Further fall in number of York jobseekers and residents claiming benefits

 National statistics released today have revealed the number of residents claiming Job Seekers Allowance in York has fallen again.

Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown the number of York residents claiming Job Seekers Allowance has again fallen.

The number of claimants in York has fallen by 50.3 percent in the last year.

There are now 889 claimants in York, a fall of 52 from last month and of 901 from May 2014.

The claimant count represents 0.7 percent of the working population and contrasts to the regional average which stands at 2.5 percent. The figures are also much lower than the national average which stands at 1.8 percent.

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Summer Fairs on Saturday 20th June

Summer Fayre

Saturday 20th June sees the Chapmans Pond / Love to Eat summer fair on Moor Lane, from 11am to 3pm.

There’ll be a BBQ serving hotdogs from Richardsons of Woodthorpe and a host of activities, including:

  • Bouncy castle
  • Vintage bric-a-brac
  • Plant stalls and craft stalls
  • Live music

More details click http://lovetoeat.co.uk/events/

And later on Saturday afternoon it’s the Dringhouses Primary School’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ themed summer fair, from 2.30pm to 5pm.

 

 

Sale of Oliver House – York Council finally set to take right decision next week

After a wholly unnecessary delay of over 3 months, it seems that the York Council will finally accept the highest bid received for the empty Oliver House building next week,.

It will bring to an end a saga which started 3 years ago,

Oliver House York

 Members of City of York Council’s Executive will be asked to approve plans to sell the former Oliver House Older People’s Home site to a company proposing to build retirement living apartments, at a meeting later this month (25 June).

The site, which also includes an additional area of land currently occupied by garaging, is “both financially valuable and strategically important, lying in a largely residential area within the city walls”.

The site was put on the open market after the original proposal by York CVS to run a Social Care Hub from Oliver House did not have a sufficiently robust business case.

A total of 27 bids were received for the site from 23 bidders.

Each bid was then assessed, with points awarded for the capital value of the bid (60%); the ‘value’ of the bid to the local community (20%) and the deliverability of the scheme (20%).
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