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People with a criminal conviction should still apply
We absolutely love that some employers go above and beyond to support, help and include marginalised people. That’s why when we see a tweet from the boss of Timpsons specifically saying that job hunters with
A bonding allotment project for refugees
Students and staff from York St John have been working alongside Refugee Action York to provide community allotments for refugees. Having transformed a disused allotment on Haxby Road, refugees now have a space to plant
Social Enterprise in York: how do we build a high impact network?
Following a recent project we did with York St John University, I consider some of the next steps and wonder what would need to happen to truly embed social enterprise into our city…. The social
York libraries and Reading Cafes reopen
Many of York Explore libraries and Reading Cafes are open and ready to welcome people back for drop in, browsing, and a friendly chat. Quiet study space will be available again too, but you will
Chocolatier joins our tribe
We are delighted to welcome social enterprise Chocolate & Co to our offices on Rougier Street. Chocolate & Co are a charitable offshoot of excellent local artisan chocolate makers, Choc Affair. Joe caught up with
Funky outdoor dining areas transform York
Seating and dining areas have been popping up in York since outdoor hospitality has re-opened, giving tourists, and locals, the opportunity to enjoy our city in a new way. The York Bid, in partnership with
INTRODUCING…. Hilary Conroy
amplifying disabled voices in York
Too often individuals are reduced to one of our identities (our gender, age, skin colour, impairment, housing status, income, mental health diagnosis, accent, postcode and many others). Assumptions are then made about our character, trustworthiness, abilities, needs, vulnerabilities, right to access certain services, and risk. We all need to look at the assumptions we are making about others and how this impacts on our ability to offer true equality in our work.
Badly Drawn Pets fundraiser is a success
Keep your pet’s ‘Badly drawn pets’ initiative raises over £2,500 Starting out with a target of just £500, York organisation ‘Keep your pet’ (KYP) has to date raised over £2,500 from its ‘Badly drawn pet’
Work begins on our first Tribe North
We are excited to have achieved planning permission to create the first box park under our Tribe brand. Set just a minute’s walk from Carlisle City Centre, nestled in the shadows of the iconic Carlisle
Support for the unemployed
York Mind’s Action Towards Inclusion programme is reaching out to people who are unemployed who are finding it difficult to get the confidence to look for work or training. Through one-on-one emotional and practical support
Saving a local boxing club
Well, that’s an interesting way to end a week! I got a call from a York resident on Friday to inform me that a local boxing club with a huge social impact, is facing closure
Delivering Easter Eggs to a local school
I got a message Wednesday afternoon – from a friend who’s daughter goes to Tang Hall Primary School – that many kids at the school would be going without Easter Eggs this year. Through my
