Blog. Season's Greetings
December 18, 2024 | Author: Mark Lewis
Merry Christmas from all of us at Hospitality Action and from T and her family (pictured right) as they prepare for the big day in their matching festive pyjamas.
Financial hardship didn’t strike T overnight, and she worked hard to keep her family afloat. But gradually debt engulfed her. As she struggled to pay back her loans and fell behind on her council tax payments. Even when she finally found secure accommodation T certainly couldn’t afford to make her house a home.
A grant of just £1,100 from Hospitality Action and a referral to our specialist debt advisory service helped T get her life back on track, free from arrears and with the added bonus of some nice new wardrobes for her children’s bedroom. And we awarded an additional £80 so they could treat themselves to a little 'us time'.
When times get tough, it’s the little things that make life worth living that get cut first. That's why we like to provide parents the means and the space to do something special for their family. In T’s case, the supermarket voucher we sent her paid for a slap-up festive feast and new pyjamas for the whole family, and a chance to celebrate the creation of a loving home free from the problems of the past.
In 2024 HA is on track to award a staggering £1,000,000 in grants to thousands of hospitality families like T’s. The money that we’re able to disburse thanks to your generosity helps us transform lives every single day.
As important as the money we award, is the respect, dignity and care we show the people we help.
It’s thanks to your kindness that we’re able to come to work every day determined that the people we support won’t be defined by their darkest days but will build brighter futures and careers, and put the bad times behind them.
We’re committed to walk with the industry as it navigates the hardships 2025 will inevitably bring, we’ll do our best to catch people when they fall and to leave nobody behind.
Have a restful and happy festive season, and remember we've got you too. We're always just a phone call away, even on Christmas day. Save our number to your phone, just in case you need it 0808 802 0282. And, if you're able to make a gift this Christmas, we'd be very grateful.
From all of us at HA....
Thank you.
Mark & the whole HA team.