How will the new York and North Yorkshire Mayor address issues within the Tourism and Culture sectors? Come along to the York Civic Trust Hustings on Thursday 25th April, 6:30-8:00pm at Merchant Adventurers Hall to find out. buff.ly/4avdz2l

Thanks to all those who took part in our workshop today…co-creating a timeline of homelessness legislation from the ‘Statute of Cambridge 1388’ to the modern day. This will form part of our Historic England funded ‘Historical Perspectives of Homelessness’ exhibition in October

A massive thank you to all of those who attended the Website Launch Event last Friday - it was brilliant to see everyone really interested in listening to first-hand accounts of homelessness in York - Outside Influence Many thanks to Astrid from Good Organisation for organising this!

Mass tourism is a complex issue. How do we strike a balance between welcoming tourists in York and making sure that the visitor economy meets the needs of local residents? Join our next community conversation on 3d May 13:00 - 15:00 via eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-com…

A big thank you to those who came along to our second community conversation today, exploring how tourism in York can contribute to local community wealth building.

Natasha from Good Organisation will be joining this panel discussion exploring ‘how we can reimagine our resources and civic assets for public benefit. Friday 7 June, 11.30am at St Saviourgate, York #CommunityLedTourism #CommunityWealthBuilding yorkfestivalofideas.com/2024/calendar/…

I'm giving five talks in the next week (!). The first of these will be on Community Wealth Building, as part of this excellent Joseph Rowntree Foundation event in York on 'Reimagining Wealth', alongside a great group of other speakers, as part of the York Festival of Ideas Links to book below 👇 1/4

If you're feeling a bit uninspired by the general election debate, and happen to be in York today, please do join us...

Great to attend the Joseph Rowntree Foundation sponsored session on #CommunityWealthBuilding at the York Festival of Ideas today. So good hearing how the need for economic transformation is a growing movement now entering the mainstream.

A huge thank you to the YORKinRECOVERY Naloxone Knights team for their excellent peer-led training last week. Naloxone counters the effect of opioid overdose rapidly and has saved many lives. More info via yorkinrecovery.org.uk/naloxone-knigh…

Our Invisible Cities tour guide Gavin has returned after a long break. To help him get back into the swing of things, he’ll be running his Family Fun Tour for free on Saturday 22nd June at 11am.  Just turn up at Explore Library in Library Square. (York!)

This Medieval Murder Map plots 130 homicide cases across York between 1345-1385. Fascinating stuff via Medieval Murder Maps medimurdermaps.bsky.social medievalmurdermap.co.uk/maps/york/?t=%…

We’re launching our Community Led Tourism Research Findings on 22nd July. 3pm - 4.30pm. If you’d like to attend, please book here. eventbrite.co.uk/e/york-discuss…

At the Community-led sustainable tourism event being held by Good Organisation and York St John University at Spark in York, reorienting tourism to enable social justice and help with issues like homelessness The York Policy Engine

Thank you to all of those who attended our Community Led Tourism research launch event today at Spark:York CIC. Thanks also to Institute for Social Justice at YSJU Brendan Paddison and York St John University for their support over the past year. The full report and film is available at outsideinfluence.co.uk/york-tourism-c…

Great to see our tansy beetle featured in this article about the #YorkTrailblazers project. yorkmix.com/a-new-sculptur…

Find out what we’ve been up to recently, and what’s in the pipeline…from a digitally chipped tour guide book and research into the impact of tourism in York to giant tansy beetles and an exhibition uncovering the history of homelessness. mailchi.mp/cf712107954a/c…

Sustainable Tourism: There are many similarities re: the impact of tourism in Malaga and in York (UK). This year Good Organisation, Outside Influence & York Business School delivered research focusing on community-led solutions for York: tinyurl.com/OIYorkTourism bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Our project participants have just created this fascinating booklet as part of their ‘Historical Perspectives of Homelessness’ Exhibition, thanks to Historic England. It provides a comprehensive overview of homelessness legislation from the Medieval period to the present day.