Helping Hand celebrates record year!

2016 has been a record-breaking year for Helping Hand, with the charity donating almost £50,000 to over 40 charities, organisations and causes; most of them local to the Leyland and Chorley area.

The bumper year culminated in a cheque presentation at the Leyland Trucks’ annual Christmas Dinner to just some of the charities and causes helped this year. Helping Hand’s Chairman Neale Handley proudly presented cheques to:

• The Meningitis Research Foundation via a remarkable young lady from Leyland - Sofia Crockatt – who is the Foundation’s first ever Junior Ambassador. The donated money was raised through a Zip wire challenge.
  

• The Guide Dog Association. Recently, Leyland employees got creative, suggesting Leyland-themed names for a – yet to be born – new guide puppy. The winning name Comet is also the name of one of our best-selling trucks that was sold around the world from 1947, and the donation made will help this new puppy through the first stage of its training.

• St Catherine’s Hospice; a local charity which Helping Hand has worked with for a number of years.
  
  
• Derian House in Chorley who provide much-needed children’s palliative and respite care in the local area.

Speaking about the success of 2016, Neale commented “It’s been an amazing year for Helping Hand. The committee and I are very grateful for all the support we receive from the Leyland Trucks’ team and local contributors, without which we’d never be able to help so many worthy causes. 2016 has been a milestone year in so many ways; we’ve seen some really imaginative fundraising as well as meeting some incredibly inspirational people along the way.”

Read more about Helping Hand’s work on the Blog.