YPO backs charity campaign to turn Yorkshire pink

Schools throughout Yorkshire will compete to win a £1,500 prize by raising money for a children’s cancer charity.

- By Kerryn Sorhaindo Contributor

Wakefield-based YPO, one of the UK’s largest public buying organisations and school suppliers, is offering the prize to support Candlelighters’ Pink It Up! campaign next month.

Hundreds of schools throughout the county will be invited to “help turn Yorkshire pink” on June 2-8. Pink-themed fundraising ideas could include nonuniform days or cake sales featuring Candlelighters’ colour.

Schools that raise more than £250 for the Leeds-based charity, which supports about 150 young cancer patients and their families in Yorkshire each year, will be entered into a draw to win the YPO prize. The winner will be announced on June 13.

Martin Armytage, head of education business at YPO, said: “We are delighted to help Candlelighters and their Pink It Up! campaign. As a 100% publicly owned organisation, we always seek to give back to communities, and it is a pleasure to support the work of this amazing charity.