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Sep

06

Strictly comes to Yorkshire – Wardy’s doing the Pasodoble!

Post by Geoff Ward

This year, I am taking part in Variety’s Strictly Ballroom competition in Leeds. Yes, really! Variety, the Children’s Charity is an events-led organisation, supporting sick, disabled and underprivileged children across the country. SGP has sponsored the annual

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Aug

21

RIBA Architecture Ambassadors in action

Post by Yazmin El Ashrafi

In April SGP’s own RIBA Architecture Ambassadors, Nita and Fiona, gave Year 5 children at Sparkenhoe Community Primary School in Leicester a hands on taster of architecture design. In a workshop focusing on “the space around us”, teams of

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Jun

26

Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge Update

Post by Steve Batson

The SGP Team ‘Peaked Too Early’ would like to thank everyone for their support during their Three Peaks Challenge. The SGP team, ‘Peaked Too Early’ has completed our Three Peaks Challenge. Many thanks to all our

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Jun

20

SGP Leeds Raising Money for the Butterfly Appeal

Post by Steve Batson

In support of the Yorkshire Teaching Hospital Charity, raising money for the Butterfly Appeal, Steve Batson, Jack Cole and Andrew Hinchliffe of SGP Leeds are taking part in the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge on Saturday

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Mar

29

Nita and Fiona become RIBA Architecture Ambassadors

Post by Yazmin El Ashrafi

RIBA Architecture Ambassadors are architectural professionals who volunteer to partner with schools to inspire one or more classes about the potential of the built environment. Ambassadors empower children and young people to have an opinion

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Mar

26

Mark Smith Completes his 2nd Ultra Marathon

Post by Yazmin El Ashrafi

I have just finished my second Ultra Marathon of the year, a growling 34-mile along the Jurassic coastline between Swanage and Weymouth including a total ascent of 6147ft, finishing in 08:48:29. This was the first

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Nov

26

Lions Club of Knaresborough Santa Sleigh

Post by Yazmin El Ashrafi

Geoff Ward, Partner at Stephen George + Partners, has a bit of a track record of building bed decorations for the Great Knaresborough Bed Race – a good few of them winning Best Dressed Bed.

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Sep

04

He’s OFF! (Only 904 miles to go…)

Post by Yazmin El Ashrafi

And he’s off. On a sunny 1st September morning, Mark Smith started his epic 904-mile run from John O’Groats to Land’s End to raise £50,000 for Alex’s Wish, a charity set-up to eradicate Duchenne Muscular

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Jun

12

I’ve heard tell that what you imagine sometimes comes true

Post by Yazmin El Ashrafi

For the 53rd year in a row, madness came to a market town in North Yorkshire and saw the running of the 2018 Great Knaresborough Bed Race. Geoff Ward, based in the Leeds office, lent his

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Feb

01

Running for Alex’s Wish – the training starts to bite

Post by Yazmin El Ashrafi

Well, the route and daily distances are set – ranging from 17 miles to 40.5 per day, so it’s now time to seriously ramp up the training, diet and body conditioning. I’ve been to the

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