Candlelighters

Candlelighters Trust
5th April 2025
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Support Candlelighters for Teen and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month

Cancer Awareness Month for Teens and Young Adults highlights the unique and often overlooked challenges faced by young people diagnosed with cancer. Established in 1976, Candlelighters is a Yorkshire-based charity created and managed by parents whose children have experienced cancer, former patients, and dedicated medical professionals. The organization provides critical services and support to…
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Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon
26th April 2024
4 mins read

‘Plan Ahead’ message as city prepares for Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon

As Leeds gears up for one of its most significant sporting and fundraising events of the year, residents are encouraged to plan ahead. The second annual Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon, in partnership with Clarion, is scheduled for Sunday, May 12, and is expected to draw thousands of runners. Organized by the not-for-profit sporting events…
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2nd June 2023
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Candlelighters ‘Pink It Up’ flagship campaign returns for 2023

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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Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon
12th May 2023
3 mins read

On your marks and get set for the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon

Final preparations have begun for the inaugural Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon in partnership with Clarion – a ‘Plan Ahead’ will once again put the city firmly in the national and international sporting spotlight. ‘Plan Ahead’ – that’s the message to people in Leeds as the city gears up for one of its biggest ever…
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Christmas at Candlelighters
2nd December 2022
3 mins read

Make this Christmas Magical for a child with cancer

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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Candlelighters Awareness Month
17th September 2021
4 mins read

Candlelighters GO GOLD for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Candlelighters aims to raise funds and awareness this September for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM). #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth takes place in September each year. At Candlelighters, along with many other children’s cancer charities across the globe, the charity marks CCAM each year to help increase the awareness of childhood cancers, as well as the work they…
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Candlelighters Charity
19th March 2021
2 mins read

Candlelighters: Together we can fight children’s cancer

At Candlelighters we bring light and hope to every family affected by childhood cancer across Yorkshire. We get involved in all sorts of different projects to help ordinary families who are facing extraordinary circumstances. Candlelighters is a big family where everybody has an important role to play. Here are some of the people who…
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Xmaslights
15th December 2017
2 mins read

Lord Mayor’s official Christmas card for 2017 designed by 8-year-old

A winning design has been chosen by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Cllr Jane Dowson for her official Christmas card this year. The winner and two runners-up received a special thanks and congratulations on stage at the Lord Mayor’s Christmas carol concert on Thursday evening. Following the Christmas card competition which was launched with…
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Leeds Kirkgate Market
23rd November 2017
2 mins read

Christmas countdown begins at Leeds Kirkgate Market

Visitors to Leeds city centre are being invited to pop down to Leeds Kirkgate Market for a host of Christmas cheer from now until Christmas. To make the run-up to Christmas extra special, Leeds Kirkgate Market is putting on a host of festive treats for all the family, making Christmas shopping not only affordable…
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Leeds Kirkgate Market
23rd October 2017
2 mins read

Experience Kirkgate Market after hours with new Night Market

Visitors will be able to see Leeds historic Kirkgate Market in a new light when it opens its doors after dark with a new Night Market this week. The first Night Market which takes place on Thursday 26 October, will see the events space and food hall section of Kirkgate open until 11pm. Joining…
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Lord Mayor’s Charity Appeal
18th October 2017
2 mins read

Leeds charity challenge raises thousands of pounds for Candlelighters

As part of their development on the Graduate Programme, Leeds City Council Graduates were challenged with planning and delivering fundraising projects this September to fundraise for the Lord Mayor’s Charity Appeal, Candlelighters. Candlelighters is a local charity based in Leeds that supports children and their families in Yorkshire who have been affected by cancer.…
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Councillor Jane Dowson
26th May 2017
2 mins read

New city Lord Mayor takes office

Councillor Jane Dowson has become the city’s 124th Lord Mayor of Leeds after unanimous support from members of all parties at the council’s annual meeting this week. Born and bred in Leeds, Councillor Dowson still lives in the same house she was first brought home to as a newborn baby. She attended Pool Primary…
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