Come and enjoy a day filled with real family fun in Thirsk.

We will be having lots of stalls, featuring food and gifts, as well as games, face-painting, ice-cream, strawberries and cream and much more.

Free admission. Doors open between 10am and 4pm.

All proceeds will be going towards helping Disability Action Yorkshire

Venue: 

Thirsk Town Hall

Westgate

YO7 1QR

This event is being organised by Disability Action Yorkshire. 

To find out more about visit their website: http://www.disabilityactionyorkshire.org.uk/ 

MANY BOOKS ONLY £1!

All proceeds will be going towards helping Disability Action Yorkshire  and there will be wide range of different books available.

Opening Times: 10am until 4pm

Venue:

8 Castlegate
Thirsk
North Yorkshire
YO7 1HL

This event is being organised by Disability Action Yorkshire.

To find out more about visit their website: http://www.disabilityactionyorkshire.org.uk/

Over one hundred deaf charities are uniting beneath the umbrella organisation The UK Council on Deafness for “Look at Me”, the banner adopted by Deaf Awareness Week from 28th June to 4th July 2010.

The theme aims to highlight the different types of deafness and explain the many different methods of communication used by deaf people.

The word deaf is used to describe a whole range of conditions relating to deafness: according to figures from the World Health Organisation, there are currently 278 million deaf people across the world, 80 per cent of which live in developing countries; of these, 25% became deaf as children.

Other types of deafness include people who have become deafened later in life, deafblind people, the hard of hearing and people affected by tinnitus, all of whom use different forms of communication.

UK Council on Deafness

Founded in Sept 1993 by a consortium of deaf organisations, the UK Council on Deafness aims to achieve full participation in society for all deaf people and create an environment in which voluntary sector organisations working with deaf people can reach their full potential.

The first Deaf Awareness Week was held in America in 1951, and has continued to educate people about the many issues and difficulties that face deaf people in the world today.

In the UK, Deaf Awareness Week sees a wide range of national and local events taking place across the country to “promote the positive aspects of deafness, social inclusion and raising awareness of the huge range of local and national organisations that support deaf people and their family and friends.”

Special events in the past have included shows at theatres like The National Theatre with speech to text transcriptions, tours of museums for the hard of hearing, workshops to assist with doorbell, phones and smoke alarms, meet a hearing-dog sessions, sign language taster classes and a chance for deaf people and hard of hearing to meet with specialists for advice.

Deaf Awareness Week 2010 in the UK

The year 2009 saw free, no obligation hearing assessments at Hearing Centres when users of hearing aids could have their equipment cleaned and checked free of charge, and clients were offered the opportunity to have their hearing tested and talk to audiologists about any concerns, with demonstrations of the latest technology.

For anyone wanting to get involved with Deaf Awareness Week 2010, the website at www.deafcouncil.org.uk contains advice on fundraising activities with special promotional material available including balloons, collection cans, stickers and posters.

Ideas for events include holding a sponsored silence and Signathons, where participants are sponsored for every word of British Sign Language they learn.

There are many opportunities for schools to get involved, too: ideas can be found at the National Deaf Children’s Society website www.ndcs.org.uk with fundraising initiatives and ways to help children learn about the ways in which deaf people communicate.

There is also information about the wide range of sponsorship opportunities available for individuals and organisations to help fund specific projects, ranging from sports programmes to grants and equipment, weekend events for families of children with hearing loss and worldwide initiatives – as well as those closer to home.

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Carol Singing at Burn Hall Hotel

On Wednesday 23 December 2009, the Burn Hall Hotel is hosting a Carol Singing evening in aid of Cancer Research.

Come to our carol singing evening for only £3 per person in aid of charity, which includes a festive mulled wine on arrival!

Why not enjoy a festive buffet before the evening begins –

Date: Wednesday 23 December 2009

Carol Singing 8.00pm – 9.00pm


Address:
Burn Hall
Tollerton Road
Huby
York YO61 1JB

Tel: 01347 825 400

For Further Information, Visit the Burn Hall website or email enquiries@burn-hall.co.uk.  

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For those of us that bearly knock out a tune in the shower even the most tuneless of us cannot resist a sing-a-long at Christmas time!

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Pre-school is an important time in the life of a child to learn, and for those who have children and live in and around the city of York there is a great number of highly rated pre-school nurseries to chooses from.

Picking a good pre-school nursery can be a difficult choice. Some people choose based solely on location as the is close to either their home or work, while others may prefer to take their child further afield to a nursery that offers other specific solutions.

Here is a short list of nurseries and pre-schools in the area in and around York.

Lyndhurst Private Pre-School Day Nursery

Based on the B1246 Kilnwick Road on the very outskirts of York, the Lyndhurst Private Pre-School Day Nursery is a wonderful place for your child to learn before moving on to primary school.

