Another chance to bid on charity auction lots

ANOTHER chance to get your hands on some priceless experiences in aid of the region’s young carers is being offered as the Yorkshire Post’s sealed bid auction reopens.

Money-can’t-buy visits to two of the county’s military bases are going back under the hammer along with a pair of weekend tickets to one of the UK’s biggest music festivals.

The cash raised will boost the coffers of our Give Young Carers A Break appeal, which will help pay for fun-filled activities and days out to give some of the estimated 80,000 children who look after a sick or disabled loved one in the region some well-deserved respite from their responsibilities.

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A thrilling Tucano simulator flight for two at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, near York, is up for grabs to one lucky bidder and a guest.

Used by RAF pilots in their training and set up just like a Tucano cockpit, the experience is as close as a civilian can hope to get to the real deal.

Flight Lieutenant David Williams said: “The highest bidder will have a choice of where they want to go, from the Lake District to the Humber Bridge – all over the place, really – and they’ll get to try their hand at landing.

“It is like flying a real aircraft. The screen moves and they do feel like they are flying. It is very realistic.”

A visit to the base’s museum is included in the day.

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A guided tour of RAF Leeming is also on offer through the sealed bid auction.

The highest bidder and a guest will enjoy a visit to four sections of the North Yorkshire base, including a visit to the station museum and lunch in the Officers’ Mess.

Engagement officer Tim Reid said: “Even people who have absolutely no aviation knowledge find the visits very interesting and informative, and those that are aviation enthusiasts get a lot of enjoyment out of it because they get to see things they wouldn’t normally get to see.”

Visits to both bases are to be taken during 2013.

A pair of weekend tickets to next summer’s Leeds Festival at Bramham Park, near Wetherby, is the final item up for grabs. Often a sell-out and with an impressive line-up every year, the 2013 bill already boasts US rapper Eminem and Mercury Prize winners Alt J.

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For a chance of getting your hands on one of these fantastic lots, email your bid, clearly stating what it is for, to: [email protected] or post to: YP Editor, Young Carers Appeal, No. 1 Leeds, 26 Whitehall Road, Leeds, LS12 1BE by 5pm on Friday, January 25.