Posts by yorkshire reporter

A state-of-of-the-art purpose-built care centre of excellence for those living in and around the Leeds area is the latest fundraising appeal from Leeds Hospitals Charity as they announce a plan to raise £5 million to build The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease, spearheaded by the Leeds Rhinos player…

Scope disability equality charity has launched its National Stock Campaign, #ShareTheScope to encourage the public to clear out their cupboards and donate their pre-loved goods and garms.   The campaign calls for people to be ruthless, route out any items that they know deep down, they’ll never wear again, including…

Nifty knitters are being asked to knock up hundreds of cute Christmas cosies, as part of a Wetherby older person charity’s drive to raise vital cash this winter. Wetherby in Support of the Elderly (WiSE) wants folk to pick up their needles and knit the woolly covers, which will be…

Hundreds of Alzheimer’s Society walkers stepped out in Leeds to pay tribute to loved ones affected by dementia. The get-together on Saturday marked a welcome return for Alzheimer’s Society’s hugely popular Memory Walk, which had to be cancelled last year due to the pandemic. A sea of blue decorated Leeds’…