In June 2004, Rohan Randhawa was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma at just eight years old. Twenty years later, he supports Candlelighters, who helped him during treatment, as a Trustee. As a young boy, Rohan’s older brother noticed his hands and feet had swollen up while playing cricket in the garden. His mother took him to A,&E where it was found out that Rohan’s kidneys had burst. However, this wasn’t the most startling discovery of their visit: a small growth had been found on his lymph node, which resulted in a cancer diagnosis. Rohan, now 27, started chemotherapy and spent m ..read more

Our team are celebrating after being accredited as one of the Top 100 Great Places to Work in the UK. We placed number 36! CEO of Candlelighters, Emily Wragg says: “This is a huge achievement for us and reflects the positive actions of each employee in creating a supportive working environment. Our donors, volunteers and families who benefit from our services deserve the very best from us, and this external accreditation confirms that we are doing the right things.”  Emily explains: “The Great Place to Work Survey is an employee experience platform built upon 30 years of research an ..read more

“My son’s cancer nurse also treated my sister, as a child.”  “My sister had leukaemia 19 years ago. Seeing the same nurse, when my son was diagnosed with cancer, brought all those memories flooding back.”  In 2005, when Georgia Lewis was eight years old, her sister Bethan, aged three, was diagnosed with leukaemia. After an almost three-year battle with the disease, she is now a healthy 22-year-old.   But when Georgia’s six-year-old son, Albie, was diagnosed with a Wilms tumour in July 2023, Georgia met the same nurse, Sally, who treated her sister at Leeds General Infirmary ..read more

We are so pleased to announce that our latest Company of the Month is Barratt Developments! This month, we would like to thank the team at Barratt Developments Yorkshire West as they completed another fundraiser to take their fundraising to an incredible total of over £60,000 raised for Candlelighters! Last month, eight members of the Land and Technical teams from Barratt Developments Yorkshire West came together to each accumulate five kilometres a day for five days by running, walking or cycling. The team managed to raise a fabulous £1,075, which will be matched by Barratt’s Group Charity Co ..read more

We are so pleased to announce that our latest Companies of the Month Platinum Asset Protection and Frontline Security! This month we would like to recognise the amazing supportive efforts made by Platinum Asset Protection and Frontline Security. We are amazed that the two companies have been supporting Candlelighters for over a decade! Frontline Security and Platinum Asset Protection have shown their dedication to raising funds and awareness for Candlelighters with cause-related marketing and by donating a percentage of both companies’ end-of-year annual profits. Both companies have generously ..read more

We are so pleased to announce that our latest Company of the Month is Clarion! This month we would like to celebrate our new Company of the Month, Clarion, who have raised over £10,000 this year for Candlelighters! We are so pleased with their incredible fundraising efforts for this year. They have found creative ways of raising funds for Candlelighters like ‘Will you be my Valentine’ where employees anonymously gifted a cupcake to a fellow colleague. They have also held numerous events throughout the year including the Eurovision Sweepstake, a World Book Day competition and they participated ..read more

We are so pleased to announce that our latest Company of the Month is Yorkshire Spa Retreat! We are delighted to announce that the fabulous Yorkshire Spa Retreat are our Company of the Month! Having joined Club Candlelighters last year and pledging to donate at least £5,000 per year for the next three years, the team have really gone above and beyond this year raising a staggering £49,331!!! The money was raised from two big fundraising events; a gruelling 598 mile, six day cycling challenge that CEO Miles Dewhurst, Friend Andy Mair, and Gary Molloy of Leisure Resorts took on, as well as the ..read more

We are so pleased to announce that our latest Company of the Month is Howard Civil Engineering! This month we would like to celebrate Howard Civil Engineering as they have made some excellent fundraising efforts for Candlelighters and purchased new toys for the Play Room! In September, a courageous team from the company participated in the 15K Tough Mudder event in Skipton and fundraised for us. Overall, Howard Civil Engineering have donated an incredible £15,769 to Candlelighters! Candlelighters is especially close to Howard Civil Engineering, as one of their staff has had first-hand experie ..read more

We are so pleased to announce that our latest Company of the Month is CHN Financial & Victoria Court Private Clients! CHN Financial & Victoria Court Private Clients chose Candlelighters as their Charity of the Year in November 2021 and started their fundraising early 2022. We are incredibly grateful that they choose to continue supporting Candlelighters for a second year this year. To date they have been involved in many fundraising activities. Over the two years so far, they have hosted charity golf days, football tournaments, Christmas fundraising events and supported Pink It Up week ..read more

We are so pleased to announce that our latest Company of the Month is FOD Mobility! FOD Mobility Group voted for Candlelighters to be their Charity of the Year at the start of the year and since then, we have been so grateful for the excellent ways they’ve been involved in fundraising. Thanks to their fabulous efforts, they’ve reached the brilliant milestone of raising over £5,000 for Candlelighters in the first half of 2023! Hannah Taylor, Senior HR Officer at FOD said, “FOD Mobility Group is proud to support Candlelighters as our Charity of the Year for 2023. Candlelighters really stood out ..read more