The annual ‘Just One Day’ event, part of the Lord Mayor of Leeds Charity Appeal, is set to make a return on Friday, May 17, urging the entire city to participate. In its seventh year, ‘Just One Day’ raises funds by encouraging individuals to dedicate a day or any amount of time they can…
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In 2023, seventy volunteers from Aire Rivers Trust set off to walk the Rivers Aire and Worth, looking for pollution. The charity has published the findings of its first Great Aire River Outfall Safari and hopes that it will drive action to improve water quality in the River Aire. The number of pipes found…
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People across Leeds will have a unique opportunity this month to find out first-hand about the volunteering roles available to them at their local Sue Ryder hospice. Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice will open its doors on Thursday 27 July from 1.30-3.30pm for a special event about the benefits of volunteering for the charity and…
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Northern customers are advised to be on the lookout for a very special bear when they’re next in Leeds City Centre. Families can now take part in the Leeds Bear Hunt 2023, with Northern’s giant bear being just one of 35 sculptures and 50 bear cubs hiding in plain sight across the city. The…
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We’re is delighted to officially announce the launch of Leeds Bear Hunt, an exciting public art event, which will take place from 1st July 2023 and raise money for Leeds Children’s Hospital. Leeds Bear Hunt will see Leeds Hospitals Charity, team up with art trail experts Wild in Art, who have been delivering world-class public events across…
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Colleagues at Spire Leeds Hospital have raised over £1400 and covered 1500 kilometres during Spire Healthcare’s 2023 charity focus week – all in aid of two local charities, The Leeds Hospitals Charity Rob Burrow MND Centre Appeal and Lee’s Smile, Epilepsy research and awareness. Donations given to the Leeds Hospitals Charity will help build…
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We need your help to turn Yorkshire pink and raise funds and awareness for children with cancer. We need our supporters to be as ambitious, creative, and PINK as possible from 5th to 11th June 2023. This year, we’re focusing on how the money raised during Pink It Up could help fund Candlelighters’ family…
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A group of kind-hearted colleagues from a Leeds home care provider are preparing to take on a thrilling charity zip-wire ride over Ilkley this July. The 16-strong team from Caring Folk, based in Pudsey, will be taking on the daredevil challenge to raise funds for national healthcare charity Sue Ryder, which runs Sue Ryder…
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This Sunday, over 12,000 runners from up and down the country will flock to Leeds to take on the city’s first marathon in over 20 years. The inaugural Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon was named in honour of Leeds Rhinos rugby legend and Motor Neurone Disease campaigner Rob Burrow, who was diagnosed with the condition…
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Plan ahead – that’s the message to people in Leeds as the city gears up for one of its biggest ever sporting events. More than 12,000 runners are set to take part in the inaugural Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon in partnership with Clarion on Sunday, May 14. Organised by Leeds City Council and the…
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The Lord Mayor of Leeds’ charity appeal ‘Just One Day’ event is returning on 19 May, with everyone in the city encouraged to get involved. The ‘Just One Day’ event, which is in its sixth year, aims to raise money for Leeds causes, with people spending a particularly eventful day or any amount of…
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Leeds Hospitals Charity is inviting members of the public to join their volunteer team to support the 2023 Leeds Bear Hunt, a large-scale public art trail of bears set to stomp across the city from 1st July – in aid of Leeds Children’s Hospital. Paying tribute to Michael Rosen’s much-loved ‘We’re Going on a…
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We are so pleased to announce that Candlelighters company of the month is Sentinel Squad. Established in 1976, Candlelighters is a charity formed and run by parents of children who have or have had cancer, ex-patients and the medical staff who treat them. Based in Yorkshire, Candlelighters provides essential services and support to children…
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Devastating earthquakes have hit Turkey and Syria, killing thousands of people and reducing buildings to rubble. People need urgent aid to survive. The first deadly earthquake struck while people were inside their homes, asleep in their beds, with no warning signs. Thousands of buildings, including hospitals and schools, have collapsed and infrastructure has been…
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The Leeds United Foundation will be hosting an exciting and exclusive skydiving challenge on Friday 28th April to raise as much money as they can to support some of our fantastic community programmes. The club’s official charity aims to use the power of football to enhance the lives of people across our region through opportunities…
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Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) are once again hoping to see a red wave across our region on February 3rd to help support babies and children living with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). On the first Friday in February join CHSF and wear something red to show support and raise awareness of congenital heart disease.…
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Leeds Baby Bank work on a referral-only basis to provide vital support and urgent baby essentials for families in need. Leeds Baby Bank was set up in January 2017 by the Co-Founders who had a shared interest in supporting families in and around Leeds. Together with a passionate team of Trustees, volunteers and an…
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Schools across Leeds have been making the most of the Christmas season to kick-start their fundraising for Leeds Bear Hunt, an exciting public art event which will take place in Summer 2023 and raise money for Leeds Children’s Hospital. Leeds Bear Hunt will see Leeds Hospitals Charity team up with art trail experts Wild…
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Will you give children with cancer the magical Christmas they deserve? For over 45 years, your kind support has brought hope to families affected by childhood cancer by ensuring they didn’t face a difficult Christmas alone. Because of you, we could provide those families with the emotional, practical and financial support they needed to…
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People across Leeds are being encouraged to take on a ‘Daily Dash’ this December to boost their wellbeing and raise funds for a good cause. The December Daily Dash challenge calls on the public to get outdoors and walk, jog, run or roll 5k every day during the month, whatever the weather, to raise…
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Help us make a huge difference to children living with congenital heart disease (CHD) this Christmas. We support hearts for life. We work to ensure that people born with congenital heart disease, a heart condition that develops in the womb, have the best health outcomes and quality of life, throughout their lives. From January…
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More than 100 people have taken to the streets of Leeds to sleep out for a local homelessness charity, helping to raise over £26,000. Sponsored by British online homeware retailer, DUSK, West Yorkshire homelessness charity Simon on the Streets held its annual sleep out event, ‘Simon’s Big Sleep Out’ at Leeds Civic Hall. The…
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