Please give to homeless charities – all year round!
The Salvation Army, Arc Light and other homeless hostels have been flooded with offers to donate food, Christmas meals and presents which will go to help those who are homeless this Christmas.
The generosity of people towards York’s homeless is truly heart-warming. The Salvation Army, Arc Light and other homeless hostels have been flooded with offers to donate food, Christmas meals and presents which will go to help those who are homeless this Christmas. Various social networking sites are encouraging people to come to York to hand out food on Christmas Day but what’s really needed and is most valued is help all year round.
Donations can be taken to Salvation Army, York Citadel or call 01904 545096 or to York Foodbank who welcome non perishable foods and toiletries, on 01904 781983 or visit http://york.foodbank.org.uk/
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Waste collection in York over Christmas and the New Year- reminder
- All households will get a rubbish collection this week (w/c 15 Dec) so all rubbish bins will be emptied in the run up to Christmas. Recycling collections will continue as normal.
- There will be NO rubbish or recycling collections during Christmas week (22 to 26 December)
- All households will get a rubbish collection the week after Christmas (w/c 29 Dec) so all rubbish bins will be emptied. Recycling collections will continue as normal.
- There will be NO rubbish or recycling collections on Thursday 1 January. Collection of rubbish missed this day will happen on Saturday 3 January instead. Recycling will be collected on your next scheduled collection day after that
- Residents who put out their own bins will need to make sure they’re out by 7am, as collection times can vary. If anyone needs to check their collection dates please use the online tool (click) There is a calendar which can be printed from the ‘results’ page.
- The Council have agreed to empty green bins on an additional occasion this winter .They will be emptied, on your recyclables day, during the weeks commencing 19th and 26th January 2015 . Christmas trees (real) will also be collected if they are cut up and put inside your green bin.
- The Hazel Court recycling centre will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. Its current opening hours are Monday to Saturday 8.30am to 5.00pm Sundays 8.30am to 4.00pm
- Local skip locations are detailed below
Skip Programme Click to enlarge
Young people offered cheap bus travel over Christmas period
York is making it easier for young people to travel around the city this Christmas with a holiday special offer lowering the price of an All York ticket to just £1.30 for the day.
From Saturday 20 December until Sunday 4 January children aged 11-16 who are travelling with a YOZone card will be able to purchase the reduced price ticket, which will enable them to travel all day on any York bus.
Alongside this new Smart YOZone cards are being sent to young people across the city who are already signed up to the scheme.
The new system will allow for quicker boarding and cut down on the occasional misuse of the cards. People will be able to use the cards as soon as they receive them and all buses will be able to accept them in Smart mode by early 2015.
For more information on travelling in and around York visit http://www.itravelyork.info/
Additional waste collections in York from next week
City of York Council is reminding residents that there will be an additional rubbish collection the week before Christmas.
Un-emptied bins in Foxwood 2012
To prevent a build up of rubbish all households will receive a collection next week (w/c 15 December). Households will also receive an extra rubbish collection after Christmas.
Recycling and rubbish collections will not take place the week of Christmas from 22 December to 26 December.
All households which are due rubbish or recycling collection on Thursday 1 January will receive a rubbish collection on Saturday 3 January instead, but there will be no recycling collections on this day.
City centre properties serviced by St Nicks recycling team will not receive collections on 25 and 26 December or 1 January. All properties will receive detailed festive collection information in early December.
Residents are asked to ensure their bins or boxes are presented by 7am on the day of their collection. Collections times can vary over the Christmas period and we are unable to return for rubbish or recycling that is not put out by this time.
To look up collection dates or receive a collection calendar please visit www.york.gov.uk/refuselookup or call 01904 551551.
For more information on waste and recycling visit please visit www.york.gov.uk/waste .Or follow on @CYCWaste on Twitter or ‘like’ CYCWaste on Facebook.
Acomb Christmas market tomorrow (Wednesday)
Santa Claus in Acomb tomorrow
Waste collection reminder
The York Council is distributing a leaflet to each household explaining how they plan to schedule waste collections over the Christmas period.
Bins in Foxwood 2012
Last year the service deteriorated in to chaos during the same period.
This year some recycling collections are being cancelled. There will be no collections on New Years Day but there will be a “catch up” on the following Saturday.
The Council have issued the following advice.
Two different approaches to celebrating Christmas
Q: Why might we be witnessing the demise of traditional advent calendars?
A: Because their days are numbered.
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Emma Bridgewater mug
The Emma Bridgewater limited edition York Minster mug is selling quickly now.
The proceeds are going towards the restoration of York Minster.
It can be purchased via Ebay (click)
1 abandoned dog per month is destroyed in York
A dog is for life not just Christmas
Several families will be giving or receiving dogs this Christmas.
New figures published by the York Council – together with the alarming dog attack in Leeds – should provide food for thought.
In response to a Freedom of Information request, the Council has revealed that over the last 12 months it has collected on average 1 dog per day Monday to Friday (there is no weekend service).
Over 50 % of dogs are returned to the owners.
In the period January to September 2013 on average 1 dog a month was destroyed 2 because of very old age / ill health meaning that it could not be re-homed.
7 were of a breed (Staffy / Staffy cross) that no carer was prepared to take.
Kenneling stray dogs costs about £30,000 a year in York
Those dogs who are re-homed go to a mix of national charities or specialist breed rescue centres for further re-homing or long term care, or to individuals / families for permanent adoption.
Many charities are looking for good homes for dogs and cats that they receive during the festive period.
Click below for links.