A TEAM of staff and volunteers from Humber-wide charity CatZero were stunned when a planned donation of £15,000 turned into a massive £100,000, as they met a team on behalf of players of the People’s Postcode Lottery, Receiving a call from the People’s Postcode Lottery team on May 2, CatZero was informed that it would…
HE DID IT! To celebrate 15 years of programme delivery, Humber-wide charity CatZero’s co-founder and Director of Sailing, Danny Watson, ran 150km in a day – the equivalent of 93-miles, or three and half marathons – finishing in just under 24 hours! Starting at Grimsby Dock at 4am on Thursday, May 2, 2024, Danny ran…
A GROUP of unemployed 14- 18 to 40-year-olds from Goole have successfully completed a new 12-week programme run by Humber-wide charity CatZero, which was funded by the Drax Foundation. Several of the 14 participants who began the programme are looking at more positive prospects, having taken part in a number of activities to improve employability,…
PARTICIPANTS at our Goole programme, funded by the Drax Foundation, treated more than 30 guests to a special Café Day at the stunning Saltmarshe Hall. The team planned the meal in recent programme sessions, including creating their own menus, before preparing and cooking three courses for their guests on the day of the event. Take…
FUNDED by the Drax Foundation, the charitable entity of renewable energy company Drax Group, a new and exciting programme has started in Goole, which will support unemployed adults aged 18-40 from the town. Run by Humber-wide charity CatZero, the intended outcome for the 14 participants on the 12-week programme is to help them into employment,…
If you are thinking of volunteering for CatZero, check out Hannah’s mini bio and how much she enjoys being on our crew! “Hi everyone, I’m Hannah from Wirral and I volunteer as sailing crew for CatZero. I work in the Research and Development department for a global customer goods company called Unilever, but like to…
The lovely James is volunteer sailing crew on the boat. Here, he shares a little about who he is and how he came to be involved with the charity, hoping that others may follow this path and enjoy supporting participants as much as he has … I was born in California and have lived in…
WITH only a few weeks to go until Hull and Grimsby-based charity CatZero reaches its 15-year milestone, staff, volunteers, and participants welcomed local dignitaries and interested businesses to two special anniversary year launch events. Guests included the Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull and Admiral of the Humber, Cllr Calvin Neal, and…
CATZERO staff are extremely proud to announce that the winner of the Trustee Award at HEY Smile Foundation’s Time2Volunteer Awards 2023 is our very own Charles Lewis! CatZero CEO, Dave Bertholini, commented: “Charles retired from CatZero’s board of trustees in 2022, after 14 years with us, but remains a staunch supporter of our work, also…
Just a few of our pictures from the 15th anniversary celebrations, held on Wednesday, September 27, at Hull’s Arco building, and on Thursday, September 28, at Young’s, in Grimsby. Thank you to Arco and Young’s for providing facilities for our events, and thank you to everyone who has supported CatZero since it began in 2009,…
