Harrogate Chocolate Factory will be hosting an informal business networking event on Monday.
Coffee and cake will be included, with a tour of the chocolate factory.
The event will run from 9:30am on Monday 25 April and will all be completely free of charge for anyone wanting to attend.
Attendees are free to bring a guest, and are asked to reserve a place by emailing Angela at the factory at angela@hs4lc.org.uk.
Harrogate Chocolate Factory is a social enterprise café launched in 2019. The company sells dark chocolate made from Peruvian cacao beans, and aims to support young adults with learning disabilities and autism to gain vital skills to enter employment.
Elexshow comes to Harrogate
The UK’s largest trade event for electricians, the Elexshow, is coming to Harrogate.
Businesses such as Alltrade, Aico, CK Tools, and Metrel will be at the show, which will be hosted in Great Yorkshire Showground this year.
Exhibitions of equipment, tools, new apps and systems will be available to view for tradespeople in and around the region.
The event spans over the course of two days, from Thursday 28-29 April.
Tickets are available to book online for free, and can be found on the Elexshow website.
Inhealthcare UK raises money for Frank’s Fund
Inhealthcare UK has raised more than £200 to support a local charity.
The raffle gifted the winner a Bettys Yorkshire Delights hamper.
The company, which provides digital health and remote patient monitoring, donated the money to Frank’s Fund.
Frank’s Fund was set up by the family of a young boy who died from a rare form of bone cancer
Frank’s Fund is a local Harrogate based charity. It was set up in memory of Frank Ashton, a Harrogate schoolboy who died from Ewing’s Sarcoma. The charity aims to raise awareness and funds for this rare form of bone cancer. You can read more about it on a Stray Ferret Charity Corner here.
To date, the charity has raised £299,170.77.
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Harrogate group campaigns to get more women drinking beer
A Harrogate-based equality initiative is launching a campaign to get rid of the stereotype that beer is a man’s drink.
The Beer Glass Project, which is being run by the community interest company Women On Tap, aims to showcase beer as aesthetic and indulgent rather than something “guzzled in a laddish manner”.
Women on Tap will post photos, key facts and articles on social media during the five-week campaign that sets out to challenge perceptions of beer – how it looks, tastes and who it’s for.
A report by women and beer interest group Dea Latis revealed the UK has one of the lowest percentages of female beer drinks in the world at 17%.
The report identified barriers that put women off drinking beer, including male-orientated advertising, judgement from others and the calorie content.
Women On Tap founder Rachel Auty said:
“We need a reset button to enable us to stamp out inequality so that beer is accessible to all.
“We need to change the way it is represented, talked about and marketed.”
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A different style of glassware will be used to present the beer throughout the project.
Rachel added:
“Women want great glassware and are more likely to choose a drink that is presented in a beautiful and aspirational way. Women are strong and independent and they will choose a drink that helps them make a bold statement about who they are.
“I hope to make more women realise there really is no better way to do that than with a great beer in a fabulous glass.”
