St Nicks

St Nicks Wetland Meadow will be a brand new habitat on the nature reserve which will hold water seasonally through the year, helping to alleviate flood risk for residents and providing a brilliant habitat for wildlife. For this project we’ve teamed up with Downstreams Solutions CIC Ltd, a unique new crowdfunding platform helping to connect […]

We’d like to thank Fusion for coming over from Leeds and staging a gig in York a couple of weeks ago. With their eclectic mix of jazz, folk, flamenco and other world music treats, the band raised around £140 for St Nicks and Refugee Action York. This has been split between the two local charities.

We are delighted to have been chosen as Goodricke College’s charity of the year as part of the University of York College Partnership Programme. This programme aims to partner charities local to York with each of the 9 colleges for a three year period. St Nicks will help to support, develop and deliver fundraising activities […]

St Nicks is looking for an individual to work 25 hr/week as a Community Recycling Worker. The St Nicks Community Recycling Scheme is an award winning, zero emissions kerbside service which uses an electric vehicle and load-bearing tricycles. We currently provide the service to over 2000 households in York within the City Walls and Gillygate, […]

St Nicks is looking for two enthusiastic volunteer interns to help us manage our stunning Local Nature Reserve. St Nicks Nature Reserve is a former landfill site that has been transformed over the years by hundreds of volunteers, and now provides vital urban habitats for wildlife including endangered species such as water voles. This is […]

Congratulations to the St Nicks Eco-Crafters group which has been short-listed for an award for innovation in the arts! The EPIC People’s Choice Award is set up to celebrate voluntary arts projects which benefit their community through the EPIC criteria of engagement, partnerships, innovation and creativity. Eco-Crafters is a weekly group who meet and share […]

‘War Horse’ author Michael Morpurgo and actors Jeremy Irons and Maxine Peake have joined forces to make a powerful new 5 minute film especially for you. Please watch it below and share it. The only way the Paris climate deal means anything is if we bring it home – and make sure that the climate […]

Keeping homes warm on cold days can be costly but it doesn’t have to be. Last December we hosted an ‘Eco Homes Show & Tell’ event sharing tips on making homes cosier and cheaper to run with items costing under £50. Check out this summary of the evening to give you ideas for your home! […]

We are very excited to announce we have been awarded a grant from The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust. The organisation supports projects in the fields of advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement. The £2000 grant will go directly towards our conservation volunteer programme, which helps people get involved […]

A water vole was seen today by our Wildwatch volunteers on the Tang Hall Beck. We hope this means that more of them managed to escape the sudden rise in, what were already hightened, water levels caused by the Foss barrier being lifted on 26th December. Water voles are well adapted to living near streams […]