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New Town Mayor Appointed

Cllr Chris Harbron was elected as Skipton`s new town Mayor for the next twelve month`s.
The handover took place in a ceremony at the town councils Annual General Meeting held in Skipton Town Hall on 14th May.

NEW SIMBACH MAYOR HEADS UP HIS FIRST SIMBACH VISIT

Gunther Wohl, the Mayor of Skipton’s twin-town of Simbach, was in town over the weekend, heading up his first official civic visit to Yorkshire having taken over from the Bavarian town’s previous Mayor of 25 years, Richard Findl.

Yorkshire In Bloom Awards 2009

Skipton has brought home a string of awards at this year’s Yorkshire In Bloom Awards The Town itself has once again matched its previous success by scoring a Silver Award in the overall ‘Small Town’ Category of the competition, but this has been supplemented by four other individual awards in other categories.

CHARITY STALLS WANTED FOR YULETIDE FESTIVAL

Local charity and community groups are being asked if they wish to take part in this year’s Skipton Yuletide Festival, being held on Sunday 6th and Sunday 13th of December.

COMMUNITY GRANTS 2009

Skipton Town Council has distributed well over £6000 of badly needed cash to local voluntary organisations and community groups as part of its 2009 Community Grants Scheme. The Council makes the awards each year, and the 2009 distribution of cash was decided at a recent meeting of the Public Services Committee.

ARSON ATTACK AT PLAYGROUND

An arson attack on one of the Town Council’s best-used play areas took place overnight on 23rd August. The Burnside Avenue Play Area was badly damaged in the attack and, unfortunately, a significant part of the facility has had to be closed off until repairs can be undertaken. The repairs will take several weeks to organise, so the playground will be out of action for the remainder of the school holidays and into the autumn.

SKIPTON IN BLOOM UPDATE

The wait is nearly over for residents and business in Skipton who took part in the annual gardening competition. Judging for all the categories took place during July, and the winners will be announced to coincide with the announcement of the Yorkshire In Bloom Awards, scheduled for the second week in September. Judges from Yorkshire In Bloom visited the town recently and spent over four hours looking at floral displays and ‘in-bloom’ projects across Skipton.

Dec 09 skipton High St was awarded "Great Street of the year 2009" - defeating London's Portobello Road.

From gala parades to ancient cattle markets to Yuletide and sheep festivals.

The refurbished bus station is now open for business. This will be a tremendous improvement to travel facilities for people of Skipton and the surrounding communities.

Skipton has brought home a string of awards at this year’s Yorkshire In Bloom Awards.

The Town itself has once again matched its previous success by scoring a Silver Award in the overall ‘Small Town’ Category of the competition, but this has been supplemented by four other individual awards in other categories.

Holy Trinity Church gained an impressive Silver-Gilt Award for the maintenance and floral displays in the churchyard overlooking Skipton High Street, The Horticulture Unit of Craven College also received a Silver-Gilt Award for the work being done at their centre based at Skipton Auction Mart - and their contribution to Skipton in Bloom – and the Stepping Stones 2 Project at Aireville Park scored a ‘Merit Award’ in the community groups category. Stepping Stones do a great deal of the planting work in the many dozens of tubs and other floral displays around Skipton Town Centre.

Finally, the Town’s Cenotaph has been named the best in Yorkshire by winning the War Memorials category of the judges’ discretionary awards. A new poppy-style display was designed and planted at the end of last year.

Skipton Town Manager, Brett Butler, accepted four of the awards on behalf of the Town and the Skipton In Bloom Committee. Hayden Davies of the Stepping Stones project collected their award at the glitzy ceremony held at the newly refurbished Spa in Bridlington.

Mr Butler said: “Skipton can be really proud of its achievements this year. Very few towns collected as many awards as we did – and we are competing against many places with very significant budgets and, in some cases, a good number of paid staff.”

He added: “We are particularly pleased with the award for the Cenotaph. A lot of thought and hard work has gone into the new design – and it is a real accolade for Skipton that we have the best war memorial in the County.”

Chairman of the Skipton in Bloom Committee, Robert G Heseltine, said: “The awards are made all the more special as we are just an enthusiastic group of volunteers, dedicated to brightening the environment of our town. I’d like to congratulate all of the individual winners and say a big thank you to our volunteers and to the people and businesses of Skipton who work very hard every year on Skipton in Bloom”

The Skipton in Bloom Group also runs a local gardening competition each year. Judging took place in July – and the winners will be announced by the Mayor of Skipton towards the end of the month – where the awards achieved in yesterday’s ceremony will also be officially presented.

