Thanks to you, North East Ladies Day (NELD) has successfully raised funds for local North East charities for over 35 years. Take a look at our history below, we’ve been raising funds since 1981 and we are very proud of our successful history and heritage.
1981
NELD Was Created
NELD Was Created
September 1981
| North East Ladies Day was born in September 1981. |
1983
September 1983
| Location: | Dolphin Centre, Darlington |
| Charities: | NSPCC |
| Darlington MGC | |
| Raised: | £1,354 |
1984
September 1984
| Location: | Civic Centre, Newcastle |
| Charities: | Cancer Relief Hospice Newcastle |
| Cancer Relief Hospice Durham | |
| Darlington MGC | |
| Raised: | £2,400 |
1985
September 1985
| Location: | Ramside Hall, Durham |
| Charities: | British Heart Foundation |
| Cruse | |
| MGC | |
| Teesside Hospice Care Foundation | |
| Raised: | £2,064 |
1986
September 1986
| Location: | Ramside Hall, Durham |
| Charities: | Durham County Association for the Blind |
| John Mowbray / PHAB Club Bedale | |
| Darlington & District MGC | |
| Raised: | £2,006 |
1987
September 1987
| Location: | Swallow Hotel, Stockton |
| Charities: | Age Concern, Newcastle |
| Dyslexia Institue Stockton | |
| Darlington & District MGC | |
| Raised: | £2,070 |
1988
September 1988
| Charities: | Gateway Club, Darlington |
| Teesside Muscular Dystrophy | |
| Newcastle & Darlington, Relate | |
| Raised: | £2,433 |
1989
September 1989
| Location: | Ramside Hall, Durham |
| Charities: | Durham CAB |
| Breathe North Appeal | |
| Darlington Leukamia Unit Fund | |
| Raised: | £3,525 |
1990
September 1990
| Location: | Swallow Hotel, Stockton |
| Charities: | Alzheimer’s Disease Society |
| Children’s Society | |
| Darlington Samaritans | |
| Raised: | £3,315 |
1991
September 1991
| Location: | Redworth Hall, Redworth |
| Charities: | Teesside Hospice Care Foundation |
| Darlington & District Hospice | |
| Durham Young Deaf Youth Club | |
| Raised: | £3,480 |
1992
September 1992
| Location: | Ramside Hall, Durham |
| Charities: | North of England Children’s Cancer Research Fund |
| Care for Bereaved Parents – North Tees | |
| Raised: | £5,432 |
1993
September 1993
| Location: | Swallow Hotel, Stockton |
| Charities: | Friendly Seniors, Middlesbrough |
| North Tyne Well Women Clinic | |
| Ann Charlton Lodge, Redcar | |
| Raised: | £4,068 |
1994
September 1994
| Location: | Ramside Hall, Durham |
| Charities: | The Cleveland Unit |
| Cuse, Darlington | |
| Child Call | |
| Raised: | £4,105 |
1995
September 1995
| Location: | Redworth Hall, Redworth |
| Charities: | Teesside Samaritains |
| Women’s Refuse, Darlington | |
| Breakthrough Breast Cancer | |
| Raised: | £4,281 |
1996
September 1996
| Location: | Swallow Hotel, Stockton |
| Charities: | NSPCC |
| Teesside Hospice, Children’s Bereavement Service | |
| Durham County Association for the Disabled | |
| Raised: | £3,919 |
1997
September 1997
| Location: | Ramside Hall, Durham |
| Charities: | PATCH |
| ME | |
| Darlington Victim Support Group | |
| Raised: | £4,002 |
1998
September 1998
| Location: | Redworth Hall, Redworth |
| Charities: | I CAN Unit |
| St. Teresas Hospice Darlington | |
| South Darlington Neo-natal Unit | |
| Raised: | £4,950 |
1999
September 1999
| Location: | Ramside Hall, Durham |
| Charities: | Macmillan Nurses – South Cleveland |
| Macmillan Nurses – North Tees | |
| Macmillan Nurses – Darlington & South Durham | |
| Raised: | £5,047 |
2000
September 2000
| Location: | Redworth Hall, Redworth |
| Charities: | The Bubble Appeal |
| Riding for the Disabled, Hemlington | |
| Rape & Sexual Abuse Counselling in Durham | |
| Raised: | £4,650 |
2001
September 2001
| Location: | Ramside Hall, Durham |
| Charities: | Surgeon’s Child Care Tees Valley |
| Rainbow Trust Darlington | |
| Alzheimers Disease Society | |
