Community Partner Spotlight: Katy Risdell-Smith, Community Furniture Stores
22/3/2024
Katy Risdell-Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Community Furniture Stores shares her experience of working with us as a Community Partner
Great British Spring Clean
18/3/2024
This year York Cares is taking part in The Great British Spring Clean to help tidy up our city and give back to our Community.
Celebrating British Science Week
15/3/2024
This week we welcomed 270 primary school pupils to the University of York Campus to celebrate British Science Week!
Celebrate World Book Day by signing up to help children with their reading!
7/3/2024
In honour of World Book Day we wanted to shine a spotlight on our Right to Read programme.
Community Partner Spotlight: Ben Thorpe, York Food Festival
29/2/2024
Ben Thorpe, York Food Festival shares his experience of working with us as a Community Partner.
Employer Spotlight: Monica Green, Partners PR
27/2/2024
Monica Green, Director, Partners PR and York Cares Ambassador shares her perspective on York Cares Membership.
A year of Social Clubs!
6/2/2024
We're delighted that our Social Clubs have now been running for over a year.
Employer Spotlight: Lisa Mellor, Cabinet Office
31/1/2024
Lisa Mellor, Supplier Relationship Management Lead, Cabinet Office and York Cares Ambassador shares her perspective on York Cares Membership.
Day in the Life Week
30/1/2024
Giving local primary school pupils an insight into the world of work.
Operations Board Meeting at Benenden Health
16/1/2024
Read about our first Operations Board meeting of 2024.
Annual Programme 2024
11/1/2024
Find out more about how you can make the most of York Cares membership in 2024.
2023 Impact Report
19/12/2023
2023 has been one of our biggest and most exciting years yet, read about what we have achieved together.
Festive Wreath Making
28/11/2023
Ambassadors, Board Representatives and the York Cares team came together for an afternoon of wreath making.
Aviva and the Gift Wishing Tree
21/11/2023
This year's Christmas Collection wishlist is more ambitious than ever but Aviva have pulled out all the stops!
Shimmer and Shine with us this December
15/11/2023
On 12 December we are hosting our festive social club, Shimmer and Shine
Our partnership with The Place
7/11/2023
We are delighted to be working in partnership with The Place and to celebrate its opening week!
It’s National Befriending Week!
3/11/2023
Our Social Connections programme aims to reduce loneliness and isolation, why not get involved?
Christmas Collections 2023
31/10/2023
This year we're hoping to collect over 6,000 items to distribute across 12 local charities.
Work Wardrobe: Sustainable work clothing for students
17/10/2023
The success of the Work Wardrobe continues!
Introducing Ebba Wadlan
13/9/2023
Ebba is our new Volunteering Support Officer, co-ordinating the Environment & Sustainability programme.
Introducing Hannah Corkery
21/8/2023
Hannah is our new Volunteering Project Officer, co-ordinating the Aspirations programme.
Making a home for a York favourite; York employers help extend the Tansy habitat
19/6/2023
Volunteers have been supporting the iconic Tansy Beetle during this years BCC.
Bringing back the beck, And bringing the team together
18/6/2023
Volunteers from Aviva, City of York Council, the University of York and boxxe, through York Cares, restore Hull Road Park's beck, benefiting wildlife and enhancing accessibility.
What does it mean to be A York Cares Ambassador?
3/6/2023
Read about Lucy Pagliaro's experiences as Benenden Health's Ambassador.
Challenge Anneka
16/5/2023
Read the letter we sent to Channel 5's Anneka Rice!
York Cares Big Community Challenge 2023: York Rivers and Wetlands!
1/2/2023
This year’s Big Community Challenge (BCC) will focus on the river and wetland areas in York.
York High Hackathon – have you got what it takes?
24/1/2023
Secondary school pupils learn new skills at boxxe!
Partnerships within our City: boxxe & Converge
19/1/2023
Converge and boxxe have been working together to support mental health across the city.
Partnerships within our city: boxxe and ITReUse
3/11/2022
boxxe and ITReUse have begun an exciting tech partnership, read our guest blog by boxxe's Laura Pulleyn!
Kali Klimentova’s first month at York Cares.
22/9/2022
Read about Kali's experiences after her first month at York Cares!
Big Community Challenge 2022 – Green Corridors!
13/7/2022
Read about this years Big Community Challenge, focused on green corridors in the West of York!
Guest Blog, Lucy Fowler, Fun with Numbers
12/7/2022
Hear from Lucy about her work on the Fun with Numbers project.
Guest Blog, Joselyn Rankin, Head of Communications, Portakabin
27/6/2022
A team of our Ambassadors went to Westfield Marsh as part of our Big Community Challenge.
Mental Health Awareness Week
13/5/2022
How we are supporting positive mental health through our Social Connections programme
It’s almost time for this year’s Big Community Challenge!
5/4/2022
This year's Big Community Challenge is set to be bigger and better than ever but we need your help to make it happen!
Guest Blog, Fleur Stubbs, Nestlé
22/3/2022
Fleur shares her experience of being a York Cares Ambassador
Celebrating our Apprentice, Zoe
8/2/2022
This week is National Apprenticeship Week and to celebrate, Zoe, our apprentice has written a piece about her experience so far
Doing a placement at York Cares
7/2/2022
Doing my placement at York Cares has been an invaluable experience.
York Cares 2021 Impact Report
25/1/2022
Although 2021 was a bit of a strange year in many ways, our employee-volunteers achieved so much. Read this blog to explore our highlights!
Reflecting on my Placement Year with York Cares
6/8/2021
Katy looks back at her Placement Year with us and everything she has achieved!
5 Reasons we love being a small charity
14/6/2021
It's #SmallCharityWeek and we're celebrating being a small charity
What is the link between volunteering and wellbeing?
1/12/2020
Katy Elliott, our Volunteering Support Officer, explores the link between volunteering and wellbeing.

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