Charity - Hospitality

StreetSmart's latest campaign breaks £1m mark to tackle homelessness

16-Apr-2024 By Restaurant

Homelessness charity StreetSmart has hit a record breaking amount for its latest fundraising campaign.

Bocuse d’Or UK brings together the UK’s eight three-star restaurants for charity dinner

12-Dec-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The Bocuse d’Or UK is to bring together the chefs behind all eight of the UK’s three Michelin-starred restaurants to cook at a fundraising gala.

More than 550 restaurants sign up to StreetSmart as it launches 2023 campaign

01-Nov-2023 By James McAllister

Over 550 restaurants have signed up to this year's StreetSmart Christmas campaign, which launches today (1 November) and aims to raise vital funds to support people living on the streets.

Chef James Golding joins Table Talk Foundation as head of food education

24-Oct-2023 By James McAllister

Sussex-based charity Table Talk Foundation has appointed high-profile chef James Golding as its head of food education.

The Restaurant Show urges chefs to wear their whites for Hospitality Action

07-Sep-2023 By Restaurant

Chef visitors to this year’s The Restaurant Show are being encouraged to attend in their whites to raise money for charity.

Hospitality Action’s South West Polo Day to return after four-year break

15-May-2023 By Restaurant

Eight top chefs will come together at the Beaufort Polo Club on Gloucestershire on Sunday 3 September for Hospitality Action’s South West Polo Day.

Hospitality Kicks seeks teams for charity football tournament

20-Feb-2023 By Restaurant

Football loving hospitality operators are being encouraged to put forward a team for charity event Hospitality Kicks, which is being held in Manchester this summer.

Restaurants raise £750,000 for StreetSmart

08-Feb-2023 By James McAllister

Restaurants across the UK have helped raise £750,000 between them for homeless charity StreetSmart.

Hospitality Against Homelessness campaign raises £22,000

22-Dec-2022 By James McAllister

Hospitality charity Only A Pavement Away's latest fundraising campaign to combat homelessness has raised more than £22,000.

Springboard helps 10,000 young people secure jobs in hospitality

13-Dec-2022 By BigHospiality

Hospitality charity Springboard is celebrating having supported more than 10,000 people into employment through its Springboard to 2022 initiative, which launched in October 2020.

Chefs back #CookForIran campaign

02-Nov-2022 By James McAllister

Chefs including Yotam Ottolenghi and Berenjak founder Kian Samyani have pledged their support for #CookForIran - a new global advocacy initiative launched in support of women in Iran.

More than 500 restaurants sign up to StreetSmart as it launches 2022 campaign

01-Nov-2022 By James McAllister

Over 500 restaurants have signed up to this year's StreetSmart Christmas campaign, which launches today (1 November) and aims to raise vital funds to support people living on the streets.

StreetSmart puts out the call for new restaurant partners ahead of 2022 campaign

26-Sep-2022 By James McAllister

Homeless charity StreetSmart is on the hunt for new restaurant partners to join its annual Christmas campaign to raise vital funds to support people living on the streets.

Chris Corbin: “We had the best of it”

23-Sep-2022 By James McAllister

The co-founder of The Wolseley on the takeover of Corbin & King, his annual charity event Who’s Cooking Dinner? and the vital work of Leukaemia UK.

Over 200 restaurants step up to the plate for Action Against Hunger

30-Aug-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Action Against Hunger UK has signed up over 200 restaurants for its annual Love Food Give Food campaign, which sees diners add an extra £1 to bills to help the charity support people across the world experiencing life-threatening hunger.

Huw Gott: "It's right to support people to have access to food and drink when they most need it"

19-Aug-2022 By Restaurant

The Hawksmoor co-founder on his company's involvement with Action Against Hunger’s Love Food Give Food campaign.

Springboard looks to raise £100,000 for hospitality with virtual race

10-Aug-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Industry charity Springboard is calling for walkers, runners, cyclists and swimmers to join its race to Qatar and back this October to raise funds to ‘futureproof the talent pipeline for hospitality’.

Turn your love for food into Action Against Hunger

27-Jun-2022 By Action Against Hunger

The Love Food Give Food campaign sees restaurants come together to build a world free from hunger.

Restaurants raise nearly £700k for StreetSmart

11-May-2022 By James McAllister

Restaurants across the UK have helped raise nearly £700,000 between them for homeless charity StreetSmart.

