COMMUNITY
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.
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.
Our founder, Richard Clarke, is an advisor to the Lord Lieutenancy with respect to King's Award for Enterprise - Sustainable Development category. The King's Award for Enterprise is the most prestigious 'society to business' award in the United Kingdom.
Richard is a Trustee of Tickhill Community Connections, a charity supporting socially isolated people in the village of Tickhill, Doncaster. He is a Board Member with Mind Wellbeing. Richard 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.
Richard has volunteered his time to advise and support a number of organisations including: DB4C (Doncaster Business for the Community), Fuel Change - Net Zero Accelerator, Earthself, DARTs (Doncaster Community Arts), See It Be It Sheffield, the Beyond Borders Festival and St Mary's Church Tickhill - Restoration Appeal.
Past Fundraising by Richard Clarke, Founder of Highland Carbon
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
Causes Supported 2021-2023
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
Causes Supported during 2024
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
17. Salvation Army, Christmas Toy Appeal
Examples of the projects and activities that we have supported can be seen in the drop down menu.