| Raised: | £4,047 |
2002
September 2002
| Location: | Ramside Hall, Durham |
| Charities: | Zoe’s Place, Normanby |
| Stockton Carers | |
| Sir W Turner’s Almhouses, Kirkleatham | |
| Raised: | £4,785 |
2003
September 2003
Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield
| Location: | Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield |
| Charities: | Darlington Samaritains |
| Crusader Ambulance for St John’s Ambulance | |
| British Red Cross – Cosmetic Camouflage | |
| Raised: | £5,744 |
2004
September 2004
| Location: | Ramside Hall, Durham |
| Charities: | Daisy Chain Respite Care |
| The Cleveland Unit – James Cook University Hospital | |
| Epilepsy Support Action Group | |
| Raised: | £4,551 |
2005
September 2005
| Charities: | Carers Together (Redcar & Cleveland) |
| Downs Syndrome North East | |
| RVI Children’s Kidney Fund (Renal Unit) | |
| Raised: | £4,500 |
2006
September 2006
| Location: | Ramside Hall, Durham |
| Charities: | Parkinsons Disease Society Darlington |
| Darlington & District Talking Newspaper | |
| Life After Cancer (Project Linus) Yorkshire & North East | |
| Raised: | £6,630 |
2007
September 2007
| Location: | Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield |
| Charities: | Homestart, Teesside |
| Project Butterfly, St. Teresa’s Hospice Darlington | |
| Step Together, Spennymoor | |
| Raised: | £15,183 |
2008
September 2008
| Location: | Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield |
| Charities: | The Child Centre Support Group, Thornaby |
| The George Hardwick Foundation, North Tees | |
| Useful Vision, Riding Mill | |
| Raised: | £15,525 |
2009
September 2009
| Location: | Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield |
| Charities: | Riding for the Disabled |
| South Tyneside NHS | |
| Clic Sargent RVI | |
| James Cook University Hospital ICU | |
| Raised: | £21,736 |
2010
October 2010
| Location: | Ramside Hall, Durham |
| Charities: | Guide Dogs for the Blind |
| The Great North Air Ambulance | |
| Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice, Darlington | |
| Darlington Family Health | |
| Raised: | £19,834 |
2011
October 2011
| Location: | Ramside Hall, Durham |
| Charities: | Darlington Association |
| Disability (DAD) | |
| Neuro Foundation | |
| Childline | |
| Raised: | £20,700 |
2012
September 2012
| Location: | Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield |
| Charities: | Stockton Parent Support |
| Remembering Rebecca | |
| Tabitha’s Toys | |
| Raised: | £16,200 |
2013
September 2013
| Location: | Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield |
| Charities: | Victoria’s Wish, Kilton Thorpe School |
| St Margaret’s Centre | |
| Raised: | £19,500 |
2014
September 2014
| Location: | Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield |
| Charities: | Henry Dancer Days |
| South Cleveland Heart Fund | |
| Ellen Timney Foundation | |
| Raised: | £21,300 |
2015
September 2015
| Location: | Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield |
| Charities: | Hartlepool Family First |
| Durham Deafened Support | |
| Project Linus | |
| Raised: | £18,900 |
2016
September 2016
| Location: | Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield |
| Charities: | Motor Neurone Disease Association |
| Sara’s Hope Foundation | |
| Raised: | £23,000 |
2017
Afternoon Tea
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February 2017
| Location: | Acklam Hall, Acklam |
| Charities: | Butterfly Giving (for all of 2017) |
| Family Help Darlington CIO (for all of 2017) | |
| Raised: | Announced as part of 2017 annual fundraising |
September 2017
| Location: | Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield |
| Charities: | Butterfly Giving |
| Family Help Darlington CIO | |
| Raised: | £22,400 |
This includes all funds raised in 2017.