Charity: Cathedral Archer Project (CAP); CNG; Morrish; Walker Morris; Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce
BUSINESSES in Sheffield are being given the opportunity to help homeless adults.
The Cathedral Archer Project (CAP) has launched a Breakfast club to provide breakfasts for homeless adults.
Shaun Hessey, managing director of Peterman Forklift Trucks, has become the first member of the Cathedral Archer Project Breakfast Club. His company will be contributing £52 a month, to support CAP to provide breakfasts for homeless adults in Sheffield for a whole week, each year.
Lightworks Design, Evolution Print, Hydra Creative and Thornsett Properties have also signed up to support a week of breakfasts this year.
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COMMERCIAL gas supplier CNG has announced that it is to plant 20,000 trees during 2014 as part of the firm’s corporate partnership with the Woodland Trust.
The tree planting initiative will take place during the year and will correspond with the company’s 20th anniversary.
The trees will be funded by North Yorkshire’s CNG with staff, customers, suppliers and the local community being invited to participate in the tree planting scheme.
Jacqui Hall, managing director of CNG, said; “This partnership means a tremendous amount and is a long-term commitment for the business. Our customers are increasingly looking at environmental credentials and it is something we take extremely seriously and which we hope to illustrate by our campaign to plant 20,000 trees. We look forward to getting as many of our partners and customers on board as we can and getting stuck in!”
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SOLICITORS at Morrish Solicitors in Yeadon and Pudsey have raised more than £3,000 for charity after taking part in Will Aid.
Will Aid is a charity will-writing scheme. It offers everyone the opportunity to make or update their will in return for a donation to help people in need in the UK and all over the world. This money is shared by nine UK charities: ActionAid, Age UK, British Red Cross, Christian Aid, NSPCC, Save the Children, Sightsavers, SCIAF (Scotland) and Trocaire (Northern Ireland).
Tom Morrish, partner at Morrish Solicitors, said: “We had a very busy and successful campaign and are pleased to have provided this service to local people, giving their families the security of a properly drafted Will, as well as the opportunity to support popular charities. We really enjoyed meeting many new local clients and would like to thank those who took part and donated so generously and helped make our fundraising efforts such a success.”
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EMPLOYEES from law firm Walker Morris have raised almost £2,000 through charity fundraising efforts for the NSPCC.
The funds, which have been raised through a number of activities including dress down days and donations, are enough to pay for the training for a ChildLine School Service Volunteer.
William Shaw, ChildLine Schools Service manager for the Yorkshire and Humber region, said: “We’re thrilled that Walker Morris has raised such a great amount for our ChildLine Schools Service. It is a great preventative service that aims to visit every primary school in the UK by 2016, to help younger children’s understanding of abuse and how they can stay safe. Using assemblies and workshops, it’s designed to encourage children to recognise situations where they may need help and to tell them ways of accessing support. I would like to thank everyone at Walker Morris for their hard work and continued support. The money raised will help us to train and support a volunteer who can visit local primary schools in and around Leeds.”
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HULL & Humber Chamber of Commerce has raised more than £1,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust’s specialist unit at Cottingham’s Castle Hill Hospital.
In the Humber region, at Castle Hill Hospital, the charity opened its very first Shared Care unit in December 2011 which works in partnership with the Teenage Cancer Trust unit at St James’s Hospital in Leeds. The unit has four beds, all with en-suite facilities, a day room with music area, a recreational area and outdoor space.
