Manchester bars raise £30,000 for breast cancer charity

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Hospitality venues across Manchester have raised over £30,000 for north-west based charity Prevent Breast Cancer through the first ever Hospitality Helps partnership organised by The Tim Bacon Foundation.

The year-long fundraising initiative saw bars and restaurants raise money for the construction of a new National Breast Imaging Academy based in Manchester.

Jessica Ruth, head of income generation at Prevent Breast Cancer, said: "We are incredibly grateful to the venues which took part in the first Hospitality Helps initiative, the Tim Bacon Foundation and everyone who bought a cocktail, donated money or sponsored charity fundraisers."

This new building will train around 50 new breast imaging specialists every year and provide 13,000 more screening appointments in Manchester annually - with the site expected to be completed this autumn.

Among the venues supporting the campaign were - Night Cap plc (owners of Dirty Martini, Blame Gloria, The Cocktail Club and Tonight Josephine) - which offered three fundraising cocktails across all its sites nationwide during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and San Carlo which offered a pink cocktail across all its sites during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The Alchemist also took part where customers could donate a discretionary £1 on their bill, as well as Gusto who ran a ladies night at its Alderley Edge restaurant raising £5,000.

Staff at Tattu and Fenix climbed the Three Peaks raising over £10,000 for the cause.

Jeremy Roberts, chairman at The Tim Bacon Foundation added: "This has been a challenging year for the sector yet we have still seen so many venues join together to support us, helping raise money for this important charity and, importantly, showing their customers that they truly care about worthy causes."