What’s on in York: Playgym at Energise
Something new for pre school children at Energise
PlayGym sessions incorporate simple gymnastics style exercises for toddlers and young children. According to the organisers, “Research has shown that movement and exercise are both beneficial for children and and that having the opportunity to take part in organised sessions which are tailored to the child’s individual age and stage of development, can have positive benefits on their learning and development”
Course looks to improve men’s health
City of York Council is inviting residents to take part in the men’s health programme with a range of activities and sessions to help them to become fitter and live healthier lifestyles.
The ten week course, which is led by the council’s Yorwellbeing service in partnership with York City Knights, will take place at York St John University sports park and see attendees take part in a series of physical activity sessions combined with educational workshops on modifiable lifestyle factors.
Starting at 7.30pm on Wednesday 13 September, the programme offers 90 minutes sessions designed to help individuals to become more aware of ways in which they can live happier and healthier lives.
The idea for this programme came from York City Knights fans and each session will be made up of a 45 minute educational workshop and a 45 minute physical activity session with access to the strength and conditioning suite used by the York City Knights first team.
The programme will run every Wednesday evening from 7.30pm until 9pm, from Wednesday 13 September up until Wednesday 15 November, aiming to engage with those individuals wanting to become more physically active and improve their health. The cost of the programme is £30 for the full 10 week course but people are urged to book in advance as spaces are limited.
The physical activity sessions will be tailored so they are appropriate to the requirements of the participants and the course is open to people of all ages and abilities.
Educational workshop topics will include:
- Incorporating physical activity into your daily lifestyle
- Meal planning and healthy diet choices
- Negative effects of smoking and alcohol on the body
- Promoting positive mental wellbeing.
What’s on in York: Foxwood Community centre garden open tomorrow
What’s on in York: Heart of York Bike Ride on Sunday
Location St Joh’s sports ground, Haxby Road
To enter contact: https://www.bhf.org.uk/heartofyorkbikeride/
Festival of Cycling set to return to Rowntree Park
City of York Council is reminding people to get into gear for the Festival of Cycling when it returns to Rowntree Park on Sunday 3 September from 10am-4pm.
The festival is a renowned free event, with bikes of all shapes and sizes available for people to try out. Bikes on offer include tricycles, adapted bikes and tandems.
Cycle trainers will also be teaching young people how to cycle with a fleet of balance bikes on hand to get a new generation of cyclists on the road.
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What’s on in York: Val McDermid – Insidious Intent
York Explore Library :
Thu 31 Aug :
6.30pm – 7.30pm :
£7.50
Join number one bestseller and Queen of Crime Val McDermid as she returns with Insidious Intent, featuring two of the most distinctive and iconic characters in crime fiction: Tony Hill and Carol Jordan.
When charred human remains are discovered in the driver’s seat of a burning car, DCI Carol Jordan and psychological profiler Tony Hill are brought in to investigate. They soon discover that what appeared to be a terrible accident is, in fact, murder. Delving deeper into the case, they begin the dangerous hunt for a most sinister killer with the power to inflict untold fear and pain on their victims…
To book a ticket please click here.
What’s on in York: Acomb market on Saturday
Rose Theatre project – further details published
£197,308 rent offered for use of Castle car park
The York Council is being recommended to close part of the City’s most popular car park, next to Clifford’s Tower, between 21st May and 23rd September next summer.
Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre will be Europe’s first full-scale working replica of a traditional Shakespearean Theatre which is modelled loosely on a combination of the Rose Theatre and the Globe Theatre which were built in 1587 and 1599 respectively.
It will aim to attract 100,000 people over the ten-week season, including up to 20,000 students.
It is unclear whether the lessons of last year’s Mystery Plays have been learned. There, matinee performances mostly sold out while evening mid-week performances were markedly less popular.
The twelve-sided, three storey building will create a theatre experience for approximately 950 people including a standing audience of 300 who will enjoy a “high level of involvement in the show”. With a 100+m2 stage most of the audience are within 15m of the action. Around the theatre there will be a “Taste Village”, show casing local food and beverage as well as an area for free wagon performances.
Four plays: Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Richard III and A Midsummer Nights Dream, will be produced by esteemed UK directors, including potentially a production by York Theatre Royal. Approximately 140 shows are anticipated over a ten-week season.
Ticket prices for adults will start at £12.50
The report details how the Council will be compensated for the loss of parking spaces,
“135 car parking spaces will be needed for the pop-up theatre (out of the 318 available).
Lunchbox will reimburse the Council a total of £197,308:
- £1,616 per day for the period 28 May to 19 June
- £1,679 per day for the period 20 June to 4 September
- £1,616 per day for the period 5 September to 16 September”
The report goes on to say, “There is a small risk that the council will lose £40k of revenue”
The Piccadilly multi storey would remain open in the evening for the use of theatre goers.
On the future of the Castle car park the Council report says,
“One of the key aims of the high-level vision, and the working assumption for the master planners, is that the Castle Car Park is to be closed and replaced with alternative uses”.
“The temporary part-closure of the car park for the theatre would allow officers to understand the impact of the displacement of car parking on the highway network over a significant period of time without incurring the associated loss of revenue.
Furthermore, it would also start to break the public perception of this area as a car park and encourage further public debate about its future”.
In effect, it is now clear that the Council plans to close the Castle car park on a permanent basis.
No details are provided of any spin off benefits that could be garnered from staging an “Elizabethan” themed summer in the City.
However, the four yearly Wagon Plays – which date from 1386 – are due to be staged in the City next summer.
There is no risk analysis included in the papers assessing any reputational risk associated with large number of visitors failing to find a convenient transport system in operation.
The Councils “free parking space” internet based system collapsed 4 years ago and many of the “on street” information signs have only recently started being brought back into service.
The Council is apparently mindful that part of the (woefully uneven) car park will need to be resurfaced to make it safe for pedestrians (which rather begs the question of the risk posed to current users when they get out of their vehicles!)
So, there is still a lot of work to be done with some risk still attached to what is basically an imaginative project
What’s on in York: Book sale at Dringhouses Library on Thursday
