Charity Over £5,500 raised by Chadwick Lawrence for the MS Society Award-winning Yorkshire law firm, Chadwick Lawrence has raised over £5,500 in support of the MS Society as part of a recent charity lunch. The firm hosted the networking lunch on 28 November at Headingley Stadium, attended by Rugby League legends James Jones-Buchanan and Jamie Peacock who spoke at the By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Great Holiday Home Show organisers raise over £70,000 in Children’s Charity Event An annual dinner held by the organisers of the Great Holiday Home Show has raised a staggering £71,955 for Yorkshire Children’s Charity. Guests from across the holiday home and leisure sector donned their finery at the culmination of The Great Holiday Home Show for an evening of glitz By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Counselling charity marks 20th anniversary with gala dinner Wellspring Therapy and Training, the Harrogate-based counselling and training centre, is marking its 20th anniversary this year a special Gala Dinner. Wellspring, which is now facing unprecedented demand for its services, is holding a fund-raising dinner in on Friday November 17 at the Crown Hotel in Harrogate to mark this By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity £25,000 raised as 75 people bed down on Leeds street for charity sleep-out 75 people braved Storm Babet to sleep out on the streets of Leeds for a local homelessness charity, helping to raise almost £25,000. Sponsored by British online homeware retailer, DUSK.com, West Yorkshire homelessness charity Simon on the Streets held its annual sleep-out event, ‘Simon’s Big Sleep Out’ By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Begbies Traynor partner takes on charity Kilimanjaro challenge Richard Pughe, a partner at business recovery and financial advisory firm Begbies Traynor in Leeds, is in training for an expedition to the summit of Africa’s highest mountain, Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro - to raise money for Harrogate-based charity Artizan International. Richard will be accompanied on the 19,340 By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Reward teams across the UK raise £32,000 for PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide A year-long fundraising programme across Reward Finance Group’s offices has raised an impressive £32,000 for its chosen charity PAPYRUS, which is dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people. The Reward team embarked on a range of By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Charity encourages people to ‘walk in their shoes’ as homelessness is highlighted Yorkshire-based charity Simon on the Streets has announced a series of flagship events in October to shine a spotlight on homelessness in Leeds. The charity’s annual Big Sleepout, which aims to raise awareness of the increasing issues faced by those rough sleeping, sofa surfing and at risk of homelessness By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Counselling charity Wellstring marks its 20th anniversary with double celebration Wellspring Therapy and Training, the Harrogate-based counselling and training centre, is marking its 20th anniversary this year with a double celebration. Wellspring, which is now facing unprecedented demand for its services, is holding a special church service this month and a fund-raising dinner in November to mark this significant birthday. By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Grand Prix Ball raises £15,000 for Principle Trust Children’s Charity A Charity set up to provide respite breaks for some of Yorkshire’s neediest children has raised £15,000 at a Grand Prix-themed fundraising ball. The event was organised by children’s charity The Principle Trust, which provides free respite holidays to children who are underprivileged, disadvantaged, disabled, have life-limiting By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Hospice to benefit from thousands raised by cheese auction Cheese lovers at the Great Yorkshire Show have raised more than £5,000 for Herriot Hospice Homecare to go towards providing vital hospice care across parts of rural North Yorkshire. An auction is held every year in the Cheese and Dairy Section of the Great Yorkshire Show, giving visitors the By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity West Yorkshire author raises more than £10,000 for local mental health charity A West Yorkshire author has been donating £1 from every copy of his book sold to help local mental health charity, Leeds Mind. Edward Evans is the author of ten books. He is based in Haworth, home of literature’s famous Brontë Sisters, and the Yorkshire landscape often features in By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Could you volunteer for Leeds Festival Salvage 2023 with Penny Appeal? On Monday 28th August, Penny Appeal are taking part in the charity salvage at Leeds Festival. Every year tens of thousands of festival goers descend on Bramham Park in Leeds for a weekend music festival, but as you maybe have seen over the years not everyone takes home everything they By The Editor • 1 min read
