Whist Drive 30th March

Whist Drive 

 To be held at Coffee and Coe on Monday 30th March at 7:00 pm. Proceeds in aid of St Giles Church. 

Please register your interest as there will be limited tables but it isn't essential to have a team/ partner as tables of 4 can be made up on the night. 

Bring own drinks, supper provided. More details to follow. 

Please email Richard @ richard.hollycroft@gmail.com or contact on 07495080802

BIELBY SHOW DATE

The Show committee met earlier this week and agreed to hold the next Village show on Saturday August 8th 2026, Dale Greenaway has agreed to host again for which we offer many thanks.

There is also rumour of a bucket of Spuds competition, which for those of you who were around 10 or 11 years ago this is a re-launch of a super spud fundraiser to keep the show going in future years. So when further information comes out, please put your hands in your pockets and buy an entry to grow as many spuds in your bucket as your green fingers can cultivate. We will be providing a bucket, a seed potato and then its up to you how you grow your spud to achieve maximum yield. On the day of the show, bring your bucket down to be weighed in. Heaviest 3 weights will win a prize.

From ERYC;

Free bespoke cycle training for East Riding residents

 

The council's sustainable transport team is offering free bespoke cycle training courses for East Riding residents aged 16 and over. Training can be tailored to your individual needs to help build confidence, improve your cycling skills and knowledge, whether you’re an experienced rider, commuting, new to cycling, or simply wanting to enjoy riding in your local area. The courses are free, but spaces and locations are limited.

Book a cycle Training Course

Next steps announced for proposed Yorkshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)

Natural England has published its consultation response analysis report relating to the proposal to designate a new Yorkshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It has been found that 78% of respondents stated that they agreed that the proposed inland area should be designated as an AONB, and 85% agreed for the Coastal Area.

Natural England has also given notice of its statutory notice period enabling anyone to view the proposals and make representations, if they wish, in relation to that proposal. Representations can be submitted via email to YorksWoldsDesignationProject@naturalengland.org.uk, or via letter to Yorkshire Wolds AONB, PO Box 351, Holmfirth, HD9 9A, and the notice period will close at midnight on Friday, 6 March 2026.

Read more about the proposed Yorkshire Wolds AONB

Village Christmas Meal 2026 Save The Date

Save the date!!! 

 Bielby Village Christmas meal is at the Oaks, Bubwith, on Sunday 6th December at 12.30pm.

More details to follow in September! Money and orders in by the end of October. 

 Ian Simpson. iwsimpson@hotmail.com

Quiz Proceeds and Thanks

Just to let you know that we raised £360 at the quiz on Monday and this will be split evenly between  the Yorkshire Air Ambulance & Bielby Church

Thanks to the Lairds and the Redhead Family for setting the quiz and we look forward to next year when the winners John Peel & team will be setting our annual brain teaser!

Thanks

Neil

Village Quiz Monday 26th January

It's January and time for the Village Quiz to raise funds for the church and YAA as normal.

This will be held at Coffee & Coe starting at 7 15 prompt on Monday 26th January. 

Teams of 4 £20 per team plus a raffle.

This year the Quiz has been set by the Redhead family.

Thanks Neil.

Vale Watch recruitment - fighting Rural Crime

 We received the following email from the Vale Watch group who are seeking new members in our area. message reads;

"Hello

I'm writing to provide your Parish Council members with some details of ValeWatch - the farm watch group which covers Bielby.

ValeWatch is the largest farm watch and rural crime group in the East Riding and has a strong working relationship with Humberside Police and covers all the Western reaches of the Humberside Police area.

We have 225 existing subscribers and information is shared directly with police officers who cover this area and also with co-ordinators of all the neighbouring farm watch groups.  

We have strong links with the Humberside Police Rural Taskforce and Neighbourhood Policing Teams and details of activity can be shared in real time with officers giving them more opportunity to identify and catch criminals.  And, unlike many other groups, we have 25 Humberside Police officers in our intelligence sharing database so every piece of information we receive is sent direct to the e-mails addresses and phones of our local policing teams.

Membership costs just £15 per year per mobile phone registered to our group.   We have a designated number for calling in any reports of crime of suspicious activity and we communicate out through bulk text messaging and e-mails.  

How we work

ValeWatch enables individuals to be part of a group dedicated to sharing intelligence about rural crime and suspicious activity throughout our local community. 

We cover a wide range of criminality including:

• poaching and hare coursing;
• theft of equipment and fuel;
• burglary; or
• suspicious individuals (e.g. cold callers looking for scrap metal, offering tarmac or trying to selling items from back of vans).

We rely on the vigilance and co-operation of our members to provide us with details of crimes suffered or any suspicious activity observed.  Its not an alternative to reporting to the Police on 101 but means we can share information rapidly and we can forward photos and video evidence obtained by our members direct to officers' mobile phones.

Humberside Police also pass on messages when there’s information they want to share or individuals or vehicles they’re trying to locate.

Working Together

We also help our members by co-ordinating exercises such as marking of valuable GPS systems, trailers and other property which are commonly targeted by thieves.  

We've recently purchased over £10,000 worth of DataTag trailer kits which we're fitting free of charge to our member's flatbed trailers, cattle trailers and horse boxes in conjunction with the Humberside Police Rural Task Force.  Trailer theft is one of the most prevalent rural crimes so we're trying to help our members protect their property and avoid becoming a victim.

Our formal structure and profile means we can access grant funding to bring these types of resources to our area.

We're officially recognised by Humberside Police and even have the ability to pass some information direct into the Force Intelligence Bureau - by-passing 101 -  the only farm watch group allowed this privileged level of access.

I've attached a copy of a slide deck which provides a little more detail around what kind of things we're involved with and the information we share as well as copies of recent newsletters

We currently have only two ValeWatch subscribers in Bielby despite having much higher numbers in all surrounding villages.

It would be great if you could promote our existence to anyone in and around Bielby who may benefit from membership.   

Kind regards.

David

ValeWatch Committee"

I have kept personal contact details out of this but contact David on valewatch@gmail.com if you are interested or via me on bielbypmsecretary@gmail.com and I'll pass it on.

• Slides here
• September bulletin here
• Dec Bulletin here

Bielby Carol Service Sunday 21st December

Bielby Carol Service Sunday 21st December

Our village carol service will be at 6.00 pm Sunday 21st December in St Giles's church.

There will be mulled wine and mince pies afterwards to help us celebrate.

As usual, a collection will be taken for Martin House Children's Hospice, Boston Spa.

Please let warden John Peel (john_peel@btopenworld.com) know if you'd like to read one of the lessons.  He'll get it to you before the day so you can prepare it.

Everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy the festive occasion.