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Arco Peak District challenge raises more than £8,000 for mental health
A dozen hardy hikers from Arco have completed a 25km trek through the Peak District to raise funds for the UK’s leading mental health charity. Six members of the Hull-based safety company’s executive team, along with six internal sales managers, took part in the Peak District Ultra Challenge on Saturday, July 6, in support of the Mental Health Foundation. The two teams set off from Bakewell...
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...
Rollits to offer splashes of wine and sunscreen at Driffield Show
Leading law firm Rollits LLP will be giving out tipples and tips when it takes its stand at this year’s Driffield Show. The firm, which has offices in Hull and York, will partner with Alice Maltby from Little Wold Vineyard at the showground on Wednesday, July 17, to offer some of the excellent wines produced by the family run business at Market Place Farm at South Cave. In addition, Rollits’...
Board members wanted to help shape Hull and East Yorkshire’s economic future
A Business, Growth and Skills Hub that took over from the HEY LEP in March is seeking to recruit members to both its Business and Skills boards and is welcoming expressions of interest. On March 27, the Hull and East Riding Unitary Leaders’ Board (a joint committee for the two councils of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire) took the decision to establish the hub on the cessation of the...