All donations and proceeds left at the end of the event, after all operational costs have been taken into account, is donated to organisations in our community that give so much to us in times of need, or which support our community in a whole host of ways. Over the years we’ve raised over £25,000 of vital funds in this way.
Last year, we raised £1,650 which was donated to a number of different causes: Cardiac Risk in the Young, Foundry Street Community Centre, Memory Lane Café, Parkinson’s Disease Socity, Reach Out Sowerby Bridge, Ryburn Men in Sheds and Sowerby St Peters Parochial Church Council.
Over recent years, donations have also been made to: Overgate Hospice, Calder Valley Search & Rescue, Yorkshire Kidney Research, Happy Days, Friendly Band, Christians Together Calderdale, Mill Bank Defibrillator Group, the Macmillan Support Unit at Calderdale Royal Hospital, Ripponden & Rishworth Guides Association and the Caudwell LymeCo Charity.
We would like to thank each and every one of you on their behalf for your genorosity, and ask that you continue supporting us, so that we can support others.
Donations
£1650 Raised in 2023
£1000 Raised in 2022
£450 Raised in 2021
£2500 Raised in 2020
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2020
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History
The custom of 'rushbearing' dates back many centuries to a time when church floors consisted of little more than stones or bare earth, and rushes were used as a covering.
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Sponsors
Thanks must go to the sponsors. We have raised over £21,000 of vital funds for local charities and the weekend contributes significantly to the local economy.
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Photo Galleries
Images from Rusbearing over the years
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