The proceeds from a calendar that shows a bird’s eye view of Beverley have helped kick off a leading medical research charity’s 2023 fundraising campaign.
Originally launched to compensate for the effects of Covid, the Daisy Appeal was presented with £1,000 by Beverley and District Civic Society.
Chris Burrows, Honorary Secretary of the Civic Society, said: “At the beginning of lockdown the streets of Beverley were deserted, which was so unusual that we took photographs of various buildings and felt they would make a good subject for a calendar.
“It did so well that we repeated the idea for 2022 and then came up with a different dimension for 2023. We plan to do it again next year and will decide on a charity nearer the time.”
Jamie Newson-Smith, a member of the Civic Society and owner of a drone company, used his equipment and expertise to capture images of Beverley’s historic buildings.
North Bar Without can be seen in the foreground and extends to Beverley Minster in the background of the cover photograph taken from high above North Bar Without. There is a photograph of the Market Cross on the page for August, which is the scene of the check presentation.
In addition to being sold by Civic Society members, the calendar was also available at the Refill Jar, the Community Lift Shop, Guest & Philips jewellers, and at the shop at Beverley Minster.
Chris said: “This year we sold out again and I even had to give my copy away but it was all worthwhile and we raised £1,000 for the Daisy Appeal and £600 for the Civic Society.”
Karen Guest, a Daisy Appeal trustee and co-owner of Guest & Phillips, said: “The Civic Society has once again done a fantastic job in producing a calendar which does so much to raise the profile of Beverley and show the character of the town, as demonstrated by the fact that they have again sold out!
“Everybody at the Daisy Appeal was delighted to be selected as this year’s charity because in addition to generating much-needed revenue, the calendar also helps to make more people aware of our work.
“We’re extremely grateful to Beverley and District Civic Society for choosing the Daisy Appeal, to everybody who worked so hard to sell the calendars and to all the people who bought a copy.”
More than £22 million has been raised by the Daisy Appeal since its foundation in 2002. A new type of Siemens scanner was installed in the Jack Brignall PET-CT Scanning Centre in 2014, following the Daisy Appeal Medical Research Centre opening at Castle Hill Hospital in 2008.
A new Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC) has been constructed in Hull, East Yorkshire, and North Lincolnshire at the cost of £8.8m. It will improve the detection rates of cancer, heart disease, and dementia.
