Thanks to everyone who ran the Virtual London Marathon for us, raising much-needed funds for our charity to support people living with sight loss and a range of other disabilities.
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Winners of our Christmas Raffle 2018
Thank you to everyone who took part in our Christmas raffle this year and helped raise over £6,500 for Henshaws’ work! We announce the lucky winners.
Ducks ahoy! Knaresborough Duck Race 2019
If you have never witnessed the colourful sight of 5000 ducks being tipped in to the river Nidd, then you simply must make this the first date in your 2019 diary
Henshaws cards for Christmas 2018 are on sale!
Choose from our selection of traditional and contemporary Christmas cards to share with your friends and family, and help support our work this festive season.
Vote for Henshaws in Tesco’s ‘Bags of Help’
We’re pleased to announce that Henshaws is one of the lucky charities chosen to take part in Tesco's 'Bags of Help' scheme in Liverpool!
Dave and Amy Steele Flying High for Henshaws
In April this year Henshaws ambassador Dave Steele and his wife Amy took a Fifteen Thousand Ft plunge from an airplane, all in the name of raising funds for Henshaws!
Art Maker Dolly’s fundraiser for friendship!
Dolly used her creative skills to raise money for a bench in memory of some of her friends at the Arts & Crafts centre in Knaresborough.
Caroline, Sam and Alyson’s 180 Mile Challenge
Read about Caroline, Sam and Alyson who took on a 180 mile running challenge to raise money in aid of Henshaws' 180th anniversary.
Katie’s happy in her own home, even if that does make me feel guilty!
It’s hard to give your child to someone else – it’s a guilty feeling, but I don’t know what I would have done without Henshaws.
Local Yorkshire school learn about visual impairments
Yorkshire resident and Art Maker visited a local school to share her experience of having a visual impairment with the Early Years children.
Winners of our Christmas Raffle 2017
Thank you to everyone who took part in our Christmas raffle this year and helped raise over £6,000 for Henshaws’ work! We announce the lucky winners.
Henshaws Christmas Concert brings the festive spirit to Harrogate
We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our performers, guests and volunteers for making Henshaws Christmas Concert 2017 such a festive success.
Manchester derby 1954 in aid of Henshaws
With the highly anticipated Manchester derby taking place this Sunday, we look back to 1954 when the two Manchester clubs went head to head in aid of Henshaws!
10 things you don’t know about Henshaws
Read our 10 things you don't know about Henshaws to discover more about the support we offer as well as how you can help us through fundraising and more.
Winners of our Christmas raffle 2016
Thank you to everyone who took part in our Christmas raffle this year and helped raise over £4,000 for Henshaws’ work! We announce the lucky winners.
Henshaws Christmas cards are now on sale
It's time for the festive season to begin! Grab yourself one of our beautiful and unique Christmas cards to share with your friends and family.
11 year old Alicia smashes her fundraising target
11 year old Alicia reached Old Trafford on 6th June after a ten day trek to help raise money for Henshaws - raising a phenomenal £12,000 so far!
Henshaws College student Tom tackles the Melmerby 10k
Henshaws Specialist College student Tom took on the Melmerby 10k last month to fundraise for new specialist physio equipment, and raised a whopping £1778.20!
Fundraising at 11,000 ft – meet the people who skydived for Henshaws!
We had 5 brave adventurers - Kate, Kerry, Roy, Maria and Danny - jump out of a plane at 11,000 ft on Sunday for Henshaws! We share their experience and photos.
Henshaws annual Golf Day on par at Harrogate Golf Club
Fore! Yesterday we held our annual fundraising Golf Day at Harrogate Golf Course, where are teams competed with one another in a day of fun-filled sport.
Henshaws triathlon team take on Leeds
Team Henshaws are taking part in their first ever international triathlon, at the Colombia Threadneedle World Leeds Triathlon this month.
It’s been a sporty season here at Henshaws
There's been lots of sporty activity at Henshaws so far this year! We share the successes of our Team Henshaws runners and supporters.
Yorkshire Building Society volunteers help spruce up the ACC garden!
We were fortunate to have some fantastic volunteers from the Yorkshire Building Society help out at our Arts and Crafts Centre.
Visually impaired Henshaws student takes on 10km fundraising run
Henshaws Specialist College student Tom is taking part in the Melmerby 10km run this May to raise money for new gym equipment at College
What’s it like to run a marathon? We hear from Rob after finishing his 13th one!
Ever wondered what it's like to run the London Marathon? Henshaws volunteer Rob has amazingly just finished his 13th marathon! He shares with us his story.
Henshaws Heroes take on the London Marathon 2016
We are delighted to announce that a group of incredible runners have completed the London Marathon 2016 on behalf of Team Henshaws!
Henshaws Awards 2016 – please send us your nominations
We’re pleased to announce that this year’s Henshaws Awards (previously Pride of Henshaws) nominations are now open.
We’ve received a fantastic grant from the Big Lottery Fund
We are delighted to announce that we have received a grant of £362,628 from the Big Lottery Fund for our Pathway to Wellbeing project!
We’re seeking nominations for our new VI Friendly Business of the Year award!
We’re seeking nominations for a new award at our Henshaws awards in June for ‘VI Friendly Business of the Year’.
We’ve launched our new Henshaws lottery website
We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new Henshaws lottery website! Find out how you could take part and win up to an amazing £25,000.
Inspirational 10 year old Alicia, raised over £2500 for Henshaws by walking 60 miles, blind-folded
10 year old Alicia Wright walked from Blackpool to Manchester, and amazingly raised over £2500 for Henshaws. Alicia's mother Lisa Wright tells us more.
“Training for the Great North Run has given me more confidence”
Karen, a service user in Newcastle, talks to us about her preparation for the Great North Run.
“I would recommend running the London Marathon to anyone!”
Here is one of our supporters, Dan Stephen, explaining why he took part in the London Marathon 2015 for Henshaws.
Go go Team Henshaws!
This year we decided to put together a team of staff and volunteers to take part in the Morrisons Great Manchester Run on Sunday 10th May
“Volunteering allowed me to be a dedicated follower of fashion”
Hi, I’m Claire and I’ve always loved fashion. When the opportunity arose to support Henshaws whilst doing what I love, I jumped at the chance!
