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YorkMix HeroAwards 2024

Another year, another Hero Awards! We are thrilled to share our experience as the main sponsor of the YorkMix Hero Awards 2024, an event that celebrates the extraordinary contributions of individuals within our community. Held at the prestigious York Racecourse on June 7th, the ceremony honored those who make life better in Yorkshire through acts […]

Tonne Of Tins Appeal

During January 2023, we were proud to team up with YorkMix Radio to help raise over 1 tonne of food tins for local foodbanks to help tackle food poverty in our area. There were over 10 donation locations setup across the City and we were pleased that the target was achieved before the campaign came […]

Proud to support The Retreat

Recently, one of our local radio stations were looking to nominate a “Charity Of The Year” to focus their fundraising efforts for 2022. As an early sponsor of the relaunched station, we were asked to select a local charity and make a donation to get the campaign started. We knew that we wanted to select […]

YorkMix Hero Awards 2021!

One of our favorite annual events is back in a new format from YorkMix Radio! This year we are proud to move from category sponsor to main event sponsor as we believe strongly that this ceremony needs to continue. This event rewards all those who have gone above and beyond in a range of categories […]

5K A Day…

Please donate here. Recent times have been hard, despite the phrase that we are all in it together, we aren’t really. Many have it much harder than others. Understandably, many have also reduced the amount they give to charities due to uncertainties of job security and future provisions. As a company, we often sponsor charity […]

Appearance in Leaders Council podcast alongside Sir Andrew Strauss

The Leaders Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is currently in the process of talking to leadership figures from across the nation in an attempt to understand this universal trait and what it means in Britain and Northern Ireland today. Matthew Halliwell from Yorkshire Profiles was invited onto an episode of the podcast, which […]

Local Hero Awards 2020

Every year Minster FM celebrates the achievements of North Yorkshire’s most inspirational people in our Local Hero Awards. Once again, we were proud to sponsor one of the twelve categories that people can be nominated to be celebrated for. This years amazing winner of the “Make A Community Difference Award” was “Sleepsafe Selby“. It was […]

Race For Life…

5 years ago our former production manager Karen completed the Race For Life after having being diagnosed and treated for pancreatic cancer. Thankfully, following treatment Karen has maintained an all clear for the years following. Sadly this is not the case for many. The 5 year survival rate of pancreatic cancer is just 3%. This […]

Light Up A Life

This winter we have been proud to support St. Leonard’s Hospice with their “Light Up A Life” campaign. The hospice has trees in four locations. St Helens Square in York, Selby Abbey, Easingwold Market Place and at the Hospice grounds itself.The idea behind the campaign is that each light on the trees represents a loved […]

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