Charity Northern businesses gift ‘changing-rooms-style’ make-over to Leeds Children’s Hospital A duo of northern businesses have provided pro-bono services to Leeds Children’s Hospital to create a better environment that supports both children facing cancer, and their families, alongside NHS staff - 12 years after it was last decorated. Children’s cancer charity, Candlelighters, orchestrated the project - calling upon By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Restaurant Group donates £5000 to food banks The hospitality group behind Brazilian Rodizio, Estabulo and SAKKU opened their very first restaurant just a few years ago. Fast forward to the present, they’ve since founded a total of five popular restaurant brands, and branched out across 11 different cities. Outside of Leeds, the group has launched brands By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Airedale Group donates new kitchen worth £90,000 to Springfield Youth Centre Youth workers at the Springfield Centre in Bradford are now able to provide up to 50 meals to local children, more than doubling their previous capacity, following a generous donation of a brand new purpose-built kitchen. The Airedale Group, also based in Bradford, is a leading provider of design, build By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Charities receive early Christmas treat from local business Two local charities are celebrating receiving an early Christmas treat from grab hire company, RJC Plant Services. The Clothing Bank and Sleepsafe Selby both posted requests for support on social media and RJC responded with a donation of £200 worth of new clothing and a £200 food voucher for the By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Places for People offers space to those in need of warmth and support Places for People – the UK’s leading Social Enterprise – has opened three Warm Hubs at its Places Leisure facilities in Sheffield this Winter. The three new hubs form part of the Sheffield Welcoming Places initiative and are located at Graves Health and Sports Centre in the south of the city By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Penny Appeal announce Crypto Giving Tuesday appeal in aid of Pakistan Flood Victims Bitcoin is more than just an investment; it can also be used to make charitable donations. That's why on November 29th, crypto enthusiasts around the world will be taking part in Crypto Giving Tuesday. Just as Black Friday and Cyber Monday kick off the holiday shopping season, Crypto By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Housebuilder raises £6755 for its charity of the year The total raised is the culmination of a busy year of fundraising which saw the eastern region of Lovell Homes take part in various activities. These included a charity golf day and donations from show home furniture sales. One of the most prominent fundraisers, Ellie Cockroft quantity surveyor at Lovell By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Volunteers deliver facelift for Yorkshire charity Yorkshire homelessness charity Turning Lives Around has received a facelift to their central offices courtesy of volunteers from financial specialists Evelyn Partners. Some 12 volunteers from the UK’s leading integrated wealth management and professional services group which has offices in Leeds, spent a day painting Turning Lives Around’s By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Leeds charity first in Yorkshire to achieve social value accreditation Leeds based charity, Inspire North, has become the first organisation in Yorkshire to achieve the Social Value Quality Mark (SVQM) Level 1. The Quality Mark recognises distinction in values-led business that benefits clients, residents and tenants, communities, and the environment. The Social Value Quality Mark is one of the most By The Editor • 2 min read
Business SHC Hire donates hundreds of products to Leeds charity featured on the BBC SHC Hire has donated over 230 hire products, including tools, wheelbarrows, scaffolding and materials to Getaway Girls from Leeds, featured on the BBC One series ‘DIY SOS: The Big Build’. The building equipment and materials from the Skipton-based business were used to deliver a life-changing transformation of the Getaway Girls By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Not-for-profit organisations invited to apply for grants of up to £10,000 The Community Foundation for Calderdale have launched the Ovenden Wind Farm Fund and are inviting Not-for-profit organisations to apply for a grant of up to £10,000 for general charitable purposes to groups operating or delivering within a 7.5km radius of the Wind Farm (HX2 7UA). The Ovenden Moor By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Manning Stainton raises over £16,600 for Macmillan Cancer Support Yorkshire estate agent Manning Stainton has raised over £16,600 for Macmillan Cancer Support in one month, thanks to different fundraising initiatives. Staff from the estate agent teamed up to hold various events in September to raise money for the cancer charity, including a corporate golf day held at Moor By The Editor • 1 min read
