In September, Dringhouses & Woodthorpe Ward invited bids for a second round of 2020/21 ward funding. Applicants were asked to demonstrate how their projects would meet the ward priorities.

The applications were discussed at a Zoom meeting of members of the Ward Team, which helped to inform the decisions made by the ward councillors. Details of the grants awarded have now been published by City of York Council HERE.

• St Edward the Confessor Church : £450 for wall-mounted hand sanitiser dispensers
• Friends of Dringhouses Library: £450 for a water heater to provide hot water to the sink in the toilet
• Friends of Chapmans Pond: £3,600 for tree work around pond, improvements to angling pegs for disabled users, improvements to path, re-establishment of damaged banksides
• Dringhouses Scout Group: £176 for first aid kits
• Woodthorpe York Community Group: £1,628 for three benches to be installed around Woodthorpe
• New Visuality: £1,670 for a ‘Past, Present & Future’ creativity project involving pupils from Dringhouses and Woodthorpe primary schools
• York City Knights Foundation: £500 for community outreach work designed to help tackle loneliness and isolation
• Dementia Yorkshire: £250 for activity parcels for specific local residents, including individuals living with dementia and residents who are feeling lonely and isolated.

In addition, £1,740 is being invested in the establishment of a Cold Calling Controlled Zone covering 105 properties on Ainsty Grove, Ainsty Avenue, North Eastern Terrace and Mayfield Grove. This is in response to recent doorstep incidents.