A group of local artists, photographers and craftspeople have come together to organise a sale of work to raise funds to support people fleeing the Ukrainian conflict.
Taking place at Toll Gavel Church Hall on Easter Saturday between 10AM and 4Pm it will feature donations from over 100 artists.
Jacob’s Well is urgently appealing for more volunteers to come and help sort out second-hand items at its warehouse in Beverley.
As a result of the lockdown being eased, they have been completely inundated with donations of clothes, books and Bric-a-brac. All these things that have been donated will earn good money for charity.
For the 4th year running Bridget Conroy has organised a Charity Ball at Lazaat. The was set up to raise funds for Jacob’s Well Appeal, a Beverley based Charity.
Jacob’s Well is well known for their work in the area which sends medical, agricultural & educational aid to the poorest people in the World.
Local charity Jacob’s Well will be holding a giant Warehouse clearance sale later this month. The Charity has also launched an appeal to help the people of Mozambique.
The sale will take place at their Swinemoor Lane distribution centre as they look to raise cash to support their projects.
Jacob’s Well Warehouse expansion has led to the Beverley based charity to appeal for more volunteers. Expansion to the Jacob’s Well Warehouse was made possible due a to a grant from Screwfix.
Jacob’s Well now has a much bigger capacity. Now the charity needs more people to help sort goods ready for shipping or selling.
A first aid instructor at East Riding of Yorkshire Council is asking for help to raise money in order to buy medical kits so he can teach the people of Soweto basic first aid skills.
Rocky Clark, who is one of the instructors based at East Riding Leisure Haltemprice, has set up the charity Helping Them to Help Themselves – Friends of Soweto, following a visit to the South African township earlier this year.
Jacob’s Well have sent its first container of aid to help the devastated island of Barbuda that was hit by a Hurricane.
Jacob’s Well, who are based in Beverley has packed up a container of goods that includes a vast array of aid that will be used to help the people in Barbuda get back on their feet.
Caterina Colombi, 86 and resident at Claremont House along with her daughter, Lucia have been supporting Jacob’s Well for several years by knitting and crocheting blankets and clothing.
When Jane Spence, activities co-ordinator at Claremont House heard about what they were doing she wanted to help.
Jacob’s Well has just sent its latest container of aid to war-torn Syria. Jacobs Well would like to say an enormous thank you to everyone who has helped with this appeal so far.