Highland Carbon is currently a finalist for the '2024 Green Business of the Year' award with the Doncaster Chamber of Commerce, and is short-listed for the '2024 Environmental Impact Award' with the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce.

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Highland Carbon won the 'Green Business of the Year' award with the Doncaster Chamber of Commerce in 2023 having been the runner-up in 2022.  Highland Carbon was also a finalist for the 'South Yorkshire Sustainability Award' in 2023. 

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Our founder, Richard Clarke, is currently a Board Member with Mind Wellbeing.  He is pictured with Hannah Dunn, Executive Director of Mind Wellbeing, as the latter has also been shortlisted for an award with the Doncaster Chamber of Commerce; in this case for 'Campaign of the Year'.  Mind Wellbeing is committed to changing the narrative and removing the stigma by replacing the term 'mental health' with 'mind wellbeing'.   They also undertake exceptional preventative programmes for children and adults to make them more resilient.

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Richard is also a Trustee of Tickhill Community Connections, a charity supporting socially isolated people in the village of Tickhill, Doncaster. 

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Richard volunteers his time to advise and support a number of organisations including: DB4C (Doncaster Business for the Community), Fuel Change, Earthself, DARTs (Doncaster Community Arts), See It Be It Sheffield, The Sleep Charity, the Beyond Borders Festival and St Mary's Church Tickhill.

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Past Fundraising by Richard Clarke, Founder of Highland Carbon

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1.    Mercy Ships, Coastal Africa

2.    Bransby Home for Horses

3.    National Holocaust Centre

4.    Brainwave (special needs)

5.    Lincoln Cathedral, restoration

6.    Lincoln Cathedral, music

7.    Tickhill St Mary's Church

8.    The Woodland Trust

9.    The Nature Conservancy

10.  Michigan State University

11.   North Carolina State University

12.  Clean Water Action

13.  Environmental Defense

14.  Michigan United Conservation Clubs

15.  The Recyclers, pioneering Curbside Recycling

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Causes Supported 2021-2023

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1.    Fuel Change, Net Zero Accelerator

2.    Highlands Outdoor and Wilderness

       Learning (HOWL)

3.    Doncaster Businesses for

       the Community (DB4C)

4.    Cancer Treatment for Autumn

5.    Cash for Kids, Hallam FM

6.    MacMillan Cancer Relief

7.    East Kent Hospital Charity

8.    Holocaust Education Trust

9.    MENCAP

10.  The National Trust

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Causes Supported during 2024

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1.    Tickhill Hedgehog Rescue

2.    Tickhill Community Connections

3.    Doncaster's Participatory Arts

       Programme (DARTS)

4.    Edible Forest Garden,

       Traquair House Charitable Trust

5.    Food Forest,

       Talladh-a-Bheithe Estate

6.    Floral Rewilding,

       Rothiemurchus Estate

7.    Nottinghamshire [Bird] Ringers

8.    Beyond Borders Festival,

       Traquair, Scotland

9.    The Sleep Charity

10.  Windy Ridge Bird Rescue

11.   Stand-Up to Cancer

12.  Breast Cancer Now

13.  The National Trust

14.  Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

15.  RSPCA

16.  Mind Wellbeing

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Examples of the projects and activities that we have supported can be seen in the drop down menu.