Lyndhurst Day Nursery is open from 7.30am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday and caters for up to eighty one children between 3 months to 5 years.

Address:
Lyndhurst Private Pre-School Day Nursery
84 Kilnwick Rd
Pocklington
York
YO42 2JZ
Tel: 01759 302228‎

Walmgate Day Nursery

Found in the centre of York very close to the Coppergate Shopping Centre, the Walmgate Day Nursery is the perfect pre-school nursery for people who are working in the city and wish to have their children close by.

Walmgate Day Nursery is open from 8.00am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday and caters for up to forty two children between 3 months to 5 years.

Address:
Walmgate Day Nursery
34 Walmgate
York
YO1 9TJ‎
Tel: 01904 733833‎

Scarcroft Green Nursery

Scarcroft Green Nursery is found off the A59 Scarcroft Road, just a stone’s throw away from the York railway station.

Scarcroft Green Nursery is open from 8.00am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday and has sixteen staff that can cater for up to thirty five children between 0 to 5 years.

Address:
Scarcroft Green Nursery
Nunthorpe Road
York
YO23 1BP
Tel: 01904 672696 ‎

The Crescent Day Nursery

This nursery is in the centre of York and is less than a five minute walk from the York railway station.

With fully qualified staff and a full day of organized learning fun, the Crescent Day Nursery is a highly rated nursery. Children will enjoy a mid morning snack, cooked lunch and light afternoon tea so you can ensure that your child is looked after nutritionally too!

The Crescent Day Nursery is open from 8.00am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday and has seven staff that can cater for up to twenty nine children between 3 months to 5 years.

Address:
The Crescent Day Nursery
7 The Crescent
York
YO24 1AW
Tel: 01904 647198 ‎

Scarborough Dance Festival 2009

Has Strictly left you with a desire to dance?

Perhaps you are a seasoned professional?

Either way, the Scarborough Dance Festival has something for you!

Dancing is a great way to get active and to meet people: The Scarborough Festival has 12 years experience in putting on first-class entertainment and tuition for aspiring and seasoned dancers, and is a great way to spend a day out, weekend, or a whole week hot-footing! 

Each Day follows a pattern with both beginners’ and improvers’ workshops in the Ocean Ballroom and Grand Hall of the Scarborough Spa Complex. These classes are then followed by a Dance and Cabaret Night in the Ocean Ballroom.This is a modern and latin dance night where you can practice the moves you have learned during the day. You will also learn more from the nightly demonstrations from the Young Dance Stars in Cabaret.

On Saturday night the 14th November, the highlight of the week is The Gala Dance Night.
Featuring Ross Mitchell and his Band for you to dance to and the Scarborough Open Waltz Competition.
This is bound to be the most popular event so booking is highly recommended.

Sunday 15th November is when there will be a competition for every age and discipline:
This is a chance for you to either compete on the strength of the week’s learning, or to let the professionals show you how it’s done in one of the Exhibition Dances.

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The event is being hosted by the Scarborough Spa Complex in Scarborough’s South Bay – the complex provides an ideal location for both dancing and socializing.

Scarborough Spa Complex
South Bay
Scarborough
YO11 2HD
Tel: 01723 376 774 Tickets:

It is very easy to take part in the festival.
Individual events cost between £4 and £7, a Day Pass £8 – £13.
This year there is also the option to buy a full week pass for £49, it is totally flexible so that you can do as much or as little as you want!

For Further Information, visit the Spa, Scarborough website.

 

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York Ghost Festival: ‘Orribly Original

A host of ghostly goings on are manifesting in York over Halloween from Saturday 24th October to Sunday 1st November, when the sixth York Ghost Festival takes place in a spirited celebration of the paranormal.  

Since 2004, the York-based Paranormal and Spectral Investigations (PSI) group in conjunction with Haunted has been organising a feast of supernatural activities in England’s most haunted city, and this year there will be eerie events galore with Haunted Treasure Hunts taking place every night throughout the festival from 7pm until 10pm.

Spooky characters will be around to recount free ghost stories, presided over by celebrity astrologer Jonathan Cainer, with history tours, plenty of thrills and chills and audience participation broadcast live by Minster FM. Ghost vigils will be held at venues throughout York with live feeds to a giant screen from haunted locations including the Golden Fleece Pub in Pavement and the Treasurer’s House in Minster Yard.

At Haunted itself there’ll be ghost tours taking place until 10pm every night. Over the years, the house has been the scene of ghoulish materialisations when visitors have reported feeling the icy touch of invisible fingers or heard spine-chilling screeches emanating from the attic. Recently, the professional phantom hunter, Derek Acorah had a very spooky experience at the house on TV’s Most Haunted programme when he was held in a ghostly stranglehold whilst the entire film crew bolted the premises screaming.

