Statement from York Human Rights City Network
The York Human Rights City Network has released a statement following City of York Council’s decision to remove the footstreets exemption offered to disabled badge holders. Read the full statement here. Excerpts from the statement are below: “The York...
York Poverty Truth Commission – Initial Conversations
In October 2021, we held two initial meetings (one online and one in person) to begin to understand what might be needed in York from a Poverty Truth Commission (PTC). There are other PTC’s across the country, but we wanted to understand what one might look like...
VCSE Forum – Next steps for York’s VCSE Sector
On the 30th September, we held a VCSE Forum in order to understand the next steps for sector. A number of reports were presented to give attendees a snapshot of how the VCSE Sector is currently operating, and to generate important conversations around findings: 1) The...
United Nations International Day of Charity – ‘Global Solidarity to Eradicate Poverty’
Sunday 5 September is International Day of Charity. A day to ‘mobilise people, NGOs, and stakeholders all around the world to help others through volunteer and philanthropic activities’, with a particular focus on ‘Global Solidarity to Eradicate...