The new play equipment for younger children has now been provided at The Green (see above) and Foxwood Lane play areas.
The installation date for the “Playbuilder” equipment at the Grange Lane park has been confirmed as April 5th. This equipment is aimed at the 8-13 age group
Where will you be on Thursday 5 May? That’s the question York residents are being asked ahead of the local election Polling Day.
With City of York Council’s elections and the first UK-wide referendum* in over 30 years taking place on 5 May, City of York Council is urging voters to be ready to have their say.
With several bank holidays coming up, residents who are going to be away on 5 May can also apply to vote by post or by proxy.
Anyone who will be away or unable to vote on 5 May can register for a postal or proxy vote until 5pm on Thursday 14 April.
For more information visit www.york.gov.uk, call the council’s Electoral Services team on 01904 551052 or email electoral services@york.gov.uk
Where? Acomb Wood Local Nature Reserve
Cost? FREE
Get creative and take mud pies to the next level! What will you make? dip into your imagination why should sand be for making castles how about mudmen instead of snow!
Meet at the car park outside the Quaker Wood pub.
Please wear appropriate clothing and shoes for the weather and activity.
To Book a place please contact Jenny Cairns on 07833 436832 or jennifer.cairns@york.gov.uk
City of York Council is working in green-fingered partnership with The Friends of Hob Moor to celebrate the launch of Britain in Bloom 2011.
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is running a national campaign called It’s Your Neighbourhood, which encourages people up and down the country to be part of a movement to double native trees and woods in the UK.
This weekend, council rangers will team up with York Tree Wardens and volunteers to roll up their sleeves and plant hedgerows in York.
Volunteers of all ages will be planting hedgerows on Hob Moor between 10.30am and 12.30pm on Sunday 27 March, as part of the annual Britain in Bloom launch – and everyone is invited to come and join in.
All tools will be provided and the York Tree Warden Group will be on hand to demonstrate what to do.
This year, RHS Britain in Bloom has teamed up with the Woodland Trust to give away up to 200,000 free tree saplings to be planted by communities across the UK.
Both the RHS and the Woodland Trust are supporting the United Nation’s 2011 International Year of Forests, to raise awareness of conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests and recognise the benefits trees bring to our wildlife and communities.
If any members of the public would like more information about the event please contact Jenny Cairns, ranger at City of York Council on 07833 436832 or e mail jennifer.cairns@york.gov.uk
For more information on RHS Britain in Bloom and the Woodland Trust partnership visit www.rhs.org.uk/britaininbloom
Ascot Way
Walking around Westfield in the sunshine over the last few days it is clear that the winter weather has taken its toll. So we’re organising a spring clean and inviting residents to play their part.
The Council are already working flat out to repair the potholes that have appeared in the roads. The first cut of grassed areas is already underway and will be completed before Easter.
We’ve reported areas where there is still some tree detritus to be removed (above photo was in Ascot Way)
The Council are working with the Tidy Britain Group to launch ‘Love Where You Live’, as the introduction to engaging with residents during the coming weeks.
The Brunswick Nursery is producing a planter for Tadcaster Road and 105 trees are to be planted on Saturday by the Foxwood residents. In addition a planting programme has started in Clarence Gardens.
Additional areas are to be allocated to Community Payback and they will start on these areas next week. York Cares will be given some group projects and environmental work and these activities should start just after Easter. The Street Environment Officers are developing schedules with York University where groups of volunteers will go into an area, under Council supervision, and do a ‘clean up’. This work will be aimed primarily at the areas with high numbers of student occupied homes.
Work which can be done on hedge cutting is currently limited, but the Council has carried out work around allotments and known areas where hedges are overhanging the highway. The full service will not start until after the nesting season.
The cleaning of traffic islands starts next week, as we hope, by now, we have seen the last of the gritting. Early morning Sunday work will take place on the main, high traffic roads, complete with the appropriate traffic management. Residents should start to see an improvement by the middle of next week, but the full programme will last around a month.
The Council hopes to get into more ‘hammer heads’, than ever before. However, if there any you would like us to deal with quickly with a specific cul de sac, then please let us know using the form which can be found on this website.
