In a similar manner to the challenges we faced in terms of service delivery, the emergence of COVID-19 tested the
resilience of our fundraising model and our ability to keep up with the prevalence of ever-evolving social media and
online platforms. Whilst the grant fundraising activities continued to be a success, the income from the corporate and
community fundraising streams decreased during 2020. This was largely due to the constraints caused by COVID-19
which restricted our ability to organize fundraising events or to have face to face interactions with our supporters. We
were only able to hold very few fundraising activities. We are very grateful to all the local individuals, groups and
companies who were able to help us raise essential funds during the year. These include individuals who organised and
participated in fundraising events such as making face masks, virtual marathons, sponsored bike rides, birthday Facebook
fundraising, online quiz nights, an online Christmas raffle and a Zumba event. We want to give a big thank you to all the
community groups and local companies that supported us during the year including Riverstone Asset Management, St
Christopher's School, Hallifax Care, The Cleveland Pub, Sugarhill Brighton and Patrick Moorhead.
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