Charity Enabling unemployed to create their own careers Wakefield's long term unemployed are being encouraged to overcome barriers to employment by creating their own careers. Sustain Wakefield, part of Yorkshire charity Turning Lives Around which works to prevent homelessness, has secured £20,000 from the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s Community Grants Programme to roll By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Local charity brings Christmas cheer to Leeds communities A Leeds-based arts and social change charity is currently working overtime to produce and deliver more than 1,000 Christmas packs to families and individuals across the City. Award-winning arts and social change charity Space2, part of the Orion Consortium in East and NE Leeds, successfully applied for Community Fund By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Law firm donates 70 Christmas hampers to Age UK Yorkshire law firm Gordons has donated 70 festive hampers to annual charity partner Age UK Bradford District to further help local people in need over the Christmas period. This latest initiative follows soon after Gordons donated its £10,000 staff Christmas party budget to nationwide foodbank charity The Trussell Trust By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Sports inclusion duo commit to supporting ‘forgotten’ youngsters of Covid-19 – disabled children Data from Activity Alliance revealed that nearly half (45%) of parents of disabled children have seen their child’s physical health decline since the onset of Covid-19, and child therapies have not restarted for more than 7 in 10 cases. A female duo passionate about inclusion in physical activity and By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Grow Youth charity responds to Covid-19 Grow: Nature based youth development charity launches walking mentoring programme in response to Covid-19. Grow, a Sheffield based youth development charity has launched a volunteer led walking mentoring programme in Sheffield. After being unable to deliver the charity's main programmes, the team thought creatively to develop new ways By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Counselling support for vulnerable in housing need PEOPLE at risk of homelessness in Wakefield are now able to access counselling thanks to a new partnership between a housing support charity and the local college. Sustain Wakefield, part of Yorkshire charity Turning Lives Around which works to prevent homelessness, is providing placements for student counsellors from Wakefield College By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity School uniform charity launches ‘Winter Coat’ campaign Huddersfield charity, Uniform Exchange, has issued a plea for the donation of warm winter coats to support vulnerable children across Kirklees as the impact of the pandemic continues to take its toll on local families. With 15,000 children in education in Kirklees living in poverty, the equivalent of 1 By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Lighthouse Futures creates first-of-its-kind further education college in Headingley Pioneering Leeds-based education charity Lighthouse Futures Trust (Lighthouse Futures) is moving to Moorfield House, Alma Road, Headingley, Leeds in a deal negotiated by chartered surveyors Carter Towler. The property’s owner, Illuminating Investments, has agreed to let an initial 9000 sq ft of the imposing Grade II building to the By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Social enterprise launches new digital growth strategy Tickets for Good, a Sheffield based company that focuses on combining social life with social good, has appointed The Curve to help scale its digital capacity in preparation for the return of venue-based events and a ‘rapid increase in demand’. The move will allow the firm to prepare for an By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Keep Leeds warm The Leeds-based printing company, Awesome Merchandise, is launching a campaign to raise £50k to support local homeless charity, Simon on the Streets, after fearing the threat of closure due to the impact of the pandemic. To hit the target, Awesome Merchandise is introducing a number of initiatives throughout November and By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Brave seven-year-old girl who survived meningitis features in calming Christmas storybook A courageous little girl who fought back after losing all her limbs to meningitis is to feature in a children’s storybook designed to provide comfort this Christmas. Seven-year-old Harmonie-Rose Allen, of Bath, contracted meningococcal septicaemia as a baby and was given only a 10% chance of survival. Her arms By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity The Big Variety Christmas Appeal 2020 2020 has been a strange and turbulent year for everyone, but the impact on charities has been devastating. Variety, the Children’s Charity provides vital and tangible support to some of the UK’s most vulnerable children. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Yorkshire region of Variety has had By The Editor • 5 min read
