Charity

Pedalling 2 Pubs returns for 2024 with £400k fundraising target

16-Apr-2024 By Rebecca Weller

Industry leaders are set to tackle north Devon’s rolling hills as charity bike ride Pedalling 2 Pubs returns for 2024.

Dedicated charity fundraiser calls time on 40-year pub crawl

02-Feb-2024 By Rebecca Weller

A mammoth pub crawl spanning all corners of the country may be a dream for many, but one man has lived the reality while raising money for charity.

Toy cheer from Craft Union

29-Jan-2024 By Ed Bedington

Community focused pub group Craft Union is celebrating another year of charity success having brought joy to children and their families last December.

£90,000 raised to help tackle loneliness

08-Nov-2023 By Ed Bedington

A charity to help solve the challenges of loneliness has been given a £90,000 boost thanks to a glittering gala ball hosted by Heineken UK.

Review of the Week

Reasons to be cheerful

16-Jun-2023 By Ed Bedington

The MA's Ed Bedington caught up with the BII's Steve Alton to take a look at the week's events, from epic cycle rides to positive news on business rates and beyond.

Charity initiative helps keeps pubs lights on

09-Dec-2022 By Ed Bedington

A Sussex-based pub has come up with a unique way to try and offset the increased costs of Christmas lights this year.

‘The more you give back, the more they support you’

21-Oct-2022 By Ed Bedington

The Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington caught up with award winning operator Adrian Emmett of The Lion Treorchy to hear his take on the week's news which has seen yet another Prime Minister brought step down.

OAPA Cook & Dine raises more than £30k

23-Sep-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Hospitality sector charity Only A Pavement Away (OAPA) has raised £35,000 net at its annual Cook & Dine event.

Pub tournament brings back the Carling Cup

16-Jun-2022 By Ed Bedington

An inter-pub football tournament has helped to raise more than £5,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support thanks to Greene King Pub Partners and Carling.

PEDALLING FOR PUBS

Pedalling For Pubs Live(ish): Day four

12-Mar-2022 By Chris Lowe

A team of intrepid riders from across the pub sector are going from Dead to Red, cycling over 335kms across Jordan in aid of two great causes, Only a Pavement Away and the Licensed Trade Charity. We'll be charting their progress here, day by day...

Stonegate offering free drinks this March

08-Mar-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Stonegate Pub Partners is offering customers a buy one, get one free deal on selected drinks across its estate to support charity until the end of March 2022.

More than 500 pubs register for World’s Biggest Pub Quiz

07-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

More than 500 pubs have signed up to the World’s Biggest Pub Quiz, running from 9 to 15 May, with organiser PubAid confident this year’s event would hit an all-time high in pub participation, and money raised for charity.

Pair use pub to promote TeiganSmile campaign

28-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Rebecca and Tony Bayliss have used their pub the Maldon Grey in Sudbury, Suffolk, to help fundraise through their campaign, TeiganSmile, to support their child who developed cerebral palsy after being kissed on the lips as a newborn baby.

Stonegate Group raises £315k for British Heart Foundation

01-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Stonegate Group has raised £315,000 for the British Heart Foundation through fundraising activities across its managed estate.

PubAid moves World's Biggest Pub Quiz from March to May 2022

01-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

PubAid has announced it will host its charity fundraising event, the World’s Biggest Pub Quiz, in May 2022 instead of March.

Pedalling for Pubs raises almost £150,000

20-Jan-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Charity cycle event Pedalling for Pubs has almost reached its fundraising milestone of £150,000, having reached £146,000 as of Tuesday 18 January.

Greene King hit £2m fundraise target for Macmillan Cancer Support

24-Dec-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King has raised more than £2m for Macmillan Cancer Support in 2021, making the company the charity’s top fundraising corporate partner this year.

Licensing hub - legal with Poppleston Allen

How to host a raffle

16-Dec-2021 By Imogen Moss, solicitor, Poppleston Allen

With the festive season upon us, many operators will be planning raffles. There are a number of rules venues must follow, so here are some top tips to ensure everyone remains a winner.

JDW hits £19m fundraising target for cancer charity

07-Dec-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has raised £19m for its chosen charity Young Lives vs Cancer to support 7,000 young cancer patients and their families.

'Worlds Biggest Pub Quiz' is set to return next year

06-Dec-2021 By Rebecca Weller

PubAid has partnered with homeless charity Shelter and online quiz platform Kwizzbit ahead of the return of its ‘World’s Biggest Pub Quiz’ to pubs in March 2022.

OAPA vows to create 700 jobs in hospitality sector

30-Nov-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Only a Pavement Away (OAPA ) charity has pledged to create more than 700 jobs in the hospitality sector by 2024 and as part of this, has teamed up with St Austell Brewery.

Greene King fulfils promise to combat modern day slavery

18-Oct-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Greene King has partnered with the Slave-Free Alliance as part of Anti-Slavery Week 2021, which takes place from 18 to 24 October.

Industry event raises more than £20k for homeless charity

20-Sep-2021 By Michelle Perrett

More than £21,000 has been raised by the hospitality sector to support the industry charity Only A Pavement Away (OAPA).

National Hospitality Day launched to ‘celebrate brilliant industry’

07-Jul-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

Trade charity Hospitality Action has joined forces with a number of industry leaders to call on the country in supporting the sector by visiting their favourite venue on Saturday 18 September to celebrate National Hospitality Day.

