Charity MANUFACTURER DONATES DEFIBRILLATOR TO LOCAL COMMUNITY Graham Hart Processing Technology Ltd., the Bradford based heat transfer manufacturing specialists, have donated a defibrillator to the Friars Industrial Park for members of the local community to access. The new model of defibrillator was purchased through the London Hearts Charity and is designed to make saving lives as simple By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Harrogate mental health charity appoints interim chief executive officer Wellspring Therapy and Training, the acclaimed Harrogate-based counselling and training centre, has appointed an interim chief executive officer. Nick Garrett will take the place of Emily Fullarton, the charity’s executive director, who started her maternity leave this week. Wellspring, which was founded in 2003 and is based at St By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Volunteers from a York charity to travel to Nepal to decorate the school it funded On 19th March, five members of the charity founded by York businesswoman Maxine Brown will head to Nepal to decorate and furnish the school they fundraised to build. Mrs Brown was part of an international volunteer group that travelled to Semjong Basic School in the Bagmati Province of Nepal after By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Solicitors help Leeds mental health charity secure lease on new headquarters Blacks Solicitors has advised mental health charity, Battle Scars, on taking a new lease for its 7,500 sq ft headquarters in Leeds, enabling the charity to acquire its first ever premises and also create opportunities for other mental health charities and not-for-profit organisations in the city to thrive. Battle By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Plough Service blessings for new farming year at Ripon Cathedral Unstinting efforts of farm businesses and farming families to produce food for the nation and manage Yorkshire’s countryside will be celebrated at Ripon Cathedral’s Plough Sunday Service, supported by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society. All are welcome at the service on Sunday 14th January 2024 at the start of By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Leeds agency pays for school rebuild in Nepal SEO Travel, a Leeds-based digital marketing agency, has been able to fund the rebuilding of a school in the small village of Bupsa in Nepal and ensure that 135 local children are still able to access schooling. The school was badly damaged by the earthquake in Nepal last year, and By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Engineering firm pledges support to Yorkshire families West Yorkshire air conditioning firm Knight Engineers has pledged its support to some of the region’s neediest families by becoming a patron of The Principle Trust Children’s Charity. The Trust provides respite breaks to children who are underprivileged, disadvantaged, disabled, have life-limiting conditions, or who have experienced poverty, By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Children and young people’s mental health reaching epidemic proportions The number of children and young people experiencing poor mental health and emotional distress has rocketed during the past two years, according to Wellspring Therapy & Training, the leading Harrogate-based counselling service. The demand for Wellspring’s services from children and young people aged between four and 18 has never By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Will this Yorkshire Pudding song be the Christmas Number One? Two Yorkshire men who love their Yorkshire Puddings have created a charity single that they hope will become this year’s Christmas number one. But with the sad loss of Shane McGowan, and his famous Fairy Tale of New York, scupper their plans? YouTuber Danny Malin, the face of Rate By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Five charities set to benefit from Charity Championship initiative G&H Group has raised £23,695 for five charities through its Charity Championship 2023 initiative, which has seen the company host four fundraising events for staff, suppliers and customers this year. The Pudsey-based complete mechanical, electrical and public health service provider set out to raise £20,000 this By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Over £5,500 raised by Chadwick Lawrence for the MS Society Award-winning Yorkshire law firm, Chadwick Lawrence has raised over £5,500 in support of the MS Society as part of a recent charity lunch. The firm hosted the networking lunch on 28 November at Headingley Stadium, attended by Rugby League legends James Jones-Buchanan and Jamie Peacock who spoke at the By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Great Holiday Home Show organisers raise over £70,000 in Children’s Charity Event An annual dinner held by the organisers of the Great Holiday Home Show has raised a staggering £71,955 for Yorkshire Children’s Charity. Guests from across the holiday home and leisure sector donned their finery at the culmination of The Great Holiday Home Show for an evening of glitz By The Editor • 2 min read
