What’s on: Great sewing challenge: soft furnishings
Design and make soft furnishings for a child’s bedroom
Date: Mon 25 Jan – 21 Mar
Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Venue: York High School
Cost: £75 / £65 / £35
Over the course, we will look at the techniques to personalise and furnish a child’s bedroom, including making a pillow case, applique cushion cover, lamp shade and pin board.
We will finish by making a fleece soft toy.
You will be taught basic sewing skills on the machine and use the machine to complete most of the course projects.
Please bring a notebook, pen, and a folder for handouts.
Also, bring along 50cm of cotton fabric for the first session and a basic sewing kit (needles, thread, measuring tape and scissors).
All other requirements for the course will be discussed during the first session.
There may be additional costs for materials supplied by the tutor and for students purchasing their own fabrics.
To find your classroom, please come to the York High School’s community reception by Energise sports centre, NOT the main school reception.
To book please go to www.yortime.org.uk
Date: Mon 25 Jan for 8 weeks
Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Venue: Huntington School
Cost: £75 / £65 / £35
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What’s on: Walk from Explore library
City walks
Sun 31 Jan: Snickleways walk from York Explore: 11.15am
For those travelling to or within York journey planner information is available at: www.itravelyork.info
Additional information:
No booking required, but may be worth checking in advance that these are still able to go ahead. Please wear clothing and footwear suited to the weather on the day.
Please arrive 15 minutes before the walk starts to introduce yourself to the walk leader.
Bring a drink and/or packed lunch if required. Children under 16 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Please check bus times prior to departure and arrive 15 minutes before the walk start time. Route incorporates wheelchair and pushchair friendly options.
Contact information: Gillian Chefrad, Active Living Officer.
Public Health Team, City of York Council,
West Offices, Station Rise, YORK YO1 6GA
T: 01904 553377
E: gillian.chefrad@york.gov.uk
W: www.york.gov.uk/healthwalks
What’s on in York: Holocaust Memorial Day 2016
Holocaust Memorial Day 23 Jan – 31 Jan
Holocaust Memorial Day’s vision is to learn from the past to create a safer future.
Residents and visitors are welcome to join in the talks, walks, films, theatre, exhibitions and commemoration events taking place at various venues in York, which embrace this year’s theme ‘Don’t stand by’.
Every year, 27 January marks Holocaust Memorial Day. On and around this date people from all over the world come together to remember the destruction and devastation caused by the Holocaust, genocides and persecutions on a worldwide scale.
York’s Holocaust Memorial Day programme engages with partners both inside and outside of the city to create a programme of events throughout January.
Events include:
- Holocaust Memorial Day Civic Event: Sunday 31 Jan from 5.45pm at York Explore, Library Square. Everyone is welcome at this event of short talks, exhibitions, discussion and film.
Films:
- ‘Paragraph 175’ on Saturday 23 Jan at South Bank Community Centre, Clements Hall.
- ‘My Nazi Legacy’ on Wednesday 27 January at City Screen.
‘Woman in Gold’ on Friday 29 January at Clements Hall. - ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ on Friday 29 January at the Community Cinema, New Earswick Folk Hall.
Theatre:
- ‘They Kill Us for their Sport’ at the Guildhall on Sunday 24 January
Story telling:
- Shonaleigh. The Diamond Girl and the Goat-Horn Bee on Wednesday 27 January in Theatre Studio 1, York St John University
- Reflections at University of York on Wednesday 27 January including reading, music and lecture-demonstrations.
600 Candles:
- Candlelit commemoration in the Chapter House at York Minster on Wednesday 27 January.
Walks:
- York Jewish History Walk on Wednesday 27 January and Jewish History Walk on Sunday 31 January.
For more information download a copy of the Holocaust Memorial Day brochure or pick up a copy from libraries. You can also find out more at www.hmd.org.uk.
What’s on in York: Stained glass apocalypse
Date: Wed 20 Jan
Time: 7.00pm – 8.30pm
Venue: York Explore
Cost: £6, or £5 with a York Card
Join Sarah Brown, Director of York Glaziers Trust, as she discusses the conservation work that has been taking place recently on York Minster’s amazing Great East Window.
