Fundraising fun - charity events taking place around York

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People from the York area are constantly taking on challenges, and making personal sacrifices, to raise funds for charities and good causes. Find out who is doing what, and how you can support them below.

During 2011/12 the Lord Mayor & Sheriff’s Charity Fund will support York & District Mind and York Against Cancer. Details of upcoming events can be found on the Lord Mayor's page at york.gov.uk.

Charity’s event to improve deafness awareness

11:19am Friday 11th May 2012

A CHARITY hopes to raise awareness of deafness by staging an event for youngsters this weekend.

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Male voice choirs raise funds for Lord Mayor’s charities

10:35am Wednesday 9th May 2012

TWO male voice choirs are joining forces at a concert in York to raise funds for the Lord Mayor’s charities.

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Cyclist's epic journey for charity

10:42am Wednesday 9th May 2012

A YORK cyclist is preparing to pedal more than 1,000 miles across Europe to help raise funds for an elderly people’s charity.

justgiving.com/mike-smith1000

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Bid to boost shops’ charity donations

10:22am Wednesday 9th May 2012

British Heart Foundation charity shops in the York area have launched a new scheme to make people more aware of the goods they can donate to good causes.

Fun day at The Fox in aid of Oxfam’s Trailtrekker

10:23am Wednesday 9th May 2012

A FUN day is to be held to support a team of fundraisers from York who are preparing to walk 100 kilometres through the Yorkshire Dales in 30 hours.

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Mount pupils prepare for charity trip to Namibia

10:26am Wednesday 9th May 2012

Sixth-form students at The Mount School in York climbed and ran the height of Namibia’s highest peak at Askham Bryan College for their upcoming charity trip to the African country.

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Friend runs half-marathon in memory of Laura Smart

10:29am Wednesday 9th May 2012

A FRIEND of a York beautician who died earlier this year is planning to run a half-marathon in her memory next weekend.

justgiving.com/ remember/10954/ Laura-Smart

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Lewis, ten, raises money for air ambulance by sitting in bath of baked beans

10:04am Wednesday 9th May 2012

Hambleton schoolboy Lewis Binns, aged ten, raised £400 in only an hour for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance by sitting in a bath filled with cold baked beans.

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Former soldier to complete Coast-to-Coast walk in aid of cancer charity

8:00am Monday 7th May 2012

A FORMER soldier from York is set to walk across the country in memory of his brother and in support of his best man, who both battled cancer.

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Star Wars-themed casino night raises money in aid of young cancer patients

8:46am Monday 7th May 2012

THE fourth proved a powerful date when these customers and staff at the Derwent Arms in Osbaldwick raised money in aid of young cancer patients.

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“Mad Men” teeing up for dawn to dusk challenge

9:00am Saturday 5th May 2012

A GROUP of “Mad Men” from York Golf Club, at Strensall, are planning to play as many holes as possible from dawn to dusk over one day - May 28.

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Hotel staff to join national bike marathon

9:09am Saturday 5th May 2012

TWO members of staff at the Park Inn By Radisson in York are aiming to take part in a marathon bike ride to raise money for York Mind.

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Music night to help cancer charity

1:42pm Thursday 3rd May 2012

A CHARITY gig to be held at a York nightclub has been organised by a local branch of a clothes store.

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York man runs half marathon in memory of granddad

1:44pm Thursday 3rd May 2012

A YORK fundraiser is gearing up to take part in his first half-marathon to help fund research into a devastating illness that affected his grandfather.