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York 50+ Festival 2024

2024 sees the 19th Festival organised by YOPA - the York Older People’s Assembly. It will take place across the city for 2 weeks between Saturday 21 September and Sunday 6 October. We will share events and skills, enjoy meeting each other, provide tasters of new activities, and aim to contribute to the wellbeing of older people.
We’re also providing special activities to highlight the UN’s International Day of Older People on 1 October, which we’re celebrating in York wi...

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Information Survey

City of York Council is seeking your views and feedback about how you get the information and advice you need about services, care and support as well as what’s on in your community.
In the consultation you'll be asked to answer general questions about how you like to access information. There is also an additional, optional section about our 2 community and wellbeing information websites:

Raise York - for families, children and young people
Live Well York - for adults


Take part...

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International Day of Older People

What is IDOP?
Joining the UK network of Age-friendly Communities, every year, on 1 October, people from across the world come together to mark the United Nations International Day of Older People (IDOP).
As part of the much loved and well-established 50+ Festival, the York Older People’s Assembly (YOPA) is leading a celebratory series of events from 24 September to 2 October 2024.
Our exciting activities focus on the Memories and Dreams of older individuals, aiming to:

dispel ageist...

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World Health Organisation - Age Friendly Communities Status

Sorry the meeting is cancelled. PLease contact agefriendlyyork@york.gov.uj if you require further information.Sorry for any inconveniance caused....

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Our Big Budget Conversation

City of York Council is launching its biggest budget consultation ever and is asking the community to identify the services they most rely on to ensure essential services continue. The council is facing an unprecedented financial challenge that demands immediate action. As one of the lowest funded unitary authorities in England, and after more than a decade of budget cuts, with external factors beyond the council’s control, our budget is at breaking point. To protect services that care...

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City of York Council Advocacy Survey

City of York Council wants to hear about people’s experience of using York Advocacy Hub, and what we can do to improve advocacy support in York. We have a survey open until 18 August 2024 and we need your help to reach people. We want to hear from people who: are young adults or adults who have used York Advocacy Hub know or support someone that has used the service may need to use advocacy services in the future work or volunteer in health and social care or with advocacy services have a...

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Partners in Dementia

Hello! We are relaunching our organisation after changing our name and rebranding so we can incorporate our new services. ’Partners in Dementia' is our new name. We used to be called ‘Beetle Bank Social Farm’. We run three core services which you can read more about on our dementia friendly website: www.partnersindementia.org A brief summary of our services are: Beetle Bank Social Farm for people with dementia and other long term conditions who enjoy being outside, socialisi...

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Council commissions new £1.8m drug and alcohol service contract to help the residents of York

City of York Council has awarded the drug and alcohol service contract to a leading health and social care charity Change Grow Live. The charity will deliver a £1.8m service to provide community-based treatment and interventions for York residents wishing to access support for substance/alcohol use. Change Grow Live helps tens of thousands of people each day, delivering over 150 services across the UK including supporting individuals, families and communities whose lives are adversely affe...

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