Open to all.
Tickets can be purchased from any Explore York Library, by phoning 01904 552800, or from www.feelinginspired.co.uk
What’s on in York: Sports club finance workshop
Date: Wed 20 Jan
Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Venue: York Sports Club, Shipton Road
Cost: Free
It is vital that everyone involved in running your club has a basic understanding of their club’s figures and knows enough to ask questions, get answers and make informed decisions using the information provided. It is also in your club’s best interests that other members understand them as well.
This workshop covers:
- Understanding you club’s accounts
- What makes up club’s accounts – the numbers and reports
- Demystifying accounting concepts
- What is cash flow and what does it mean to your club?
- Budgeting – Why does it matter?
- Creating a budget for your club, who should be involved.
- Effectively communicating your club’s finances.
Please note: even though this workshop is free it is essential that you book onto the workshop due to limited spaces.
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For further details please contact Matthew Orme at matthew.orme@york.gov.uk or on 01904 551577.
What’s on: York’s first Powerchair Football Tournament
Powerchair and disability football
Sat 16 Jan: 11.00am – 3.00pm: Energise
Heart warming community event for anyone with a physical disability that loves the beautiful game of football. This event will help to launch the local Jorvik Warriors regular sessions.
Squads that will be attending and partaking in fun relaxed games are Jorvik Warriors, Wheelchair Wasps (Rotherham), East Riding-Electric Eels (Hull), PHAB (Leeds) and Middlesborough.
Jets Pan Disability Junior Football
Sat 16 Jan: noon – 1.00pm
Elvington Jets Pan Disability Football Club will be having its first training session on Saturday 16th January from 12noon – 1pm at the Lower Derwent Sports and Social Club, Elvington, Y041 4DY.
The club runs ever Saturday morning and is for boys and girls aged 12 years and under with a disability . For more information please contact elvingtonharriers@yahoo.co.uk , or view www.elvingtonharriers.co.uk
What’s on: Family group to meet at Foxwood Community Centre on Wednesdays
What’s on: Walks from Acomb Explore
City walks
Date: Fri 15 and Fri 22 Jan
Time: 10.30am (15 Jan) 60 mins.
Time: 11am (22 Jan) 90 mins
Meeting Place: Acomb Explore Library
Cost: Free
- Fri 15 Jan: Explore Acomb walk from Acomb Explore: 10.30am
- Fri 22 Jan: Explore Acomb walk from Acomb Explore: 11.00am
- Sun 31 Jan: Snickleways walk from York Explore: 11.15am
For those travelling to or within York journey planner information is available at: www.itravelyork.info
Additional information:
No booking required, but may be worth checking in advance that these are still able to go ahead. Please wear clothing and footwear suited to the weather on the day.
Please arrive 15 minutes before the walk starts to introduce yourself to the walk leader.
Bring a drink and/or packed lunch if required. Children under 16 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Please check bus times prior to departure and arrive 15 minutes before the walk start time. Route incorporates wheelchair and pushchair friendly options.
Contact information: Gillian Chefrad, Active Living Officer.
Public Health Team, City of York Council,
West Offices, Station Rise, YORK YO1 6GA
T: 01904 553377
E: gillian.chefrad@york.gov.uk
W: www.york.gov.uk/healthwalks
What’s on: Banish those bookkeeping blues
Date: Tue 12 Jan
Time: 6.15pm – 9.00pm
Venue: Huntington School
Cost: £145
Thoughts of bookkeeping can strike fear into many people who want to start a small business. Start this course with us and learn the basics.
You will be shown how to keep manual accounts and a follow on course is available to teach you how to keep electronic records using SAGE accounting software later in the year.
Both courses can give you a qualification and give you the skills to put systems in place such as simple financial records – it simply involves detailing business income and expenditure from the outset and keeping accurate records.
As well as being a legal requirement (you must retain your financial records for six years), staying on top of your bookkeeping will help you to monitor your cash flow.
Book online at www.yortime.org.uk