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.

Miriam Payne Event 6th February 2026

Seas The Day

Record Breaking Elite Ocean Rower Miriam Payne Event

Two women, one boat, 8000 miles of Pacific Ocean. That’s the incredible challenge that Jess Rowe (28) and local girl Miriam Payne (26) set themselves over a year ago raising money for the Outward-Bound Trust. After months of preparation, in May they set off rowing unsupported for 8000 nautical miles for 165 days from Peru to Cairns Australia. Showing amazing resilience, strength, humour, endurance and determination, on 18th October 2025 they completed this incredible challenge becoming the first women’s team to row the full Pacific Ocean nonstop and unsupported.  

Their achievements include:

First female team to row the pacific mainland to mainland non-stop and unsupported

First pair to row the pacific mainland to mainland non- stop and unsupported

The youngest team to row the pacific mainland to mainland non-stop and unsupported

We are thrilled that Miriam Payne has said she would like to support our charity Pocklington Rugby in the Community again www.pockritc.com

So, if you are fascinated by this record-breaking achievement and want to hear more, she is coming along to give a talk about the challenge, how she and Jess prepared, the difficulties they faced and how she and Jess were able to complete this incredible journey. She’ll be sharing stories, pictures and video footage. There will also be the opportunity to ask any questions you may have to an elite ocean rower!

Date: Friday 6th February

Venue: Pocklington Community Hall in Burnby Hall YO42 2QF

Doors Open: 7.00pm

Tickets: £12 

Tickets in advance – email: events@pockritc.com or phone 07788100201 or 07725596897

Bar and Raffle

 

Friday 19^th December

Christmas Concert and "singaround".

Doors open 7pm.

Mince Pies and mulled wine.

Donations welcome for

York Against Cancer

and

St.Giles Church, Bielby.

7.30 pm Bielby Singers

Followed by

Community Singing

All your Christmas favourites!

9.30pm close.

Bring your own bottle.

The Bielby singers are starting at Stoneleigh around 6pm to sing some more traditional carols, so please join us if you want to sing along with the singers and the residents