Date for your diary: Uganda 50 York 8th October

Roots and Connections - The Cares Family

04 October 2022

Eleven years ago, Alex Smith struck up a friendship with Fred, an older neighbour, inspiring 500,000 conversations, and the creation of The Cares Family. "From the off we’ve been intentional in who we are: we’re not a service, we’re a community."Now The Cares Family is going a step further. Read about their work with York Cares, City of York Council and others to foster intergenerational connection in York. York Cares are launching their Social Clubs pilot wi...

Bolshee Women - free 8 week course for women aged 25 and over

30 September 2022

Three York women who set up new arts company to champion women and girls launch a new free project with funding from the Make It York Cultural Wellbeing Grant.
Bolshee CIC a new a female-led creative projects company, based in York. Set up by 3 artists and friends, to produce projects with the aim to help everyone feel heard, empowered and supported, regardless of their background. With a particular focus on championing women and girls.

The company is made up of Creative Director, Paula Cla...

Two Ridings Community Foundation - Nimbuscare Community Fund

17 August 2022

Grants of up to £5000 are available for charitable activities that:

Connects people with the place they live and community life
Enhance and promote the wellbeing of local people

The Nimbuscare Community Fund has been set up to enable Nimbuscare to invest back into the local communities that it serves.
As one of the largest ‘at scale’ providers of primary care in the North of England, Nimbuscare provides health care services to more than 250,000 people. It’s a not-...

WHAM Study - Workplace Health and Menopause

11 August 2022

Researchers from York St John University are currently recruiting peri- and post-menopausal women for the Workplace Health and Menopause Study (WHAM Study). The study aims to understand how much time menopausal women spend being physically active and sedentary while at work and whether this is associated with menopausal symptoms.
Do you meet the following criteria?

Peri-menopausal (irregular menstrual cycle and/or have hot flashes)
Post-menopausal and experience hot flashes
Employed
No...

Cultural Wellbeing - Artery for Health

04 August 2022

As part of York’s Culture Strategy, Make It York, York CVS, and City of York Council have come together to award funding of more than £60,000 to nineteen social and cultural initiatives across the city – with the aim of easing loneliness, isolation, and mental ill-health across the city.
The grants, which were made available via the Better Care Fund and Ways to Wellbeing, were set up in recognition of the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on people’s wellbeing &nd...

22 July 2022

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Ugandan refugees arriving in the UK and October sees a celebration event at the University of York.'Come along to a celebration which marks the 50th Anniversary of the Ugandan Refugees who arrived in the UK in 1972.Hear stories about how this community was expelled by Idi Amin and how they re-built their lives in York!'The Uganda 50 celebration takes place on 8th October from 11am -3pm, at the Roger Kirk Centre, University of York, Heslington YO10 5DD.Book...

Hepatitis Week - Testing in York

12 July 2022

Hepatitis C trust is partnering with NHS Teaching Hospitals, Changing Lives and Spectrum CIC to roll out 2 weeks of finger prick testing in York. When: 18th - 29th JulyWith a main base at York Drug And Alcohol Service on 3 Blossom Street at YO24 1AU. The Hepatitus C Trust volunteers will also be visiting various places in the community to reach those who are most at risk. We want to encourage everyone and anyone who may be at risk to get tested.You may be at risk if:

You had a blood transfus...

Reflections from the Local Area Coordinators Network

05 July 2022

Earlier this year two citizens of the City of York, Glynn and Steve, generously shared their stories and reflections on the relationship they have built with their Local Area Coordinator Penny.Local Area Coordination starts with a simple yet powerful question “what is your vision of a good life?”Glynn was introduced to Penny by a local counsellor following a bereavement and a period of social isolation and poor health. Through their relationship together they focussed on his vision o...