Coles Solicitors raise £19,500 for SASH
Thanks to our local business supporters we’ve had a great start to the year Coles Solicitors in York chose SASH as their Charity of the Year in 2018 and have raised £19,500 to help us prevent youth homelessness. The firm’s creative approach to fundraising included a ‘virtual ball’, where people stayed at home and instead …
Lady Lumley’s Sleepout for SASH
Students at Lady Lumley’s school in Pickering slept out in freezing conditions for SASH last Friday. Head of House Oliver Reynolds organised the sponsored sleepout (in tents!) and 12 students took part on Friday 18 January. Our colleague Nicky Taylor-Olsson gave a talk on the evening about our work, before the students put their heads …
Your Change, Their Future
The Queens Hotel in York has raised over £2,880 for SASH, enough to cover the expenses for 155 nights of emergency accommodation. This impressive amount has been raised because the hotel is taking part in Your Change, Their Future. The campaign works by inviting hotel guests to donate their spare change in a specially printed …
Sing for SASH
Thank you to everyone who supported Sing for SASH 2018! We had a fantastic weekend of music in York thanks to our cast of star performers who played and sang their hearts out: Chechelele Clash City Rockers York Glee Singers Janette and Colin Davies Johnathan Harrop Lucy’s Pop Choir Thomo 123 band Ross Bennett Acomb …
The Big Give is Back!
Christmas should be a time of joy, spent with loved ones. Sadly, for those we help it can be a time of extreme loneliness and isolation. We want to raise £12,500 by 04 December to help us ensure that all those we help have a safe place to stay and can access 24 hour support …
We could win £25,000 – vote for SASH!
This is a substantial amount of money that will make a real difference to our ability to recruit, train and support much-needed new hosts who can offer a room to a young person facing homelessness. However, we need your vote to help us reach the finals. SASH is the only homeless charity in the Yorkshire …
Local businesswoman raises £5000 for SASH!
Catherine set herself this ambitious fundraising target as a way of celebrating the 10th anniversary of her business, Kaleidoscope Virtual Assistant Services, because she wanted to mark the occasion by helping organisations in York that support children and young people. And to achieve it, she set out to walk and wild camp the entire length …
Home for Good
Home for good is aimed at local estate agents, surveyors, architects, plumbers, builders’ merchants and any other housing-related business that believes that all vulnerable young people deserve a safe place to call home. By joining Home for Good, local businesses have the opportunity to support a highly-respected local charity that plays a key role in …
Soup for SASH
Soup for SASH is a great way for you to raise some funds to help our work. You get to show off your tasty soup-making skills, your friends and colleagues get a great lunch or supper, and we get more funds to help vulnerable young people facing homelessness! Here’s how to take part: Advertise your …
A shout out to our runners!
A big thank you to our SASH runners! James Richardson, Chris Yeoman, Paddy Wordsworth and Rachel Turnbull all completed the Great North Run on 09 September, and on the same day Li Adam completed the Vale of York Half Marathon. Between them our runners have raised over £1,500 for our work and counting. Congratulations to …
