Much needed repairs on the link from Askham Lane to The Green are scheduled to take place on 16th/17th October
Askham Lane/The Green roadworks planned
Meanwhile, not for the first time, we have reported excessive litter near the Foxwood shops bus shelter (below).
Foxwood Lane bus shelter 28th September 2017
City of York Council is supporting this year’s Stoptober campaign and is urging the people of York to sign up to the 28-day stop smoking challenge.
There has never been a better time to quit smoking and the campaign follows data published in a University College of London (UCL) report which showed that nationally quitting success rates are at their highest for at least a decade.
The report showed success rates were up to 19.8 per cent for the first six months of this year. This is significantly higher than the average for the last 10 years (15.7 per cent) and means smoking rates across the Yorkshire and Humber area are now at their lowest level ever (17.7 per cent) and there are now more ex-smokers than current smokers.
It doesn’t matter how long people have smoked for, stopping smoking can improve your health straight away. It can also protect loved ones from second hand smoke and illnesses such as asthma, meningitis and some cancers. People who smoke a pack a day, could save as much as £250 per month by quitting.
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York Castle Museum :
Sat 30 Sep :
11.00am – 11.45am :
Free (normal museum admission applies)
The site where the museum now stands has been a place of justice and imprisonment for around 1,000 years.
Visit the Debtors’ prison building, and the Prison Experience displays and find out about the poor sanitary arrangements, the punishments and the exercise which felons faced every day.
The tour is followed by the opportunity to handle original prison objects from the past two centuries.
Free (normal museum admission applies)
Booking necessary .. see the museum’s events page .. https://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/your-visit/events/2017-09-30/?blog=1
15 adults max (16+ years)
Report to admissions desk.
PolliNation community arts workshops using microscopic images of pollen as a starting point.
York Explore Library :
Sat 30 Sep :
9.30am – 1.00pm & 1pm – 3.30pm :
Free
Come and contribute to a brilliant community arts project where images of microscopic pollen will be used to inspire the creation of an art installation created from over 300 individual hexagons and exhibited in Explore York Library in November 2017.
The PolliNation workhops and art installation is part of the Telling the Bees is a 12 month project bringing drama, design storytelling, media arts and the maker movement together to explore playful, immersive ways to understand environmental issues and share future visions about bees and beekeeping.
PolliNation is a partnership project between York Learning, Explore York, University of York and supported by Telling the Bees project partners – Sheffiled University, Lancaster University and Grow Theatre.
All workshops are free to attend.
Call our enrolments line on (01904) 552806.
12 places available on each workshop.
