The Yorkshire Foundation
The Yorkshire Foundation is dedicated to serving the county with community and education initiatives, and operates as a registered charity with HRH The Duke of York as its Patron.
There are more than 60 Community Foundations operating in the voluntary sector throughout the UK and were established to cover specific geographical areas: they work towards supporting local communities, providing amenities that benefit the local area and promoting charitable works; many are involved in grant-making activities and award grants of up to a total £70m per annum.
The Yorkshire Foundation’s special remit is to promote the county of Yorkshire and aid inhabitants who are suffering financial hardship or who are socially and economically disadvantaged, bringing them together with local authorities and voluntary or other organisations to help them find relief.
One of the Foundation’s main purposes is to advance education in Yorkshire and the UK, and to act as a bridge to enable people to participate the community life. The Yorkshire Foundation also exists to promote urban and rural regeneration in socially deprived areas by the relief of unemployment and promotion of business opportunities. Public amenities are maintained and improved, working towards the preservation of local buildings, sites of historical importance or archaeological significance. Conservation is another key factor, with the protection of the environment being a main priority. In order to promote and fund work, the Foundation teams up with sponsors to arrange events: previous sponsors in 2009 have included the communications group Cicada, the David Thompson Charitable Trust and digyorkshire; sponsors are featured in publicity articles of events covered by the local media, with complimentary tickets to concerts and promotional advertisements included in programmes.
A successful fund-raising event organised by The Yorkshire Foundation took place in October 2009 when a Yorkshire Celebration was performed in the magnificent setting of York Minster, featuring acapella performers The Kings Singers with the Yorkshire born bass singer Stephen Connolly, the world-famous Brighouse & Rastrick Band and David Childs – reputed to be the world’s finest euphonium player. The Radio 2 presenter Frank Renton hosted events to raise money for the valuable work of the charity.
Address: The Yorkshire Foundation
Stone Lea
Badsworth Court
Badsworth
Pontefract
WF9 1NW
Email: contact@yorkshirefoundation.org.uk