STAUNCH supporter and former CatZero participant Caz White is taking on an unusual fundraising challenge for the organisation as she prepares to roller skate from Grimsby to Hull in less than 12 hours. With a support team in place, Caz (26) will be leaving Grimsby early on Wednesday morning to skate her way across the…
THE most gruelling challenge of his life, CatZero delivery officer David Andrews finally completed the Southport to Hornsea Transpennine Trail after three tough days of mud, rain, nettle stings and broken pathways. Normally a group fundraiser, a CatZero Coast to Coast Challenge was pencilled in for 2020 but the cycle ride was postponed due to…
MORE than a year after his original plan to cycle the Trans Pennine Trail coast-to-coast ride, CatZero delivery officer David Andrews is back on his bike and ready to roll! In the run-up to June 2020, David had been training hard for the 215-mile challenge but the fundraising ride had to be postponed as the…
AS PART of Humber Business Week, Sewell Group announced their latest initiative in partnership with CatZero; to provide paid work placements for young people aged 18 – 24 throughout the month of August. Up to 20 individuals who are struggling to find employment will be given the opportunity to undertake a month of paid work…
LEADING figures from the Grimsby area seafood sector participated in a June 10 evening sail with CatZero’s Danny Watson at the helm, accompanied by the organisation’s Director of Operations Dave Bertholini, Programme Manager Sean Cahill and several CatZero sailing crew. The sector group were invited to learn more about CatZero’s service to match work-ready people…
AFTER more than 15 months out of action due to the Covid-19 pandemic, CatZero’s challenge yacht has completed its first taster sail from Grimsby Fish Dock to Hull Marina. Danny Watson, Director of Sailing at CatZero, has been working very closely with Public Health England, implementing all of the required procedures necessary to enable the…
BETH Love is 23, in fulltime work, and in the last six years has sailed off the UK’s coast twice and travelled to Nepal as part of Raleigh expedition. During Hull’s City of Culture year in 2017 she also stepped into the spotlight when crowds applauded as she pushed the first piece in a huge…
As we enter 2021 everyone here at CatZero wants to wish you a Happy New Year and let you know that we are here for you. Our hopes of a brighter future in the coming months remain – the vaccine, the warmer weather and the lighter nights are around the corner! Until then we must…
A ONE-woman mission to convert empty crisp packets into warm blankets, sleeping bag covers and mats for rough sleepers is growing into a mini ‘cottage industry’ in Grimsby. Our well-known former participant Caz White, 26, was in her flat when she read about the idea on social media, after it had caught on in other…
FESTIVE fun came early for our Grimsby Full Families participants as they received bags of Christmas treats. Kindly donated to us by BRIDGEfriends, the goodies and cooking treats were put into festive packages to be delivered by our Grimsby team to households in the town that are on our programme, which is run in conjunction with…
