A Harrogate charity has joined a growing band of local businesses by launching a new home delivery service. But instead of supplying food and drink to homes around Harrogate, Disability Action Yorkshire is dropping off jigsaws, books, and DVDs to households in and around the town, whilst observing social distancing guidelines
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Charity chief pays tribute to staff working at its Harrogate residential home
A Harrogate charity’s chief executive has paid tribute to the “fantastic staff” working around the clock supporting disabled adults at its care home. In addition to delivering daily personal care, the team at Disability Action Yorkshire’s Claro Road care home have been helping keep the 21 customers’ spirits up, by helping
Linley & Simpson support Martin House Children’s Hospice this Easter
A Yorkshire residential letting and sales agency is “cracking on” with its support for the region’s only dedicated hospice for children and young people. To continue fundraising for its charity partner, Martin House, the team at Linley & Simpson is running a virtual Easter Egg hunt. In the last five years, its
Digital agency Engage’s healthy way to raise money
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,
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