Charity Digital marketing specialist supports charity Mirfield based digital marketing specialist Fishtank Agency has supported Yorkshire children’s charity Forget Me Not with video animation services as the charity seeks to recover losses caused by the pandemic. Forget Me Not, which is celebrating the 10th anniversary of their Huddersfield based hospice Russell House, sought the support By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity The Broadway, Bradford crowns its final Local Hero 29 year old, mother of seven Ashlee Holt from Idle has been celebrated as The Broadway’s final ‘Local Hero’. Nominated by her husband, Matthew Holt, Ashlee has been awarded for her incredible and compassionate efforts in her local community. Ashlee is the lady behind ‘Tribe Rock Remembugs’, an organisation By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Welcome to Yorkshire’s ‘Tour de Walkshire' breaks fundraising target Welcome to Yorkshire and Yorkshire Cancer Research launched the Tour de Walkshire on 1st May with a month-long £50,000 fundraising target… which thanks to the efforts of many great Yorkshire folk has been smashed in just FIVE DAYS! With still three weeks to go, the event’s aim is By The Editor • 4 min read
Charity Yorkshire’s Legal People take to the skies for Teenage Cancer Trust Eight members of the Chadwick Lawrence team are facing their fears and braving the skies, to jump from 5,000 feet, to raise vital funds for Teenage Cancer Trust. Trainee legal executive, Gaia Hinchcliffe was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma back in July 2020 and work colleagues and friends are joining By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Welcome to Yorkshire’s ‘Tour de Walkshire' starts In place of this weekend’s postponed annual Tour de Yorkshire international cycling event, Welcome to Yorkshire and Yorkshire Cancer Research have launched the Tour de Walkshire to raise vital funds, as well as awareness, for this incredibly important charity and its life-changing cancer research. The event will take place By The Editor • 4 min read
Charity Rotherham Hospice celebrates 25th anniversary with ‘The Sunflower Appeal’ To bring a little sunshine and joy back to the borough, Rotherham Hospice is encouraging residents to buy and plant sunflowers wherever and whenever they can. An inspirational campaign which aims to rally the region whilst raising much needed money to support the charity, through working together, The Sunflower Appeal By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Calderdale shoppers are able to donate to charity through contactless payments The Community Foundation for Calderdale (CFFC) has partnered with Halifax BID, Woolshops Shopping Centre, Yorkshire Payments, and Briggs Priestley Signs to launch the first permanent contactless card donation point in the area so shoppers can donate safely and help local charities. The donations will go to the Community Foundation for By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Julie flies high for the Kirkwood Hospice Ramsdens Solicitors very own Queen of adrenaline, Julie Ellam from the Litigation team took to the skies…all for charity. She was finally able to take to the sky and complete her wing-walk in aid of The Kirkwood Hospice, after almost two-years of postponements. The flight lasted approximately 10 minutes By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Homelessness charity’s ‘Little Sleep In’ returns for second year Families are invited to take part in West Yorkshire homelessness charity’s ‘Little Sleep In’ for a second year on Friday 7th May. Last year’s inaugural fundraising event saw more than 80 residents and families camp out in their gardens and homes for the first ever major sleep in By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Welcome to Yorkshire team up with Yorkshire Cancer Research to replace ‘Tour de Yorkshire’ It’s time for a new challenge, as Welcome to Yorkshire and Yorkshire Cancer Research team up to bring you the Tour de Walkshire. To walk, cycle, run or push throughout the month of May and enjoy the great Yorkshire outdoors. The aim of the Tour de Walkshire will be By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity New development gives hope to vulnerabe housed people in Leeds A Leeds homeless charity that is celebrating its 90th anniversary believes it could have a blueprint to tackle housing vulnerability in the city, as it prepares to unveil a pioneering new homes development specifically designed for people who find themselves in precarious housing situations. St George’s Crypt’s purpose-built By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Community Foundation for Calderdale welcome back sport with grants of £3,000 for sports clubs As the UK begins to plan for a post-pandemic future, sport and community clubs need to play a vital role in our recovery so the Community Foundation for Calderdale have partnered with Made by Sport to make grants of up to £3,000 available to local sports clubs to save, By The Editor • 1 min read
