In Brief

E HULL: Patients with life-limiting illnesses are set to benefit from a £1,500 donation.

Steve Robinson, who is a Hull Cargill GOSC-Europe employee, regularly offers his time as a gardener at Dove House Hospice in Chamberlain Road.

He has now been given the Cargill Cares Volunteer Award in recognition of his selfless service at the hospice.

In addition, the company is set to donate $2,500 – about £1,500 – to the hospice through the King Baudouin Foundation, which enables US donors to support non-profit initiatives in Europe and Africa.

Katy Wood, corporate fundraising co-ordinator at the hospice, said: "This donation will really make a difference to patients at the hospice.

"It costs £5.6m to keep the hospice running every year and it only receives funding for 48 of the 365 days.

"Our volunteers save the hospice about £1.6m per year and we can't thank Steve enough for his continued support, which has resulted in this outstanding donation."

Cargill in Morley Street, east Hull, presents up to 50 employees, retirees, or employee teams with Cargill Cares volunteer awards for outstanding service in the community at any one time.

EAST YORKS: A hospital trust in East Yorkshire has been awarded gold level accreditation for reducing its carbon footprint.

The Energy Saving Trust gave the accolade to Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the second year running.

The trust, which is in charge of Goole and District Hospital, reduced its footprint by 17.7 per cent from 2005-06 to 2010-11.

This has been achieved by staff using a shuttle bus between sites, a park and ride scheme, using video conferencing instead of travelling across sites and staff cycling to work instead of driving.

WEST HULL: The first event of the new year at Carnegie Heritage Centre will be a reminiscence afternoon.

Old photographs of Hawthorn Avenue will be displayed and visitors will be asked to take along their own pictures and memories of living and working in the area.

The centre, which is based in West Park, Anlaby Road, is working on a project based on the rise and fall of Hawthorn Avenue.

Information on the area is being collected before it gets lost.

The event is taking place on Sunday at 1.30pm. Entry costs £1 and refreshments will be served.

Visit www.carnegiehull.co.uk for details.

HULL: Hull and East Riding Institute for the Blind (Herib) is looking for volunteers to help with a fundraising collection.

The team will be collecting donations at Asda Mount Pleasant in east Hull on Tuesday, January 29, from 10am to 4pm.

The institute is closed today but the office will open again on Wednesday.

The volunteers would only need to give an hour or two of their time. Email mail@herib.co.uk or call 01482 342297.

HULL: Visitors to Hull History Centre can get a glimpse at how the facility is run at a special event next week.

Claire Weatherall will be giving a talk called Behind The Scenes At Hull History Centre – How We Do What We Do: Cataloguing Archives on Tuesday, January 8.

The lecture is part of the centre's regular lunchtime club series of talks.

It takes place in the centre's lecture theatre from 12.30pm to 1.30pm.

EAST YORKS: Yorkshire residents are being challenged to start a Dryathlon today.

Cancer Research UK is urging people to ban the booze for January and donate the money they save to the charity.

Visit www.cancer.org.uk for details.