Chris Sills and Cath Richmond, are two Ripon parents whose families have benefited from the support of Team Endeavour.

Now they hope that people will support a fundraising event for the charity that helped them at their time of need.

Team Endeavour provides assistance to the families of service personnel and veterans who are suffering through illness, poverty or hardship.

Chris and his wife Sara, were helped with funds towards the cost of a medical bed and the purchase of a specialist wheelchair, after their daughter Mabel was born prematurely with a number of complications.

Cath, whose partner Gavin had served in the Royal Corps of Signals, died three years ago.

She and her then five-year-old daughter Molly, received support through the heart-breaking time from the charity, which paid for them to take a short break at Flamingo Land.

Former Royal Engineer Chris and Cath, now hope that Team Endeavour will be able to raise more funds through a charity auction being held in partnership with Halls of Ripon.

The department store, with the support of its 20 independent retailers and other businesses in the city, is holding an online auction starting on Sunday (21 November) and running until 1 December.

Cath Richmond is pictured above with Chris Sills and Emma Crossland, Mike Cooper and Ben Butler from Halls.

People will be able to bid for a wide range of items, including a 40 point diamond white gold pendant, a unique hand-painted remembrance helmet, a voucher worth £500 to spend at Halls and a shirt autographed by the Manchester United team.

At 6pm on 2 December the ten lots that have attracted the highest bids online, will be on offer at a live auction held in the department store and conducted by the comedian and actor Freddie Davies. 

Cath, who has the designer Yorkshire Feathers stall at Halls, said:

Chris, who has been a volunteer fundraiser for Team Endeavour for eight years, added:

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