Good Organisation
@goodorgcic
Heritage based tourism social enterprise in York run by people affected by homelessness, substance addiction and with experience of criminal justice system.
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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!
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
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=%…
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…
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.