Charity De Vere donates over half a million pounds to NHS Charities Together De Vere, a collection of historic mansion house estates and distinctive contemporary hotels, has donated £560,000 to NHS Charities Together to help NHS staff, volunteers, and patients at the centre of the COVID-19 pandemic. De Vere’s donation will help support NHS staff, volunteers and patients in key areas By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Care home staff complete 6km Alzheimer’s memory walk A dedicated team from Nesfield Lodge Care Home in Belle Isle, Leeds, recently completed a 6 kilometre sponsored walk in the Temple Newsam Estate, fundraising a grand total of £800. The group of six, including home manager Laura Pickering, deputy manager Michelle Marshall, senior care assistant Lucy Lyons, activities co-ordinator By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Plea for help from children's charity Children's charity, The Principle Trust are asking shoppers at Tesco in Skipton for votes for Tesco's Community Grants Scheme. The Skipton based children’s charity if successful will use the community grant to purchase two sets of outdoor furniture for use in their two holiday homes By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Specsavers team overcome endurance challenge to raise £3,000 for charity Staff from the Specsavers Kingswood store on Althorp Road have raised £3,280 for The Brain Tumour Charity after the team took part in a gruelling Tough Mudder challenge to test their fitness and endurance. Following weeks of training - come rain or shine - the 9-strong team were hoping By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Invitation to a spectacular gala dinner with special guests Boyzlife Join Clique100 for a spectacular gala dinner at Bibis Restaurante Leeds on 24 November from 7pm, in aid of the Matt Haycox Foundation. Special guests are Boyzlife, two of the talented artists from Westlife and Boyzone, Brian McFadden and Keith Duffy. Tickets, which are selling fast are £250 for Clique100 By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Finalists for the Calderdale Community Spirit Awards 2021 announced The Community Foundation for Calderdale and its headline sponsors BCA Leisure have announced the finalists for the Community Spirit Awards which will take place on Thursday 25th November 2021 at The Venue Barkisland to celebrate all the amazing work volunteers, charities and community groups do to make Calderdale a better By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Launch of The Kirklees Business Response Network One Community Foundation Kirklees are proud to launch The Kirklees Business Response Network Our inaugural event - in partnership with Third Sector Leaders Kirklees will showcase the work of Trustees. Trustees are the people in charge of a charity. They help to make the UK the sixth most giving country By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Tech boss tackles 286km charity challenge in ONE WEEK Huddersfield-based tech boss Tim Mercer has today embarked on a gruelling 286km challenge in aid of the charity Borne. The five-day feat will see Tim – the CEO of cloud technology firm Vapour – complete 13km of runs, 20km of rowing and 211km of cycling, as well as the 42km Yorkshire Three By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Big increase in homelessness expected across West Yorkshire warns charity West Yorkshire charity, Simon on the Streets is warning of an expected increase in people turning to our streets, blaming the end of the eviction ban, furlough, and Universal Credit uplift. The charity which supports rough sleepers and vulnerable people across Leeds, Bradford and Kirklees has already seen an exponential By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Community Foundation for Calderdale achieves quality accreditation Over the past year the Community Foundation for Calderdale has had an internal audit of its policies and procedures, compiled a submission of documents for external review and participated in interviews with an independent assessor. The assessment, which was carried out by Ideas to Impact, evaluated the ongoing practices and By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Travel team walk marathon to help children’s charity build ‘magical kids village’ A six-strong team from a Leeds-based travel company is aiming to walk the distance of a marathon this Sunday, to raise vital funds for a children’s terminal illness respite charity. Individuals from Ventur, a travel management consultancy, are taking part in the Royal Pride Charity Challenge on behalf of By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire-based Scriba aims to raise £8k to support literacy in young people Yorkshire wordsmiths Scriba PR and not for profit Grimm & Co have joined forces to help young people bolster their literary skills around creativity and writing. Having named Grimm & Co as its ‘charity of the year’, a jampacked calendar of fundraising events is well underway as Scriba’s 13-strong By The Editor • 2 min read
