Congratulations to our team of superstars for winning the Rotary Club of Howden Annual AM-AM last Friday. Due to Ian Hodges being unavailable at the last minute, he drafted in Chris McFadden of Chris McFadden Travel to join James Richmond of The Harris Partnership, James Gray of Handelsbanken and Simon Stanley of BWB Consulting and they won the event with 85 points.  Congratulations also to Simon, who was Nearest the Pin. The event, in its 31st year, is a key event in the Rotary Club's calendar and raises money for a number of charities in [...]

Horncastle Group Plc have been delighted to support Run With It, a group working with schools and education providers in the area to design packages to support the needs of identified groups of children of all ages and abilities. Based at The Education Centre within the KCOM Stadium, their packages focus on supporting schools with the delivery of the national curriculum specialising in English and Maths and the development of employability skills. Over the past few weeks, over 60 children from two Hull primary schools have participated in English and Maths enrichment days supported by [...]

The East Yorkshire Classic Town Centre Cycle Race came to Beverley on Friday 8th July 2016 and Horncastle Group Plc were delighted to once again co-sponsor the event. As part of the 2016 British Cycling Elite Circuit Services, Beverley is event 4 of 8.  Huge crowds gathered in Saturday Market to watch the start and finish of the 60 minute close circuit race, as cyclists sped around the streets of Beverley town centre battling for the coveted series title and a share of the £4,800 total prize fund.  As well as the Elite Men's Circuit Race, there was also the Keith [...]

Horncastle Group Plc and W A Horncastle Charitable Trust were proud to support the Cat Zero Cycle Challenge 2016 last weekend. Despite the adverse weather conditions, approximately 20 cyclists set off on Friday 10th June from Albert Dock in Liverpool, rode over the Pennines on Saturday 11th and finished in Hull for a celebration event and Hog Roast on Sunday 12th.  The Challenge was for each cyclist to raise £500 each towards training and mentoring young people via Cat Zero programmes.   The total raised so far is just over £8,000. Huge congratulations to everyone who [...]

The Prince’s Trust does fantastic work supporting young people in the Humber region and both Horncastle Group and The WA Horncastle Charitable Trust recognise this, working with their local team whenever possible. On Friday 19th June, the second Humber Futures event was once again held within the incredible setting of Beverley Minster.  The objective of the evening was to raise the profile of the work of The Prince’s Trust in the Humber and to raise funds to support all this activity. Together with KCOM and MKM Building Supplies, the WA Horncastle Charitable Trust was a principal sponsor [...]

Congratulations to Paul Hodgson of Market Weighton who has driven off in a brand new Smart car thanks to the Daisy Appeal's recent funding raising raffle. Listers Mercedes-Benz and Smart on Saxon Way in Hull supplied the vehicle at a reduced cost to the WA Horncastle Charitable Trust, which donated the car to the Daisy Appeal to raffle. Mr Hodgson, who works at Tesco in Market Weighton, bought his ticket at Beverley Races in June.  He said he decided to chance his luck because he always liked to support charities involved in the fight against [...]