Skipton In Bloom is now looking to build on its success, with the help of a grant from the Skipton Business Improvement District. Mr Heseltine said: “The funding from the BID Group and from Skipton Town Council has helped with several projects this year – and we have others in the planning stages which will, hopefully, help us to do even better at next year’s awards.”

The Group is always on the lookout for new members. Anyone interested in helping should call the Town Council offices on (01756) 794357 and leave their details. A member of the committee will then get in touch.

NASA Astronauts Visit Skipton

Five of the seven crew from the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery (mission number: STS119) were in Skipton on 7th July as guests of Craven College. They were in town for a series of presentations and talks to local school children to raise the profile of how important the study of science, maths and technology subjects is for our future.

THOUSANDS FLOCK TO SKIPTON FOR SHEEP DAY

Skipton High Street was packed with thousands of people on Sunday (5th July) for the return of Sheep Day. Visitors and local residents alike enjoyed a full day of sheep-themed fun and activities, ranging from sheep dog demonstrations to dry stone walling, tractor pulling to a special guest appearance by Shaun the Sheep.

NEWSLETTER SPRING / SUMMER EDITION

The all new and improved Skipton Town Council Newsletter is now available!

SKIPTON WILDERNESS WEEKEND

Skipton’s hidden gem, the Wilderness Woodlands, hosted a special open weekend recently to help raise the profile of this little-known local beauty spot sandwiched between Otley Road and Shortbank Road.

NEW MAYOR OF SIMBACH HEADING FOR SKIPTON

Skipton’s long-standing twin-town of Simbach elected a new Town Mayor some months ago, following the retirement of former Mayor of 25 years, Richard Findl. And now the new Mayor, Gunter Wohl, will be visiting Skipton for the first time as Mayor in September of this year when a civic party from Simbach will be making the journey to Yorkshire.

SECOND TWIN-TOWN FOR SKIPTON

Skipton is to forge new links with northern France as the Town Council moves ahead with plans to team up with a second twin town. Erquinghem-Lys is a small town of approx 6,000 people, close to Lille and the Belgian border. It was at the heart of activity in both world wars, but was seriously affected by trench warfare in World War 1.

Year End Brings Mayor's Total to...

FORMER MAYOR’S CHARITY TOTAL TOPS £42,000 The last duty of outgoing Town Mayor, Cllr Carole Manley, was to join with fellow Councillor, Polly English, to present a cheque for a record-breaking £42,000 to Airedale General Hospital to fund the purchase of specialist equipment to be used in the diagnosis of Breast cancer.

NEW TOWN MAYOR APPOINTED

Cllr Chris Harbron has taken over as Skipton's new Town Mayor following the Annual General Meeting of the Council held on Thursday 14th May.

2009 COMMUNITY GRANTS SCHEME

Skipton Town Council is inviting applications from Skipton-based community groups and voluntary organisations for the 2009 Community Grant Scheme. Each year the Town Council awards cash grants to help local groups fund special projects, improve services or purchase new or additional equipment – and, this year, a much larger pot of money is being made available.

IN BLOOM GARDENING COMPETITION

The Skipton in Bloom Gardening Competition is set to return this year, in connection with work on the Town’s entry into the Yorkshire in Bloom Competition.

Waterway Festival Stall Raises Over £1000

Visitors to last weekend’s Skipton Waterway Festival had the chance to win a car as Skipton Town Mayor, Cllr Carole Manley, starts the final push to reach her final target of helping raise £40,000 for vital new cancer diagnosis equipment at Airedale Hospital.

FIRE SERVICE CARWASH FOR MAYOR'S CHARITY

Firefighters from Skipton Fire Station joined forces with the Mayor recently for a fund-raising car wash to raise more money towards the Mayor’s Cancer Charity.

SKipton Beer Festival 2009

It's time to raise your glasses to celebrate the 3rd ever Skipton Beer Festival which is to take place at the Town Hall. The event is organised by real ale enthusiasts and it boast a wide selection of Ales, Beer, Cider and Perry.

