Charity Hat-trick of corporate supporters latest to back homelessness charity A West Yorkshire homelessness charity has signed up three supporters to its corporate partnership scheme. Simon on the Streets welcomed Leeds-based IT support firm, Everon and Huddersfield-based Inspired Kitchens to its 5 for 5 scheme at the end of 2020 with the charity’s newest member, Leeds-based independent bottlers, Peg By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink Food4Heroes providing nutritious meals to those most in need Food4Heroes is back. The charity, which was founded in March 2020 to provide nutritious meals to NHS and key worker staff, is now providing meals to families in the local community who are affected by food poverty. Following a successful pilot, the charity is working with food banks enabling them By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Communities rally to support home-schooled children Calderdale’s kindness is shining through once again, as thousands of pounds worth of donations are being made to support children and young people to learn from home during national lockdown. Building on the success of the Never Hungry Again fund launched last October to end child hunger in the By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Cancer Research UK urges Yorkshire to unite for world cancer day People in Yorkshire are being urged to show support on World Cancer Day for everyone affected by the disease. Cancer Research UK is calling on the public to donate or wear one of the charity’s Unity Bands with pride on Thursday, February 4. Every year, around 31,000 people By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Book your appointment now to make a will and support Barnsley Hospice Barnsley people are being urged to use their time in lockdown to make a will for free in exchange for a donation to Barnsley Hospice. Several local solicitors are waiving their fees and offering telephone and video appointments to hospice supporters as part of the charity’s annual ‘Make a By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Bereavement charity to benefit from funeral book proceeds A Leeds bereavement charity that helps people dealing with grief to write and record an original song in memory of someone who has died has won support from the Yorkshire author behind a funeral self-help book. The Swan Song Project helps people dealing with a bereavement to create their own By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Digital firm commits to Race the Sun triathlon for Action Medical Research Whilst many of us are already erasing our New Year's resolutions, the team at Leeds digital agency Ascensor are training hard for a gruelling off-road endurance event, to raise £7,200 for Action Medical Research. Andrew Firth, MD of Ascensor explains “We’re busy preparing for an extremely By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity CDS names Candlelighters as 2021 charity – and kicks off fundraising with £5,500 donation Yorkshire-headquartered strategic communications agency CDS has started the New Year on a positive note, donating over £5,500 to Candlelighters. Having supported the cause – which helps families facing children's cancer in Yorkshire – throughout 2020, the firm has committed to another 12 months of fundraising, while also being named By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity The Broadway,Bradford donates funds to Bradford Nightstop The Broadway, Bradford has made a donation of £3,500 to its charity partner, Bradford Nightstop. The organisation, which works to prevent youth homelessness and provide emergency accommodation, is a valuable support system for the region’s most vulnerable. The generous donation has been made by The Broadway to honour By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Big business gives over 29,800 people in Yorkshire and the Humber food A charity set up by The Prince of Wales has got businesses to step up and help more than 29,800 people in Yorkshire and the Humber as they struggle to get the food, digital technology and care essentials that they need to survive the impact of COVID-19 on their By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Enabling unemployed to create their own careers Wakefield's long term unemployed are being encouraged to overcome barriers to employment by creating their own careers. Sustain Wakefield, part of Yorkshire charity Turning Lives Around which works to prevent homelessness, has secured £20,000 from the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s Community Grants Programme to roll By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Local charity brings Christmas cheer to Leeds communities A Leeds-based arts and social change charity is currently working overtime to produce and deliver more than 1,000 Christmas packs to families and individuals across the City. Award-winning arts and social change charity Space2, part of the Orion Consortium in East and NE Leeds, successfully applied for Community Fund By The Editor • 3 min read
