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Community Payback
Details of the work of the Community Payback Team in Hampsthwaite Hampsthwaite Parish Council was approached in December 2016 to seek our support for the Community Payback scheme. The Unpaid Work Requirement (commonly known as Community Payback) is one of the requirements that can be included in a community order. It involves service users doing compulsory work for the benefit of the community. Types of Work Undertaken Work in Hampsthwaite Volunteers Current Year Reports Contact: Unpaid Work Placement Coordinator, Interserve (Justice) The Humberside, Lincolnshire & North Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company Ltd Harrogate Probation Office Harrogate Redefining the future for people and placesWebsite: www.interserve.comPhone: 07720 213674Email: JoeMurphy@interservefls.gse.gov.uk
Information
The Village Room began its life as a purpose-built reading room constructed in stone with a boarded roof covered in slate and with its interior beams exposed in a vaulted roof. It opened to the public in August 1890. Now the Room is a regular venue for meetings including the Parish Council, the Village Society Committee and the Wednesday Group.Hampsthwaite Village Room High Street,HG3 2ET For bookings, contact: T: 01423 770332 E: villageroombookings@hampsthwaite.org.uk See also the History section for a brief history of
Village Room Events Calendar
Details of events and meetings at Hampsthwaite Village Room.PLEASE NOTE: whilst every effort is made to ensure this calendar is kept up to date and can be used for guidance, potential Village Room users are strongly advised to confirm vacancies with the Booking Secretary before committing to a date for any new events. For bookings, contact:Booking SecretaryT: 01423 770332E: villageroombookings@hampsthwaite.org.ukIf you need to visit the Village Room prior to an event, please make an appointment with the Booking Secretary to help us avoid any inconvenience to other hirers.
Harrogate Housing Association
Affordable Homes to Rent and Buy for local people at Grange Park Hampsthwaite We are a small, but expanding, housing association who only operate in the Harrogate District. We offer homes for rent and on a shared ownership basis and have 1, 2 and 3 bedroomed homes on Grange Park. With a personal, local service we want to help our customers create homes near family and work.
Christmas Tree Festival
St. Thomas a Becket Church, Hampsthwaite are holding a Christmas Tree Festival over the weekend of 15th – 17th December.There will be a ‘Preview Evening & Concert ’ on Friday 15th with wine and canapes being served from 6.30 p.m and with a choral performance from Voces Seraphorum from 7.00 – 7.45 p.m. – tickets can be purchased from Hampsthwaite Post Office or you can buy them on the door (£7.00).The church will be open from 10.00 – 16.00 on Saturday 16th December for you to come along and enjoy the Christmas Trees and there will be refreshments served throughout the day.
Hands Off Hampsthwaite Action Group
Newsletters and Updates resulting from Action Group meetings An Action Group to oppose excessive development in Hampsthwaite was formed following the public meting at the Memorial Hall on Thursday 19th July 2017.Meetings are held on Monday evenings, 6.00pm at Sophie's Coffee Shop unless advised otherwise. Email: info@hampsthwaiteactiongroup.com URL: www.hampsthwaiteactiongroup.com FaceBook:@handsoffhampsthwaitevillage Twitter: https://twitter.com/HampsthwaiteAG
Management Committee Meetings
"The general management and control of the Trust Premises and the Arrangements for their use shall be vested in a Committee of Management (hereinafter called “the Committee”) consisting of not more than Twenty-five members (exclusive of members co-opted . . . )" and "All members of the Committee shall retire annually at the Annual General Meeting". Extracts from Conveyance No.8791 dated 24th April 1953
HAMPSTHWAITE UNDER THREAT!
HARROGATE DISTRICT LOCAL PLAN
Harrogate Borough Council is currently preparing a new Local Plan which will set out how the district should grow and develop to 2035. Link to HBC's Online Planning Application Information (opens in a new window) Link to Harrogate District Draft Local Plan Additional Sites consultation 14 July - 25 August 2017 (opens in a new window)
Birstwith Road Site (HM9)
Harrogate Borough Council is preparing a new Local Plan that will set out how the district should grow and develop to 2035. Birstwith Road is proposed as an Additional Site HM9 and is now the subject of a consultation exercise.See: https://consult.harrogate.gov.uk/portal/pp/lp/as17/as17

Services

Services available to residents of Hampsthwaite

Neighbourhood Watch

Link to http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/harrogate

A way of developing close links within the community and with the Police, Local Authority and other organisations. The main aim is to help reduce crime and the fear of crime by:

Greater vigilance
Better crime prevention
Encouraging a better community spirit
An overall improvement of the area in which you live

Safer Neighbourhood Officer for Killingall, Ripley and Hampsthwaite

The PCSO for Hampsthwaite is PC Nicholas Woods (based at Harrogate Town Police Station Victoria Avenue.)
Email Nicholas.Woods@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk
For contact by telephone Dial 101 (the National Police Non Emergency Contact Number), press option 2 and ask for him by name and collar number 5386. If using the collar number, please state each number individually..

Transport:

Link to http://www.carlberry.co.uk/rfnshowl.asp?L1=HAM031

Details for Harrogate & District Travel's bus service number 24 between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge.

Details of other local transport services available in Hampsthwaite (Postcode : HG3) in the North Yorkshire County council area.

Post Office:

Confectionery, toys, stationery, greeting cards, etc.
Hampsthwaite Post Office can renew Car Tax in addition to hosting a Cash Point and other services for Halifax, Nationwide, Yorkshire Bank, Cahoot, Smile, Barclays, Co-op, Lloyds, Alliance and Leicester, Bank of Ireland
(Tel: 01423 770332)

Doctors' surgeries:

High Street

Drs. T. Thornton, Jane Anderson and Partners
(Tel: 01423 770802 surgery and 564168 or 557232 anytime)

Spring Gables, Birstwith

Nidderdale Group Practice
(Tel: 01423 770202)

Services

Services available to residents of Hampsthwaite