Cause we support 2021
Thank you for clicking through to learn more about the causes we support. All the organisations below have been championed and selected by individuals in our team and we are delighted to support the valuable work they do. We hope you don’t mind, but we have included a link for each charity for any visitors who wish to do the same.
Rays of Sunshine
£2,100.00 donated
“Brightening the lives of seriously ill children across the UK aged 3 to 18 by granting wishes and providing ongoing support in hospitals.”
Their mission
Around 49,000 children and young people in the UK are living with serious or life-limiting illnesses—a number that continues to rise. Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity brightens their lives by granting wishes and providing ongoing support in hospitals, helping children and their families experience moments of happiness and escape from illness, even if just for a day.
How they help
Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity has adapted its services during Covid-19 to continue supporting families both at home and in hospital. Every day, it grants unique wishes—big or small—giving seriously ill children the chance to escape their illness and experience joy, whether through imaginative experiences, special gifts, or meeting someone they admire.
Macmillan Cancer Support
£100.00 donated
“Macmillan Cancer Support help everyone with cancer live life as fully as they can.”
Their mission
Being told ‘you have cancer’ can affect so much more than your health – it can also affect your family, your job, even your ability to pay the bills. But you’re still you. They get that. And, after over 100 years of helping people through cancer, they get what’s most important: that you’re treated as a person, not just a patient.
At Macmillan, they won’t rest, and won’t settle for giving anything other than the best possible support for people with cancer.
How they help
They give people with cancer everything they’ve got. They offer emotional, physical and financial support from the moment of diagnosis. Whether it’s help paying bills, advice on benefits or treatment, or just to chat.
Parkinsons UK
£2,100.00 donated
“Together we will find a cure, and improve life for everybody affected by Parkinson’s.”
Their mission
Parkinson’s UK funds promising research to develop better treatments and move closer to a cure, while supporting people affected by Parkinson’s. It also campaigns for fair treatment, improved services, and greater awareness of the condition’s real impact.
How they help
Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. And currently there’s no cure.
They’re pushing to deliver a new treatment for Parkinson’s by the end of 2024 and are determined to develop a cure in the shortest possible time.
They’ve already made vital discoveries that have revolutionised our understanding of Parkinson’s and the brain.
Hospitality Action
£1,000.00 donated
“We offer vital assistance to all who work, or have worked within hospitality in the UK.”
Their mission
They support the chefs, waiters, housekeepers and managers. The concierges, receptionists and kitchen porters, sommeliers, bartenders, catering assistants and cooks across the UK
How they help
Hospitality Action provides help, advice, and support to people working across the hospitality industry—from hotels and restaurants to schools and hospitals—whenever times get tough. It supports individuals facing challenges such as illness, mental health issues, financial hardship, family problems, or addiction.
It has also led an industry-wide emergency appeal to support workers affected by COVID-19, including those facing job losses, reduced hours, and business closures, helping them get back on their feet.
Southern Smoke
£800.00 donated
“Southern Smoke is a US crisis relief organization for people in the food and beverage industry.”
Their mission
They provide funds directly to people in need that are battling health crises, winter storm damage, natural disasters, mental health needs and, of course, those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re the safety net for the industry, taking care of their own each and every day.
How they help
Their national Emergency Relief Fund supports the entire food and beverage food chain (from farmers and winemakers to dishwashers and servers) in all 50 US states. Specifically they have created funds in particular regions so we were able to support our friends in Chicago through the Chicago Restaurant Workers Relief Fund.
Demelza
£2,100.00 donated
“Demelza Hospice Care for Children provides care and support for seriously ill children, young people and their families.”
Their mission
Demelza supports children with serious or terminal conditions to live as fully as possible, helping families create meaningful moments together. Since 1998, they’ve continued this care through the support of donors.
How they help
They provide specialist hospice and home care across South East London, Kent, and East Sussex. Through tailored support from nurses, therapists, and volunteers, they help families cope and spend quality time together.
Alzheimer’s Research UK
£2,100.00 donated
“Our vision is a world where people are free from the fear, harm and heartbreak of dementia.”
Their mission
Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading dementia research charity, dedicated to causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure.
Backed by passionate scientists and supporters, they’re challenging the way people think about dementia, uniting the big thinkers in the field and funding the innovative science that will deliver a cure.
Their mission is to bring about the first life changing dementia treatment by 2025.
How they help
They’re working across four key areas of action:
-Understand the diseases that cause dementia.
-Diagnose people earlier and more accurately.
-Reduce risk, backed by the latest evidence.
-Treat dementia effectively.
Through these important strands of work, they’re bringing about breakthroughs that will change lives.
Bloody Good Period
£2,100.00 donated
“We fight for period equity. Because everyone deserves a bloody good period.”
Their mission
They fight for menstrual equity and the rights of women and all people who menstruate, especially those facing poverty or displacement. They aim to break stigma and ensure no one is disadvantaged because of a natural biological process.
How they help
Tampons and pads are often not treated as essentials and are missing from food banks, forcing many to choose between food or makeshift alternatives. To address this, they donate menstrual supplies to drop-in centres across the UK, supporting asylum seekers and refugees.
Trussell Trust
£1,000.00 donated
“Working to stop UK hunger and poverty. Our network of food banks provides emergency food and support to people in crisis.”
Their mission
The Trussell Trust supports a nationwide network of food banks and provide emergency food and support to people locked in poverty, and campaign for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.
How they help
Over 14 million people in the UK, including 4.5 million children, live in poverty. They support 1,200+ food banks, providing at least three days of emergency food and crisis support. Between 2022 and 2023, nearly 3 million food parcels were distributed, a 37% increase, with 2024 expected to rise further.
Bees For Development
£2,100.00 donated
“We help some of the world’s poorest people to build resilient livelihoods through beekeeping.”
Their mission
Bees for Development is a global charity which makes life better with bees. They promote sustainable beekeeping to combat poverty, build resilient livelihoods and benefit biodiversity.
They share beekeeping skills with people in the poorest communities of the world, giving a reliable, sustainable income for life. They use local skills, local materials and local bees.
How they help
Many of the world’s poorest people live near rich natural resources, including precious tropical forests and grasslands. Beekeeping offers a wonderful opportunity for these people to create rural livelihoods, protecting and maintaining these important habitats.
They identify and articulate the crucial role of beekeepers working and living in tropical forests. They advocate only for the use of local bee species or races, and always with local beekeeping skills and materials.
2021 DONATIONS
- Rays of Sunshine – £2,100.00
- MacMillan Cancer Support– £100.00
- Parkinsons UK – £2,100.00
- Hospitality Action – £1,000.00
- Southern Smoke – £800.00
- Demelza – £2,100.00
- Alzheimer’s Research – £2,100.00
- Bloody Good Period – £2,100.00
- Trussell Trust – £1,000.00
- Bees For Development – £2,100.00
£15,661.10 TOTAL SUPPORT
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