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| East Riding of Yorkshire Council |
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| This is the corporate website of East Riding of Yorkshire Council. |
| www.eastriding.gov.uk |
| GOFER online |
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| This website helps you locate services and facilities in the East Riding of Yorkshire. You can find out the name and contact details of your parish clerk or local councillor, the location of Customer Service Centres, libraries or recycling sites and information about street lighting and salting routes. |
| www.eastriding.gov.uk/gis/index.html |
| Local planning applications |
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| This website is a search and reference facility for planning applications received by East Riding of Yorkshire Council. You can browse acknowledgements or decisions and search by area or date. |
| www.eastriding.gov.uk/publicaccess/ |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Online Archives Catalogue |
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| The East Riding Archives Service holds historical records relating to the East Riding dating from the 12th century to the present day. These records cover all aspects of the lives of East Riding people and range from the archives of official bodies to small collections of family papers. The Online Catalogue contains detailed information about the archives that are available for consultation in the Archives Service`s reading room. |
| www.eastriding.gov.uk/cs/culture-and-information/archives/archives--0/ |
| Local Strategic Partnership |
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| The LSP is an umbrella partnership that brings together 120 key local organisations from the public, private, community and voluntary sectors. The LSP provides the direction for partners to work together to improve the quality of life in the East Riding. |
| lsp.eastriding.gov.uk |
| Business and economic development links |
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| This website is designed to provide you with the information you need on businesses within the East Riding of Yorkshire. Whether you`re an existing business looking to expand, a potential inward investor looking to reach European markets or simply looking to forge links with the highly competitive businesses already located here, this website can give you all the answers. |
| www.eastriding.gov.uk/business-and-economy/ |
| East Riding Learning Partnership |
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| The East Riding Learning Partnership is part of a network of strategic, locally-based voluntary agencies tasked with widening participation, increasing attainment, improving standards and meeting the skills challenge. |
| www.eastriding.gov.uk/lp/ |
| Grants and funding opportunities |
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| If you are a member of a community or voluntary group looking for funding for a project or venture, the East Riding of Yorkshire Council external funding team might be able to help source funding. Click on the link below to access the Council`s GrantNet database. Information on lottery funding can be found at www.biglotteryfund.org.uk. |
| www.eastriding.gov.uk/advice-and-benefits/grants/grantnet/ |
| Air pollution website |
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| Clean air is an essential ingredient for a healthy environment supporting a high quality of life. The people of the East Riding of Yorkshire have a right to expect that the air they breathe is safe and clean and will have no harmful effect on their health or well being.
This website provides invaluable guidance and advice on how the Council undertakes its responsibilities and provides information on forthcoming legislation, guidance and standards. |
| www.airpollution.eastriding.gov.uk |
| Contaminated land website |
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| To date, the East Riding of Yorkshire Council has identified over 11,000 sites of potentially contaminated land and is currently investigating those it considers to be of higher risk. These investigations will take place in accordance with the Council`s Contaminated Land Strategy. This website acts as an invaluable resource of information and guidance aimed at both developers and householders. |
| www.contaminatedland.eastriding.gov.uk |
| eRiding.net |
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| This website is both a collection of resources and a set of tools that enables a wide range of users to access teaching and learning materials, targeted at specific audiences from the world of learning. |
| www.eriding.net |
| OWEN (Older Workers Employment Network) |
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| This is a website launched by the OWEN project (Older Workers Employment Network), to give information and advice tailored to the needs of people aged over 45 who are seeking employment. OWEN is led by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and financed by the European Social Fund Equal Programme. You can contact the OWEN team on 01482 887670. |
| www.owenproject.co.uk |
| Humber Economic Partnership (previously Humber Forum) |
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| Humber Economic Partnership is the public private strategic partnership for economic development and regeneration in the Humber sub-region. It concerns itself with those issues that are best tackled at sub-regional level. |
| www.humberforum.co.uk |
| Learning and Skills Council |
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| The Learning and Skills Council is responsible for funding and planning education and training for over 16-year-olds in England. This website is the local Learning and Skills Council website for the Humber sub-region.
