York music festival returns, raising money for St Leonard’s Hospice

York BID is delighted to announce that Live for St Leonard’s has broken all its previous records, raising a whopping £5,177.97 for St Leonard’s Hospice!

9 nights of live music attracted crowds to come and enjoy the York Food & Drink Festival into the early evening and encouraged donations. During the 3 years since the event began, Live for St Leonard’s has raised nearly £14k for this highly regarded local charity.

The achievement is testament to the efforts of several organisations working in partnership; York Food & Drinks Festival provided the space and facilities for the event to take place; York BID organised and managed the programme of live music entertainment and St Leonard’s Hospice who provided a team of volunteers to collect and record the donations.

Sarah Atkinson, Events and Community Manager at St Leonard’s Hospice, said: “We’re delighted that York Food & Drink Festival and York BID chose to support St Leonard’s again this year, and what an amazing amount raised. Our unrivalled care is only possible due the support of our community so we’re incredibly grateful to everyone involved in making this brilliant event happen, and to all who came along to soak up the atmosphere, listen to some great live music and support the Hospice.”

Michael Hjort, Director of York Food & Drink Festival said: “It has been a pleasure to host Live For St Leonard’s for its third year running. The initiative has proven its value to the local community and I commend the fundraising total achieved by partners. The Festival will be very pleased to see it return for subsequent years”.

Chris Bush, Business Manager at York BID said: “The stars of the show are the many local musicians who delivered fantastic entertainment, night after night. All of the 9 shows were extremely enjoyable, and it was great to see everyone working together for this worthy cause. We’re thrilled to have broken the fundraising records set during the last two years.”

If you want to add to that amount, simply visit: https://stleonardshospice.org.uk/fundraising/live-for-st-leonards-2023/