Part of our company philosophy is to put part of our profits (when we manage to make any!) toward causes we believe in. We do this in several ways, the main one being our
‘Change of Heart’ Campaign
This is a simple scheme by which we encourage our customers to put their change into the collection box by the till. Our company match-funds what our lovely customers donate.
The boxes have 5 compartments and we support a range of local, national and international charities whose work we like. Our customers choose which charity they want to support. We change the charities from time to time. We will update this space periodically to give you the current score.
We have a particular liking for work that has very high human benefit for the cost input; Wateraid is a favourite. A clean water scheme in a poor country can give tremendous life-enhancing benefits to the people, for modest investment.
DONATIONS MADE TO DATE TO THE CHARITIES WE SUPPORT, FROM INDIVIDUAL PUBS
Our customers have donated 50% of these amounts; The Head Of Steam Ltd has matched that giving with the same amount, to give these totals.
To 30/9/05 -
Euston Huddersfield Newcastle Liverpool Cluny Tilleys
Neville Street
WATERAID 204.74 276.12 372.42 296.92 233.70 24.12
MEDECINS SANS
FRONTIERES 241.78 438.12 642.72 597.74 368.18 30.40
OXFAM 269.84 122.02 181.00 348.76 90.74
GREENPEACE 120.50 42.44 144.06 31.00 196.70 13.72
SHELTER 133.46
HUDDERSFIELD NHS
TRUST - STROKE UNIT 315.92
HUDDERSFIELD ROYAL
INFIRMARY BREAST
CLINIC APPEAL 570.62
PARENTS AGAINST
DRUG ABUSE 130.72
(LIVERPOOL)
ACORN VENTURE FARM
(LIVERPOOL) 90.16
PEOPLES KITCHEN
(NEWCASTLE) 623.08 264.64 41.76
TOTALS 970.32 1765.24 1963.28 1495.30 1153.96 110.00
Other charity donations from the Change Of Heart Campaign (totals):
Red Nose Day 83.02
Royal Marsden Hospital
Breast Cancer Appeal 25.72
Kith & Kin 63.12
Newcastle RVI
Breast Cancer Appeal 56.10
MIND 42.10
Former Scarborough pub
Wateraid 57.36
Med. Sans Fron. 48.62
OXFAM 34.32
Greenpeace 6.24
Scarborough RNLI 181.96
Scarborough Childrens
Hospital 202.10
Total donations to date - half from customers, half from The Head Of Steam Ltd -
£8258.76
Bigger schemes
When possible, we fund bigger schemes. A few years ago, we funded, for Wateraid, the creation of a water well, training and maintenance for a small town in Nepal. We have done other such schemes in the past.
Stop press!
Major £13,000 scheme of WATERAID to provide water well, equipment and training in the town of Koro, Mali (Africa) - entirely funded by profits from The Head Of Steam Ltd during Summer, 2005.
This is what our lovely customers will effectively be providing -
* 18,000 people with access to safe water by March 2006
* 9,000 people with education to improve hygiene behaviour
* training for 45 water
committees in 3 communes
* training for all pupils in
35 schools to adopt safe hygiene standards and to communicate these to their families
Check out the details on the posters in our pubs
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OUR LATEST PROJECT -
BIKE RIDE ACROSS THE USA coast to coast, via ROUTE 66
raising funds for a WATERAID project at Yelekebougou in Mali, Africa
In September through October 2005, Tony Brookes (Managing Director of The Head Of Steam Ltd), his daughter Josie and mate Seamus Butler rode Harley Davidsons from east to west coast of the USA, taking in most of Route 66, from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calidornia. It was a magical trip with adventures all the way!
Sponsorship was sought from friends, family and the licensed trade - breweries and pub groups.
The most generous amount (£500) came from Alistair Hains of Brett Oils in Newcastle - to whom our special thanks.
We aim to raise as much of the £5000 target as possible - the result will be posted here.
Send donations (cheques to WATERAID) to the office address in Hexham please
About the project
This project is scheduled to last for one year. It began in April this year and will be finished by the end of March 2006.
The Yelekebougou Commune is situated in the Kati Circle and the Koulikoro Region about 55 km north of Bamako. The 39,000 inhabitants of Yelekebougou live in villages which are spilt into three sectors: Yelekebougou, Koulounikoro and Meni.
The social infrastructure of the Yelekebougou Commune is very limited. Currently there are only two schools and one public health clinic.
Yelekebougou is in a Sahel climate. Just south of the Sahara the area is best characterised by the heat which regularly reaches 42° C (108 F). There are two distinct seasons: the dry and the wet seasons. This Commune faces extreme water stress during both seasons. During the dry seasons the groundwater level is very low which means that there is a lack of water for half the year. The river dries up at that period of the year. The mean rainfall is 600 mm per year which falls in a concentrated period of time. This causes the river to flood and the rain water drives human as well as animal excreta from the river into the Communes’ wells.
Aims of the project
In partnership with PAISA (Support Programme for Food Security) in West Africa and AMEPPE who will implement the project, WaterAid Mali will work will seek to improve traditional wells, rehabilitate water pumps, build sanitation facilities and educate local people on best hygiene practice in the eight villages of Yelekebougou.
Specific objectives
- Set up pump maintenance system.
- Set up and run two sanitation platform slab workshops. Enabling local people to build low cost latrines and benefit from the skills of learning a trade.
- Build two new wells and rehabilitate 12 hand pumps
- Rehabilitate 10 other existing wells
- Build a mini dam
- Build latrines and waste pits
- Build institutional and organisational capacities of 28 committees and village associations, to local authorities, to partner NGOs on water sanitation and hygiene facilities
- Influence policies at local, national and international levels in order to facilitate the access of people to potable water adequate sanitation and safe hygiene practices
- Reinforce the operational and management capacities of local water and hygiene committees
- Monitoring and evaluation
Expected outcomes
· 7,600 people have access to safe water
· 2,100 People in Yelekougou have safe sanitation
· 1,050 People adopted safe hygiene practices
· Pump maintenance system set up
· 10 traditional wells rehabilitated
· 640 people with adequate sanitation 80 household had access to latrines
· 20 village hygiene promoters trained
· 28 waste pits built
Physical outputs
Water
- 12 pumps rehabilited
- 2 large diameter wells constructed
- 1 mini dam built
- 22 local craftsmen for maintenance trained and equipped
- 2 Community Management training
- 10 traditional wells
Sanitation
- 5 local masons trained in the skills needed to construct
- 80 latrines built.
- 28 waste pits built
Hygiene
- Hygiene awareness raising on delivery, storage, and use of water
Community organisation
- Community committees trained
- 10 water management committees know their roles and responsibilities
- 20 village hygiene promoters trained
Funding required
£5,000
Funds sent off to wateraid - all £5,000 !!
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR CHARITY NIGHT
Monday 20th September 2005
Timothy Taylor brewery has kindly donated some beer and goodies, like t-shirts and glasses and 'star prizes' for CHARITY NIGHTS in each of our outlets.
Taylor's LANDLORD award-winning bitter will be on sale and £1.00
from every pint sold will go to one of the charities supportedin the outlet's CHANGE OF HEART campaign - see individual outlet 'Special Events' page for details.
Also, collectable Taylors t-shirts will be sold for £5 each, embossed glasses sold for £1 and a 'star prize' will be raffled. Funds from these will go to the charity also. |