£1m raised for the Yorkshire Children's Charity

Yorkshire Post

Yorkshire Children's Charity CEO Charlotte Farrington is overwhelmed at the funds raised for children in need in Yorkshire at the Night Under the Stars event at Grantley Hall

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00:00I don't know how I feel to be honest. I think just completely overwhelmed.

00:03I think like raising the money is one thing but already in my head I know how we're going to

00:09spend it and that's the bit that just makes me unbelievably happy. So yeah I think just

00:18incredibly humbled and very very grateful for the fact that everybody has shown up for us

00:24this evening and shown up for the children of Yorkshire. I pinch myself all the time in terms

00:29of the level of support that we have. Like we're not even three years old as a charity. To think

00:34of the people and the brands that have joined us on this journey is yeah I constantly question why?

00:41Why us? Why support Yorkshire Children's Charity? And yeah it's just incredibly humbling. That's

00:49all I can say. The fact that people are willing to give so generously. The fact our amazing sponsors

00:55come on board with us time and time again and back these crazy ideas that we have to raise a

01:00phenomenal amount of money. But you know I really passionately believe tonight that we had to shoot

01:07for the stars. We are in the middle of a cost of living crisis and I know the absolute onslaught

01:14of what we are going to get between now and February, March next year. I know that I will

01:19be up at all hours of the night ordering warm clothing for children because parents are

01:25absolutely despairing because they have nothing and just to think now that we have the means to

01:29be able to do that is the best feeling in the world. I think just to everyone who's involved

01:38just a massive thank you and I am so proud of our supporters. I'm so proud of my team

01:47and my trustees and nothing I say. No amount of thank yous can thank everybody enough

01:54for what they have done this evening so just thank you.

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