It’s more than just an Easter egg
At Yorkshire Children’s Charity, everything we do is about creating meaningful moments for children living at a disadvantage. Moments that build confidence. Moments that create connection. Moments that remind a child they matter. At Easter, that moment comes in the form of something so simple: a chocolate egg. But it’s never just an egg. For many […]
Yorkshire Children’s Charity delivers thousands of essential winter items to schools across the region
Following a 20% rise in applications from schools for emergency winter support, we have now completed the first phase of our ‘Warm, Dry and Ready to Learn’ campaign – ensuring vulnerable children received warm coats, shoes, bedding, and toiletries in time for the coldest months. Poverty is now one of the biggest barriers to education […]
How Children Experience Poverty: Insights from the Latest Children’s Commissioner Report
A national voice is finally saying out loud what we have been saying – and seeing – for years. This week’s Children’s Commissioner’s report, “Growing up in a low‑income family” has laid bare the reality we’ve been seeing at Yorkshire Children’s Charity for the last four years: children in England today are living with “almost‑Dickensian levels […]
The Rampage Returns: Leeds rallies on two wheels for UK’s only car park challenge
Last week, the Van Rysel Rampage – the UK’s only legal car park cycling challenge – roared back into the Victoria Leeds car park, raising an incredible £6,700 for Yorkshire Children’s Charity! Now in its fourth year at Victoria Gate, this year’s Rampage was our biggest and most exciting yet, drawing hundreds of supporters and […]
A Night Under the Stars returns… March 2026
Yorkshire Children’s Charity, in partnership with Grantley Hall, is proud to announce the return of our luxury fundraising gala, ‘A Night Under the Stars’ for 2026 to support the region’s most in need children. Yorkshire Children’s Charity ‘A Night Under the Stars’ in partnership with Grantley Hall will return 21st of March 2026. In 2024, […]
Elegance, excitement, and £128,895 raised!
Our annual Yorkshire Polo and Yorkshire Clay Shoot events at Allerton Park were joined this year by a brand-new wellness event, Yorkshire Reset. The magic of our events never fails to amaze us and across our jam-packed week of fundraising, we raised an incredible £128,895. Our first ever Yorkshire Reset event saw our gorgeous English […]
Commercial Real Estate Awards 2025 raises £307,929
1,000 of the Yorkshire property sector’s leading professionals gathered at Rudding Park on 1st May 2025 for the annual The Yorkshires. Commercial Real Estate Awards. The event celebrated the region’s standout deals, contractors, and commercial practices, while also raising vital funds to support some of Yorkshire’s most disadvantaged children. The money raised will support our […]
Can you take a child on a Big Day Out?
Over half of the children we support have never seen a cow, pig or sheep in real life. Why not be the ones to change that? Having listened carefully to the schools and teachers we work with, and with child poverty expected to reach record levels over the next few years, it is our hope […]
18,000 Easter eggs donated to Yorkshire primary schools
We launched our 2024 Easter campaign on Random Acts of Kindness Day – and Yorkshire responded with kindness by the bucket load! Over the six weeks that followed, 70 companies across Yorkshire came together to support the appeal in a true show of community spirit – setting up collection points in offices and getting customers […]
Bridget Jones creator Helen Fielding becomes Ambassador for Yorkshire Children’s Charity
Yorkshire Children’s Charity is delighted to introduce our newest Ambassador Helen Fielding, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones and a sequence of novels and films following the life and loves of Bridget.