The York Older People’s Assembly
in association with The Press, and sponsored by SPARK, Age UK York, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Harrowells and Foresters Friendly Society
presents
YORK 50+ FESTIVAL 2023
FULL OF LIFE!
FULL OF LIFE!
Contact yorkfiftyplus@gmail.com
The programme can be downloaded Here
Welcome to our 18th Annual 50+ Festival
23 September – 8 October 2023
Offering over 120 diverse events organised by local enthusiastic individuals and groups.
With a successful 17 year track record, the 50+ Festival is now firmly on the York calendar for citizens and visitors to enjoy.
The 50+ Festival is a grass-roots affair put on by people who want to share what they have to offer with the community.
What is a taster session today may well become a regular weekly hobby as people discover new interests and ways of keeping healthy in body and mind.
Browse through the opportunities below and, if you think something is missing, why not organise an event next year?
YORK 50+ FESTIVAL SPONSORS
BUSINESS PARTICIPATION
Better, Care Rooms, CYC Health Trainers, Later Life, Live well York, Nimbuscare, OCAY, Samaritans, St Sampson’s Centre, Scottish Country Dancing, Sport and Active Leisure, TRTrehab, York Learning, York Energy Advice, York Neighbours,
We welcome your participation. Watch out for the brochures in early September at Visit York, libraries, community centres, and many other outlets across the city.
The programme can also be downloaded Here.
Every community has something to offer and enjoy – let’s use the Festival to encourage participation, give people a sense of well-being and end loneliness and isolation.
For a summary of the 2023 Festival, read on…
ADVICE & INFORMATION
Age UK York services – Burton Stone Lane, St. Sampsons Centre, Tang Hall
Choice at the End of Life, Dignity in dying – New Earswick
Don’t Leave Me Alone – Online
Information Fair – St Sampsons Centre
Information Fair with MySight York and Healthwatch – Merchantgate
Live Independently for Longer in Your Own Home – Dalton Terrace
Pension Credit Bus – Monkton Road
SCAM & Fraud Awareness Session – Clifton Moor
Talk to a trusted solicitor about making your Will and Lasting Powers of Attorney – Clifford Street
Thinking Outside the Box – Friargate
Volunteering Information Day, OCAY and AGE UK York – Priory Street
York Open Eco Homes – various locations
YorSensory Introduction at Wilberforce House – Dringhouses
SPORTS & ACTIVE LEISURE
Aqua aerobics & underwater hockey – Yearsley Swimming Pool
Badminton – Burnholme
Ballet Class – Huntington
Circle Dance – Marygate Lane
Clip ‘n’ Climb Taster Session – York Leisure Centre
Croquet Taster Session – Scarcroft
Cycling – central York, Heslington & various locations
Flat Green Bowling – Heworth
Gym session – Burnholme, Energise & Heslington
Indoor Bowls Taster Session – New Earswick
Jorvik Folk Dance Club – Acomb
Leisure Centre Facility Tour – Burnholme Sports Centre, Energise, Yearsley Swimming Pool & York Leisure Centre
Line dancing – Woodthorpe & St. Sampsons Centre
Orienteering – Rowntree Park
Petanque – Wigginton
Pickleball – Copmanthorpe
Racketball – Clifton
Rugby – Bustardthorpe
Scottish Country Dancing – Dalton Terrace
Swimming – Energise, Heslington, Yearsley Swimming Pool & York Leisure Centre
Table tennis – Burnholme & Dunnington
Tennis – Shipton Road
Walking Football – Burnholme & Huntington School
Walking Netball – Acomb & Burnholme
Walking Touch Rugby – Clifton
TALKS
The story of the scoria brick: the history of our alleyways – Clementhorpe
“York in close up” & “York Minster in close up – the exterior” talks – SPARK
WALKS
Fishergate Foraging Walk with Social Connections
OCAY York Scavenger Hunt – City centre
Wellbeing Walks – Acomb, City Centre & Fishergate
York Health Walks – various locations
York Samaritans Ramble – York Station
WORKSHOPS
How to become your Authentic Self Workshop & How to Self-Market for Employability Workshop (women’s workshops) – Online
Ecocrafters at St Nicks – Drop In Event
Sewn With Love – Holgate
Tel: 07965 246193
St Sampson’s Centre, Church Street
YORK YO1 8BE
Working for older people in York. YOPA aims to:
- represent the views of older people in York to decision makers locally and nationally.
- Inform older people about services that are available.
- Identify where needs are not being met.
SOCIALS
Age UK Keep Your Pet Dog Cafe – Clifton
Age UK York Westfield Wednesday drop in – Acomb
Bingo – St Sampsons Centre
Cuppa & a chorus – Walmgate
Deal or No Deal – St Sampsons Centre
Eat…Pray….Love: community open day – St. Denys, Walmgate
Grandparents and Kinship Carers Tea Party with Arts and Crafts for Children – Clifton & Hob Moor
Guided Tours of the Joseph Rowntree Theatre – Haxby Road
Heworth Ladies Choir – Heworth
Outdoor craft and campfire cooking with Social Connections – Homestead Park, Clifton
Red Tower Open Days – Foss Islands Road
Sporting Memories – Monks Cross & Wigginton
Rolls Ups Rock and Roll Band – St. Sampsons