An MBE, dinner at the Gherkin and lots of purple ... - Hospitality Action
An MBE, dinner at the Gherkin and lots of purple ... - Hospitality Action
An MBE, dinner at the Gherkin and lots of purple ... - Hospitality Action
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Malmaison & Hotel<br />
du Vin get stuck in!<br />
Award winning, luxury hotel group Malmaison &<br />
Hotel du Vin have named us <strong>the</strong>ir Charity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Year <strong>and</strong> are going all out to raise as much<br />
money as possible for <strong>the</strong>ir industry charity. The<br />
whole team is on board <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>y have devised a<br />
rigorous schedule <strong>of</strong> fundraising. Mar<strong>at</strong>hons will<br />
be run, silly costumes donned, events <strong>at</strong>tended<br />
<strong>and</strong> shaky tins r<strong>at</strong>tled, all in <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> charity.<br />
We’ll keep you posted on how <strong>the</strong>y get on!<br />
Raising awareness<br />
<strong>the</strong> Bunzl way<br />
Not content with supporting HA purely through<br />
generous don<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>and</strong> <strong>at</strong>tending events,<br />
Bunzl decided to get involved with raising<br />
awareness <strong>of</strong> HA. By inserting a bespoke<br />
awareness leaflet in each consolid<strong>at</strong>ed delivery,<br />
<strong>the</strong>y ensured th<strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> important message th<strong>at</strong><br />
HA is here to help <strong>and</strong> how to contact us for<br />
help reached not only those packing <strong>the</strong> boxes<br />
but also every employee th<strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> 10,000 boxes<br />
were sent to. A simple yet effective way <strong>of</strong><br />
Thanks go to... HARVeY’s HeROes<br />
HA would like to thank <strong>the</strong> following for <strong>the</strong>ir support...<br />
you are Harvey’s Heroes!<br />
● The Master Innholders who raised £3,500 for HA<br />
<strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> General Managers conference in January via a<br />
prize draw<br />
● AICR who raised nearly £700 with <strong>the</strong>ir members’<br />
collections<br />
● Heston Blumenthal <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> F<strong>at</strong> Duck for The Ark<br />
Found<strong>at</strong>ion don<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>of</strong> over £6,000 in <strong>the</strong> past 12<br />
months<br />
● sam Palit for his continuing support raising nearly 5k<br />
via Quality Hotels<br />
● Fresh RM who raised £1,500 <strong>at</strong> Parade de Chef,<br />
Hotelympia<br />
● everyone <strong>at</strong> Mellon Intern<strong>at</strong>ional for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
don<strong>at</strong>ions via <strong>the</strong> Book People<br />
HA Upd<strong>at</strong>e re:action<br />
Lesley Gardner picks<br />
up <strong>MBE</strong> for 37 years<br />
<strong>of</strong> charity work<br />
We are proud to<br />
announce th<strong>at</strong><br />
earlier this year,<br />
Lesley Gardner,<br />
secretary to <strong>the</strong><br />
chief executive <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Hospitality</strong> <strong>Action</strong>,<br />
was awarded<br />
an <strong>MBE</strong> in <strong>the</strong><br />
New Year Honours<br />
list.<br />
Dedic<strong>at</strong>ing<br />
her working life<br />
to <strong>the</strong> charity for<br />
<strong>the</strong> last 37 years,<br />
Lesley carries out<br />
a fundamental<br />
support role in <strong>the</strong><br />
organis<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
Many<br />
congr<strong>at</strong>ul<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
Lesley!<br />
reaching <strong>the</strong> people who need our help. Lesley collects her well-deserved award<br />
● All students who don<strong>at</strong>ed to HA<br />
when <strong>at</strong>tending CHME <strong>at</strong> Sheffield Hallam<br />
University<br />
● Jon Kent who ran <strong>the</strong> British 10k<br />
London run, <strong>and</strong> raised over £500<br />
● speymill Contracts Ltd for <strong>the</strong><br />
continuing support with <strong>of</strong>fice services<br />
● Daniel O’Connell who completed his<br />
first mar<strong>at</strong>hon in an amazing 3 hours<br />
31 minutes <strong>and</strong> 1 second <strong>and</strong> raised a<br />
fantastic £1,502<br />
● Jellybean Cre<strong>at</strong>ive solutions for<br />
doing such an outst<strong>and</strong>ing job on <strong>the</strong><br />
design <strong>of</strong> our event liter<strong>at</strong>ure<br />
● Graham Kingaby <strong>at</strong> Bunzl who has raised<br />
over £2,000 through staff fundraising<br />
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