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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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