York Festival of Ideas 2024

International Day of Older People

28 August 2024

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:

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World Health Organisation - Age Friendly Communities Status

27 August 2024

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

Our Big Budget Conversation

02 August 2024

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...

City of York Council Advocacy Survey

26 July 2024

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...

Partners in Dementia

19 July 2024

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...

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

11 July 2024

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...

Armed Forces Day 2024 Football Fest

20 June 2024

The Armed Forces Day 2024 Football Fest is coming to the LNER Community Stadium on Saturday 6 July, 11am - 5pm, with Ladies and Men’s teams from the British Army going head-to-head with North Yorkshire Police in this inaugural competition. The tournament will see teams made up of members of local military personnel, competing as “York Garrison” versus North Yorkshire Police, taking part in what promises to be a highly entertaining duo of football matches. Turnstiles open at...

20 May 2024

Enjoy an inspiring programme of in-person and online events at York Festival of Ideas 2024. Taking place from 1 to 14 June at venues across the city, the mostly FREE events include talks from world-class speakers, exhibitions, performances, guided tours and family-friendly activities. And with topics ranging from animals to art, history to health and politics to psychology, the Festival promises something for all ages and interests. Headline speakers include double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Ho...