St. George's Day parade - 26th April

South Craven District Scouts will be holding their annual St George’s Parade and service in Skipton on Sunday 26th April. The parade will form up on Chapel Hill shortly before 2.30pm, before parading over Mill Bridge, down the High Street and along Keighley Road to a service at Christ Church scheduled for 3pm.

SKIPTON IN BLOOM LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS

Skipton in Bloom is looking for new volunteers to join its committee, which helps to co-ordinate the town’s entry into the annual Yorkshire in Bloom competition.

SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGY TOURNAMENT

Skipton Town Council has recently supported a schools technology tournament held at the Rendezvous Hotel in Skipton, where Town Mayor, Cllr Carole Manley presented prizes and trophies to the winning schools.

QUIZ NIGHT FOR MAYOR’S CHARITY FUND

A CHARITY QUIZ NIGHT is being held on Friday 27th March 2009 to raise money towards the Town Mayor’s Charity Fund. The event runs from 7.30pm with the quiz starting at 8pm – and is being held at Herriot’s Hotel on Broughton Road in Skipton. Teams of all sizes are welcome.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW WEBSITE!

Welcome to the BRAND NEW Skipton Town Council website. It's long overdue! The new site includes loads more information about the Council, what it does and how it does it. You'll also find full details of your local Councillors - and details of how to get in touch with us. The site will be updated regularly, so we hope you will enjoy looking around - and coming back for more on a regular basis!

Town Council Sets Precept for 2009/10

Skipton Town Council has announced that its annual precept - the amount of money the Council collects as its proportion of the Council Tax - will increase by just 1.5%, following the confirmation of the 2009/10 budget at a meeting of the Full Council on 29th January.

Rotaract Raises Cash For Mayor's Charity

Members of Skipton Rotaract have raised £600 for the Skipton Town Mayor's charity.

The cash was raised from a Rotaract stall at last December's Skipton Yuletide Festival.

New Town Manager Appointed

Skipton Town Council has appointed a new Town Manager.

Brett Butler takes over the position from former postholder Dave Parker, who is now the Council's Chief Officer. Brett joins the Council from the marketing department of Skipton Building Society

£40,000 of Community Grants Awarded

Skipton Town Council has distributed over £40,000 in additional grants to community groups around the Town. A number of key organisations have benefitted from the grants, aimed at ensuring they are able to continue to provide a valuable service to the residents of Skipton.

