Information about charities and charity shops that are based or work within Beverley East Yorkshire including pictures from charity and fund raising events local to Beverley.
Beverley pub The Kings Head is giving excited World Cup fans the chance to win a signed Wayne Rooney England shirt – and help the fight against cancer at the same time. As the countdown to South Africa 2010 begins in earnest, the popular bar, in Beverley’s bustling and lively Saturday Market, is gearing up to a World Cup summer aimed at providing maximum joy to the town’s football fans….
Hannah Thoresby and the ‘Team Beverley’ who plan on walking 100KM, held a night of food, drink and music raising money for Oxfam. Anyone wishing to sponsor Team Beverley should visit here or call Hannah on 01482 222230. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=669] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to…
Beverley Lions continue their fundraising activities when they hold their annual golf day at Driffield Golf Club. Already 34 teams have signed up for the event, which starts at 9.30am on Friday 28 May and is one of the highlights of the Beverley Lions’ fundraising year. Following the day’s golf, prizes and a raffle will be held before the two highlights of the day take place. A painting of St…
Members of the Beverley Lions Club were present at the handover, at the Beverley Leisure Centre, of a special mobile electric hoist that the Beverley Lions Club have helped to finance. This special hoist is used to lift adults who attend the Millers Day Centre in Beverley on to a trampoline to do Rebound Therapy. This enables approx 10 people to attend the leisure centre each week to do this…
Pictures from the charity bed push that took place in Beverley on Saturday in aid of Help for Heroes. Staff from Beverley Ambulance Station with other volunteers including the Mayor of Beverley, pushed a bed while collecting donations from shoppers in the town. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=628] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below…
Pictures from Mirchi Indian Restaurant in Beverley hosted a fund raising evening in aid of Teenage Cancer Research. Members of the public were invited to enjoy some top Indian food and at the same time help raise money for a worthwhile cause. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=614] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to…
Restaurant in Beverley has joined forces with Molescroft mum Sylvia Hood to host a fundraising evening in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. A special 3-course meal will be served in the restaurant from 6pm on Tuesday 27 April. Diners will be entertained with acoustic music by Peter Caswell and Thomas Hood and there will also be a raffle. Local people are invited to get together with family and friends…
Sylvia Hood with the support of local Beverley business Mirchi are putting on a night of hot and spicy food with live music all in aid of the Teenage Caner Trust. The event which will take place on Tuesday April 27th at the Mirchi Indian Restaurant on Lady from 6pm. Dinners will be served up a three course meal for just £10 adults and £5 for children with half of…
At the request of the Lions’ Organisation the parents and carers have donated unwanted children’s books in good condition. Following the Tsunami in Sri Lanka, schools and other institutions lost all their books and are hoping to build p their stocks again to benefit all the children in that country. To help with getting the books to Sri Lanka, a member of the Lions’ based there has agreed to pay…
Guests were wooed by a stunning collection of the latest formal evening wear from one of Beverley’s leading retailers. The Fairy Godmothers, based in Ladygate, presented their latest collection of party dresses, evening gowns, ball gowns and prom dresses at Tickton Grange Hotel recently. Hosted by former BBC Look North presenter Helen Philpott, the event also featured an exciting range of lounge wear and lingerie from Fantasia Fantasies of Ladygate….
Members of staff from the Beverley Leisure Centre and Tesco in Beverley took to the field for a charity football match. The game was to help raise money for childrens cancer charity Clic Sargent. It was Beverley Leisure Centre who won the match on penalties after the game ended with a scoreline of of 1 – 1. Both sides agreed it was more about raising awareness and money for Clic…
A ‘Curry and a Pint’ night was held at The Barrel Inn in Walkington last night in aid of Breast Cancer Care. The event, which was organised by Julie and Mark Nutbrowns was sponsored by Beverley based Brasserie Dine on the Rowe who cooked up the curry using locally sourced fresh produce. Organisers of the curry night Julie and Mark Nubrowns with their daughter at The Barrel Inn HU17.net Picture…
Beverley Leisure Centre is hosting two events to allow local people to run a mile for charity. Organised by Molescroft mum Sylvia Hood, the events aim to raise funds in memory of her son David who sadly died of bone cancer at the age of 18 in June 2007. The first event takes place at 6 pm on Wednesday 17 March which would have been David’s 21st birthday. Money raised…
Over £1000 was raised last Saturday for the Teenage Cancer Trust at a fundraising event at Beverley Leisure Centre. Molescroft Mum Sylvia Hood organised the evening of sport and music to raise funds in memory of her son David who sadly died of bone cancer at the age of 18 in June 2007. Sylvia was delighted with the amount raised and said afterwards “The evening was a great success and…
With only six weeks left to enter Swimathon 2010, Beverley Leisure Complex is still encouraging people in Beverley to enter their Swimathon sessions on Sunday, 25th April and join thousands of other swimmers who are already limbering up to take part in the world’s biggest fundraising swim for Marie Curie Cancer Care and The Swimathon Foundation. Beverley Leisure Complex is one of more than 500 pools across the UK taking…
A fundraising event for the Teenage Cancer Trust will take place at 7pm on Saturday 13 March at Beverley Leisure Centre. Organised by Molescroft mum Sylvia Hood, the event aims to raise funds in memory of her son David who sadly died of bone cancer at the age of 18 in June 2007. David loved sport and music and his mum has arranged a programme of fitness and acoustic music…
The Beverley Lions celebrated 50 years of service n the area with a gala dinner at the Beverley Racecourse on Friday evening. Guests at the event included the Mayor of Beverley David Elvidge and Major Ian Booth, Defence School of Transport,MBE. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=477] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge…
Inspiration at the Old Granary was packed full of women who were there to enjoy a performance of the ‘Vaginal Monologues’ and help raise money for Hull Women’s Aid. Sue Kirkman mother of Annie the lady behind the fund raisers said; “We have had such a good response it’s been unbelievable, we had no idea some many people would want to come and see it and we are really looking…