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A popular charity postal scheme needs poppy-themed cards to help Wetherby older people mark Remembrance Day. Wetherby in Support of the Elderly is making an early call for crafty kids and volunteers to hand make the cards, which will then be sent to over 60s across the district in November. It’s all part of WiSE’s…

A Wetherby charity facing a £30,000 funding shortfall wants more runners to follow its boss’s footsteps by pounding the streets this year in a bid to raise vital cash. Wetherby in Support of the Elderly (WiSE) needs money to cover the rising costs of its popular activities and events programme. Chief Operating Officer Mark Dobson…

Wetherby in Support of the Elderly (WiSE) wants sponsors to help a hamper appeal which aims to curb isolation across the district. WiSE hopes residents and businesses will donate cash or goods which can then be turned into hampers which will raise money at raffles throughout the year. WiSE fundraisers say money raised through the…

Wetherby fundraisers will be ‘all shook up’ in a charity’s musical bid to raise vital cash to help older people across the region. Wetherby in Support of the Elderly (WiSE) says ‘it’s now or never’ for people to sign-up to its Elvis and Motown themed music night in May. Top performer Peter Binns- aka Memphis…

A Wetherby runner has been inspired by her Nan to hit the streets to raise vital cash for isolated older people across the district. Rhiannon Bayston, aged 36, from Collingham smashed the Leeds Half Marathon to raise more than £800 for Wetherby in Support of the Elderly (WiSE). Rhiannon says she was inspired to fundraise…

Kind-hearted crafters are being asked to whip out their pens and seal some envelopes as part of a charity plan to cut loneliness in Wetherby. Wetherby in Support of the Elderly’s (WiSE) ‘Send A Smile’ scheme aims to cut feelings of isolation and loneliness by asking people to spare 10 minutes to send an older…