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| www.lsc.gov.uk/regions/YorkshireHumber/ |
| University of Hull |
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| The website for the University of Hull allows you to access information on courses, departments, accommodation, services and facilities offered by the University. |
| www.hull.ac.uk |
| East Yorkshire Coastal Observatory |
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| This website is a source for data relating to the coastal environment of East Yorkshire. The East Riding coastal zone stretches from the chalk headland at Flamborough, down the Holderness plain, to the impressive sand spit of Spurn Point at the mouth of the Humber estuary. The busy seaside towns of Bridlington, Hornsea and Withernsea are the main population centres within the coastal zone. |
| www.hull.ac.uk/coastalobs |
| Yorkshire Futures |
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| Yorkshire Futures is the Regional Intelligence Network for Yorkshire and Humber, providing information and intelligence about the region, for the region, to improve decision making and better prepare for the future. An area of the website is dedicated to issues relating to education, infrastructure and the environment for the Humber sub-region. |
| www.yorkshirefutures.com |
| Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory |
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| The Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory is a leading part of the public health capacity building function for the Yorkshire and Humber region, creating a network of public health data and evidence to develop knowledge and transfer that knowledge into practice. |
| www.yhpho.org.uk |
| Yorkshire and Humber Environment Hub |
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| The Yorkshire and Humber Environment Hub is a fast, accessible route to a library of quality assured environmental information. |
| www.yhub.org.uk |
| Neighbourhood Statistics |
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| Using Neighbourhood Statistics (provided by the Office for National Statistics) you can find useful information and statistics for neighbourhood regeneration programmes, such as data on crime or employment, or find out more about where you live or work. |
| www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |
| NOMIS labour market statistics |
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| Nomis is an official, web-based database of labour market statistics run by the University of Durham on behalf of the Office for National Statistics. Nomis houses an extensive range of government statistical information on the UK labour market including Employment, Unemployment, Earnings, Labour Force Survey and Jobcentre Plus vacancies.
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| www.nomisweb.co.uk |
| Land Registry |
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| This website has records for registered land and property in England and Wales. You can find out about property ownership and prices. (Please note: the Land Registry charges a fee for some services.) |
| www.landregistry.gov.uk |
| Local school reports from Ofsted |
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| This is the website for Ofsted (the Office for Standards in Education), whose role is to ensure high standards in childcare, schools, colleges, local authorities, teacher training and youth work in England. You can view recent reports on local schools, colleges, childminders and daycare providers. |
| www.ofsted.gov.uk |
| Do-it (volunteering opportunities) |
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| Do-it is a national database of volunteering opportunities in the UK. You can search for opportunities in your area by entering your town or postcode. You can also find out all you need to know about becoming a volunteer. |
| www.do-it.org.uk/ |
| Jobcentre Plus |
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| This website provides information on jobs, looking for work, help with training and benefits for working age people. It also gives employers information about the services Jobcentre Plus provides. |
| www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk |
| Magic |
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| This is the website for Magic. This site brings together information on key environmental schemes. Partners include English Nature and the Forestry Commission. |
| www.magic.gov.uk |
| Association of Regional Observatories |
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| The website of the Association of Regional Observatories is designed to serve as a portal to the work of the Regional Observatories in England. It provides access to information about the Observatories and details of the Association itself. It also offers an overview of the research agendas being pursued by the (regional) Observatories in each Region. |
| www.regionalobservatories.org.uk/ |
| A vision of Britain through time |
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| `A vision of Britain through time` is a unique digital collection of information about Britain`s localities as they have changed over time. Information comes from census reports, historical gazetteers, travellers` tales and historic maps. This website was created by the Great Britain Historical GIS Project, who are based in the Department of Geography of the University of Portsmouth. A vision of Britain through time` is funded by the UK National Lottery. The East Riding report is available in the `Reports` section. |
| www.visionofbritain.org.uk |
| Health profile for the East Riding |
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The Health Profile for East Riding of Yorkshire is one of 386 Local Authority Health Profiles produced by the Association of Public Health Observatories and designed to show the health of people in local authorities across England. With other local information these profiles demonstrate where action can be taken to improve people`s health and reduce health inequalities. These are the first Health Profiles for England. They have been produced by Public Health Observatories for the Department of Health and will be updated every year. See www.communityhealthprofiles.info for more information. © Crown Copyright 2006.
This profile compares figures for the East Riding with regional and national averages for indicators such as life expectancy, teenage pregnancy, drug misuse treatment and children`s tooth decay.
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| www.communityhealthprofiles.info/profiles/00FB-HP.pdf |
| ONE HULL Knowledge |
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| This is the new on-line information service that allows partners in Hull`s Local Strategic Partnership to pool and share information and knowledge. It provides interactive access to a wide range of information on Kingston-upon-Hull and its local communities. |
| hull.mediasterling.net/ |
| Environment Agency |
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| The website for the Environment Agency provides information, data and news about all aspects of environmental management. The `What`s in my backyard?` section allows you to enter your postcode to find out more about what`s happening in the environment where you live. Maps can tell you whether your postcode area is at risk of flood, whether there`s a landfill site near your house or how healthy the rivers are in your area. |
| www.environment-agency.gov.uk |