Leeds diners help raise Â£12,000 for city's homeless charities

John Dammone from Salvo's, Liz Brownnutt from Caring for Life, Cheryl Harrington from St Georges Crypt, George Psarias from The Olive Tree, Elizabath Knight and Adele Newton from St Anne's and Joe McKillop from Caring For Life. Pic: James Hardisty.

The YEP-backed StreetSmart campaign saw diners at Leeds restaurants add a voluntary £1 to their bill for local homeless charities.

Rachel McAlley, campaign manager for StreetSmart Leeds, said: “The restaurants of Leeds worked hard to achieve this amount and we are extremely grateful.”

Money raised will go to Caring for Life, Teen Challenge, St George’s Crypt, St Anne’s Community Services and Leeds Women’s Aid.

Participating restaurants included The Olive Tree; Dish; Chino Latino; Harvey Nichols; Crafthouse; MeatLiquor; Salvo’s and The Granary Restaurant.

Sponsors Deutsche Bank paid for all of the administration fees and print materials for the StreetSmart campaign.