Digital agency Engage is on a mission to become the UK’s healthiest agency through its unique initiative "Elympics" which sees employees raise money through exercise for charity. Now in its fourth year, the Engage team have raised over £36,000 for local Leeds charities; earned through a combination of cycling, walking, running,
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Leeds housebuilder supports Martin House children’s hospice with charity of the year donation
Housebuilder Lovell has donated £5,800 to children’s hospice Martin House, which was its chosen charity of the year for 2019. Due to the successful year of fundraising and keen support from employees, the company decided to keep the Wetherby-based organisation as its charity of the year for a second year running. Lovell
Postponed event feeds the homeless
Last week, the directors of the Yorkshire Choice Awards’ (YCAs) event made the difficult decision to postpone their annual charity awards Gala dinner. The Oscar style ceremony event, which is recognised as a highlight of the Yorkshire calendar, with 800 people attending, at the Centenary Pavilion at Elland Road was due
Breast Cancer Haven named as Blacks Solicitors charity of the year
Leeds-based Blacks Solicitors LLP has announced that Breast Cancer Haven is its charity of the year for 2020. The Charity and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team at the law firm is aiming to raise £12,000 from a range of fundraising events throughout the year. Activities include a tombola and cake sale,
Begbies Traynor supports Bradford children’s charity
Begbies Traynor, the UK’s leading independent insolvency firm, is the latest Yorkshire business to lend its support to One in a Million, a Bradford-based charity that works with disadvantaged children and young people across the city. The charity uses sport, the arts and enterprise themed community programmes to engage with local
Budget affordable homes pledge is “good news on the surface” – housing association CEO
The chief executive of Leeds-based housing association Unity Homes and Enterprise has described Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Budget announcement of a £12 billion multi-year extension of the Government’s Affordable Homes Programme as “good news on the surface.” In a statement, Ali Akbor OBE said: “It is always positive when extra
Ripon Community Link celebrates arrival of new purpose-built minibus
A Ripon charity has celebrated the arrival of a new, purpose-built, minibus with a special ceremony for sponsors, donors and Members. Last Spring, Ripon Community Link embarked on a major fund-raising campaign to replace their old vehicle “Kermit”, which had come to the end of road after many years’ faithful service. This
Theakston Brew Special Beer For Harrogate Beer & Music Festival’s 30th Anniversary
One of our best loved local breweries with an enviably national reputation is producing a special, limited edition, ale to mark the 30th anniversary of Harrogate Charity Beer Festival. Masham brewers T&R Theakston Ltd, as one of the festival’s main sponsors, has brewed a special beer for the two-day festival, taking
Alhambra Centre raises over £17,000 for Bluebell Wood
Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice has praised Barnsley’s Alhambra Centre for its support and generosity after the shopping complex raised over £17,000 for the charity in just two years. The North Anston Hospice, which supports families across South Yorkshire, has been the Alhambra’s charity of the year for the past two years. Throughout
Hospice’s new head of fundraising “honoured” to take on role
Bluebell Wood’s new head of fundraising Samantha Wood brings a wealth of experience to her role at the North Anston children’s hospice. At the age of 33, Sam has successfully grown income and developed fundraising events at seven hospices across the region. She joins Bluebell Wood from Lindsey Lodge Hospice in North