Pedalling for Pubs charity bike ride on track to break £150k target

20-Jan-2022 By Restaurant

Volunteer riders behind initiative Pedalling for Pubs: Cycle Jordan are set to break their £150,000 fundraising target with two months yet to go before the charity event.

Only A Pavement Away plans to launch 10 training cafés by the end of 2022

05-Jan-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Only A Pavement Away - a charity that gets those facing homelessness, prison leavers and veterans into hospitality – is to launch a series of employment training cafés from this spring.

Latest opening: Beat 6

15-Nov-2021 By Restaurant

Scottish chef Nico Simeone's latest Glasgow restaurant is a charitable venture that supports a cause close to his heart.

Nearly 500 restaurants sign up to StreetSmart's Christmas campaign

02-Nov-2021 By BigHospiality

Close to 500 restaurants have signed up to StreetSmart's Christmas campaign, which helps people on the streets through a voluntary £1 per table donation added to diners’ bills during November and December,

Tim Bacon Foundation launches Challenge Cup for Great Manchester Run

24-Jun-2021 By Restaurant

The Tim Bacon Foundation (TBF), set up in honour of restaurant and bar entrepreneur Tim Bacon, is encouraging members of the hospitality sector to enter the Great Manchester Run to raise funds for cancer charities.

Nico Simeone to open charitable restaurant Beat 6 in Glasgow

07-May-2021 By Restaurant

The team behind the Six by Nico group of restaurants is opening a new venue that will donate its profits to charity.

Only A Pavement Away partners with Fred Sirieix to launch ex-offender employment campaign

23-Apr-2021 By James McAllister

Hospitality charity Only A Pavement Away (OAPA) has partnered with Fred Sirieix to launch an employment campaign aimed at helping ex-offenders into jobs within hospitality.

Tom Kerridge's Meals from Marlow launches crowdfund

29-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Tom Kerridge's Meals from Marlow food delivery charity has launched a crowdfund campaign to allow it to continue delivering free meals to key workers and people in need.

Elystan Street launches prize draw in aid of FOH team

10-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Chelsea restaurant Elystan Street has launched a prize draw to support its front of house team.

Hospitality for Heroes launches cookbook

21-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Hospitality for Heroes, the not-for-profit initiative responsible for providing close to 100,000 meals for the NHS since the start of the pandemic, is to launch a cookbook.

Caring Family Foundation pledges 80,000 meals to children this Christmas

01-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

The Caring Family Foundation has launched a campaign that will provide 80,000 meals to children that are in danger of going hungry this Christmas.

Only a Pavement Away calls on furloughed chefs for new charity campaign

17-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Hospitality charity Only a Pavement Away and its chef ambassador Tom Aikens are raising funds for people in the sector through a new campaign that is targeted at furloughed chefs.

Community Heroes: Clare Smyth and her team

14-Sep-2020 By Restaurant

During the restaurant lockdown the Core by Clare Smyth chef-patron and her team cooked thousands of meals for people who were hit badly by the pandemic, as our new video series Community Heroes shows.

Only A Pavement Away launches 'jobs board'

21-Jul-2020 By James McAllister

Hospitality charity Only A Pavement Away has launched a 'jobs board' to support those in the industry who have lost their job and are seeking new employment.

Top industry names back Hospitality Action's Invisible Chips campaign

13-Jul-2020 By Restaurant

Fred Sirieix, Heston Blumenthal and Tom Kerridge are the faces of a new campaign by Hospitality Action asking owners and customers of restaurants, bars, hotels and takeaways to sell and buy ‘Invisible Chips’ to raise money for people in the sector.

Today's Special raises £225k

08-Jul-2020 By James McAllister

An industry fundraiser spearheaded by Hawksmoor co-founder Huw Gott and Pho marketing director Libby Andrews has successfully raised more than £225,000.

Springboard launches Hospitality Happy Hour

29-Jun-2020 By Restaurant

Hospitality industry charity Springboard is encouraging people to make a donation to celebrate being able to eat and drink again in pubs and restaurants.

Action Against Hunger and Hospitality Action fundraiser launched

12-Jun-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Chefs, restaurants, cafes and pubs from around the UK are coming together together for an online charity auction to raise funds for Action Against Hunger and Hospitality Action.