{"id":6232,"date":"2025-12-15T13:59:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/?p=6232"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:44:05","slug":"wetherby-dickensian-christmas-market-200-raised-for-wetherby-food-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/2025\/12\/15\/wetherby-dickensian-christmas-market-200-raised-for-wetherby-food-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Wetherby Dickensian Christmas Market &#8211; \u00a3200 raised for Wetherby Food Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_2433.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6234\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_2433.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_2433.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_2433-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 14th \u00a0may have been a dismal December day but we still managed to raise \u00a3200 at our market stall. Thank you to all the Club members who donated items and our erstwhile volunteers who manned the stand. There certainly was a festive flavour to the day. Thanks also to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wetherbylions.org\">Wetherby Lions<\/a> who organise this event each year. \u00a0Its a great fundraising opportunity for charities. The money raised will be donated to <a href=\"https:\/\/wetherbyanddistrict.foodbank.org.uk\">Wetherby and District\u00a0food bank<\/a>. \u00a0Christmas is a difficult time for families when money is short and expectations are high.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some photos from the day<\/p>\n<p>Maureen, Val and Pat ready to start selling<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_2426.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6233\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_2426.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_2426.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_2426-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hilary with Cllr. Connor Mulhall, \u00a0the Mayor of Wetherby<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_2431.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6235\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_2431.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_2431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/harrogate\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_2431-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 14th \u00a0may have been a dismal December day but we still managed to raise&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":6234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,265,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-programme-action","category-food-poverty","category-programme-action"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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