Local groups are being invited to bid for funding from the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe Ward Committee, with a closing date for applications of 12 October.
Bids are particularly welcome where funding can be used to help local groups adapt to the changes that have been brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The presentations and draft minutes from the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe Ward Committee meeting held on 3rd March 2020 have been published on the council website HERE
Representatives from First Bus and the council’s iTravel team attended the joint Dringhouses & Woodthorpe and Westfield Ward Committee meeting on 3rd October at the York Indoor Bowls Club.
Local councillors and residents had a look around one of the newer and more environmentally-friendly ‘Euro 5’ buses being rolled out on the route and were able to raise questions and concerns about timetables and reliability.
There has been some confusion around recent timetable changes which will hopefully be resolved soon.
Under normal circumstances, bus services are required to be registered at a minimum of 6 weeks’ notice. Part of the reason for this is to allow local authorities sufficient time to input timetable data into the national Traveline system and use the data to produce stop-specific bus stop posters – a process which involves a number of external agencies and usually takes around 3 weeks in total.
As the council decision to provide financial support to retain the Woodthorpe-Foxwood section of the route was only formally signed off last week, First and council officers had a very short time to register the service and produce timetables. The service 12 timetables currently up at stops are therefore short-term temporary posters which will be replaced with full-size composite displays as soon as possible.
The number 12 bus timetable can be accessed on the First York website HERE
Residents of Dringhouses & Woodthorpe and Westfield wards are invited to a joint Ward Committee meeting at 7pm on Thursday 3 October at the Indoor Bowls Club on Thanet Road.
There will be a drop-in from 6.30pm with an opportunity to chat to local councillors, ask questions of a representative from First Bus and share memories with the Foxwood Local History Group.
All residents are invited to the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe Ward Committee meeting on Thursday 11 July at Woodthorpe Primary School.
There will be a drop-in from 6.30 with the main meeting starting at 7pm.
All residents are invited to attend the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe Ward Committee meeting on Wednesday 24th May at St Edwards Church on Tadcaster Road. There will be a drop-in session from 6.30pm, with the main meeting starting at 7pm.
All residents are invited to attend the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe Ward Committee meeting on Wednesday 19th October at St Edward the Confessor Church on Tadcaster Road.
There will be a drop-in session from 6.30pm which will provide an opportunity to chat to ward councillors and find out more about some of the groups and organisations that are active locally. The main meeting will start at 7pm.
The next Dringhouses & Woodthorpe ward committee meeting takes place on Tuesday 19th July at Woodthorpe primary school, Summerfield Road, YO24 2RU.
There will be a ‘market place’ from 6.30pm, with the main meeting getting underway at 7pm.
Topics for discussion include the Local Plan, youth provision and the ward budget for 2016/17.
All local residents are welcome to attend and have their say.
Details of the grants approved by the Ward committee for the current year have been published on the Councils web site. Click here
Beneficiaries include the Woodthorpe Community Group, West Thorpe Methodist Church, St James the Deacon Church, the Mayfields Community Trust, “Craft & Chat”, the Friends of Chapman’s Pond and the Friends of Hob Moor,
An “on line” newsletter covering the Dringhouses and Woodthorpe area can now also be found on the Council’s web site click here: https://www.york.gov.uk/news/article/54/dringhouses_and_woodthorpe_ward_news_councillors_update_december_2015