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YORK FESTIVAL LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR CHARITY PARTNERS IN BID TO RAISE THOUSANDS OF POUNDS FOR LOCAL GOOD CAUSES
York Festival is looking to help raise thousands of pounds for good causes by supporting and celebrating the historic city’s charity champions.
The ambulance service is asking the public to drink responsibly as last year on ‘Mad Friday’ (21 December 2018) they took 15% more calls than the average Friday. ‘Mad Friday’ is a popular day for Christmas parties and for many the day they break up from work for Christmas and head out to celebrate with family and friends.
Festive season travels all wrapped up with Coastliner, Cityzap and York and Country Extra express Cityzap buses are to run between York and Leeds this Boxing Day – providing bargain-hunters with stress-free access to the sales, or just a chance to leave those endless turkey butties behind!
An appeal has been issued to Yorkshire’s residents to help safeguard the region’s ambulance service for those in need of time-critical life-saving help over the busy festive period. Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is today (Wednesday 11 December 2019) launching its #ChristmasWish campaign which features messages from staff about how the public can help to ease pressures on the service which is facing unprecedented demand this winter.
Staggered leaving times from 6pm will be a great improvement for the hard working traders. They have had to choose between losing income by not trading or working way beyond the hours normally allowed by health and safety legislation.
York’s Chocolate Story has been announced as the winner of Best UK Leisure Attraction Silver and Best UK Heritage Attraction Bronze in the prestigious 2019 British Travel Awards. The announcement was made on 27th November at a glamorous Gala Awards ceremony, held in London and attended by nearly a thousand travel industry people.
Sexual Health And Relationships Education (SHARE) is a newly formed non profit organisation working with young people from and based in York. We are in the process of producing engaging workshops for schools and interactive, innovative videos that provide up to date information around young peoples Mental and Sexual Health. The project is a huge undertaking and ambitious collaboration involving many York business and non-profit organisations.
Cancer Research UK Shine Night Walk is now urging participants to return their sponsorship money.
Over 1000 participants took part in Shine Night Walk 10k York this year and it is hoped they will raise £74,000. To date, £63,042 has been returned.
Shine Night Walk events raise thousands of pounds every year to help beat cancer by funding crucial research.
SCHOOLS in York are being urged to join the fight against cancer by adding Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life Schools to the timetable.
The charity is inviting primary and secondary schools across the city to hold their own Race for Life events and help fund vital life-saving research.
Win £1,000 in Martin House Christmas Raffle!
A bumper festive season is in store for the lucky winner of Martin House Hospice Care for Children and Young People’s Christmas Raffle with a £1,000 top prize.
Rescuing Remembrance!!
Yorkshire Air Museum Appeals for Musicians for Remembrance Sunday!!
The Yorkshire Air Museum annually hosts Remembrance Services both at the French Memorial, Elvington Village and at our Station Chapel here at the Museum itself.
The region’s ambulance service is placing small poppy stickers on the bonnets of its vehicles for the month of November to commemorate this year’s Remembrance Day.
The Wilberforce Trust has appointed York based William Birch & Sons to begin the construction of their new specialist extra care housing and Living and Leaning centre in Dringhouses.
The Red Tower, on the city walls, is hosting a talk by York-born international best-selling author, Ann Victoria Roberts on October 26 from 14:00 to 15:00 followed by book signing until 15:30.
Martin House is highlighting what it takes to provide its services during Hospice Care Week, which takes place from October 7th to 13th. This year its focus is ‘this is what it takes’, a chance to show what is needed to provide – and pay for – hospice care.
IN YORK, people of all ages are invited to take part in an exciting night-time walking event for Cancer Research UK.
The charity’s Shine Night Walk is returning to the city, following the success of the first event last year.
The 10k walking event will see men, women and children uniting through light to raise money for life-saving research.
York Shakespeare Project is producing the Bard’s tumultuous story of romance and warfare that spans the Roman world, Antony and Cleopatra, which will be performed at York’s John Cooper Studio from 28 October – 2 November.
The story of Ballistic Kids follows Scott and Matt, childhood outsiders from the small, sleepy village of Hilltop, who dream of rock ‘n’ roll stardom. When a new girl arrives at their school, her musical abilities and can-do attitude inspire the young boys to make their dream a reality and they quickly join forces with class-mates Thom and Su to form a band.
York Musical Theatre Company has been busy auditioning for the global phenomenon, Jesus Christ Superstar. On in York from 27 – 30 November, this rock-opera from Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice has been wowing audiences around the world for decades and the Company is excited to be bringing this thrilling show to the York stage.
Are you winter-ready? Save money, keep warm and stay healthy with Warm & Well in North Yorkshire
Warm & Well in North Yorkshire wants to make sure that people have winter wrapped up.
IN YORK, people of all ages are invited to take part in an exciting night-time walking event for Cancer Research UK.
The charity’s Shine Night Walk is returning to the city, following the success of the first event last year.
The 10k walking event will see men, women and children uniting through light to raise money for life-saving research.
4 local business owners have come together to organise a 1 day event with the ambitious goal of getting more than 500 local people trained to give CPR for free!
Every year there are around 30,000 out of hospital cardiac arrests across the UK, but sadly less than 1 in 10 survive.
Do ghosts exists? Absolutely, according to the proprietors of a new shop that has opened in York’s historic Shambles with perhaps the most unusual and unvaried stock of any shop in Britain. As the name suggests, York Ghost Merchants sells ghosts, and nothing else.
Yorks Chocolate Story is proud to be working in partnership with Nestlé to bring KitKat Chocolatory to York, the UKs home of KitKat. Launching on Friday 27th September 2019, the KitKat Chocolatory is a luxury experience where you get the chance to create your own eight-finger KitKat.
York has beaten off stiff competition, to be crowned the best city in the UK in a vote of close to 75,000 people!
Staff and volunteers at York PDSA shop are urging local animal lovers to donate their unwanted items or time to help sick and injured pets.
The shop is desperate for good quality donations including (CDs, DVDs, books and toys), as well as (men’s and ladies’ clothes, shoes and accessories).
The next open meeting of the York Older People’s Assembly will be held on Monday 16th September 2019 at 2pm at the Friends Meeting House Friargate York.