York Youth Council is a fantastic opportunity for all young people aged 11-18, providing a real chance for young people to have their voices on heard on issues that are important to them.
Over the last year, YYC have successfully campaigned to extend the YoZone Card from 16 to 18, allowing students to travel cheaply. They also worked hard to secure an all York Ticket so that all young people can travel on any bus in York, all day, for just £1.60.
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The event supports young people in the city as they consider their options for key stage 4 and post-16 education, training or employment, particularly as all current year 11 pupils now have to remain in training or education until the age of 18.
Held in the Ebor Stand from 3.30pm until 8.00pm, the event will provide information about the range of education and training opportunities available (including Apprenticeships and other work based training).
Young people will be able to access information from five different information zones at the session; Key Stage 4, Post 16, Progression to Higher Education, Career Pathways and Support Services, as well as the opportunity to hear about the experiences of current learners.
A series of presentations on Options for Key Stage 4 and beyond, Options for post 16 education and training, Apprenticeships and Progression to Higher Education will also run throughout the evening.
City of York Council has worked in partnership with the University of York and York St John University to stage the event, as part of their commitment to widening participation in Higher Education.
For any additional information please contact Beverley Wills, 14-19 Support Adviser, City of York Council, on beverley.wills@york.gov.uk or call 01904 553008.
The Council has issued a statement saying that 12,000 “All York” teenagers’ bus tickets were sold during August.
For 12 months the Council and bus companies resisted providing any information on sales figures.
When eventually they were forced to publish them, it was revealed that sales of the taxpayer subsidised “All York” tickets were only 25% of forecast levels.
The young persons travel tickets were designed to provide cheaper fares for teenagers during the schools holidays.
The £1-30 a day tickets were a worthy project in principle which bus companies should have been happy to fund. The extra revenue, won by filling empty seats, would have more than covered their costs
However, the York Council chose to offer a 20p per journey taxpayers subsidy.
So that’s around £2,400 taxpayers have had to fork out in just 1 month for a scheme that has netted bus companies around £15,000.
One bus operator is claiming that the August sales represent a 500% increase over the previous year. Given that there wasn’t an ”All York” teenagers ticket available last year then that seems to be a spurious claim.
If the announcement heralds a more open approach by the Council to the provision of information about local bus services then that is to be welcomed.
We look forward to seeing details of service reliability published on a regular basis.
The York Council is set to reject a petition from local young people who had hoped that the flat £1 “go anywhere” fare available in parts of North Yorkshire would be extended to York.
In May 2013, an 11-16 year old variant of the go anywhere ‘All York’ the ticket was introduced but it was priced at £2.30.
First announce fare cuts for young people – New ticket offers are available for children, young people and students from this Sunday 1 September.
New price list
Child tickets (with an 11-16 YOzone card)
• 80p single and £1.10 return ticket prices frozen
• Day ticket reduced from £2.10 to £2
• Week ticket reduced from £8.50 to £7
• 4-week ticket reduced from £31.50 to £25 (available at PayPoint outlets)
Young People tickets (with a 16-18 YOzone card)
• New maximum single of £1.30 (unless the adult single is lower than that, in which case the lower price applies)
• New day ticket at £3
• New week ticket at £10
Student tickets (University & College)
• New day ticket at £3
• New week ticket at £10
• Term products frozen and now available to college students as well as those at University Valid University Student card or NUS card required.
