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The teams at all six sites are celebrating the fact that we have reached our Charity of the Year fundraising target ahead of schedule.

In April 2024, the teams at Tong, Tingley, Otley, Bingley, York and Scarborough pledged to raise £20,000 for Yorkshire...

A huge thanks to the teams at all our sites who have donated coats for the Yorkshire Children’s Charity’s (YCC) Winter Support Campaign, which is helping families with essential items like warm, waterproof coats, school shoes, bedding, and pyjamas.

Thanks...

Our generous teams have collected over 400 items to distribute to food banks in areas around our centres.

The items have been donated to food banks in Leeds, Bradford and York that serve the communities around our sites at Tong, Tingley, Otley, Bingley...

We’re delighted to share the news that we have now supported over 200 local causes and donated over £11,000 since we launched our Kindness Pot initiative that supports local causes nominated by team members in 2022.

In the last year, Otley Garden Centre...

We were proud and delighted to be presented with a Corporate Supporter of the Year award following our year of fundraising for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Group People and Culture Manager, Steph Harrison and People and Culture Assistant, Ellie Nicholas...

Centre Manager Andy Bradley and the team at Otley Garden Centre have provided subsidised plants to support the renovation of three areas of Leeds Children’s Charity’s Lineham Farm in Eccup.

Leeds University student, Aaron Cook approached Otley Garden...

The team at Tong are celebrating after being shortlisted for the Community Awards in the Bradford Means Business Awards 2024.

Talking about the great news, our Group Head of People, Culture & Sustainability, Neil Barwise-Carr said: “Our local community...

Supporting causes close to our team’s hearts and demonstrating our ‘Respectful’ value is very much part of our culture at Yorkshire Garden Centres so we’re celebrating the diversity in our team with our very own Pride month.

We’re flying the...

The team at Yorkshire Garden Centres (YGC) group is excited to announce that Yorkshire Children’s Charity will be our Charity of the Year for 2024 following a unanimous team vote.

Through a series of fund-raising events and collection boxes at the tills...