Two of East Yorkshire’s most high-profile charities have cheered the contributions in cash and kind of the region’s business community after the latest fundraising event by leading law firm Rollits LLP.
More than 22 clients and contacts of the firm took part in Rollits’ annual charity golf day at Brough Golf Club and helped to raise over £3,500 for Dove House Hospice and Muscular Dystrophy UK.
A leading law firm has reinforced the confidence of clients in its will and probate team with all five specialist solicitors now appointed to the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
Rollits LLP, which has offices in Hull and York, has also drawn on the expertise of the team to help Dove House Hospice take the proceeds of its annual Make a Will Fortnight to almost £70,000.
Two of the region’s major charities breathed a sigh of relief as businesses provided a fundraising boost by taking to the golf course for the first time in nearly two years.
Dove House Hospice and Muscular Dystrophy UK expect to receive a significant cash injection from the proceeds of the Rollits’ Charity Golf Day which took place at Brough Golf Cub and attracted 20 teams from the firm, its clients and contacts.
During the pandemic, annual events like It’s A Knockout had to be cancelled which put a huge dent in Dove House’s opportunity to be able to raise vital funds.
The hospice relies heavily on fundraising and this hugely popular event is a big part of the hospice’s event calendar.
Leading law firm Rollits LLP has handed over thousands of pounds to a regional hospice after revamping its regular fundraising events to offer Covid-safe alternatives.
Rollits is now looking forward to generating more donations for Dove House Hospice by resuming other activities including the return of the firm’s annual golf day on Thursday 1 July.
A law firm which has been driving support for charities for more than 30 years with its annual golf day is drawing up a list of fundraising ideas for all after losing this year’s event to the lockdown restrictions.
Rollits, which has offices in Hull and York, has raised more than £140,000 since launching its golf day in 1970, with the East Yorkshire branch of Muscular Dystrophy UK a beneficiary since day one and Dove House Hospice in Hull receiving support for 25 years.
Staff, clients and visitors at a business centre in Hull have launched the final push in their campaign to collect unwanted Christmas presents in support of Dove House Hospice.
The team at The Deep Business Centre are urging members of the public to join them in the effort to donate as many items as possible by the end of this month to help Dove House build a stock of prizes for raffles and tombolas.
Long term Dove House Hospice supporter Michael Miller, has been fundraising throughout 2019 in aid of the hospice and The Daisy Appeal.
Mr Miller has already raised over £2000 for the patients at Dove House through a sponsored cycle ride in the past and is hoping to significantly add to his tally over the next few months.
Dove House Hospice in Hull has secured a donation of over £2,000 thanks to money generated by Co-op’s members in the local area.
The money has been raised as part of Co-op’s membership scheme, whereby Co-op members receive a five per cent reward for themselves with a further one per cent going to local causes when they buy selected own-brand products or Co-op services.
Dine Bangla held a celebration evening where they invited their customers and the Mayor of Beverley, Cllr Robert Begnett to join them for a complementary meal.
The Wednesday Market restaurant were celebrating the success of their chef Mahboob Rahman, who won the Curry Life Magazine Best Chef 2016 award.
