Feathering your nest?

As part of National Nest Box week come and make a home for the birds to nest in this spring - all for FREE!

Friday 17 Feb, 10.30am to 12noon at Little Hob Moor, Acomb

Open to all ages.  Children must be accompanied by an adult.  Please book your place contact Jenny Cairns on 07833 436832 or Jennifer.cairns@york.gov.uk

Mediterranean cookery for men

A fun, practical cookery course, for beginners and the more experienced, offering healthy, tasty Mediterranean dishes,  with ingredients readily available in York.

For further information and to book a place please visit our website at www.yortime.org.uk or ring our helpline on 01904 552806.  Alternatively, you can visit our booking office at York Explore Library on Mondays and Fridays between 10am and 2pm and Wednesdays between 12noon and 6pm.

Cost: £65 - NB: The costs of the ingredients for each class - depending on the recipes – will be  between £10 - £15 per class

Starts  Wed 22 Feb for 6 weeks, 5.30pm to 7.30pm at York High School, Cornlands Road, Acomb

Knitting - beyond the basics

In this course you will learn more advanced knitting techniques including: knitting in the round, cabling, colourwork (fairisle and intarsia), and how to add embellishments such as bobbles, button holes and beads. You will also learn how to choose the right yarns (colour, thickness and fibre) for your knitting projects. By the end of the course, you will have completed a knitted project of your choosing. With the skills you learn, you will be able to pick up a knitting pattern and start making your own woolly creations for your friends and family!

Dates: 2 Feb to 15 March 2012
Day: Thursday
Times: 7pm to 9pm
Venue: Joseph Rowntree School, New Earswick, York, YO32 4BZ 
Duration: 6 weeks
Cost: £55 (consessions available)
Tutor: Helen Owen

For more information contact us on 01904 552806 or email us at adult.education@york.gov.uk or visit us at www.yortime.org.uk and book online.

If you go down to the woods today....

Come down to Acomb Woods on Tues 14 Feb, 10.30am to 12noon and meet new friends and join in with the many activities for FREE.  No need to bring anything, just come prepared to get muddy!

Open to all ages.  Children must be accompanied by an adult.  Please book your space by contacting Jenny Cairns on 07833 436832 or Jennifer.cairns@york.gov.uk.

Fayre is fair

The York Festival of Fair-trade, 27 Feb to 11 Mar 2012

During the Festival there will be over a hundred events including sales, tastings and events at churches, schools, community groups and at the city's universities.

The highlight of the Festival will be the three day York Fair-trade Market, held in partnership with City of York Council, which will take place on Fri 9 to Sun 11 Mar.  Parliament St will be filled with a wide variety of colourful stalls selling Fair-trade food & drink, crafts, clothes, bags, jewellery and fashion accessories.

At the market on Sat 10 Mar there will be a day of entertainment including the infectious sound of samba, music and dancing from around the world.   

Fair-trade ensures that producers in developing countries are paid a fair price for the goods that they produce. 

Fair-trade groups, as well as guaranteeing a steady price, also pay producers a premium and establish long term trading relationships. This can save the producers from bankruptcy and homelessness and enables them to afford to send their children to school, buy medicines and contribute financially to community projects.

Fair-trade benefits some of the World's poorest countries. It offers a long term solution and a way out of poverty. York has a long and proud history of campaigning alongside the World's poor.  York is a Fairtrade City.   

Contact Details:  York Fair Trade Forum, c/o York CVS, 15 Priory Street, York, YO1 6ET

E: yorkfairtrade@yahoo.co.uk

Dress to impress

A dressmaking class that caters for all abilities...those who wish to simply make their own clothes at home... as well as those who want to progress onto more advanced courses.  For more information phone 01904 552806 or visit www.yortime.org.uk/learning

Every Monday starting Mon 20 Feb (no classes in Eater holidays or on May day) – Mon 14 May at Tang Hall Community Centre, Fifth Avenue.

Cost: £85 (consessions available)

Touchy feely

Touch Rugby League is fast moving, evasive and involves minimal contact. It is a game played all over the world by men and women of all ages and skills levels.

The game really does involve minimal contact and is all about playing the game on the field and also the social atmosphere afterwards!

Cost: £3 a session.  For more information please contact Nick Settle on 07786701264 or email: nicholas.settle@york.gov.uk