Read the full newsletter – Volunteer Voice – February 2026 issue
FRIENDS OF AIREDALE GETS A BOOST FROM FIBRELINE
Keighley-based Fibreline, the UK’s largest independently owned cushion fillings supplier, has presented the Friends of Airedale (FoA)with more than £1,000. The money was raised by the company’s employee run Engagement Committee through a series of fundraising events held in 2025. Fibreline named the Friends, the Airedale General Hospital charity, as one of its charities of the year for 2025. A …
CHRISTMAS CHEER TO CHILDREN’S UNIT
The Friends of Airedale (FoA) has provided some pre-Christmas cheer to the Children’s Unit, with a donation of £1,500 worth of specialist toys and digital devices. The bumper package was presented by FoA chairman Alison Dixon following a request by Ward 17 for some much needed sensory and distraction toys. They will be used to help calm children facing tests …
Volunteer Voice October 2025
Read the full newsletter – Volunteer Voice – Oct 2025 issue
UNDERCOVER STORY
This beautiful, handmade crocheted blanket, has been gifted to the Friends of Airedale by an anonymous donor. And it could be yours! Measuring approximately 5ft x 5ft, the painstakingly crafted bed cover arrived in the post, clearly addressed to the Friends. But mysteriously, the only clue we have about where it came from was a piece of paper inside which …
HOWZAT! DANCERS LINE UP TO HELP FRIENDS OF AIREDALE
The Friends of Airedale (FoA) is £500 better off thanks to a donation from members of the Keighley/Skipton area Ruth Barrow Line Dancing Groups. Dancing enthusiasts presented the Friends with the cheque at their monthly ‘Owzitstart’ social event at Sutton Baptist Church on September 5. Said Ruth, who runs line dancing classes around the area: “We regularly donate money raised …