On the night of Halloween on 31st October in a grand climax to the festival, you can become part of an attempt to stage the World’s Biggest Ghost vigil. Everyone is invited to assemble beneath The Eye of York at the foot of Clifford’s Tower to listen out for signs of paranormal activity and devilish disturbances.

Mr Cainer is hoping that some ghoulish participants will make an appearance to swell the numbers: “It will be a celebration of Samhain – the ancient pagan festival of the ancestors,” he told The Press, “and we’ll be inviting the ghosts and spirits of York to join us.
“The Eye of York is famously nasty. They did hangings there and it’s also a place where witches were persecuted.”

Last year, although the attempt to stage the World’s Biggest Ghost Vigil at York didn’t break the record, a staggering total of 700 people looked and listened for signs of spectral activity at Haunted on Stonegate and across various locations. This year it’s hoped to smash all previous records by signing up a total of more than 900 people. Once the vigil ends, there’ll be an overnight investigation at Haunted by brave and intrepid members of PSI.

The York Ghost Festival has become so successful that several other cities including Edinburgh, London and Stratford-upon-Avon have followed suit and organised their own Ghost Festivals based on the same ideas.

The concept was first spawned back in 2004 when, after a lifetime interest in ghost stories and several years of attending paranormal investigations, founder Rachel Lacy decided it was time to set up her own group in her hometown of York.  PSI –Chicks was formed with the name reflecting the predominantly female membership of the group.

Since that time, PSI, under the leadership of Ghost Master General Rachel has carried out many investigations at a host of spooky venues including York Brewery, Lendal Water Tower and St Nicholas’ Fields.

With regular ghost detectives headed by the celebrity medium Diana Jarvis, the entourage have encountered more than their fair share of spectres; at haunted locations like the York Brewery and the York Castle Museum, that have included a tall, thin shadowy figure who left an overwhelming sense of evil, a phantom dressed in 1940’s attire and mysterious lines that materialised in flour traps at the brewery during the night.

Previous ghost vigils have unearthed some strange goings on too including THAT photograph taken at The Ebor Inn in Bishopthorpe that revealed hidden properties when displayed on computer. Who was the mysterious, bespectacled lady reflected in a mirror on the wall of the pub, who was not present at the investigation? What were the strange orbs that appeared to follow the landlord around the premises?

You might think that these experiences would be enough to send the PSI into quiet retirement but this year, undaunted, members intend to kick off the festival on October 24th with a one person/one room investigation.

“Despite doing investigations now for nearly ten years, it’s still scary contemplating spending a night alone in a haunted location!” says the intrepid general Rachel Lacy, “I last did it in 2003 when I spent Hallowe’en in the roman bathhouse in York alone, so I know I can do it, but the venues have a very different feel to them and last time it wasn’t on camera.”

You can watch Rachel and other group members’ vigils via the Haunted website www.hauntedhouseyork.co.uk where events will be streamed live throughout the night.  If you intend to host a ghost vigil yourself and would like it to be broadcast live on the public screen, contact Lucy on 07855 444069.

For anyone wanting to spend a few days ghost hunting, good value overnight accommodation is available throughout the festival at York University where B&B for a single room costs from £35 and a twin room £46 – it is, as far as we know, not haunted.

These treasure hunts are in the form of an East Walk from Haunted – a genuine haunted house, over 700 years old, located at 35, Stonegate – and a West Walk (a shorter option) from Micklegate Bar. The trails take intrepid participants on an enthralling hunt around the city, picking up pieces of information and clues along the way. At the end you can enter your answers in a prize draw for a chance to win a special Hallowe’en prize.

The attempt to break the record will be followed by séances and investigations at Haunted. The official vigil takes place at 9.30pm but the event will run from 7.30pm to 10pm. Entry is free but donations will go to the Inspiration Foundation’s Stables Project which helps young people who have difficulty fitting into mainstream education to achieve their potential.

Whether they will still be there in the morning or not, only remains to be seen.

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External Links:
York Ghost Festival 2009
Haunted: York’s Most Haunted House
PSI-Chicks

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Raffle Prizes:
The prizes are amazing:

- £90 Health & fitness experience at Bannatynes, York. Health check using the latest fitech lifestyle technology, personal training session, use of the gym, a fitness class of your choice, use of pool, sauna, steam room, hydrotherapy pool and jacuzzi.

- £75 Voucher from Gemma Leak Photography for your own shoot!

- Bottle of Monnet Cognac (kindly donated by James Walker of York St John’s)

- Pink hair pin ($18) and a chocolate & pink ($30) brooch from Couture Fashion Designer Piper Ewan

- For the winning bride to be a pink Garter ($40) from Couture Fashion Designer, Piper Ewan
 
- Sublime bra (£35) Sublime shorts (£18) from Bravado & free fitting
 
- One years FREE membership of the fabulous Confident Ladies group based in York

 
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