Throughout the holidays, there are many activities at Dringhouses library to keep your children entertained and interested in reading. Throughout the summer, you can enter the summer reading challenge where for free you can read your way to victory by completing puzzles and games with prizes along the way! As well as this, you can […]

On the 1st and 15th of August, St James the Deacon Church will be hosting the Tuesday Tots free activities sessions. With a myriad of different exciting activities to enjoy, your child can learn circus skills, play outdoor games, get their face painted and much more for free! All pre-schoolers and older children too can […]

Local Liberal Democrat councillors have expressed concern that a ‘ban’ on allocating ward funding could lead to planned summer holiday activities for young people being axed. In recent years, Lib Dem councillors in wards across the city have jointly commissioned York Knights Foundation and York City Football Club Foundation to deliver free activity sessions for […]

Councillor Stephen Fenton has asked council officers to work with Transdev to implement a change to the timetable for the number 12 bus service so that it will enable young people to get to school on time. Transdev took over the route on 23 January after First Bus decided to withdraw from running the service. […]

Arsonists have badly damaged play equipment at the Leeside playground, which recently benefited from £14,000 of investment. The damage was done on the evening of Saturday 30 April and the Fire Service were called to extinguish the blaze. Cllr Stephen Fenton has asked council officers to repair or replace the damaged equipment and surfacing.

This Easter holiday, York City Knights Foundation will again be offering free inflatable arena activity sessions for young people. The sessions are open to all children and young people aged five and upwards, with food and drink provided. There’s no need to book – just turn up. Sessions in the west of York are listed […]

The £14k improvement works at Leeside playground are now complete, thanks to funding from the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe ward budget and funds awarded following a successful bid to the council submitted by ward councillors, which was informed by residents’ responses to a consultation in early 2021. It wasn’t financially possible to deliver all of the […]