Charity
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Harehills youth led charity receives The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
Community Action To Create Hope (CATCH) has been honoured with The Queen’s Award
for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the
UK.
The charity, based in Harehills, Leeds, was founded in 2010 by passionate
volunteers to make the city a healthier, safer and more
Garden centre team's cycle challenge raises over £6,500
A team of cyclists from Tong Garden Centre raised over £6,500 for West Yorkshire
mental health charities, ‘Luke's Lads' and ‘Butterflies Mental Health' when they
tackled a challenging 80k ride recently.
On 23rd May, the team of 15, including directors, staff, suppliers and friends,
set
‘Tour de Walkshire' steps up and hits £100,000
Welcome to Yorkshire and Yorkshire Cancer Research launched the Tour de
Walkshire on 1st May with a month-long £50,000 fundraising target… with time to
spare the fabulous fundraisers taking part have achieved over double this amount
and raised over £100,000. for life-changing cancer research.
The Tour de Walkshire
Unsung Hero awards
The call for nominations is now open for Wakefield's unsung heroes, including
young people (age 12-18). The closing date is Friday 4 June.
Nominate online at https://wakefieldcf.org.uk/unsung-heroes-awards/
New specialists taking Wentworth Woodhouse forward after pandemic
Rotherham stately home Wentworth Woodhouse has re-opened to visitors with four
new specialists at the helm.
“We were closed for many months during the pandemic, but Wentworth Woodhouse has
bounced back better than ever,” said Sarah McLeod, CEO of the Preservation Trust
which bought the Grade I listed mansion and
Trio of new appointments for Yorkshire homelessness charity
West-Yorkshire-based homelessness charity Simon on the Streets has made three
new appointments to its growing team.
Simon on the Streets, which offers practical and emotional support to rough
sleepers in Bradford, Leeds and Kirklees has recruited Scotty Bell as
co-production lead, Leah Charlson as fundraising manager and Liz Knight as
Charity staging recruitment event for young jobless
A Sheffield charity is staging a recruitment event to reach young jobless people
who feel the pandemic has robbed them of a future.
The Source Skills Academy, a leading trainer which has been supporting people
since 2003, says its June 2 Super Recruitment event will make it easier and less