Fundraising fun - charity events taking place around York

Award for York British Heart Foundation volunteer

11:17am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A YORK volunteer with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has been named as its Fundraising Volunteer Of The Year for North & East Yorkshire.

St Leonard’s Hospice Sunflower Ball launched

11:03am Wednesday 19th June 2013

It was all aboard for the 2014 St Leonard’s Hospice Sunflower Ball as local travel company Great Rail Journeys helped to launch the event by sponsoring the breakfast that will complete the night for ball-goers.

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Fish and chip shopc chain raises £5k for Yorkshire Air Ambulance

10:48am Wednesday 19th June 2013

PHILLIP Murphy, of the Wetherby Whaler group of fish and chip restaurants, hands over a cheque to Gerry Sayers after more than £5,000 was raised for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Emmerdale stars perform at fundraising concert.

9:58am Tuesday 18th June 2013

STARS from television soap Emmerdale took to the stage at York’s Grand Opera House to perform at the York Rocks Against Cancer fundraising concert.

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Queen Margaret's School students set for Race for Life event

9:05am Tuesday 18th June 2013

PUPILS and staff from a school near York are taking part in a charity Race For Life tomorrow.

Macmillan Charity Raceday event raises £340,000

9:08am Monday 17th June 2013

IT was hats in the air for Venetia Wrigley as she became the first across the finishing line in the Macmillan Charity Race at York Racecourse – but all the riders were winners for charity on a day which raised a record £340,000 to help cancer victims.

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Runners take part in R U Taking The P? charity event

8:20am Monday 17th June 2013

RATHER than putting their feet up for Father’s Day, more than 260 York men took part in an all-male charity run at Rowntree Park to help fund research into prostate and male cancers at Yorkshire Cancer Research’s University of York laboratory.

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Money from Land’s End to John O’Groats cycle ride to help rebuild homes in Kenya

7:57am Monday 17th June 2013

A CHARTERED building surveyor has marked his forthcoming 60th birthday by cycling 930 miles in nine days from Land’s End to John O’Groats.

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Cancer patient turns hair loss prospect into fundraising opportunity

8:15am Saturday 15th June 2013

WHEN Dawn Watts faced losing her hair after being diagnosed with breast cancer she decided to use a head shave to raise money for York Against Cancer.

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Celebrities' glasses to be auctioned to help bring sight to people in Africa

7:32am Saturday 15th June 2013

GLASSES that once belonged to pop singer Olly Murs and footballing legend Wayne Rooney will raise funds to help bring sight to people in Africa.

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Dog-loving schoolboy helps organise sponsored walk

8:34am Saturday 15th June 2013

A PUPIL from Woodthorpe Primary School has organised a sponsored dog walk tomorrow in aid of the Dogs Trust.

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Macmillan charity horse race to take place at York Racecourse

8:55am Friday 14th June 2013

A YORK-BASED businesswoman will be among the line-up in a special charity horse race tomorrow.

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Pub landlord runs in R U Taking the P? race

8:06am Friday 14th June 2013

LANDLORD Steve Bradley will be running R U Taking the P? to prove his wife wrong.

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York City Knights players to take part in charity run

8:03am Friday 14th June 2013

RUGBY players from York City Knights will be among those under starter’s orders for the R U Taking the P? fun run this Sunday.

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Son inspired Linda Moss to marathon challenge

7:47am Thursday 13th June 2013

A B&B manager from York is gearing up to run her first ever marathon after being inspired by her son who was diagnosed with diabetes at 14.

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Piping up to help St Leonard’s Hospice

9:20am Wednesday 12th June 2013

The City of York Pipe Band will be hitting the right notes for the city’s St Leonard’s Hospice.

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