Our Favourite Charities

Breast Cancer Care combine the personal experiences of people affected by breast cancer with clinical expertise, using this in a unique way to:

- provide information and offer emotional and practical support
- bring people affected by breast cancer together
- campaign for improvement in standards of support and care
- promote the importance of early detection.

Seabrook Crisps is proud to support Breast Cancer Care with sales from our Goodbye salt, Hello flavour range of crisps, and have pledged a donation of £40,000. Together we can help Breast Cancer Care continue to provide expert support to people in the UK living with breast cancer.

In the UK, one child in every hundred suffers from a lifelong disability that will profoundly affect his or her ability to lead a full and happy life. More than 3.5 million young people grow up in low income households or live in an environment where they are subjected to poverty of aspiration.

At Wooden Spoon, we believe that all children and young people deserve the chance to live happy fulfilled lives regardless of the challenges they may face. Wooden Spoon harnesses the spirit and values of rugby to give disadvantaged children and young people in the UK and Ireland a chance to achieve their full potential in life.

We partner with the UK rugby community, receiving invaluable support for our activities and the opportunity to raise awareness of the work we do. In doing so, we involve some of the UK's top sporting role models in making a difference in the lives of young people in need.

When a child is diagnosed with cancer, lives are turned upside down in an instant. Not just for the child but for their parents, grandparents, siblings, friends and extended family. Priorities change, everyday concerns suddenly seem trivial and a future once so bright and so full of hope can appear bleak and daunting.

Getting well again can be a long and challenging journey, physically, emotionally and even financially.

Helping and supporting those children and their families throughout that journey is why Candlelighters was formed more than 40 years ago and it is why we are still here today.

Because Candlelighters was founded by, and is still run by, parents of children who have or have had cancer and the medical staff who treat them, we understand the trauma and the turmoil of that diagnosis and how the support and care needed may differ from family to family.

So, whether it be through the support of the friendly staff and experienced counsellors, that 'home away from home' environment we nurture on the ward in Leeds or the vital research into new treatments and cures we fund, we are here to help.

The St James's Institute of Oncology at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust delivers a wide range of cancer services to the people of Yorkshire. The Institute is an outstanding world-class facility that allows us to build on our existing strengths and deliver unparalleled levels of cancer care and treatment in the region.

Yorkshire Cancer Centre at the St James's Institute of Oncology in Leeds is the foremost cancer treatment centre for patients throughout Yorkshire. The £220m state-of-the-art facility, completed in 2008, provides a focus for treatment, teaching, research and development and serves a catchment population of 2.6 million with 1,500 patients receiving treatment at the centre every day.

Please visit our website for further information about the YCC Appeal.

The Daisy Appeal is a local charity launched in 2002 to raise funds to build a medical research centre. To date the appeal has successfully raised in excess of £6 million to build, furnish and equip the Centre which was officially opened by the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt. Hon Alan Johnson MP on 25 July 2008.

The Centre, which was a joint initiative with the Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Hull York Medical School (HYMS), consists of a clinical trials unit, teaching accommodation for HYMS, research laboratories, office and conference facilities.

The Daisy Appeal continues to raise funds to support and supply further equipment for the Centre which will benefit patients living in East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.

Bradford Cancer Support is an Independant Registered Charity. We support people whose lives are affected by cancer in the Bradford Metropolitan District of West Yorkshire. All our services are free of charge.

As an independant charity we rely heavily on donations, corporate and individual supporters to help deliver our much needed services.

Young Farmers Clubs are run by members for members and provide young people with a unique opportunity to enjoy a dynamic social life, develop skills, get involved with the local community, travel abroad and take part in a wide range of competitions at county, regional and national level, including sports, crafts and life skills.

In England and Wales, Young Farmers Clubs are grouped into 51 federations based mainly on county boundaries. These are grouped further into six regional areas in England plus Wales and together form the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs. The Yorkshire Federation forms part of the Northern Area.