Good Organisation
@GoodOrgCIC
Heritage based tourism social enterprise which is collaboratively led by people affected by homelessness within York.
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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!
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
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
We’ve been in York today hearing from LIFE - Lived Insights From Experience Good Organisation CL_York and others, about this fascinating collaborative work to put people’s direct experiences at the centre of conversation and change.
Latest figures published by the ONS registered 741 deaths of people affected by homelessness in England and Wales.
Over 13% were attributed to suicide.
#SuicidePrevention
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We’re really excited to be working with John Schofield on a NERC grant funded study 'Homelessness in a Changing Climate: Co-creating Resilience through Heritage and Tourism in Nuuk', alongside the Ilismatusarfik Centre of Arctic Welfare in Greenland.
Excited to be one of 56 projects awarded a grant from Historic England
Marking the 200th anniversary of the Vagrancy Act (1824), ‘Historical Perspectives of Homelessness’ will shine a spotlight on public attitudes and legislative responses to the issue. bit.ly/EverydayHerita…
We’re incredibly grateful to the The Clothworkers' Foundation for their recent grant, enabling us to purchase a new DTG printer, which will not only improve the quality of our t-shirts, but enhance our social impact offering peer led support and jobs to those affected by homelessness in York
Exploring Cardiff on the Poetry, Protest and Place tour with John from InvisibleCardiff
You can book his tour via invisible-cities.org/our-tours/poet…
Great to join the other Invisible Cities guides from InvisibleCardiff and Invisible Manchester and the teams from Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Thanks to BBC Wales 🏴 for the tour of their building in Cardiff too.
A great opportunity for local artists to support #YorkTrailblazers project, uncovering lesser known aspects of history in York. York Civic Trust and Make It York are commissioning 11 artists to create artwork for a series of sculptures.
makeityork.com/events/york-tr…
We’re absolutely delighted to be one of the twelve community groups awarded a small grant to shine a spotlight on local history as part of the #YorkTrailblazers project. More info availabe at makeityork.com/news/2023/12/1…