We've just received a donation of a whopping 43,500 stickers from the wonderful team at FastPrint! They recently reached out to us to offer a free order of £300 worth of stickers to help support us in our marketing and fundraising pursuits! They said, "We’re keen to help charities across the UK that aid such [...]
Thank you to everyone who donated prizes and bought tickets to make our 2022 Christmas Raffle so successful! We are delighted to announce that we raised over £2,000 this year! Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we had some amazing raffle prizes including a £100 Sainsbury's voucher, meals and days out, hampers and luxury [...]
Pull on your walking boots and join Team HELP in the district’s biggest charity fundraiser! We’re looking for people to take part in the challenge of their choice in this year’s Nidderdale Charity Walk & Run taking place on Sunday 8th May organised by the fantastic team at the Rotary Club of Harrogate. The annual [...]
HELP's Grand Christmas Raffle is back... and it's bigger than ever! Thanks to the support of generous local businesses and organisations, we've secured some fantastic prizes for this year's draw (see full list below). Last year you helped us raise a whopping £3,000 towards our services and we're hoping that we can smash that target [...]
Visitors to the Washburn Heritage Centre Tea Room have been enjoying ‘cake with a conscience’ with the proceeds of bakers’ expenses being donated to HELP. Over £450 has already been raised by the volunteers involved in the running of the Tea Room within the Heritage Centre at Fewston Church. HELP was chosen as the nominated [...]
Frances Elliot, our Harrogate & District Community Action CEO, has received an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in recognition of her services to the community during the Covid 19 pandemic. Frances has been involved in the district’s vibrant voluntary sector for ten years. For nine of these years, she led the Harrogate Easier [...]
CLAD Safety has donated 125 hi-vis vests for use by volunteers supporting the work of local charity, the Harrogate Easier Living Project (HELP). HELP’s team will wear the donated hi-vis vests while volunteer marshalling at the Covid-19 vaccination centres in Harrogate and Ripon. The HELP volunteers are playing their role alongside volunteers from the district’s [...]
Our incredible Here to HELP volunteers have now supported the people of Harrogate and Ripon on nearly 6,000 occasions, helping the local community stay safe and well during the Covid crisis. We’ve asked a few of them to give their thoughts on what being part of the Here to HELP team means to them and [...]
Read about the difference our volunteers have been making supporting people across the Harrogate district in our latest 'Relay' newsletters
Here to HELP volunteers on the frontline of Covid-19 support in Harrogate and Ripon have carried out an incredible 5,000 tasks to keep the local community safe at home during the pandemic. Our Here to HELP volunteers have been assisting individuals and families with both practical and emotional support since the Covid-19 crisis began in [...]
