Hospitality Kicks – Raising Money for Hospitality Charities

30 Jun 2023

A big thank you to Wireless Social for orchestrating this amazing event on the 27th June 2023.  Hospitality all came together with one goal to raise money for three hospitality charities, Tim Bacon Foundation, Licensed Trade Charity and Only A Pavement Away. Although a grey day spirits were certainly not dampened,  40 male and 3 female teams came with the aim of lifting the trophy.  Sir Kenny Dalgleish arrived to watch the final and to present the winning team with... Read More...

Dream The Impossible – The Impact

16 May 2023

On the 8th September 2022 we held Dream the Impossible the Sequel.    The evening saw 11 of Manchester iconic restaurants (Hawksmoor, Australasia, Grand Pacific, Tattu, San Carlo, Gusto, The Alchemist Spinningfields, Habas, Bull and Bear, 20 Stories and Duttons) come together to host 1200 guests in the city.  At 11pm the guests continued their evening at an after-party hosted by The Albert Hall.  Having distributed the funding to the 7 Beneficiary Charities we now know how they have used... Read More...

Casual Bar and Dining Awards Raise £5.1K for TBF

10 May 2023

We attended the Casual Bar and Dining Awards as their charity partner on the 27th April 2023 in London.  Supported by a team of volunteers from Sixty Eight People, Mr Yum, Storylocker and Living Ventures to help us colleect donations at the Grosvenor Square Marriott.  We can't thank our volunteers enough giving up their valuable free time to help us. Our team of volunteers made their way efficiently around all 41 tables.  Awarding the table who raised the most on... Read More...

DREAM the IMPOSSIBLE II – RAISES £425,000

05 Oct 2022

We have been hard at work counting all the proceeds from Dream the Impossible II. The event was, as promised, bigger and better than the inaugural event in 2017. More than 1350 people attended over 11 restaurants supported by 18 different corporate sponsors raising funds for 8 cancer charities in the Manchester region. We are proud and delighted to announce the profit from the event was a staggering £425,000. This was an amazing effort by the TBF Dream Team who... Read More...

TBF partnership with The Alchemist rasies £43,390 for Bloodcancer UK

01 Mar 2022

The Alchemist Bar and Restaurant raised an amazing total of £43,390 and they couldn’t have achieved this without the generosity and support of their staff and customers during 2021. TBF partnered with The Alchemist and Bloodcancer UK to raise funds for a Clinical Nurse Advisor and a Medical Social Worker to support those living with blood cancer.  The money was raised through £1 on the Bill during September - Bloodcancer Awareness Month.  Teams of Alchemist staff from across the country... Read More...

Dream the Impossible – The Sequel Launches

17 Feb 2022

We are excited to announce that some of Manchester’s best-known restaurants are uniting with us for a city-wide fundraising takeover. The aim of the night is to bring 1,300 people together dining at top restaurants across the city centre before gathering at the Albert Hall for music and dancing at the culmination of the night. The restaurants joining us for the evening are The Alchemist, Gusto, Grand Pacific, Australasia, San Carlo, Habas, The Bull and Bear, Hawksmoor, 20 Stories, Tattu,... Read More...

TBF partnership with The Alchemist rasies £43,390 for Bloodcancer

17 Jan 2022

The Alchemist Bar and Restaurant raised an amazing total of £43,900 in 2021 for Blood Cancer UK and they couldn’t have achieved this without the generosity and support of their staff and customers.   TBF partnered with The Alchemist and Blood Cancer UK to raise funds for a Clinical Nurse Advisor and a Medical Social Worker to support those living with Blood Cancer. How Covid has affected those living with Blood Cancer Living with blood cancer, or supporting a loved one... Read More...

Tim Bacon Foundation at The Casual Dining Show

13 Oct 2021

It was great to be invited as the Charity Partner for the Casual Bar and Dining Show at the Excel in London last month.  We caught up  with some old friends and also met some new ones.  We can't thank CDS 21 enough to allow us to have such a presence at the show where we could chat about our new Corporate Partnership Programme matching hospitality business with cancer charities. If you would like to hear more about how you... Read More...

Joshua Tree Official Opening

12 Oct 2021

It was lovely to be invited to the official opening of The Joshua Tree Children with Cancer support Centre in Cheshire.  The invite came following our donation of  £30,000 that we raised with support the New World Trading Company. The donation was for a beautiful garden space for the children to enjoy when they are visiting the Centre. It was great to see the garden growing to its full potential.   We were pleased to see the hedgerows thriving,  a team... Read More...

Tim Bacon Foundation Hospitality Challenge

12 Oct 2021

On the 26th September 11 teams from hospitality came together and ran the Great Manchester 10k for the Tim Bacon Foundation.  There were 90 runners from  Australasia, Blackhouse, Tattu, Grand Pacific,  Barlows Electrical, Gaucho, Alchemist, Robinsons, Arc Inspirations and Gusto. Shortages in staff and the petrol crisis meant that some people unfortunately had to drop out last minute.  Big Shout out to The Alchemist Leeds who drove around for petrol for 40 mins with no luck.  They managed to jump... Read More...