This pride weekend, join us for a free talk from one of our Trailblazers, Stuart Feather, and find out what it was like to be part of the UK’s first Pride march in London 🏳️‍🌈

📍Tempest Anderson Hall, Museum Gardens
📆 Sunday 2 June
⏰7pm-8pm
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This week we unveiled our latest blue plaque, dedicated to Austin Wright ❤️

Austin Wright is a significant post-war sculptor whose personal and professional lives were deeply intertwined with York.

Thank you to everyone who came!

A wonderful unveiling this afternoon. Thank you to everyone who came!

Today’s the day!

A blue plaque to Austin Wright will be unveiled at 1:30pm today in Poppleton (come along!)

If you want to know more about Austin Wright, you can do so here:

yorkcivictrust.co.uk/austin-wright-…

Join us for our next plaque unveiling 🥳

📆 Bank Holiday Monday, 27th May
🕐 1.30pm
📍Green View, Upper Poppleton

The Blue Plaque celebrates Austin Wright - the acclaimed twentieth-century British sculptor.

There will be lots festivities happening - we hope you can make it ✨

It's that time again 💙

Two shiny new blue plaques have arrived in our office - ready to be unveiled over the next couple of months 🙌

Stay tuned for more details about when and where these plaques are going up 🔵

Our next project focussed on memorials - iwm.org.uk/memorials/item… - war, and chocolate in collaboration with York Civic Trust.

This drew together primary records of the Bedern school, census and other local records, creating education materials for KS1.

Congratulations to David Skaith David Skaith - the first elected Mayor of York and North Yorkshire 🙌

We hope this will mean much-needed investment in York and North Yorkshire's heritage, high streets and net zero goals.

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As delivery vehicles get bigger and bigger, York's historic streets become more at risk.

This isn't the first time this has happened, and unless we do something about it, it won't be the last.

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It's the last week that Queen's Bridge is with us before its demolition as part the station gateway project.

So we're asking for your photos of the bridge 📸

Tag us or send via email - [email protected] - and we'll keep them in our archive.

How will the new York and North Yorkshire Mayor address important issues within the Tourism and Culture sectors?

Come along to the Hustings on Thursday 25th April, from 6:30-8:00pm in the Merchant Adventurers Hall!

Book your free space here: buff.ly/4avdz2l

Join us for our Visit to the Millennium Bridge 🙌

Engineer and Project Trustee Graham Wilford will guide us around the construction, architecture, and landscaping of this iconic York bridge.

🗓 9th April
⏰ 10:30am
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Non-members welcome!

Acomb’s ‘Bollardgate’ row shows us that we need to design spaces people want.

Is it not time for our city to have a strong design-led public realm strategy, developed by local communities, urban designers and policy makers?

Read more 👇

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Happy Easter from all of us at York Civic Trust.

We are supporting the Helmsley Group's proposed re-development of Coney Street.

Whilst we objected to the initial scheme, Helmsley Group have worked closely with us and other organisations to establish a design that better benefits the city.

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The next YCT Blue Plaque unveiling will take place on Monday 27th May.

It is to celebrate Austin Wright, the twentieth-century British sculptor at Green View, Upper Poppleton, which was his home, studio, and inspiration.

More details to come!

York Trailblazers is coming 🙌

Keep an eye out for exciting events coming up that celebrate York's Heritage 👀

🙌 Artist Call Out! 🙌

Be part of York Trailblazers! We are looking to commission artists to support a city-wide heritage sculpture trail taking place in Summer-Autumn 2024 featuring 17 Tansy Beetles.

Find out more and apply here loom.ly/3h4mPV8
York Civic Trust

📍 Join us tomorrow (20 Jan) at the Friargate Meeting House, 1pm – 5pm, to discuss transport in your area.

Find more information on the consultation, as well as drop-in dates and venues, here 👇
york.gov.uk/BigTransportCo…