fits into your boxes, you can leave out additional material packaging in separate plastic carrier bags. The only exception is glass, which must be kept in the blue Pottery or ceramics kerbside box (in case of breakage). Please do not put out any extra material in cardboard boxes and please flatten all cardboard boxes. We cannot remove boxes larger than one metre square. Help us to help you Garden greens Refuse collection service • Please place bins and recycling boxes at the Your grey bin should only boundary of your property where they can be seen YES Grass cuttings be used for materials that Weeds cannot be recycled. This • Please ensure bins and boxes are out by 7am on PLEASE collection day Plants and flowers waste will go to landfill. • Please only include materials that can be recycled Hedge clippings Please think about whether • Please flatten all cardboard boxes and ensure they Leaves and bark any items you put in the are no larger than one metre squared Small prunings and branches grey bin could be reused, • Please wash glass, cans and plastic and squash recycled or composted. your cans and plastic where possible NO Food waste Heavy, bulky or Soil, rubble, stones or turf hazardous items • Please use only plastic bags for any additional THANKS recycling that does not fit into the black or green Glass, plastic or metal should be taken to boxes, ensuring all glass is in the blue kerbside box Plastic bags the Household Treated wood Waste Recycling Centres at Tetra Pak • Green waste is taken to local farms either Selby or for composting. Tetra Pak containers (these are the Tadcaster. • We are unable to accept extra cardboard cartons used for items such Please ensure the lid of your grey bin is garden greens in plastic bags. If as fruit juice or soup) can be recycled at closed flat. We will not take any extra waste at you have more material than fits in the following special collection points. the side or on top of your bin. your green bin, please take it to one • Bishopdyke Road lay-by, Cawood of the household waste recycling • Community Centre, Old Vicarage centres at Selby or Tadcaster. If you Lane, Monk Fryston regularly have extra garden waste • Back Micklegate car park, Selby you could apply for an additional • The Eversley Centre, Low Street, Sherburn in Elmet bin for a charge of £26 per year. • Sainsbury’s, Tadcaster 8 Bilbrough Spring 2012 Catterton Colton Tadcaster Appleton Roebuck

Holme Green Thorganby Stutton Kerby Barmy, bonkers Wharfe Bolton Percy Ulleskelf Acaster Selby Stillingfleet Towton Skipwith Ryther Kelfield or a bright idea? Your community Saxton Cawood North Duffield Barkston Ash Church Fenton Riccall It may be something that drives Community Engagement Forums give you the Wistow chance to make decisions about what happens Little Biggin you barmy or my may have a Fenton Barlby Osgodby Newthorpe bonkers idea that might just in your local area and take a leading role in Sherburn in Elmet Lund South Thorpe Selby Cliffe work! your community. South Milford Duffield Willoughby Hemingbrough Inside this edition of Citizenlink there’s a special Monk Hambleton Brayton PLEASE tell us - we want to Lumby Fryston Barlow Hillam Gateforth know about it and discuss it at supplement with details about what’s happening Fairburn Burn Burton West Long Drax your local Forum meeting. We in each Forum area. On this page you can check Salmon Birkin Haddlesey Drax Chapel promise to keep you informed. details of your local meetings and find out more Brotherton Beal Kellington Haddlesey Camblesforth Newland Kellingley Hensall Hirst Carlton Any suggestions, ideas, about the Forums and how they work… Courtney Eggbrough concerns or solutions you have

Cridling Great Heck to issues affecting your area, Stubbs Whitley just go onto the website: www. Womersley Baine your-community.org.uk. Little Walden Smeaton Stubbs Or, if your prefer, use the Kirk FREEPOST address and send it Meeting dates Smeaton to: Julie Telford, Freepost NEA Tadcaster and Western Central Southern Eastern 5836, Selby District Council, Villages (Mondays) (Tuesdays) (Wednesdays) (Thursdays) (Wednesdays) Civic Centre, Doncaster Road, Selby YO8 9FT. 16 April 2012 17 April 2012 18 April 2012 19 April 2012 25 April 2012 Riley Smith Hall (CEF) & Fairburn Community Scott Road Community Carlton Village Hall Barlby High School The Ark (PB)* week after Centre Centre 9 July 2012 3 July 2012 27 June 2012 28 June 2012 4 July 2012 Social media makes Riley Smith Hall (CEF) & Eversley Park Sherburn Brayton Junior School Thorpe Willoughby Ryther Village Hall the difference The Ark (PB)* week after Sports Club Our new Community 3 September 2012 4 September 2012 5 September 2012 6 September 2012 26 September 2012 Engagement Forum website lets Riley Smith Hall (CEF) & Monk Fryston School Barlow Social Club Carlton