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Latest NewsThe Long Game - Free County Lines Workshops
We are offering free workshops on avoiding county lines as part of Phase 2 of 'The Long Game', a youth-led project funded through the Community Safety Serious Violence Fund by York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, Policing, Fire and Crime. Now entering its second phase, we are expanding across York and North Yorkshire to deliver free workshops for the following groups.
These workshops are delivered by Adam, a young person with lived experience of exploitation in the county lines system....
Young mum praises stop smoking team
A young mum who started smoking aged 12 has told how City of York Council’s Health Trainers helped her quit smoking for good so she can stay healthier and live longer.
Mum-of-2 Alex, from York, has told her story on No Smoking Day (Wednesday 12 March) as the Health Trainer service expands its successful Swap2Stop programme further with new online support group sessions. You can watch Alex's story online (YouTube).
Referrals for stop smoking support have doubled since the launch of Swap...
Council secures funding for warmer homes
Council leaders have confirmed that City of York Council will receive more than £3.4 million of funding thanks to 2 separate grants.
The funding, announced this week by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, will be used to upgrade around 280 homes over the next 3 years, to reduce carbon emissions and fuel poverty and improve the comfort and health of council homes.
The first grant of around £1.4 million will be used to improve the energy efficiency of around 140 co...