The new President of East Midlands Chamber has selected three charities from across Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to benefit from fundraising activities for the East Midlands Chamber Charitable Fund over the next year.
Eileen Richards MBE has chosen Chesterfield Samaritans, Help the Homeless Leicester and Nottinghamshire Hospice as part of the Chamber’s Charitable Fund for 2021.
She made the announcement at the Chamber’s Annual General Meeting on Friday 11 December as she was inducted as the new President.
Eileen said: “I am delighted to introduce my three chosen charities during my presidential year as Chesterfield Samaritans, Help the Homeless Leicester and Nottinghamshire Hospice.
“Supporting charitable causes is incredibly important to me and the work that these three charities are doing is making a life-changing, positive impact to the members in our society that they support.
“I am really looking forward to working alongside these fantastic organisations and already have plans and ideas.”
Eileen, who owns ER Recruitment in Leicester, is also a trustee of Hope Against Cancer and a committee member for the Wooden Spoon Leicester charity.
*East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire)
The Chamber’s Charitable Fund, which was set up in 2015 to give the Chamber a platform for supporting member charities, is administered by Chamber member Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation.
In 2020, the East Midlands Chamber Fund supported the Chesterfield Canal Trust, The Mighty Creatives and Young Enterprise East Midlands, with a total of £2,868 raised during the year.
Previous Charitable Fund recipients are:
2019 recipients:
2018 recipients:
- Hope Against Cancer
- Leicester and Leicestershire Animal Aid
- Rhubarb Farm
2017 recipients:
- LOROS Hospice
- Maggies of Nottingham
- Blythe House Hospice
2016 recipients:
- Ashgate Hospice
- RSPCA Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Branch
- Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People