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…
TEENAGER Ella Stimpson is a young woman with a future, thanks to the latest CatZero programme. Full of enthusiasm Ella, from Hull, is on one of two 2019 CLLD programmes. The programmes, there have been four in all for the long-term unemployed, have been supported by CLLD (the Community Led Local Development). Monies from the…
Caz White, our action girl from Immingham, has turned her hand to quilting – and has produced this craft creation that will be raffled off for our CatZero funds on this, our tenth anniversary year. Caz, 24, is a past participant and her progress, following her CatZero programme, has been fantastic. From having so little…
TWO of East Yorkshire’s pioneers for present-day social and economic change have joined our board during our tenth anniversary year. Deb Oxley and Terry Moran have become trustees of CatZero – joining our impressive board, that has former Smith & Nephew executive Jim Dick as its chair. Both Deb and Terry have been integral in…
UNEMPLOYED Hull residents are being offered the chance to change their lives forever on our two latest programmes. Presentation afternoons are being held this month to introduce potential participants to the next programmes being supported by CLLD (the Community Led Local Development). Monies from the European Structural and Investment Funds was secured by the city…
