Pizza Hut Restaurants

The hospitality industry is the fourth largest employer in the UK. Pizza Hut Restaurants have paved the way for both their customers and staff to be more aware and talk frankly about mental health.

August 2016 - 2019

About the partnership

Pizza Hut Restaurants have been supporting us since 2016 through its establishments in England, Scotland and Wales. Staff have been involved with some creative fundraising activities, including a 30,000-foot skydive and providing a Christmas lunch for one of our services in England.

Their Charity Champions within the restaurants act as pillars in their communities, raising awareness with their customers and leading fundraising activities with energy and passion. Alongside this, Pizza Hut Restaurants launched an internal wellness programme, providing access to a helpline, offering practical and emotional support 24 hours a day.

  • Fundraising events

  • Raising awareness

  • Mental health training

  • Staff volunteering

  • Engaged staff

Restaurants

involved in fundraising weeks in 2017 and 2018

Achievements

October 2018

Pizza Hut Restaurants volunteers raised over £500 walking Ben Nevis for World Mental Health Day. Other fundraising activities included fancy dress days, bake sales and selling homemade cards.

December 2017

A group from Pizza Hut Restaurants volunteered to help provide a Christmas lunch for one of our support services in England.

July 2017

As part of Pizza Hut Restaurants Fundraising Week, six members of head office staff raised an amazing £6,000 by taking part in a charity skydive over Cambridgeshire. Other activities during the week included charity raffles, fancy dress days and live music events.

August 2016

Announced partnership to their 260+ restaurants across England, Scotland and Wales.

When partnering with a charity, we felt it’s really important that our values and philosophies align. We are very much a ‘front to back’ company - we know that our people are what drive our business, and we have worked hard to craft an environment in which to feel happy and supported. We felt that the Mental Health UK group of charities fitted really well – they are totally focused on the wellbeing of every person they work with.

Gareth Hopley
Head of PR and Communications at Pizza Hut Restaurants

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