January 2010
Temporary changes to waste collections
Tuesday 05 January 2010
City of York Council's waste chiefs have today announced a number of temporary changes to the refuse and recycling collections as a result of the continuing wintry conditions.Council urges residents to work with it in battle against wintry conditions
Tuesday 05 January 2010
City of York Council is reassuring residents that it is doing all it to battle against the wintry conditions. Recycling Christmas cards and trees
Tuesday 05 January 2010
City of York Council is encouraging residents to start the New Year in an environmentally friendly way by recycling their real Christmas trees, wreaths and festive cards.Cycling challenge success ensures more bicycle commuters in 2010
Wednesday 06 January 2010
York residents who recently completed the Cycle 50% Challenge will start 2010 healthier, happier and with more spare cash after discovering the benefits of commuting to work by bike for themselves.Benefit fraudster convicted
Wednesday 06 January 2010
A York man who claimed almost £20,000 in benefits that he was not entitled to has been given a 40-week, suspended custodial sentence and 100 hours community service.Warning to drivers
Friday 08 January 2010
City of York Council is warning motorists to drive with extreme care over the next few days, as the authority is forced to start rationing rock salt.Council services nominated for national awards
Friday 08 January 2010
City of York Council has been shortlisted for two nationally prestigious awards in the upcoming Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards.City seeks to strengthen support to businesses
Friday 08 January 2010
City of York Council's Executive will be asked to consider plans to further strengthen support to major employers in the city, at a meeting later this month (19 January).Residents to give views on future of Adult Social Care
Friday 08 January 2010
York residents are to be consulted on City of York Council's proposed changes to the way it charges customers for Adult Social Care services.City of York Council gritting update
Sunday 10 January 2010
City of York Council gritting teams went out at 9pm on Saturday evening and 4am on Sunday morningFairfields Drive, Skelton - Carriageway resurfacing
Monday 11 January 2010
City of York Council will reconstruct Fairfields Drive starting on the 18 January. The work is programmed to take six days to complete working Monday to Saturday between 9.15am and 4.00pm.Skeldergate Bridge carriageway reconstruction
Monday 11 January 2010
City of York Council will resurface Skeldergate Bridge starting on the 25 January. The work is programmed to take two weeks working Monday to Friday between 7 pm and 7am. Funding for new council homes gets the go-ahead
Monday 11 January 2010
Plans to build York's first council houses for 20 years have got the go-ahead today (11 January) thanks to a £1.25m funding boost from the government. York's young people lead the way on culture
Tuesday 12 January 2010
Young people from York are being invited to have their say on the shape of cultural activities for 0-25 year olds provided by City of York Council in the city, and also on those across the country.York students' GCSE success
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Children's Services leaders in the City of York have welcomed government figures released today [13 January], which show that York schools are continuing to excel at Key Stage 4. Hydrotherapy pool open for business
Wednesday 13 January 2010
The new Hydrotherapy Pool at the Energise Leisure Centre (formerly Oaklands Leisure Centre) is now open.Light up enforcement campaign success
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Operation Image, a joint campaign by Cycling City York, Safer York Partnership and North Yorkshire Police aimed at clamping down on cyclists who fail to light up at night, has been hailed a success.New IT super-highway for York
Wednesday 13 January 2010
City of York Council is to install a city-wide fibre optic communications network to give schools, libraries and other public offices super-fast computer connectivity to support council services.Wii fit kits to be part of new stroke survivor service
Thursday 14 January 2010
Wii fit kits are among the equipment that City of York Council is planning to buy as part of a new government-funded investment to support people affected by strokes. Holocaust Memorial Day
Monday 18 January 2010
City of York Council is marking Holocaust Memorial Day on the 27 January with a special event organised and performed by the city's young people. This will be based around the national theme for this year's commemorations, which is The Legacy of Hope and marks the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. .YorHome' homes sucess!
Tuesday 19 January 2010
City of York Council's new property letting agency - YorHome- has already helped four families and two individuals find homes after its launch less than a month ago.Getting to grips with your budget
Tuesday 19 January 2010
City of York Council is working with Aviva, to help people manage the post-Christmas budget pinch.Kash for kids' projects
Tuesday 19 January 2010
A City of York Council scheme is offering youth groups in York the chance to apply for a share of £145,000.Going once, going twice -sold!
Tuesday 19 January 2010
City of York Council is inviting residents to bid for a bespoke piece of art this month (Saturday 30 January) at a charity auction, which is the exciting culmination of a local community arts project called Seeing Green.Blossom Street improvements
Thursday 21 January 2010
City of York Council is giving York residents the chance to have their say how a major junction in the city could be improved.Milestone for 100th cold calling controlled zone
Thursday 21 January 2010
City of York Council's Trading Standards is working with North Yorkshire Police to crack down on cold calling - after launching the 100th cold calling controlled zone in the city.£85k for Explore services
Thursday 21 January 2010
The next big thing could be found in York with thanks to thousands of pounds in government funding.Santa's gone all green
Friday 22 January 2010
Christmas may be over for thousands of children across the city, but City of York Council - working with the York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership - is bringing Santa back for one last stop.Winter weather update
Friday 22 January 2010
City of York Council's gritting teams have used 4,200 tonnes of rock salt in the last few weeks, compared to the average 2,500-3,000 per tonnes winter.People power helps York crack down on scams
Monday 25 January 2010
A nationwide 'Scamnesty' campaign by Trading Standards and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) comes to York next month.York leads county on sustainability
Monday 25 January 2010
Residents in York are leading the county in terms of sustainability. If you go down to St Sampson's Square…
Tuesday 26 January 2010
…you can join in the fun and games at City of York Council's SureStart Children's Centre Celebration Event.Computer grants for low income families
Thursday 28 January 2010
Low-income families in York could receive a grant for a laptop and broadband connection, thanks to a new government initiative.Social service users asked for their views
Thursday 28 January 2010
City of York Council is asking residents for their views on the quality of its Adult Social Services next month, as part of a national initiative.School's Out! out now
Friday 29 January 2010
Creepy crawlie adventures, funky pop classes and woodland whittling workshops, are just some of the activities five to 18 year olds can take part in during the February half term holidays.First visit by Munster's new 'Lord Mayor'
Friday 29 January 2010
The Lord Mayor of York's twin city, Munster, will visit York for the first time this weekend.Bike stand bonanza!
Friday 29 January 2010
Cycling City York has joined forces with an organisation called ParkThatBike to launch a new project offering free community cycle parking to organisations across the city.
It means that voluntary sector groups, social enterprises, small businesses, shops, offices, churches, surgeries, cafés, pubs, playgrounds, allotments and pretty much any other type of organisation based in the city can apply for FREE cycle parking stands. Waste collections return to normal
Friday 29 January 2010
City of York Council is reminding residents that waste collections will return to normal on Monday (1 February).