Brakspear pubs to “Wear it Yellow” for charity

March 10, 2015

Thirty Brakspear pubs will be ‘Wearing It Yellow’ later this month in support of Marie Curie Cancer Care in the pub operator’s first ever estate-wide charity drive.

The focus for the fundraising is Saturday 21 March, when Brakspear tenants and their teams be wearing something yellow, and putting £2 into the Marie Curie collection box.  Customers will be encouraged to make a donation in return for a Marie Curie daffodil.

A number of pubs are planning additional activity on the day, from baking yellow cakes to staging live music, quiz nights or darts matches.  Brakspear will reward the pub raising the most money for Marie Curie with a free firkin of Brakspear Bitter.

Brakspear marketing manager Emma Sweet said, “We’ve never united behind one charity before, though many of our pubs raise impressive sums for worthy causes throughout the year.

“Marie Curie is a wonderful charity whose work will have touched many of our customers, so we’re confident that they will want to support it, whether by buying a daffodil or joining in one of the special events our tenants and their teams are planning.

“We’re looking forward to presenting a final cheque to support Marie Curie in their tireless efforts to provide help for people who need it.”

Pubs who are ‘Wearing It Yellow’ on 21 March are:

In Henley: Angel on the Bridge; Bull on Bell Street; Row Barge; Station House; Little Angel; Three Horseshoes

Surrounding area: Bull, Wargrave; Cherry Tree, Stoke Row; Chequers, Charney Bassett; Clifton Arms, Caversham; Cross Keys, Wallingford; Fox & Hounds, Christmas Common; Duke of Wellington, Twyford;  John Barleycorn, Goring; King William, Hailey; Perch & Pike, South Stoke; Prince Albert, Frieth; Red Lion, Cholsey; Unicorn, Kingwood

Marie Curie provides care and support for more than 40,000 terminally ill people and their families in the UK each year. They offer help in a number of ways, from clear, useful information about living with a terminal illness to expert nursing care at home.www.mariecurie.org.uk