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Narrow Boat is pub of season New Town Mayor Appointed Cllr Chris Harbron was elected as Skipton`s new town Mayor for the next twelve month`s. The handover took place in a ceremony at the town councils Annual General Meeting held in Skipton Town Hall on 14th May. NEW SIMBACH MAYOR HEADS UP HIS FIRST SIMBACH VISIT Gunther Wohl, the Mayor of Skipton’s twin-town of Simbach, was in town over the weekend, heading up his first official civic visit to Yorkshire having taken over from the Bavarian town’s previous Mayor of 25 years, Richard Findl. Yorkshire In Bloom Awards 2009 Skipton has brought home a string of awards at this year’s Yorkshire In Bloom Awards The Town itself has once again matched its previous success by scoring a Silver Award in the overall ‘Small Town’ Category of the competition, but this has been supplemented by four other individual awards in other categories. CHARITY STALLS WANTED FOR YULETIDE FESTIVAL Local charity and community groups are being asked if they wish to take part in this year’s Skipton Yuletide Festival, being held on Sunday 6th and Sunday 13th of December. COMMUNITY GRANTS 2009 Skipton Town Council has distributed well over £6000 of badly needed cash to local voluntary organisations and community groups as part of its 2009 Community Grants Scheme. The Council makes the awards each year, and the 2009 distribution of cash was decided at a recent meeting of the Public Services Committee. ARSON ATTACK AT PLAYGROUND An arson attack on one of the Town Council’s best-used play areas took place overnight on 23rd August. The Burnside Avenue Play Area was badly damaged in the attack and, unfortunately, a significant part of the facility has had to be closed off until repairs can be undertaken. The repairs will take several weeks to organise, so the playground will be out of action for the remainder of the school holidays and into the autumn. SKIPTON IN BLOOM UPDATE The wait is nearly over for residents and business in Skipton who took part in the annual gardening competition. Judging for all the categories took place during July, and the winners will be announced to coincide with the announcement of the Yorkshire In Bloom Awards, scheduled for the second week in September. Judges from Yorkshire In Bloom visited the town recently and spent over four hours looking at floral displays and ‘in-bloom’ projects across Skipton.		Dec 09 skipton High St was awarded "Great Street of the year 2009" - defeating London's Portobello Road. From gala parades to ancient cattle markets to Yuletide and sheep festivals. The refurbished bus station is now open for business. This will be a tremendous improvement to travel facilities for people of Skipton and the surrounding communities. Skipton has brought home a string of awards at this year’s Yorkshire In Bloom Awards. The Town itself has once again matched its previous success by scoring a Silver Award in the overall ‘Small Town’ Category of the competition, but this has been supplemented by four other individual awards in other categories. Holy Trinity Church gained an impressive Silver-Gilt Award for the maintenance and floral displays in the churchyard overlooking Skipton High Street, The Horticulture Unit of Craven College also received a Silver-Gilt Award for the work being done at their centre based at Skipton Auction Mart - and their contribution to Skipton in Bloom – and the Stepping Stones 2 Project at Aireville Park scored a ‘Merit Award’ in the community groups category. Stepping Stones do a great deal of the planting work in the many dozens of tubs and other floral displays around Skipton Town Centre. Finally, the Town’s Cenotaph has been named the best in Yorkshire by winning the War Memorials category of the judges’ discretionary awards. A new poppy-style display was designed and planted at the end of last year. Skipton Town Manager, Brett Butler, accepted four of the awards on behalf of the Town and the Skipton In Bloom Committee. Hayden Davies of the Stepping Stones project collected their award at the glitzy ceremony held at the newly refurbished Spa in Bridlington. Mr Butler said: “Skipton can be really proud of its achievements this year. Very few towns collected as many awards as we did – and we are competing against many places with very significant budgets and, in some cases, a good number of paid staff.” He added: “We are particularly pleased with the award for the Cenotaph. A lot of thought and hard work has gone into the new design – and it is a real accolade for Skipton that we have the best war memorial in the County.” Chairman of the Skipton in Bloom Committee, Robert G Heseltine, said: “The awards are made all the more special as we are just an enthusiastic group of volunteers, dedicated to brightening the environment of our town. I’d like to congratulate all of the individual winners and say a big thank you to our volunteers and to the people and businesses of Skipton who work very hard every year on Skipton in Bloom” The Skipton in Bloom Group also runs a local gardening competition each year. Judging took place in July – and the winners will be announced by the Mayor of Skipton towards the end of the month – where the awards achieved in yesterday’s ceremony will also be officially presented. Skipton In Bloom is now looking to build on its success, with the help of a grant from the Skipton Business Improvement District. Mr Heseltine said: “The funding from the BID Group and from Skipton Town Council has helped with several projects this year – and we have others in the planning stages which will, hopefully, help us to do even better at next year’s awards.” The Group is always on the lookout for new members. Anyone interested in helping should call the Town Council offices on (01756) 794357 and leave their details. A member of the committee will then get in touch.
