Northcote’s Dedicated Charities
Northcote and the team are always keen to support their chosen charities and throughout the year, with events and auctions, raise much-needed funds for four very different charitable organisations. Northcote charitable good work involves local charity East Lancashire Hospice, national charity DEBRA, industry charity Hospitality Action and international charity Eye Nepal. Here we look at the exceptional work these charities do.
It is important to Northcote to support a local charity and we have worked for many years with East Lancashire Hospice who, for over 35 years, have continuously provided a special way of caring for people suffering from life-limiting illnesses within our community. A life-limiting or life-threatening illness can be very hard to come to terms with and the team at East Lancashire Hospice offer the support that is needed. They provide specialist care, supportive care and end-of-life care for patients and their families, both at the hospice and home. This year Northcote will be holding a dinner in The Louis Roederer Room to help raise funds that are needed daily to ensure this facility is there for our community.
A national charity and patient support organisation for people living with the rare, extremely painful, genetic blistering condition, Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), also known as ‘Butterfly Skin’. EB causes the skin to become very fragile and tear or blister at the slightest touch. It is a rare condition but because it is rare, few people know about it. DEBRA UK exists to provide care and support to improve the quality of life for people living with EB and also to fund pioneering research to find effective treatments and ultimately a cure for EB. Their vision is a world where no one suffers from this painful skin condition and to find treatments to lessen the day-to-day impact of EB. This year Northcote’s Bank Holiday BBQ raised funds through the event, along with an auction and raffle.
Hospitality Action provides a vital lifeline for many in the hospitality industry. Behind the smiles and slick service, hospitality workers can fall upon hard times just like anybody else. Ours can be a very stressful industry, with long hours, high-pressure environments and physically demanding work. The cost-of-living crisis has placed many hospitality businesses at risk of failure, putting thousands of jobs in jeopardy and families in danger of homelessness as they tackle the rising costs of accommodation, food and fuel. The good news is that Hospitality Action has consistently innovated to deliver financial and mental health support to make a difference in people’s lives whatever the challenge they may face – from physical illness, and mental health issues to financial difficulty, family problems and addiction. Obsession has supported Hospitality Action since 2015 and has raised over £250k to help support the many challenges our colleagues within the industry may be facing.
Northcote’s international charity support goes to Eye Nepal, a small charity dedicated to enhancing the life opportunities of the poorest children in rural districts of Nepal, through better early years education. Remote rural schools are often no more than shacks offering learning with under-qualified teachers, poor attendance and very low literacy levels. In the past decade, Nepal has had to overcome civil and political unrest, devastating earthquakes, all manner of economic difficulties and of course latterly Covid. There has never been a more urgent need to support the early years education of these disadvantaged children. Eye Nepal helps to build and improve the environment of the schools, creating a bright learning experience with new furniture, educational materials, stationery and sporting equipment, along with providing teacher training. Northcote will be holding an online raffle later this year to raise funds for refurbishment and new materials needed in these rural schools.