Housebuilder hosts meet and greet for Yorkshire charities and good causes

Charities and good causes in Yorkshire gathered last week as part of a coffee and cake morning hosted by a leading regional housebuilder.

Organised by Persimmon Homes and hosted by group CEO, Jeff Fairburn, the event brought together representatives from 30 different charities who had all won funding as part of Persimmon’s Community Champions initiative.

Nationally, since the Community Champions programme launched, Persimmon has donated £1,268,186 to local community groups, supported 1,560 community groups and has received 13,555 applications for donation money. In Yorkshire alone, Persimmon has donated in the region of £160,000 in the last two years.

Speaking at the event, Jeff Fairburn said: “The event was truly humbling and we thoroughly enjoyed hearing about how our donations have supported so many charities and organisations.

“As a business, we work hard to build new homes and create communities across the UK. Our Community Champions programme means we can support people even further.”

Persimmon Homes’ latest scheme, Healthy Communities, was launched in May 2017.

Running along Community Champions, the programme is aimed at supporting amateur youth sport across the UK. Recently, the initiative has even received backing from Yorkshire sporting heroes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee who said they were “proud” to be supporting Healthy Communities.

The scheme has been heavily funded with a £615,000 pot of money to be donated across England, Wales and Scotland to create opportunities across a wide range of sports by March 2018.

In total, 240 donations of £750 will be made to sporting groups to purchase kit and equipment, whilst 27 finalist donations will receive £5,000 each and there there will also be two runner-up donations of £50,000 each. Finally, there will be a national prize of £200,000.

So far the scheme has attracted a lot of attention from amateur sports clubs from across England, Wales and Scotland, with housebuilder receiving 2,127 applications within just 5 weeks.

To apply for a donation for either programme, visit persimmonhomes.com/charity