Charity Hive Community Café helped by One Community Foundation When Hive Community were let down last minute by an electrician, Hive founder Gabby Hurt contacted One Community Foundation for help. Gabby said “We were in a desperate situation where funds were practically depleted and there was a real danger that we wouldn’t be able to get the café By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Charity gala raises £2,300 for Breast Cancer Now Local sisters and owners of X-Press Legal Services South and West Yorkshire, Helen Foster and Claire Ide, recently organised a charity gala which raised over £2,300 for national charity, Breast Cancer Now. The event which took place on in early March at The Old Rishworthians rugby club, invited Helen By The Editor • 1 min read
Food&Drink I am Döner donating 100% of revenue to Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal Like millions of people around the world, I am Döner are heartbroken by the ongoing crisis unfolding in Ukraine, where millions of innocent people have been forcibly displaced from their homes, their lives, and their families. As a team I am Döner have decided on Wednesday 16th March to donate By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Local businesses come together to back Eden’s fight against cancer Four Huddersfield-based businesspeople have come together to support Eden Smith, the six-year-old girl with an incredibly rare form of cancer that just 100 children are diagnosed with per year. The group includes Gavin Pearson, founder of Vita C; Sandro Bevilacqua, owner of Da Sandro Restaurant; Craig Waddington, owner of Easy By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Overcoming the crisis in the Care industry With recruitment challenges, months of pressure and confusion regarding compulsory vaccinations and uncertainty regarding how the care sector needs to move forwards relating to covid, one company in Scarborough is facing it all head on. Happy Futures Support Specialists Ltd provide independent living for individuals with learning disabilities, mental health By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity White Rose donates tech to Leeds South & East Foodbank White Rose Shopping Centre has donated a number of gently used laptops to its charity partner, Leeds South & East Foodbank, in order to help the foodbank support its users. The donation comes as part of a series of contributions from Landsec, which operates White Rose, and has a long-standing By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Law firm takes on boardroom challenge National law firm Weightmans LLP is hosting a nationwide £100 boardroom challenge between its offices. Weightmans’ Leeds team is supporting West Yorkshire homelessness charity Simon on the Streets which supports and delivers emotional and practical outreach support to the homeless community and those that are most vulnerable in Leeds, Bradford, By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Law firm raises over £8,000 for local homelessness charity West-Yorkshire homelessness charity, Simon on the Streets has received more than £8,000 from local law firm Schofield Sweeney during its time as charity of the year. Schofield Sweeney which has offices in Bradford, Leeds, and Huddersfield, has supported the charity since 2017 and made Simon on the Streets its By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Bedmaker helps local charity give every head a bed Leeds based charity Zarach has received a donation of 40 single mattresses from local bedmaker Harrison Spinks, as the two companies join together to support families in crisis this winter. Delivering beds and basics to children and families living in poverty crisis, Zarach aims to give every head a bed By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Entertainer nominated for Yorkshire Choice 2022 Malton born Ryan Swain from Malton, North Yorkshire has been recognized and nominated in this year's prestigious Yorkshire Choice Awards which will take place at Eland Road in Leeds in May. The presenter and DJ, 31 who trained in Scarborough has raised over £25,000 for various NHS By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Huddersfield Town’s Worthington Walk has raised over £52k for charity 145 Terriers braved the West Yorkshire terrain to complete the 22-mile Worthington Walk, sponsored by Deliveree, before our home match against Hull City to raise funds for charity in memory of Club legend Frank Worthington. The route spanned 22-miles from Elland Road to the John Smith’s Stadium via FC By The Editor • 2 min read
Businesswoman Canal charity appoints new chair to Yorkshire and North East advisory board Canal & River Trust, the waterways and wellbeing charity that cares for 316 miles of waterways in Yorkshire and the North East, has appointed Helen Grantham as the new chair of its Regional Advisory Board. The voluntary role, for an initial three-year term, will help the Trust connect people and By The Editor • 2 min read
