City of York Council and Yorwaste have teamed up to give local residents free compost this spring and summer.

Green fingered gardeners will be able to collect their free compost from Yorwaste’s Harewood Whin site, on Tinker Lane, off Wetherby Road on:

• Sunday 6 May
• Sunday 3 June
• Sunday 8 July
• Sunday 5 August
• Sunday 2 September
• Sunday 7 October

The compost will be available from 9.30am until 2.30pm each day and residents are asked to bring a shovel and bags or containers to take the compost home in.

Adults across the city are being asked to try something new as part of City of York Council’s York 800 Adult Learners week, starting on 12 May.

The week, which runs alongside national Adult Learners’ Week, will give residents the chance to get involved in a wide range of activities, including how to connect to the internet to view their family history, and a master class in creative digital photography with flowers.

Other courses include

• Landscape painting in 19th century Russia
• Helping you to get a job
• Assembling your personal statement
• Healthier, happier you
• Lunchtime limber (circle dance)

For more information on the York 800 Adult learners week please see www.yortime.org.uk/eCommunityEvents/pictures/adult_learners_week_brochure.pdf

For more information on national Adult Learners Week visit www.alw.org.uk/