Charities 2006
All profits from the 2006 Yorkshire Awards Dinner will be donated to Yorkshire-based charities, each nominated by one of the main sponsors of the dinner.
Leeds Children’s Holiday Camp Association
LCHCA provides free holidays for underprivileged children of Leeds aged between 7 and 11 years. This service is unique in the Leeds area and one that is proven to be required by the numbers applying for places.
The Charity owns and maintains a purpose built property in Silverdale near Morecambe where the children are taken to enjoy their holidays and we also hire out this property to other bodies and organisations to raise revenue for the charity to use to provide the holidays.
Nominated by Aon Limited
Bluebell Wood Hospice
Bluebell Wood is a charity based in Doncaster raising funds to build a dedicated children's hospice to serve families living in the South Yorkshire and North Midlands area. Once built, the hospice will provide a flexible, high quality service of respite and palliative care within the hospice or community for children with life-limiting and terminal conditions.
Building works on the new site started in January 06 and have taken a radical step forward to nearing completion. This has only been achieved through incredible support but it is not over yet. Once the hospice is open it will need further support to raise 1.8 Million pounds each year to cover all of the running costs.
Nominated by: npower renewables
Lineham Farm Children's Centre, Leeds
Lineham Farm Children's Centre in North Leeds provides free activity holidays for disadvantaged and disabled children from across the city. Whilst at the farm, which is in beautiful Yorkshire countryside just outside the city centre, 24 children a week, aged 8 - 12, take part in a wide range of activities such as mountain biking, climbing, animal care and art.
The farm is fully booked throughout the academic year and in the summer holidays, community groups and charities who care for children out of school, also bring deserving children for a unique and rewarding experience. Since Lineham first opened in 1993, over 13,000 children have had a free residential holiday. These children, who have never had the chance to enjoy such fantastic opportunities in a safe and secure environment, remember their stay at Lineham Farm forever.
Nominated by npower
The York Minster Appeal
The Yorkshire Post is supporting York Minster's £30m appeal to restore its magnificent East Front, which contains one of the worlds largest and most important stained-glass windows. The 10-year project intends to safeguard and restore the 14th-century stonework, and has attracted the support on businesses, the community in York, celebrities including Dame Judi Dench and Alan Bennett, and received Royal endorsement from the Duke of York. The appeal also aims to establish a world centre of excellence in York for restoring ancient buildings, which will see apprentices being taken on and trained in the historic crafts of stonemasonry and the restoration of stained glass.
Nominated by Yorkshire Post Newspapers
Yorkshire Air Ambulance
The Yorkshire Air Ambulance relies solely on the generosity of individuals and sponsors to help save lives across the region. It needs to raise £3600 per day to keep its helicopter and highly trained paramedics in the air. Each year it attends over 1000 incidents requiring emergency air assistance.
Nominated by ITV Yorkshire
The Hospital Heartbeat Appeal
Launched in 1990, the Heartbeat Appeal operates on a totally voluntary basis, approximately £2.5 million has been raised for local hospital projects. The Heartbeat appeal is now regarded as Yorkshire's largest independent heart charity.
Nominated by Yorkshire Society
The National Coal Mining Museum for England
Visitors can travel underground down one of Britain’s oldest working mines with an ex-miner illustrating methods of mining from early 1800’s to date. Surface attractions also available.
Nominated by Yorkshire Society
The British Heart Foundation
The BHF is the Nation's heart charity playing a leading role in the fight against heart disease. Every day 657 people have their lives cut short by heart and circulatory disease, the UK's biggest killer.
The BHF rely on public donations to fund life-saving heart research
projects around the UK, notably at the Yorkshire Heart Centre
at the Leeds
General Infirmary. On a local level the Charity is working to
establish a
network of BHF Heart Nurses who will provide specialist care
and support to
heart patients and their families.
The Foundation also plays an important role in funding education, both of the public and of health professionals, and in providing life-saving cardiac equipment and support for rehabilitation and patient care.
Nominated by Yorkshire Bank
Leukaemia Research Fund
Leukaemia is the most common childhood cancer and along with the related blood disorders such as lymphoma, myeloma and myelodysplasia affects over 18,000 adults each year. Leukaemia Research Fund remains the only national charity dedicated to funding research into the causes, improving treatments and searching for a cure for all of the blood cancers. Our 180 research projects throughout the UK are funded by voluntary contributions, co-ordinated by our head office and 200 voluntary branches. With 95p in every pound raised going directly towards research, we really make every penny count.
Nominated by Black Sheep Brewery