We’ve chosen Only A Pavement Away as our new company charity, to support people facing or experiencing homelessness into work so they can find stability through employment.
Each year we invite our employees to nominate a charity to benefit from our company fundraising activities – and this year the team voted for Only A Pavement Away.
Katie Taylor, Group HR Manager said:
“Each year we ask our employees to vote for a charity they’d like to fundraise for and this year the team voted for the fantastic homeless charity, Only A Pavement Away. Not only is the team already committing to some of the great fundraising activities, our staff will be giving up their time to help fill a flask at their local shelter, as well as offering their expertise to support people back into work as part of the Hospitality Against Homelessness campaign.”
Our Hospitality Director Greg Maguire said:
“In a country with the fifth largest economy, homelessness is a scandal. The hospitality sector had 112,000 vacancies at the end of 2023 – Only A Pavement Away helps fill these vacancies with people facing or experiencing homelessness giving them long term, stable employment.
It’s a great idea, there are so many fantastic operators signed up to help and we’re all for making peoples’ lives easier, happier, and healthier.”
About Only A Pavement Away
Only A Pavement Away help anyone experiencing or facing homelessness find a new career in hospitality. They connect forward thinking employers with charities working with people facing or experiencing homelessness, prison leavers and veterans to help them into long term, stable employment.
Being ‘homeless’ can take many forms such as rough sleeping, people living in sheds, garages, sofa surfing, hostels and unsuitable temporary accommodation such as B&Bs. And there are so many reasons why people are forced into homelessness…
- A lack of affordable housing
- Losing job
- Mental health
- Leaving prison or the armed forces with no home to go to
- Escaping an abusive relationship
The charity connects their network of hospitality employers and charities on their Jobs Board. Once employed, candidates benefit from a 12 month support network put in place for them.