St Nicks

Centre for nature and green living

Enjoy natureLearn about the nature reserve, its wildlife and how it’s managed. Plus suggestions for things to do when visiting. Get inspiredBe inspired by the projects based at the Environment Centre and its green design. Plus information on room hire, our education programme, events, blog and tips of the week. Make a differenceSee how you can help St Nicks achieve its aims by adopting green living, volunteering, joining us, donating or raising funds in other ways. About usFind contact details, directions, vacancies, history of the charity, its vision and governance.

Get Scything!

Our Meadow Keepers have scythed a part of the city walls. They have lots of events planned for this summer to let you have a go...

Ecotherapy

Nordic Walking is one of many activities on offer through our Ecotherapy project - find out more about how it works at St Nicks.

Volunteer

Volunteering is rewarding and good fun. Give it a go - get in touch or click here to find out more.

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Upcoming events

Want to start composting your food and garden waste but don’t have the equipment? Local councils are offering reduced price composters via GetComposting.com – just punch your postcode in and see what’s on offer in your area. In York you get a ‘dalek’ composter for as little as £8. If you need advice on how to get started, we can help – just get in touch.

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News

(Inner) Poldarks unleashed to re-enact scything of city walls

Updated for 2018, our Meadow Keepers have re-enacted The Press in York archive photo below which …

Summer concert raises cheers and £600!

Our 20th anniversary celebration concert on 30th June was a great success. The Unitarian Chapel …

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Social Media

19 Jul 2018

Thank you Hilton! It's lovely to know our ethos of inclusion and openess has helped you. Our Ecotherapy project lea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Thanks to

City of York CouncilBig Lottery FundTwo Ridings Community FoundationHeritage Lottery Fund

Latest Posts

Volunteer Insights: Jacob

For our final volunteer insight blog, I spoke to Jacob who has been volunteering since September …

Volunteer Insights: Kaye and Cliff

For the fourth installment of our volunteer insights, I spoke to Cliff and Kaye who, along with …

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