THE GREAT BRITISH PUB AWARDS - PUB HEROES

How have GBPA winners used Coca-Cola Community funding?

09-Apr-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

Coca-Cola pledged £165,000 to be shared among the 2020 Great British Pub Awards Pub Heroes winners and can now reveal how the funding has helped businesses prepare for post-lockdown trade.

Pubs provide lockdown meals to those struggling

21-Jan-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Pubs have stepped up to help their communities amid a tough third lockdown in England.

Chefs to cook up soup recipes to help the homeless

18-Nov-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Recruitment charity Only A Pavement Away (OAPA) has launched new campaign SOS: Serve Our Soup to support its Hospitality Against Homelessness initiative.

GBPA winners donate £15k to good causes

13-Nov-2020 By The Morning Advertiser

Winners of this year’s Great British Pub Awards (GBPA) Pub Heroes have donated thousands to charities, as part of funding provided by Coca-Cola.

The Alchemist to exchange food bank donations for free cocktails

06-Oct-2020 By Stuart Stone

Premium restaurant and cocktail bar operator The Alchemist has joined forces with Grey Goose and social enterprise Foodinate to offer visitors to two of its sites in Leeds, a free cocktail in exchange for food donations.

Watch: The Great British Pub Awards – Pub Heroes

How to watch the GBPAs for free

14-Sep-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

The finalists have been announced, the votes cast and we’re ready to reveal the Pub Heroes of this year’s Great British Pub Awards (GBPA).

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Licensed Trade Charity offers 3 months’ free access to mental wellbeing app

19-May-2020 By Stuart Stone

The Licensed Trade Charity (LTC) has announced it will offer free access to mental health app Woebot amid soaring demand for personal support during the ongoing novel coronavirus emergency.

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The Drinks Trust Covid-19 Relief Fund application deadline extended

07-Apr-2020 By Stuart Stone

The Drinks Trust has announced that it is welcoming applications for financial support from individuals who have been affected by the spread of coronavirus until either 7pm on 14 April or 10,000 applications have been received.

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Charities could lose £35m of pub fundraising

23-Mar-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Charities and grassroots sports organisations could lose an estimated £35m in funds raised for them by pubs.

‘I’m no fraudster’ claims cancer charity fraud publican

25-Feb-2020 By Alice Leader

A publican has been found guilty of fraud after the funds raised from a event he hosted never reached the charity.

Cross-industry event raises £20k for homelessness charity

30-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Former rough sleepers, veterans and ex-prison offenders were joined by top chefs and chief executives in a charity cooking event that raised thousands of pounds.

School opens sensory room thanks to pub

28-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

A pub has raised £15,000 for a local school to build a sensory room for children with learning difficulties.

Lads’ pub crawl leads to £3.5k boost for children’s charity

22-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

A group of young men tackled a 12-stop pub crawl while simultaneously raising £3,561.94 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH).

How are pubs battling Australian bushfires?

21-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

As the bushfires continue to wreak damage and destroy wildlife, native Australian animals need more help than ever spurring various pubs to do their charitable bit to help.

Hospitality Rocks returns for fourth year of fundraising

06-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Hospitality workers will get the chance to celebrate surviving the Christmas bustle while raising money for two industry charities this week.

Charity challenge sees hungry eaters tackle 2lb pig in blanket

12-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

Despite national reports of a seasonal shortage of festive favourites pigs in blankets, a Cumbrian gastropub is out to discredit this fear in a culinary charity challenge.

Festive pub partnership aims to call time on loneliness for elderly

09-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

Housing and care charity The Abbeyfield Society, Age UK County Durham, and northern pub operator The Inn Collection Group have joined forces to host a three-course Christmas dinner for elderly people at risk of isolation.

Award-winning micropub raises £20k for sea charity

04-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

A CAMRA award-winning micropub in Queenborough, Kent, has raised £20,000 for a charity that ‘saves lives at sea’ – the RNLI.

Rose of Mossley awarded Charity Pub of the Year

21-Nov-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

The Rose of Mossley pub was presented with the Charity Pub of the Year Award last night (20 November) at PubAid’s 10th anniversary celebrations.

Beer brewed to help homeless charity

05-Nov-2019 By Emily Hawkins

The company behind a beer brewed to raise awareness for a homelessness charity has said the brew will “make a difference to someone”.

Publicans share mixed feelings about Go Sober For October

07-Oct-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Pub operators have expressed mixed feelings about how pubs should interact with an initiative encouraging people to give up alcohol for a month for charity.

Middle East bike ride will help two charities

03-Oct-2019 By Alice Leader

High-profile representatives in the hospitality trade are to face intense heat as they cycle across a desert in Jordan for charity.

Regulars raise £3.5k for flooded pub

21-Aug-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A pub operator has thanked her regulars for coming to the rescue with a crowdfunding effort after a flood forced the pub to shut for weeks.

Bedlam Brewery gains first listing with Mitchells and Butlers

14-Aug-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Sussex-based Bedlam Brewery has acquired its first listing with Mitchells and Butlers, with a special beer that will raise money for endangered sea turtles.

Pubs offering STI tests ‘takes away the stigma’

16-Jul-2019 By Emily Hawkins

The trade has helped to reduce anxiety about sexual health checks by helping raise awareness of STI tests, a charity has said.

700 pubs back stem cell donation drive

02-Jul-2019 By Emily Hawkins

The drinks industry has put its support behind a campaign to encourage pubgoers to register as stem cell and bone marrow donors.