Fundraising fun - charity events taking place around York

Festival of Remembrance brings in brass

8:55am Wednesday 1st February 2012

YORK’S Festival of Remembrance raised the “magnificent” sum of £10,000 for the Poppy Appeal following its return to its traditional home, the Barbican.

Hospice midnight hikers say halo to horns of plenty

9:53am Wednesday 1st February 2012

Eternal Law becomes reality in York on the night of Saturday, June 23, when angels and demons will be around the streets of the city.

Flying high to boost Air Ambulance charity

8:55am Tuesday 31st January 2012

Proceeds from a charity farmhouse breakfast topped £7,200 for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Early Christmas present for York Hospital's children’s ward

8:06am Tuesday 31st January 2012

CHRISTMAS has come early – very early – for the children’s ward at York Hospital. The 2011 festive period may only have just drawn to a close, but staff at Langlands Nurseries Ltd in Shiptonthorpe were already looking ahead to this year’s festivities when they donated Christmas decorations and toys worth more than £520 to the ward.

York cancer survivor gets ready for the ‘maddest race on earth’

9:07am Monday 30th January 2012

IT HAS been billed as the maddest race on earth – but it will be a dream come true for a York cancer survivor when he takes part in a 151-mile desert marathon in sweltering temperatures.

Bar Walls run to aid Tuberous Sclerosis Association

9:00am Wednesday 25th January 2012

A FATHER plans to mark his son’s fourth birthday by running round York’s Bar Walls non-stop for eight hours with his friends.

York workers raise £10,000 for charity

12:15pm Tuesday 24th January 2012

A team of York workers have helped to raise £10,000 for three charities.