Barratt Developments Yorkshire East, has supported its Charity of the Year, youth homeless charity Safe and Sound Homes (SASH) by taking part in the Lap of Yorkshire Challenge - raising over £14,000, including Gift Aid. The total raised includes an additional £3,000 in match funding from Barratt Developments, the match funding
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Homes boost for Bradford and Keighley thanks to £50.5m funding boost
Manningham Housing Association (MHA) has secured a £50.5 million financial package to provide affordable homes in Bradford and Keighley. The deal, which is made up of £36.05 million of new cash from Royal Bank of Scotland and £14.45m of existing funds, will enable MHA to increase its housing stock by more
Electrical engineering firm pledges ongoing support to local hospice
Smith Brothers Contracting Ltd has extended its support of Overgate Hospice, an independent charity based in Elland, which strives to help those living with a life-limiting illness. Costing £4.6m per year to run – the equivalent of £11,600 per day – Overgate Hospice has been supporting patients within Calderdale for over
Arco donates £41,600 to support community organisations and charities during COVID-19
UK safety company, Arco, is donating £41,600 to support local community organisations and charities through its Coronavirus Community Grant scheme. As a business that continually contributes towards organisations in the local community, it saw first-hand the demand for support and wanted to help. Arco’s Community Panel invited employees to apply for
York charity restarts community team challenges with business volunteers
Employee volunteering charity York Cares has restarted its corporate Team Challenge series after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to stop in March. Team Challenges provide an opportunity for volunteers from local businesses to give something back to their community by working in green and open spaces to help maintain and transform
Housing association concerned as delivery of affordable homes is placed in jeopardy
The chief executive and chair of Bradford-based Manningham Housing Association (MHA) have criticised a Government proposal to scrap the mechanism which enables almost half of the country’s affordable homes to be delivered each year. Section 106 agreements currently compel developers to provide affordable properties as part of a new housing scheme. However,
Covid helps disability charity recruit more staff in two months than over previous two years
The coronavirus pandemic has provided a surprising benefit for a North Yorkshire disability charity. Over the last two months, Disability Action Yorkshire has been able to recruit more front-line staff than it had been previously able to do over the last two years. And, in addition to the boost in employee numbers,
Orchard Care Homes supports The Care Workers’ Charity fundraising efforts
Orchard Care Homes, one of the UK’s leading care providers to the elderly, has signed up to raise money for a leading sector charity. The Care Workers’ Charity Going the Extra Mile “Around the World” initiative is aimed at raising much-needed funds to support those people working in social care, who
Charity’s furniture enterprise back in business from next week
A Harrogate charity’s popular second-hand furniture warehouse will be back in business from this coming Tuesday. In addition to generating much-needed income for Hornbeam Park-based Disability Action Yorkshire, the social enterprise is used as a training ground for young disabled people learning retail and customer experience skills. It has also been a
Yorkshire firms urged to boycott their beds for charity fundraiser
Yorkshire businesses and their families are being invited to ditch their duvets in a fundraising ‘Boycott Your Bed’ event on August 21 for Action for Children which supports vulnerable children and young people. Supported by famous faces including Pixie Lott, Larry Lamb and Action for Children ambassador Anthea Turner, the event