BENENDEN Healthcare Society is delighted to see York Central MP, Hugh Bayley making a strong effort to promote York as a potential site for more civil service jobs (York MP in job battle, July 20).
We have a long-standing relationship with the public sector.
The society was formed in 1905 by Charles Garland, a post office worker who used the mutual model of membership to help his fellow workers get treatment for TB, which was expensive at the time.
Additionally, up until 1997, we were known as the Post Office & Civil Service Sanatorium Society.
Even though our name is now less of a mouthful, we are still strong supporters of the public sector – especially within the York area, where we have been a proud member of the community since 1990.
We hope the Government will recognise that York is a fantastic place in which to live and work.
This city is the ideal location for civil service departments and, indeed, other aspects of the public sector.
Best of luck with your efforts, Hugh!
Neil Barnes, Community relations executive, Benenden Healthcare Society, Holgate Park Drive, York.
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