NASA Astronauts Visit Skipton Five of the seven crew from the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery (mission number: STS119) were in Skipton on 7th July as guests of Craven College. They were in town for a series of presentations and talks to local school children to raise the profile of how important the study of science, maths and technology subjects is for our future. THOUSANDS FLOCK TO SKIPTON FOR SHEEP DAY Skipton High Street was packed with thousands of people on Sunday (5th July) for the return of Sheep Day. Visitors and local residents alike enjoyed a full day of sheep-themed fun and activities, ranging from sheep dog demonstrations to dry stone walling, tractor pulling to a special guest appearance by Shaun the Sheep. NEWSLETTER SPRING / SUMMER EDITION The all new and improved Skipton Town Council Newsletter is now available! SKIPTON WILDERNESS WEEKEND Skipton’s hidden gem, the Wilderness Woodlands, hosted a special open weekend recently to help raise the profile of this little-known local beauty spot sandwiched between Otley Road and Shortbank Road. NEW MAYOR OF SIMBACH HEADING FOR SKIPTON Skipton’s long-standing twin-town of Simbach elected a new Town Mayor some months ago, following the retirement of former Mayor of 25 years, Richard Findl. And now the new Mayor, Gunter Wohl, will be visiting Skipton for the first time as Mayor in September of this year when a civic party from Simbach will be making the journey to Yorkshire. SECOND TWIN-TOWN FOR SKIPTON Skipton is to forge new links with northern France as the Town Council moves ahead with plans to team up with a second twin town. Erquinghem-Lys is a small town of approx 6,000 people, close to Lille and the Belgian border. It was at the heart of activity in both world wars, but was seriously affected by trench warfare in World War 1. Year End Brings Mayor's Total to... FORMER MAYOR’S CHARITY TOTAL TOPS £42,000 The last duty of outgoing Town Mayor, Cllr Carole Manley, was to join with fellow Councillor, Polly English, to present a cheque for a record-breaking £42,000 to Airedale General Hospital to fund the purchase of specialist equipment to be used in the diagnosis of Breast cancer. NEW TOWN MAYOR APPOINTED Cllr Chris Harbron has taken over as Skipton's new Town Mayor following the Annual General Meeting of the Council held on Thursday 14th May. 2009 COMMUNITY GRANTS SCHEME Skipton Town Council is inviting applications from Skipton-based community groups and voluntary organisations for the 2009 Community Grant Scheme. Each year the Town Council awards cash grants to help local groups fund special projects, improve services or purchase new or additional equipment – and, this year, a much larger pot of money is being made available. IN BLOOM GARDENING COMPETITION The Skipton in Bloom Gardening Competition is set to return this year, in connection with work on the Town’s entry into the Yorkshire in Bloom Competition. Waterway Festival Stall Raises Over £1000 Visitors to last weekend’s Skipton Waterway Festival had the chance to win a car as Skipton Town Mayor, Cllr Carole Manley, starts the final push to reach her final target of helping raise £40,000 for vital new cancer diagnosis equipment at Airedale Hospital. FIRE SERVICE CARWASH FOR MAYOR'S CHARITY Firefighters from Skipton Fire Station joined forces with the Mayor recently for a fund-raising car wash to raise more money towards the Mayor’s Cancer Charity. SKipton Beer Festival 2009 It's time to raise your glasses to celebrate the 3rd ever Skipton Beer Festival which is to take place at the Town Hall. The event is organised by real ale enthusiasts and it boast a wide selection of Ales, Beer, Cider and Perry. St. George's Day parade - 26th April South Craven District Scouts will be holding their annual St George’s Parade and service in Skipton on Sunday 26th April. The parade will form up on Chapel Hill shortly before 2.30pm, before parading over Mill Bridge, down the High Street and along Keighley Road to a service at Christ Church scheduled for 3pm. SKIPTON IN BLOOM LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS Skipton in Bloom is looking for new volunteers to join its committee, which helps to co-ordinate the town’s entry into the annual Yorkshire in Bloom competition. SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGY TOURNAMENT Skipton Town Council has recently supported a schools technology tournament held at the Rendezvous Hotel in Skipton, where Town Mayor, Cllr Carole Manley presented prizes and trophies to the winning schools. QUIZ NIGHT FOR MAYOR’S CHARITY FUND A CHARITY QUIZ NIGHT is being held on Friday 27th March 2009 to raise money towards the Town Mayor’s Charity Fund. The event runs from 7.30pm with the quiz starting at 8pm – and is being held at Herriot’s Hotel on Broughton Road in Skipton. Teams of all sizes are welcome. WELCOME TO OUR NEW WEBSITE! Welcome to the BRAND NEW Skipton Town Council website. It's long overdue! The new site includes loads more information about the Council, what it does and how it does it. You'll also find full details of your local Councillors - and details of how to get in touch with us. The site will be updated regularly, so we hope you will enjoy looking around - and coming back for more on a regular basis! Town Council Sets Precept for 2009/10 Skipton Town Council has announced that its annual precept - the amount of money the Council collects as its proportion of the Council Tax - will increase by just 1.5%, following the confirmation of the 2009/10 budget at a meeting of the Full Council on 29th January. Rotaract Raises Cash For Mayor's Charity Members of Skipton Rotaract have raised £600 for the Skipton Town Mayor's charity. The cash was raised from a Rotaract stall at last December's Skipton Yuletide Festival. New Town Manager Appointed Skipton Town Council has appointed a new Town Manager. Brett Butler takes over the position from former postholder Dave Parker, who is now the Council's Chief Officer. Brett joins the Council from the marketing department of Skipton Building Society £40,000 of Community Grants Awarded Skipton Town Council has distributed over £40,000 in additional grants to community groups around the Town. A number of key organisations have benefitted from the grants, aimed at ensuring they are able to continue to provide a valuable service to the residents of Skipton.


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