Summer grant window now open to apply for grassroots sports funding

The 360 Grass Roots Foundation is inviting parents, carers and coaches to apply for funding to help financially disadvantaged children in Hull access grassroots sports. This is the first time the charity has been able to offer a summer window of opportunity, thanks to its successful footgolf event earlier in the year. This is in addition to its usual twice-yearly grant windows. Formed by 360...

Video venture shares maritime charity history as business leader braces himself for cycle challenge

A charity that spans the centuries and the nation with its work to help seafarers and their families has unveiled two initiatives that will strengthen its services. The Sailors’ Children’s Society, based in Hull and founded more than 200 years ago, has produced its first corporate video, bringing together beneficiaries and funders including Greenwich Hospital, which dates back to 1692. Adam...

Arco volunteers give up 1,000 hours for good causes

Kind-hearted staff at Hull-based safety giant Arco have carried out almost 1,000 hours of voluntary work over the past year. Since July last year, 169 Arco colleagues have contributed a total of 966 hours to volunteering in their communities, supporting many different organisations, including Age UK and the Royal British Legion. Everyone who works for Arco is encouraged to take two paid days out...

Record success for charity footgolf day

A charity footgolf day has scored a hole-in-one at its third event, raising more than the previous two years’ fundraising days combined. The 360 Grass Roots Foundation and Hull & East Yorkshire Powerchair Football Club, who teamed up to host the event, raised £3,466 in profit this year. About 150 people took part, with 31 teams entering, more than ever before. For the first time, they also...

KCS pair to embark on epic walk for One Punch Hull

Two staff from Hull-based Kingston Cleaning Services are to embark on a walk from Newcastle to Hull to support the charity One Punch Hull. On Wednesday, May 22, operations director Jamie Webb and window cleaning supervisor Shaun Price will undertake the challenge – and it is particularly meaningful to Shaun, who was himself a victim of a one-punch attack four years ago during a Christmas night...