The good we do

Over £500,000 raised for local causes.

For 50 years a daft race up a Yorkshire hill has been quietly doing an enormous amount of good. Here's exactly where your tickets, pints and donations go.

£500k+raised since the 1970s
75%to Sue Ryder Manorlands
7charities this year
100%volunteer-run
75%

of every penny goes to Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice

Headline beneficiary

Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice

Manorlands provides specialist care for people living with life-limiting illness across the Worth Valley - managing pain and symptoms while offering emotional, practical and spiritual support to patients and their families.

Three-quarters of everything the Straw Race raises goes straight to Manorlands. It's the beating heart of why we do this.

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And the rest

This year's local causes

The remaining funds are shared between a rota of local charities, chosen by the committee each year.

Be part of the good.

Enter a team, buy a ticket, or sponsor a bale - it all goes to the causes above.

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