AGE is just a number and there are no barriers to what you can achieve – especially if your friends are behind you. That was the overwhelming lesson learnt by the latest group of participants on our Hull CLLD (Community Led Local Development) programme, which ended with a celebration event in the city. This event…
HE’S done it! After setting sail from London on September 1, CatZero’s Callum Leach has completed the adventure of a lifetime as a member of the Clipper’s Zhuhai crew. After 35-days at sea Callum was back on dry land when the yacht docked in Punta del Este, Uruguay – and he was delighted to recount…
Our intrepid Chick family have found their way to North Devon. With their faithful 1968 Morris Traveller Mo as their home and vehicle, they set off from Hull back in May to travel ‘Around the UK on a Tenner a Day’. The money they raise will be donated to our charity. Yes, they’ve had a…
Meet Gareth Russell, the Business Development Manager at ABP Humber…who, in his spare time , loves to take his CatZero fund-raising efforts to new heights! And he picked our tenth anniversary year to do just that – taking part in The Ben Nevis Braveheart Triathlon. And what a success, raising thousands so far, and with your…
WHAT a month! It was ‘Celebration September’ for CatZero as events and fund-raising activities to mark our tenth anniversary were a huge success. Programme celebration events, our mega coast-to-coast sponsored cycle ride and two reunion evenings for past participants were all held within an extremely busy fortnight. The events also included what was perhaps the…
During our 10th anniversary celebrations we caught up with some past participants to see how they are getting on now. At the Digital Hub in Freeman Street, Grimsby, we caught up with Lyndon Roberts, 24, who has seen big and positive changes in his life since taking part in our CatZero programme in 2017. He…
CatZero is back in Scunthorpe after a four-year break. During this, our tenth anniversary year, we have successfully completed the first of six new programmes in North Lincolnshire, which will see people supported to transform their lives and futures forever. Deputy Council Leader Cllr Richard Hannigan, representatives from Jobcentre Plus and friends and relatives attended…
ONCE CatZero, Always Catzero: and 25-year-old Adam Danville is proof that is certainly the case. Adam was accepted onto a programme several years ago and after its successful completion, he was geared up to send his life in a different direction. However, circumstances changed, and for Adam hopes of a new start failed to materialise….
OUR TALENTED sailor Callum Leach is living proof that dreams really can come true as he prepares to set sail on the adventure of a lifetime. At 16 years old he left school early with no qualifications and spiralled into a young life of drug taking and drinking. Homeless, he founded himself in a hostel…
SAILING with dolphins swimming alongside, negotiating winds gusting up to force eight and conquering sea sickness – 11 Grimsby-area youngsters experienced a unique maritime journey as part of events to mark our tenth anniversary. The young people, whose ages range from 15 to 24, travelled by minibus to Plymouth where our yacht was moored –…