Charity: Solicitors and accountants tee off for Martin House; Garden party raises £17,000; Architects back The Alzheimer’s Society; and more

A CHARITY golf day has raised more than £2,000 for Martin House Hospice.

In what has become a tradition between AWB Charlesworth Solicitors, based in Skipton, Keighley, Bingley and Bradford, and Pearson and Associates, the Skipton-based accountants, eleven teams gathered in advance of the 18 hole game at Keighley Golf Club, preparation for which included an attempt at ‘beat the pro’ and a competition for the straightest shot.

G. Clarke Landscaping emerged triumphant and clear winners on the day.

Local businesses donated raffle prizes: Devonshire Arms, Bradford City FC, Le Bistro, Keelham Farm Hamper, Kempadoo Miller, Chocolates and Truffle, The Grove Bookshop, Keighley Golf Club, Skipton Music, Woodnook Caravan Park, Cobble and Clay, Pennine Cycles, Badgequo, Timothy Taylors, Bluefin Insurance and Rolands.

Many local businesses volunteered to ‘sponsor a golf hole’,  these included Ashberry, Verner Wheelock, Adams Tebb, Eximius Properties, Bluefin, Craven Energies, Class One, Dragons Den, Steve Woodhead, Bulloughs Cleaning, Bizzie Lizzies, LSI and Brook Taverner.

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Garden party Garrowby Hall YorkA GARDEN party held at Garrowby Hall near York has raised £17,900 for a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre.

More than 100 guests from across the county attended the event, which was held to raise funds for The Bridges in Hull, a residential treatment centre run by RAPt (the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust).

Speakers at the event included James, a former client of The Bridges, who spoke about how RAPt had helped him to kick a life of crime and addiction. Charlie Forbes Adam, chairman of RAPt’s Fundraising Advisory Group in Yorkshire and former High Sheriff of North Yorkshire, also spoke. The evening was hosted by Lord and Lady Halifax of Garrowby Hall.

Mr Forbes Adam said: “Former clients from The Bridges, mostly ex-prisoners who are now living productive lives free from drugs, alcohol and crime, sold raffle tickets and helped to make the evening the success it was. It was incredibly life-enhancing and humbling to see how they have turned their lives around – all thanks to The Bridges.”

Douglas Dunsmore-Dawson, RAPt regional manager for Yorkshire & Humber, said: “A huge thank you to Lord and Lady Halifax for welcoming us all to Garrowby.  What a spectacular setting and an amazing opportunity for us to tell people about The Bridges.  

“Everyone connected with The Bridges believes passionately in the tremendous work it does to support ex-prisoners to transform their lives away from drink, drugs and addiction.  This work is absolutely vital, not only in bringing lasting change to these men, but also to their families, communities and wider society.”

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SDA Architects Iron Man ChallengeSDA Architects in Leeds has donated £1,000 to The Alzheimer’s Society.

The donation has been made to congratulate staff member Barry Cole, who completed the Ironman challenge.

Mr Cole, an associate at the practice, has been training for more than three months for the challenge. The event took place in Bolton last weekend and is considered one of the world’s most difficult sporting events. It consists of a 2.4-mile open water swim, a 112-mile cycle ride and a marathon, all completed in succession.

The donation from SDA Architects matches Mr Cole’s own fundraising total of £1,050.

Mr Cole said: “The donation really means a lot to me. My father-in-law died of Alzheimer’s Disease in April 2009 and he is sadly missed by all our family. I’ve completed the challenge in memory of him and my parents Rita and Tom.”

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Leeds Building Society donationsVOTES from Leeds Building Society members at this year’s annual general meeting have raised more than £8,000 for good causes.

The donation of £8,540 will be shared between Depaul UK, Sense and Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation.
 
Nikki Marsh, Leeds Building Society’s director of customer and digital, said: “We used our online member forum, TalkingPoint, to find out which type of charities we should support at this year’s AGM.

“TalkingPoint gives us the opportunity to build closer relationships with our members, gain insight into what matters to them and enables us to provide updates on how we’ve used their feedback.”  

The mutual’s members chose to support homeless charities and organisations supporting adults and children with physical and mental disabilities.  

The Society picked Depaul UK and Sense to benefit from proceeds generated by votes, along with its own Charitable Foundation.

Representatives from Leeds Building Society recently visited Depaul UK and Sense to see how these funds will be spent, and to meet people who will benefit from their services.

Annie Hall, corporate partnerships manager at Depaul UK, said: “Thank you to the Leeds Building Society members – your donation will help support Depaul UK’s vital youth homelessness services, such as our regional work in Sheffield and South Yorkshire.”

Anne Telling, Sense Resource centre manager at Ashley Court in Rotherham, said: “We’re incredibly grateful to Leeds Building Society’s AGM members. Donations like this help us to continue our work supporting adults and children with sensory impairments to live full and independent lives.”

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Synergy Automotive Rainbow TrustSynergy Automotive, the vehicle leasing and finance credit brokers, has been named as the exclusive corporate partner of The Rainbow Fund, which works to provide vital equipment for the children’s department at Harrogate District Hospital.

The business has pledged to raise a minimum of £5,000 over 12 months.

Fundraising activities will include members of Synergy Automotive’s 25-strong team tackling the Yorkshire Warrior Wild Waters race on 24th September at Ripley Castle, and hosting a 10th anniversary charity fundraising auction and raffle later this year.

Monies raised from the activities and donated to The Rainbow Fund will enable the Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust to purchase a blood pressure machine and an exhaled nitrous oxide machine – two key pieces of equipment for the children’s outpatient department.

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