Our Charities of the Year for 2022/23
As part of our City Charity pledge, we have committed to supporting a local charity in each of our Operating areas.
Archer Project
(Sheffield)
Archer Project
The Archer Project helps homeless and vulnerable people achieve a better life by supporting them to develop their independence, improve their ability to tackle setbacks and help to identify and change negative behaviour to improve their wellbeing.
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Barnsley Hospice
(Barnsley)
Barnsley Hospice
Barnsley Hospice provide specialist palliative care and support to local people living with a life-limiting illness and those close to them. The hospice is not just a building – it is a way of caring for people. With their support, patients benefit from the best possible care throughout their illness and at the end of their life.
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Doorways Derby
(Derby)
Doorways Derby
Doorways Derby support homeless and vulnerable people/families by providing them with hot meals, sandwiches, fruit, snacks and car packages through their twice weekly foodbanks and street kitchens.
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Chesterfield Royal
(Chesterfield)
Chesterfield Royal
Chesterfield Royal Charity support both the patients and staff at the hospital, by improving the environment and facilities on offer, all designed to enhance care and wellbeing. Through donations, the charity goes above and beyond to provide more than what is offered through ‘normal NHS funding’, from relaxation gardens and MRI scanners to water stations and mental health support for staff.
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This year's Charity Incubators are:
The Archer Project
Close to the hearts of many, we chose to support The Archer Project as our City Charity Incubators for 2022 because of the fantastic work they do within our community.
Running for over thirty years, the charity has supported thousands of people who were homeless in Sheffield, aiming to get people into accommodation as well as helping them to build fulfilling lives, by supporting them to develop their independence and change negative behaviour.
Following an arson attack on their offices (2020), the charity was left without a base. We are so humbled to be able to provide a space for the fundraising team to work together again, during a time where fundraising has been particularly challenging due to Covid restrictions. City aims to nurture the charity and enable them to be in a greater position to do what they do best, supporting the community, with less pressure and burden than before the incubation period.
Check out our 2022 City Charity Incubator campaign.
Charities we’ve supported with our City Charity Incubator
2020 & 2021
Mums In Need aim to support mums to fee more confident and in control of their situation by gaining an understanding of exactly what they can do to help themselves and their children.
MIN provide Mums with the life skills needed to overcome fears and find a way through the intimidation, emotional and psychological abuse that horrendously some women face daily.
2022 & 2023
The Archer Project is a place where homeless and vulnerable people can change their lives for the better. The charity’s mission is to help homeless people achieve a better life by supporting them to develop their independence, improve their ability to tackle setbacks and help to identify and change negative behaviour to improve their wellbeing.
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Get in touchOur support for local charities
City’s annual charity golf day
This event has supported charities such as St Lukes Hospice, Weston Park Cancer Charity and Children’s Hospital Charity being amongst some of the beneficiaries. Around 25 teams of corporate and partnership supporters, know no bounds in always surpassing our expectations to support the day.
Charity events
City will do as much as we possibly can to support and sponsor local charity and community events such as the Archer Project’s Sleep Out, Ashgate Hospice Chesterfield Half Marathon and NHS Thank You Gala Ball to name a few that we have supported over the years.
Raffles and Auctions
We do our best to support as many local raffles and auctions as we can by giving tickets and prizes that we hope raises as much money as possible for the chosen charities.
Mission Christmas
We love supporting Hallam FM’s chosen charity Cash for Kids. This charity aims to make sure all children in Sheffield have a present to open on Christmas morning. City support this by inviting drivers and staff to donate gifts, we all love to be involved in this great cause.
Donating citygrab delivery fees
The launch of City’s delivery app ‘citygrab’ provided a fantastic opportunity to raise funds for local charities, by donating weekend delivery fees. After raising £17,087.86 for the NHS, we dedicated each weekend throughout May 2020 to a local charity, to support them during the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, our wonderful customers raised £40,096.85 which we donated to Weston Park Cancer Charity, Cash for Kids, Ashgate Hospice, Chesterfield Royal Charity, St Luke’s Hospice and The Children’s Hospital Charity.
Bears of Sheffield
With The Children’s Hospital Charity close to the heart of many of our employees, we wanted to show our support by sponsoring a Bears of Sheffield bear. With lots of fundraising activities, from Bearathons, competitions, online bear trails, and even a half marathon, our Steampunk Bear raised a whopping £62,103.44 for the charity. It’s amazing to have been involved in such an exciting campaign that brings the people of Sheffield together, whilst supporting the charity.
Thank You NHS Gala Ball
Held in partnership with Sheffield Hospitals Charity, the City Taxis Thank You NHS Gala Ball allowed us to say the most heartfelt thank you to our NHS staff across Sheffield for their courage, their compassion, and their wonderful care and will support the great work provided by the Charity! The evening of glitz and glamour raised an unbelievable £140,001.30which will be donated to the charity’s new ‘We’ve Got You’ campaign.
Fundraising and Volunteering
To support our key charities, members of Team City have been taking time out to volunteer and carry out fundraising activities. More recently the team headed to S6 Foodbank to help with food packing and distribution and Doorways Derby to support their weekly street kitchen and food bank for the homeless and vulnerable. In 2021, seven members of Team City took on the Sheffield Half Marathon in aid of The Children’s Hospital Charity. In 2023, the team are looking to complete the 3 peaks challenge.
Tchad Weston
The Children’s Hospital Charity
“We are so thankful for the continued support of City Taxis in helping to transform the Children’s Hospital.”
Jack Kidder
St Luke's Hospice
“We’d like to thank City Taxis for supporting us with their Golf Days and also the many people who attend and make this such a big success. Thank you for your continued support – it means the world to us!”
Darren Hayes
Weston Park Cancer Charity
“On behalf of our patients, their families, hospital staff and everyone at the charity – a massive THANK YOU for all your support over the years.”
Ali Ward-Foster
Ashgate Hospice
“The money raised by City Taxis with the support of our community is just amazing and could not have come at a more crucial time for the Hospice. The £3,525 raised will help us to be there for patients who need us more than ever and at a time when providing that care and support has never been more challenging.”
Tchad Western
The Children’s Hospital Charity
“Thanks to the fantastic support of local businesses like City Taxis and citygrab, we can make sure the hospital is able to continue to provide the best possible care for all who need it and the people of Sheffield can enjoy some good food too!”
Beverley Webster
Chesterfield Royal Hospital Charity
“We cannot thank the citygrab team and City Taxis enough for this amazing donation to our #ProtectYourNHS appeal. We are overwhelmed by the generosity of individuals, local businesses and organisations.”
Joasia Lesniak
St Luke’s
“We are overwhelmed with the amount of money raised by citygrab and the people of Sheffield, thank you so much. The amount raised could pay to run St Luke’s for 7 hours and we are so grateful to our friends at citygrab for choosing to support us in this incredible way.”
Allan Ogle
Cash for Kids
“I’m so grateful to City Taxis for supporting us in such a creative and innovative way. Their market leading software is an essential service at these times and by donating citygrab delivery fees to local charities is helping all their customers support local causes at such a vital time.”
Darren Hayes
Weston Park Cancer Charity
“With many of our fundraising events cancelled or postponed, we couldn’t be more grateful for the continued support of citygrab. To everyone who ordered, the local outlets, delivery drivers and all at citygrab, thank you. By supporting us, you make it possible for us to be there, for every patient and their families, at every step.”