Latest news from North Yorkshire County Council
Christmas recycling continues at household waste recycling centres
Published 4 December 2020
Residents of North Yorkshire are reminded that in the run-up to and after Christmas they can still take their recycling – including electrical goods, packaging, batteries and Christmas trees – to their local household waste recycling centre (HWRCs).
‘No vaccine for climate change’ says North Yorkshire Rural Commissioner
Published 30 November 2020
“There is no vaccine for climate change and no simple expedient whereby we can flick a switch and it will all go away. We are coming through an existential pandemic crisis and now have to face the existential crisis of climate change”
North Yorkshire welcomes extra funds in spending review
Published 25 November 2020
North Yorkshire has welcomed the Chancellor’s Spending Review statement today, which has set out increased funding levels for councils to help them tackle the next year and to support their communities through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Befriending services help keep loneliness at bay this winter
Published 25 November 2020
During the first lockdown and throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, everyone became aware just how important it is to make contact with others – and therefore, how vital the befriending services in North Yorkshire are.
Businesses and charities invited to take part in work placement scheme
Published 25 November 2020
Businesses and charity organisations in North Yorkshire are being invited to take part in an initiative to provide valuable paid work experience to young people and potentially find the next generation of talented employees to add to their workforce.
More than £1m in support to be distributed to struggling families over Christmas and into New Year
Published 23 November 2020
A £1.4m scheme to provide food and other support to families is part of a range of funding which is being launched in North Yorkshire to help those hardest hit by the pandemic.
