Charity Schoolboy Mason takes on miles for Barnsley Hospice A South Yorkshire schoolboy is running and cycling 99 miles to raise £99 for Barnsley Hospice. Mason Coles, aged 11, has taken on the charity’s summer fundraising challenge to raise urgently needed money following a huge drop in income due to coronavirus. Inspired by the iconic British ice cream, By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Mechanics pumped up to support cyclists in need of a little push Cyclists in West Yorkshire with a damaged or forgotten bike will be able to get riding again thanks to a new scheme helping people to get fixed up and fired up to cycle. Bike shops, cycle mechanics and community centres in Leeds, Bradford and more besides are among the 150 By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Digital agency helps charity raise £500,000 As part of their ongoing support for Leeds Cares, Search Laboratory has carried out search engine optimisation and run online adverts to increase awareness of the charity’s urgent fundraising appeal launched in March amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. This is in addition to regular fundraising events and care package drop-offs By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Charity recruit trustees in ‘challenging times’ A LEADING West Yorkshire charity which aims to prevent homelessness is looking for people who want to make a difference in these ‘challenging times’ to join their Board of Trustees. The team at Turning Lives Around (TLA) provide bespoke solutions for people faced with homelessness or in difficulty, giving them By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Children’s Air Ambulance offers pioneering medical treatment The pioneering Children’s Air Ambulance (TCAA), based in Doncaster, has achieved another first in the UK by further improving specialist, lifesaving equipment on-board their aircraft to assist NHS specialist transport teams during flights. The national transfer service provides the only intensive care aircraft in the country dedicated to transferring By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Fundraiser bubbling with ideas to help hospice South Yorkshire fundraiser Sarah Conway is ‘bubbling’ over with ideas to help Barnsley Hospice through the summer – and her colourful commitments have already raised hundreds of pounds. After seeing that the charity’s Bubble Rush event had been cancelled due to coronavirus, Barnsley-based Sarah wanted to help offset the huge By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Leeds Cares expands Board of Trustees Leeds Cares has announced three new trustees to the charity’s board with the appointments of Dean Hoyle, the founder of Card Factory; Heather Jackson, the Founder of Believe Corporate Relations - the home of Balanced Business; and Jasbir Singh Athwal DL, a business consultant and property developer. Hugely succeccessful By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Leeds Building Society raise over £31,000 for dementia support Inspired by the daily challenges those caring for people with dementia are facing during the pandemic, colleagues at Leeds Building Society have raised over £31,000. Throughout July colleagues set themselves a daily task to complete; with challenges including everything from hula hooping to studying Italian to raise money for By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity 7K virtual fundraising success Leeds software company, NewRedo, has been appointed on a new project with leading sporting event platform, RaceBest, to bolster its virtual offering with brand new features following £7K virtual fundraising success. Racebest, which has over 50,000 users a month, has made the decision to invest in its platform’s By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Supercar Driver raise over £2,000 with prestigious colouring book Supercar Driver members have swapped their high end supercars for colouring pencils to raise over £2,000 for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice. The Sheffield-based club of supercar owners have now raised an astonishing £152,000 for Bluebell Wood over the past few years, as well as wowing families with By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Barnsley fundraiser in miles for money cycle challenge Dedicated fundraiser Scott Thresh is dusting off his pedals to take on a 99-mile cycle challenge for Barnsley Hospice - ten years after he last got on a bike. Scott will tackle the ride at the end of August in support of the charity, which is appealing for help following By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Search is on for best Yorkshire photography Club Insure, insurance broker to the sports and leisure industry, has launched a new photography campaign to find the best snaps to represent Yorkshire. ● Submissions open on 1st August, and will be open for entries until the end of the month ● Photographs must represent clubs and communities within Yorkshire ● Winners By The Editor • 2 min read