Village Hall Riccall Regen Centre you keep in touch with what’s The Ark (PB)* week after going on in your area, when the meetings are and any progress 12 November 2012 13 November 2012 14 November 2012 22 November 2012 21 November 2012 towards achieving the priorities. Riley Smith Hall (CEF) & Fairburn Community Scott Road Community Venue to be confirmed – Riccall Regen Centre The Twitter and Facebook feeds The Ark (PB)* week after Centre Centre check online for details keep everyone involved in the ahead of the meeting: conversation. *(PB) – Partnership Board only www.your-community.org.uk Why not become a follower for your Forum area? Get your share Go to www.your-community. Yorkshire Highways, ready to In the last year over £29,000 org.uk and see what’s going keep paths, side streets and has been granted in funding on in your Forum area. Read cul-de-sacs clear of snow or across the five Community the latest newsletter, and see ice. Such volunteering could Engagement Forums in the how you can access money be a life-safer, helping the Selby district to support for your community group or elderly and most vulnerable community-led projects and project. Join the Twitter and access local services, keeping initiatives. Each Forum has Facebook links to keep updated them safe and well. at least £10,000 and each and informed. Also it’s a great, Councillor Bill Inness, funding application can be quick and easy way to share Chair of the Winter Gritting granted up to £1,000. your views about where you live Chairs Group said, “Proactive Who can or can’t apply? and what you might do to make parish councils and villagers Applications can be made by it even better. have organised themselves • Local community or with the help of friends and voluntary groups which neighbours to respond to have a constitution and a snowy and icy weather. They bank account have trained and equipped We need you • Registered charities It’s snow joke themselves to clear snow Selby District Volunteer Centre • Parish Councils from prioritised footpaths and is part of Selby District AVS and Applications cannot be based in Community House, We’ve had a couple of bad during future snow and ice. grit as they feel necessary. made for or on behalf of Portholme Road, Selby. Every Forum formed a ‘task They have committed • Individuals winters recently, during and finish’ group to identify themselves to helping other • Statutory organisations which many vulnerable the areas they considered a more vulnerable members of (other than Parish Councils) people were stuck in their priority to clear. They then set the community during severe • Organisations which solely homes unable to get out or receive vital services. Every about finding volunteers to weather”. promote religious or political The service was launched in Community Engagement become Snow Wardens. If you wish to volunteer to views September 2011. Since then Forum wanted to ensure that To date, 53 residents from be a Snow Warden please Application forms are the service has been very busy the right support would be across the district have contact: Rachael Bradshaw available on line at providing information to people in place to help such people received training from North on 01757 705101. www.your-community.org.uk interested in volunteering and gathering information from organisations who are looking for additional volunteers. There Community Engagement Forum meetings are now over 70 opportunities Will you come? for people in Selby district to get What would make you attend the CEF meetings? ...... We know you’re busy or Simply use the FREEPOST involved in volunteering and the feel that giving your time to address below, or if you prefer ...... list is growing all the time. attend a Forum meeting isn’t you can Tweet or email your Volunteers enable a massive worth it, but we want you response via www.your- What matters would you like discussed at CEF meetings? ...... amount of community activity to there! community.org.uk. # take place in Selby district that So what would make you Pop it in an envelope and ...... otherwise could not happen. attend the forum meeting in return to: Julie Telford, Freepost If you have some spare your area? It would be great if NEA 5836, Selby District Council, ...... time and are interested in you would complete this short Civic Centre, Doncaster Road, volunteering then please form (or use a separate sheet Selby YO8 9FT Name ...... contact us. Telephone Kathy or Kate on 01757 291111. Email: if necessary) and tell us what We will not pass on your details Address ...... would encourage you to come to anyone else; we’ll only use [email protected] to the meetings and, more them in relation to Community Telephone...... Email...... Online: www.selbydistrict importantly, get more involved. Engagement Forum matters. volunteercentre.org.uk