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Bus service 36/X36

From Stuart Mowbray - Sutton on Derwent Parish Council;

With fuel prices at record highs and an ongoing climate crisis, affordable and convenient provision of public transport, along with a reduction in car use, is something that should be high on our agenda. I am therefore writing to request your support in canvassing public opinion regarding bus service provision along the 36/X36 bus routes, which run across our collective parishes and wards. I believe that a joined-up, coordinated approach to attempt to improve our public transport network will result in a far better outcome than trying to go it alone, and I am willing to try to coordinate this for our joint benefit.

As you may know, the 36 bus route runs during the day between Sutton upon Derwent and York, calling at Elvington, Wheldrake, Fulford, and Fishergate, before arriving in York city centre. The X36 route runs (infrequently, and only on weekdays for many) between Pocklington and York, calling at Bielby, Everingham, Seaton Ross, Melbourne, Sutton upon Derwent, Elvington, then along Hull Road to York city center.

Neither route offers any provision to those east of Sutton upon Derwent on a weekend, nor do they offer any kind of late-evening service, leaving little or no public transport option to or from York or Pocklington at these times. This often leads to many having to resort to driving, or to make an expensive (prohibitivly so, at times) taxi journey.
 
This lack of public transport provision obviously coincides with times when many may wish to make journeys into York or Pocklington for leisure-based activities. With our high streets and arts facilities currently struggling with diminishing footfall, I feel that we should be attempting to make it easier for people to access their local city and town centres, and in an affordable and environmentally-friendly manner. This is also a time (helped by a global pandemic!) at which a recent shift towards remote working means that many younger families are choosing to relocate from urban areas to more rural locations. This is a trend that looks only set to continue and the local public transport offering should aim to keep up with this shift.

Bus provision along the A1079, between York and Pocklington, is good, but for those who do not live along this main arterial route, I feel we are offered a very inferior service. I also recently became aware of several issues relating to inconvenience of the current services and infrastructure that prevent our parishioners using the existing service. With all this in mind, I believe that this may be a good time to assess public opinion on these matters and would therefore be grateful for any support or publicity you can provide in my attempt to do so.

To canvass opinion, I have created an online survey, available at: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/2L6YW77, which I will be shortly pushing via a social media campaign. I appreciate that not everybody is on social media, yet they may wish to comment, so I turn to you and ask for help in ensuring the survey reaches as many as possible. To aid in this, I attach a pdf of a campaign poster, here which has a link and QR code to the online survey. 

In time, the results from the survey will be analysed, summarised, and shared with yourselves, relevant parties at ERYC/CYC, and York Pullman (as the operator of the 36/X36 service), with a view to starting a process of constructive dialogue to improve the public transport offering throughout our parishes. At that time, any additional help or support that you feel you could offer would also be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

Stuart Mowbray (Sutton upon Derwent Parish Council)

COVID Vaccinations

Dedicated COVID-19 vaccination clinics for children aged five to 11-years-old to run in the East Riding during the Easter holidays

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NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has confirmed that vaccination sites have been launched in the East Riding for children aged five to 11 with no underlying health conditions to be offered two paediatric (child) doses of the Pfizer vaccine, with 12 weeks between doses. Letters from the NHS are being sent to parents/guardians in the local authority inviting them to book their child’s first vaccine.   Since Monday, 4 April, parents have been able to book some local pharmacies on the national NHS booking site, but they will now also have the option of attending a walk-in vaccine clinic (see forthcoming dates for the Easter holidays below), as long as their child is aged five-years-old or above.  Visit nhs.uk/covidvaccine for more information or to book an appointment online.  Please note, there will be dedicated pre-booked appointments for children aged five to 11 at The Courtyard in Goole.  Walk-in clinics  The local NHS vaccine team have set up some dedicated COVID-19 vaccination clinics for children aged five to 11-years-old. The below clinics will run from 10am to 2pm and will be on a walk-in basis – no appointments are necessary.  Tuesday, 12 April  Bridlington Children’s Centre, Butts Close, Bridlington, Y016 7BS  Wednesday, 13 April  Market Weighton Children’s Centre, Mount Pleasant CE VC Junior School, Princess Road, Market Weighton, Y043 3BY  Thursday, 14 April  Withernsea Children’s Centre, Withernsea High School, Hull Road, Withernsea, HU19 2EQ  Wednesday, 20 April Beverley Children's Centre, Coltman Avenue, Beverley, HU17 9LP Friday, 22 April Kingsway Children's Centre (Goole), Kingsway Primary School, Fountayne Street, Goole, DN14 5HQ Additionally, the vaccination centre at Princes Quay Shopping Centre in Hull (HU1 2PQ) is also providing dedicated slots for children aged between five and 11-years-old on the following dates, from 8am to 7pm:  Saturday, 9 April  Sunday, 10 April  Friday, 15 April  Saturday, 16 April  Additional times and dates will be updated on the specialist local NHS vaccination website https://vaccinatehullandeastriding.co.uk/ as they are added for the week commencing 18 April.   Further advice and guidance about these vaccines is available from GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-resources-for-children-aged-5-to-11-years