All the roundabouts are currently being re-landscaped using sponsorship money. Full planting of summer flowers is scheduled for May, in readiness for the Britain in Bloom judging. There are 21 organisations working with us towards the ‘In Bloom’ competition. 10 are new this year including organisations such as Friends of Acomb Green.
The scheduled cleans of the terraced streets have been re-planned for the coming year. All will get one clean where parking restrictions will be imposed and gully cleaning, surface repairs and sweeping will take place. The street will be re-visited again after 6 months, requesting residents to move their cars.
In the past the full highways inspection has been done during May and June. This has been brought forward and will start the first week in April. The advantage being that work can be planned in much earlier. All temporary repairs will be checked out and a permanent repair completed as necessary.
Please help with the spring clean by ensuring that gardens are tidy & that hedges and trees cut back from neighbouring properties and from the public footpath.
We will be scheduling shortly the annual rubbish collection day when refuse and recycling vehicles tour the ward removing unwanted items. We will publicise details on this web site shortly.
Friday 15 April, 2.00 pm
Explore York Library Learning Centre
Tickets £5.00 (YorkCard) and £6.50
from Explore York, 01904 552815, exploreyork@york.gov.uk
Best selling novelist Joanna Trollope will be talking about her latest books, Daughters in Law and The Other Family.
Joanna Trollope has been writing for over thirty years: she first wrote a number of historical novels now published under Caroline Harvey, then Britannia’s Daughters – a study of women in the British Empire and more recently, her enormously successful contemporary works of fiction, several of which have been televised.
Joanna is involved with a number of charities and committed to promoting literacy and libraries.
http://www.joannatrollope.com/
With temperatures rising and spring in the air, it’s easy to forget how cold a home has been over the winter months. The Energy Saving Trust and City of York Council are urging residents to act now, prepare for the next cold snap and have a go at winning £250 of loft insulation.
Half the heat generated in a typical home is lost through the walls and loft, so insulating a properly can save around £250 a year in heating costs. To give a helping hand, North Yorkshire & Humber Energy Saving Trust advice centre in partnership with City of York Council, are offering one lucky winner the chance to win £250 worth of loft insulation to help keep them snug and cosy throughout the next big freeze.
There are two ways to enter:
1. Come along to visit the Energy Saving Trust stall at the council’s Climate Week event in St Sampson Square on Friday 25 March 2011. The stall will be there all day and, as well as entering the loft insulation competition, visitors can pick up plenty of energy-saving advice and top tips on saving money by living more sustainably.
2. Email the Energy Saving Trust at advice@est-nyh.org.uk with your full name, address and telephone number.
Anyone wanting free, impartial advice about saving energy and money, call the Energy Saving Trust advice centre for free impartial advice: 0800 512 012. We’re here to help.
The Lord Mayor of York, Cllr Susan Galloway, is opening the famous doors of the Mansion House to offer residents the chance to watch the Royal Wedding in style.
On Friday 29 April, guests are invited to watch the big day on a big screen, in the State Room of the historic home.
For a day to remember, visitors will be met by a band of musicians from Shepherds who will be playing in St Helens Square as they arrive from 10am.
There will be a champagne reception and light refreshments and the Mansion House will be specially decorated, so visitors are asked to dress for the occasion – including hats.
All proceeds from the event will go to the Lord Mayor and Sheriff’s charities – the British Heart Foundation and Our Celebration
During the event there will also be an opportunity to take part in a raffle for a chauffeur driven day trip for two in a Silver Cloud Rolls Royce to the Arboretum at Castle Howard.
Tickets are now on sale for £20 from Guildhall Reception and are strictly limited in number, so please call 01904 551010 to book a place now.
Gale Lane is closed today near its juction with Danesfort Avenue to allow for major carrigeway patching works to take place.
We have reported that the security fencing on the White Rose site has fallen blocking the adjacent snicket.
We have also reported several potholes and damaged road humps in the Kingsway West area
There will be a few weeks delay in the construction of the new parking area on St Stephens Square. The planning committee meets to approve the scheme on 27th April.
