Community Engagement

Can your business, group or organisation give a home to a Pink Elephant or collection tin?

A MySight York Pink Elephant tin and a yellow MySight York collection bucket

Pink Elephants and Collection Tins

Perhaps you know of a local shop or business who could give a home to one of MySight York’s Pink Elephants or collection tins? We would really love it if you were able to keep a Pink Elephant box or collection tin on your premises – we need the support of businesses to ensure we can continue to deliver services to local people who need them.

They are very low maintenance. We have a fantastic team of volunteers that will empty them regularly and we will stay in touch to let you know how they are doing!

Please let us know if you can help, by contacting Louise on 01904 636269 or emailing louise.railton@mysightyork.org.

 

Community collections and stalls

MySight York will be attending a variety of community events throughout the year. We will share a list of up to date events where we will be holding community collections below.

  • Knitting stall at Marjorie Waite Court’s Spring Fair (Clifton, York, YO30 6DX) – Saturday 16th March 2024, 10am – 3pm
  • Small tombola at Strensall Spearehead Community Café (Spearehead Hall St Mary’s Church, Strensall, YO32 5XU) – Wednesday 20th March 2024, 9am – 12noon
  • Knitting and information stall at York Hospital (The Hub, in the entrance to Ellerby’s Restaurant) – Friday 22nd March 2024, 9am – 2pm
  • Knitting and information stall at St James the Deacon Church’s Community Café (Woodthorpe, YO24 2SE) – Thursday 11th April 2024, 9am – 12noon
  • Knitting and information stall at York Hospital (The Hub, in the entrance to Ellerby’s Restaurant) – Friday 19th April 2024, 9am – 2pm

 

Donate resources

We are always very grateful for donations of raffle/tombola prizes and refreshments for our members. If you have unwanted DVDs, CDs, books or games at home, you can donate these to us for our fundraising stalls.