Community News

Enlightened music & dance can help in the process of awakening the Kundalini energy within and transport us into spontaneous yoga, meditation, silence & joy. This potentiality resides in every person, we simply have to desire its awakening & learn how to do it.

LNER, Northern, Southeastern and TransPennine Express are looking for cutting-edge technology startups to apply to Future Labs – a scheme designed to accelerate ideas that address common and emerging issues for the sector.

Do you know an NHS hospital hero who has gone above and beyond the call of duty, who deserves special recognition? Now is your chance to recognise and celebrate their efforts and pay your own tribute in the ‘Patient Choice’ category in this year’s Celebration of Achievement Awards.

Spiritual orientation, climate chaos and reconnecting with nature will all be under the microscope in the first Ebor Lecture of 2024.

York Women’s Counselling Service's new pilot Menopause Support Group (this will be a first for York as far as we know) has been launched.

People in desperate need of a new home in York and North Yorkshire could have to wait up to three and a half years before they’ll be able to live in an affordable social home, even if no new households joined the waiting list, according to new analysis of the latest affordable housing figures.

City of York Council’s Executive has endorsed its new ‘Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2024-27’, pending the outcome of public consultation.

City of York Council has published information to support residents and visitors with a key road in the city set to close for two weekends this month.

Proposed changes to tobacco legislation – which are being debated in Parliament today – could be "the catalyst that drives decreases in maternal smoking rates further and faster than ever before", according to the local NHS.

Many brilliant shows and events are taking place at York Theatre Royal for the 2024 TakeOver festival which will be running from 13 -18 May. This event is run yearly in collaboration with York St John University where the third-year drama students are completely in charge of the theatre and its events. This allows the students to gain valuable real-life experience along with support and mentoring from professionals. 

York-based specialist insurance provider, The Insurance Emporium is proud to announce that it has become a supporting sponsor of the Angling Trust Anglers Against Litter campaign.

NEW figures highlighting the scale of York’s housing shortage show the need to “pull together” to help those without a roof of their own, a leading charity has warned.

York Theatre Royal have today (15 April) announced that a new large-scale community production will take place during the summer of 2025.  

Try your skills behind the wheel at new Rawcliffe bus depot’s open event on Saturday 20th April.

City of York Council is proposing to introduce new advertising rules across York to support children and families with healthy eating.

It is a difficult time for many of us, with the cost of living crisis. It seems every week prices on things like food and fuel are getting more expensive.