Free compost

The Council have published the following information on their web site.

We think that  the event on 6th July will be postponed for a week as it coincides with the Tour De France start.

“Compost Giveaway dates  2014

City of York Council and Yorwaste Ltd are giving away compost for free again this year.

2014 dates are confirmed as:

  • Sunday 1st June
  • Sunday 6th July (possibly postponed until 13th July)
  • Sunday 3rd August

The site will be open from 8am – 3pm on collection days. Please bring a shovel and suitable container to put the soil improver in.

Location: Harewood Whin (Yorwaste’s waste management site) Tinker Lane, off Wetherby Road, Rufforth

Directions: From Acomb, the site is located on the B1224 on the right hand side, just before you enter Rufforth Village.

If you need any further information please contact us on 01904 551551″

NB. The Council has been asked to confirm whether everyone who is supposed to have a green bins sticker has now received one. Some Council officials are saying that the stickers are only required  for “paid for” second bins while other say that every green bin needs a sticker if it is to be emptied. Apparently bins without a sticker won’t be emptied after the beginning of May.

So far 750 residents have paid £35 to have a second green bin placed on the emptying list.

Foxwood residents plant poppies and wildflowers

Foxwood Lane wild flower planting

Residents were out and about planting wild flowers and poppies on Foxwood Lane yesterday.

The poppy seeds have been donated by local residents as a way of commemorating the start of the First Wold War.

The project formed part of a series of events aimed at brightening up the neighbourhood.

Extensive tidy up work has also taken place in the Foxwood Park.

It also builds on the success that the community had in the Britain in Bloom contest last year.

NB. The Foxwood Residents Association is holding its AGM on Wednesday. Click below for details.

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Topical titles for lecture series

A new series of the very popular Mint Yard lectures are being run by City of York Council with topical titles to some of the courses.

Named after the old yard over which York Explore was built, this series forms part of the council’s Inspire programme which offers exclusive access to some of the city’s most famous spaces with tuition provided by nationally-recognised experts in their fields.

The programme is:

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World Autism Awareness Day to be marked in York

City of York Council is marking the seventh World Autism Awareness Day (Wednesday, 2 April) with an information drop-in event at the Customer Entrance to West Offices, Station Rise, from 11-1pm.

Several local organisations working with people with autism* and Asperger’s will be present to give out information about the services they run locally, including peer support group Aspire, United Response, and Living Autism. Artwork by people with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder will also be on display.

The council is currently working with partners in the NHS to deliver its new Autism Strategy for Adults: Fulfilling and rewarding lives for adults with Autistic Spectrum Conditions living in York.

The strategy has five key aims, to:

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