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Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page!

We have now completed the 3 Peaks but still need your support to help raise the remainder of our pledged £5000.   Please help us to help those less fortunate than we are. 

Keep visiting our page and scroll down below for all the news of how we got on with our Challenge of climbing Ben Nevis, Scaffell Pike & Snowdon!  Check out our photo gallery as well.

We work in the Food Industry and appreciate more than most perhaps, the difference that Hospitality Action has made in the lives of those in need within our industry.  Those who through no fault of their own, find themselves in financial difficulties.  Either through injury or family member illness or even redundancy and job loss, people find help and financial assistance through this charity. 

Hospitality Action is not at the forefront of everyone's mind when it comes to raising funds for, or donating funds to - so when we were approached as a company to enter in an event to raise money for this very worthy cause, we signed up!

We do doubt our sanity when we think about the task ahead of us and there is a knot of apprehension when considering just what a challenge the 3 peaks in 24 hours will be, but the fact that we are able to participate and provide something tangible for those who may not be able to themselves is a great strengthener of our wills to complete this challenge and raise our pledged £5000.  We cannot do this on our own and ask that anyone and everyone who reads this page digs deep and donates to support this cause.

Thank you one and all for your support!

Heather, Kate, Chris & Stuart

 

5 facts about Hospitality Action 

FACT 1 - We spent a total of £394,666 supporting 1,497 people in 2010

FACT 2 - 41% of people we helped last year were suffering from

                       a serious illness,

                      23% were suffering from poverty

FACT 3 - 74% of those we help are under the age of 60

FACT 4 - For every pound you raise 68p goes straight to someone in need

FACT 5 - Our first two HA Week’s raised a fantastic £120,000!

                      Help us make our third even more successful!

How your money helps

£5 buys one of our Family Members a birthday gift and card, sometimes the only one they receive

£40 means we can send a Family Member a Christmas parcel so they can enjoy the festivities

£100 covers a month of heating for one of our beneficiaries suffering from a life threatening illness

£500 buys essential kitchen items for someone who has been re-housed after being homeless

£1,000 will help towards the cost of an unexpected funeral

£2,500 buys a mobility scooter for a disabled beneficiary, giving them back their independence


Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate -  we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.  Give whatever you can - every penny does genuinely make a difference.

 

Our Peaks Adventure

19th September 2011:

Well we did it!  It was an awfully big adventure and a humungous challenge indeed, but we climbed all 3 Peaks – Ben Nevis, Scaffell Pike and Snowdon in 24 hours (well 27 and a bit...).

21 September 2011:

On friday 16th September we made our way up to Fort William for an excited but nervous evening prior to the 24 hour challenge.  We had a quick meal in the Ben Nevis Pub and then tried to get some sleep in a bunk house, which had all the space, air and acoustic insulation of a First World War tank.  It is probably fair to say that all of us, with the exception of perhaps Heather, who we found could quite irritatingly fall asleep virtually instantaneously wherever she was, were already sleep deprived when we staggered forth at 5AM on Saturday 17 September, threw our stuff into a bus that was as roomy as a straight jacket, but not quite as comfortable, and headed off to the foot of Ben Nevis.

You will have to check on this page again for the remainder of the story...

Disclaimer: The organisers of this event, the guides, the drivers, the bunkhouse folks were all brilliant.  They made a gruelling, scary but rewarding challenge manageable and dare we say it - fun!

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My Teams

My company

My charity

Hospitality Action

Hospitality Action

Charity Registration No. 1101083

Hospitality Action is the hospitality industry benevolent organisation, helping past & present workers of all ages who are in crisis, such as the bereaved, the ill & the disabled. HA offers financial aid & information, and also supports a youth guidance scheme educating on alcohol and drugs misuse.

Donations 63

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Various fantastic sponsorship including HR Services and donations from friends and family.

Donation by Kate Alexander on 19/12/11

£65.00

+ £16.25 Gift Aid

Very well done! x Nyari

Donation by Nyaradzo Muguti on 28/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donations of behalf of Corinne and David, Kathryn and Noah, the fantastic folks at SWR and Natwest Netball Club

Donation by Kate Alexander on 23/11/11

£85.00

+ £21.25 Gift Aid

Well done A-Team, great achievement

Donation by Michelle O'Brien on 07/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Congratulations all great achievement. From Kathy Williams

Donation by kathy maycock on 19/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Heather Angus on 18/10/11

£100.00

Donation by Mark Piprani on 14/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Well done Stu & the team! Great effort and very impressive undertaking. Soph & Ant x

Donation by Sophie Marx on 11/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

well done all

Donation by Susan Tilbury on 10/10/11

Congratulations! Amazing climbing mountains iat night with rain and wind - your efforts made me appreciate being indoors with a glass of wine!.

Donation by Shirley Duncalf on 06/10/11

Donation by Ian Crawford on 04/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

from all @3663 Nottingham

Donation by Carol Northern on 04/10/11

£109.10

Congratulations to the A-team!!

Donation by Martha Cooper on 21/09/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Well done!! Hope the legs don't ache too much!

Donation by Rachael Mackenzie on 20/09/11

£30.00

Please pass on my congratulations to the whole team!

Donation by Debra Maw on 19/09/11

£5.00

Donation by Sharon Grifftiths on 19/09/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Congratulations Heather and friends. Look forward to hearing all about it. Helen, Ian, Anya and Jacob.

Donation by Helen Sutton on 18/09/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Rebecca O'Keefe on 16/09/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Wishing you all Good Luck from Payroll.

Donation by HELEN WADE on 16/09/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

Thinking of u, except in the dead of night when we will be fast asleep! It'll be like having a newborn with a mountain or two thrown in. T, T, D + F

Donation by Tash Boyce on 15/09/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Good Luck with this huge task. xx

Donation by Claire Bennett on 15/09/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Please keep going; it is worth your good charity case.

Donation by Jacobus Hennipman on 14/09/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Louise Thornton on 14/09/11

Good luck!

Donation by Mary Frank on 14/09/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Good luck guys, best wishes Steve.

Donation by Steve Rich on 13/09/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£1,304.10
  • Offline donations£425.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£1,729.10
  • Gift Aid£230.00

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