# Rausings donate £2.5mn to Cheshire charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/10/26/rausings-donate-2-5mn-to-cheshire-charities/
- Published: 2023-10-26T09:45:24+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Julia and Hans Rausing have donated £2.5 million to 19 charities based in Cheshire.**

The charities provide support across youth care, education, disability, welfare,
and restoration. The grants from the [Julia & Hans Rausing Trust](https://www.juliahansrausingtrust.org)
continue the Rausing’s support of the region and reflect Julia Rausing’s (née Delves-
Broughton) long family affiliation with east Cheshire. They also follow a number
of other donations this year including [£2mn to disability charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/07/26/rausings-donate-2mn-to-uk-disability-charities/)
in July.

The largest donation is £1.2 million, and will be made to [Crewe Youth Zone](https://www.onsideyouthzones.org/youth-zones/crewe-youth-zone/).
It is building a new youth centre in the town centre, and the funds will help support
the first three year’s running costs and enable it to create up to 70 full and part-
time jobs, and up to 100 volunteering opportunities.

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Crewe Youth Zone is expected to be completed in spring 2025 and will be open seven
days a week to young people aged between eight and 19. Members will have access 
to an indoor climbing wall, a four-court sports hall, a training kitchen, a music
room with a recording studio, a fully-equipped gym, dance and drama studio, a 3G
sports pitch, an arts and crafts room, and an enterprise and employability suite.
Once opened, Crewe Youth Zone will be part of the [OnSide Network of Youth Zones](http://www.onsideyouthzones.org)
supporting more than 50,000 young people nationwide.

Commenting on the donation Joëlle Warren, Trustee of Crewe Youth Zone and Vice Lord
Lieutenant for Cheshire said:

> “Crewe Youth Zone is profoundly grateful for the extraordinarily generous gift
> of £1.2 million from Julia and Hans Rausing and for their past support during 
> the pandemic.
>  
> “This generous donation will initiate a Founder Patron campaign designed to achieve
> long-term sustainability, ensuring Crewe Youth Zone will be an asset to the community
> and transforming young people’s lives for generations to come. We warmly welcome
> them as our first Cornerstone Patron and greatly look forward to them being a 
> partner in our journey.”

The other charities benefitting include:

 * St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice
 * The Wingate Special Children’s Trust
 * CWA/Cheshire Without Abuse
 * St Marys Church, Nantwich
 * Cheshire Community Foundation
 * Pure Insight    

Julia and Hans Rausing said in a joint statement:

> “Cheshire bears great significance to our family, which is why we have chosen 
> to partner with these 19 charities in the region, all rooted in their local communities.
>  
> “These grants cover a broad range of charities to help those most in need across
> Cheshire. Supporting the new Youth Zone in Crewe will provide young people with
> a new state-of-the-art facility and will help develop vital skills for life.”

 * **[Julia and Hans Rausing donate £2.6 million to Christmas appeals](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/12/20/julia-hans-rausing-donate-2-6mn-to-christmas-appeals/)(
   20 December 2022)**