FOLLOWING on from the recent St Katherine Docks meeting with Grimsby MP Lia Nici and the Rt. Hon Therese Coffey, Secretary of State at the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), footage showing the visit with the Youth Futures Foundation (YFF) participants promotes CatZero’s work with young people and the long-term unemployed and puts the…
A CENTENARY celebration sail underlined SCMS’s commitment to Humber charity CatZero as the worldwide marine consultants confirm a further 12 months of sponsorship. For the last year, the Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors (SCMS) has proudly supported CatZero, an organisation dedicated to making lasting positive change in the lives of families, children,…
IT WAS an exciting morning for the young participants of a YFF sail as Great Grimsby MP Lia Nici, the Mayor of North East Lincolnshire David Hasthorpe and a team from ITV’s Calendar waved them off from the Grimsby dockside as they departed for London. A life-changing opportunity for the young people taking part, the…
THE CatZero 2021 race team is already preparing for its next mission after completing the Round the Island Race on July 3. The final challenge will see the team returning to the Isle of Wight for the Rolex Fastnet race, on Sunday, August 8, which will once again see their sailing skills tested to the…
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…
