AN International race featuring some of the world’s most experienced sailors and 388 boats, was completed in record time by a Humber-based yacht and its crew – with around half being rookie team members. CatZero, the 72ft Challenge yacht owned by the charity of the same name, takes on the biannual Rolex Fastnet Challenge to…
A CLASSROOM in the woods will be enjoyed by school children, thanks to a group of veterans who are currently taking part in the first ever North/South Humber CatZero programme for former Armed Forces personnel. Based at The Knoll, in Cleethorpes, the funded course takes unemployed veterans on a journey of discovery as they look…
A sunny day with record-breaking July temperatures saw a group of young CatZero participants arrive at Grimsby’s Weelsby Woods to enjoy a day of team-building – and fun! The introductory event marked the start of a summer NEETS programme for young people, which will include the fantastic opportunity to be crew members on a long-sail…
HE has conquered ‘The Wall’ – and now our director of sailing Danny Watson has his sights set on next year and what he is going to do to end a series of annual challenges, which have raised thousands of pounds for charity. Danny finished an impressive 37th out of 830 competitors in the 2019…
We were delighted to welcome Hull West and Hessle MP Emma Hardy for a tour of our yacht – and she was full of praise for our innovate and alternative approach to supporting young people. With a background in education and teaching, Emma is keen to find out more about regional organisations that work towards…
CATZERO is delighted that its chair of trustees and one of its three founders, Mr James Dick, OBE, DL, has been appointed as the new Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire. He will succeed The Hon. Dame Susan Cunliffe-Lister, DCVO, who will step down in November after 14 years as The Queen’s representative…
VETERANS, some who exit the services and feel like ‘rudderless ships’, are being offered free places on our first ever course running for ex-military personnel in North and North East Lincolnshire. Unemployed veterans, either fulltime or reserves, are now being urged to apply. Benefits will not be affected and those on military pensions who are…
Firstly, I would like to thank you all for your support over the last five years… it’s been a journey. 2019 presents the sixth event in my 7-year challenge, which finishes next year in 2020…I promise! Every year the challenge has got bigger and more difficult – from running a marathon in year 1, to…
‘ABSOLUTELY fantastic’: the words of CatZero’s Progressions Officer Fiona Daggett when she revealed how 111 certificates of achievement had been gained by members of the charity’s latest CLLD programme. Fiona was speaking at the group’s celebration event, which was once again held at Hull’s Minerva Masonic Hall – with thanks again to everyone there. “As…
THEY’RE on their way! The Chick family – you may have heard them on BBC Radio Humberside or seen them on Look North – are travelling ‘Round the UK on a Tenner a Day’ – not only for the great experience, but to raise money for CatZero. And they are doing it all in their…
