After five increasingly successful years, our 2020 event was cancelled due to the pandemic, but this gave us plenty of time to come up with some fanatic new ideas and ways to make our event better than ever! We relocated from Middleton Woods in Ilkley to Golden Acre Park in Leeds, which provides us with not only a much larger venue, but also greater accessibility and facilities.
Fundraising
Every year, 100% of our profits are donated to our chosen charities and good causes.This year we are fundraising for Leeds Mind and the Addingham Scout Group.
Mind
1 in 4 people experience mental health difficulties at some point in their lives. Leeds Mind is here, whether you’re experiencing mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety, or things that can impact mental wellbeing, such as stress, bereavement and loneliness.
Leeds Mind aim to help people build on their strengths, overcome obstacles, and become more in control of their lives. They promote positive mental health and wellbeing, and provide help and support to anyone who needs it in and around Leeds. They offer many services, including: counselling, peer support social prescribing, employment support, suicide bereavement support, creative wellbeing activities, mental health training and more.
They support the people of Leeds to discover their own resources to ‘recover’ from periods of poor mental health, and to live independently with their mental health condition.
Leeds Mind has been providing mental health services for over 50 years. They are affiliated to Mind nationally, but respond to local needs, meaning money raised through fundraising will stay in the local area and provide much needed services for people in and around Leeds with mental health difficulties.
Addingham Scouts
Scouting exists to actively engage and support youmg people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. The Scouts are guided by the values of Integrity, Respect, Care, Belief and Co-operation. Primary activities include camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking and sports.
Addingham Scouts are currently fundraising for a trip to Kangersteg, the International Scout Centre in Switzerland. Money raised will help with the cost towards the trip to make it more affordable for each family, and to fund additional resources needed to support young people with learning diffuculties. The Scouts are also fundraising to refurbish their scout hut with better disabled access so it is accessible to all.