Community campaign tackles loneliness and isolation in York

loneliness A project, which has been supported by the York council, will showcase how students, residents and older people can engage to tackle loneliness and isolation in communities at an event on 9 November.

The event will see the launch of a film which will tell the story of how young students used life stories as a way to engage and befriend older people living within their local community through sharing memories.

The council worked in partnership with University of York students, Minds in Motion, Inspired Youth, Woolnough House Care Home and The Peoples Health trust.

“Life Stories – Connecting Lives Through Life Stories”, an Inspired Youth film, will highlight the impact and importance of life story work on the lives of people living with dementia and help to reduce loneliness and isolation.

The film will provide an insight into the benefits and impact of life stories, both on the lives of the residents of Woolnough House and the student volunteers who dedicate their time to building relationships with residents and exploring life stories.

The film will premiere at the Tang Hall Community centre on Wednesday 9 November and it is hoped that the project will act as a catalyst and highlight how local communities can work together and engage with people to reduce loneliness and isolation.
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Courage of Acomb Police Officers recognised

Winners announced at North Yorkshire Police’s second Annual Awards ceremony

Single-handedly dealing with a double knife threat, raising thousands of pounds for local youth charities, and supporting a woman in severe distress to get the life-saving help she needed – those were just a few of the stories from North Yorkshire Police’s second Annual Awards ceremony, which was held at the Hospitium in York on Friday (4 November).

The second Annual Awards event, which was introduced to celebrate the achievements of officers and staff who embody the Force’s values of courage, compassion and inspiration, was attended by winners, their families and senior officers.

The officers and staff who received awards included:

  •  PCs Gregory, Ellison, Harvey, Scott and Churchward, and PSCOs Lewis and Taylor from York, who were awarded the silver Courage Award for being first on the scene at a dramatic fatal stabbing incident at a house in Acomb
  • York PCSOs Dowson, Warburton, Harris, Calpin, Martin and Burgoyne who were awarded the bronze Courage Award for entering a burning building to stop a fire spreading to neighbouring buildings

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Harewood Whin tipping to continue for another 15 years

It looks like tipping t the Harewood Whin landfill site near Rufforth could continue for another 15 years.
Entrance to Harewood Whin

Entrance to Harewood Whin

A planning application being considered next week will allow tiopping “in the eventuality that it is not possible process the anticipated volumes of waste through the approved Allerton Park Energy from Waste Plant”.

The activity has been subject to criticism n the past and the officers report makes the following observation

“The application site lies within open countryside to the north east of the village of Rufforth although a number of residential properties lie within a 500 metre radius and as a consequence of the elevated nature of the site longer distance effects are sometimes experienced in terms of noise from processing machinery.

The site is however subject to a detailed noise management plan which has proved highly effective in recent times and it is felt that there has been no material change in circumstances in respect of impacts upon residential amenity since planning permission for extension of the landfill activity was initially given in 2004”.

There have been no objections to the proposal

The report recommends that the planning committee meeting on 17th November approve the plans.

NB: Nearby a proposal to site a poultry farm on land off Bradley Lane, Rufforth is recommended for refusal