The Tidy Team

Introducing The Tidy Team

The Tidy Team are Andy Wilson, Rob Flake,  and David Dale. Chris Brotherton retired at the end of 2022, having been with us since 1996, when the town council decided to employ two handymen.

Andy joined us in 2006 after his predecessor, Barry Skelton, retired. With the town growing rapidly, Rob joined us in 2020 and then David in 2022, to enable us to undertake more tasks. They all work full time for us. We were the first town council in the region to employ a manual team and extend our services from administrative to operational.

The Town Council felt that the services provided by the ERYC were insufficient and that Driffield was being let down and left behind. They decided that if ERYC were not going to keep Driffield up to scratch, then they would have to.

There were also various things that other towns received as a matter of course, but Driffield did not, such as Christmas light decorations, etc. The town council then decided that they must step up to the plate and stand up for Driffield, and employing the Tidy Team was part of this plan.

Their Regular jobs include;

Maintain and empty over 44 litter bins 3 x weekly

Maintain and install all the street furniture – including benches & bus shelters

Maintain and fill all the red grit boxes and gritting in winter

Maintain and grass cut all the parish paths, the Millennium Green & other green open spaces

Look after the allotments

Run the weekly street market

Erect the Christmas Lights and other things, such as the summer bunting

Supply & water the summer hanging baskets & plant and maintain over 20 flower and shrub beds

Maintain all the council buildings, including the depot/workshop, Cass Hall, the public toilets and the Market Walk offices

Look after our play park at St Margaret’s Close and the amenity area at Fawcett Gardens

Undertake street cleaning in the main shopping areas

Carry out specific litter picking or clear up projects, e.g. Market Place/Viking Car Park/the beck

Run all our annual events, such as the Christmas Festival, in liaison with the office

Assist other groups and organisations run events – The Old Folks Tea, Skatepark & Driffield in Bloom

Maintain the war memorials

Provide urgent assistance when needed by groups, ERYC or individuals

Deliver special projects that otherwise would not happen, such as installing the bikes and decorations for the visit of the Tour de Yorkshire and various memorials to mark special national events, such as World War commemorations