Teesside business leaders raise £40K for pioneering new eaterie
Business leaders including our MD, Alex Ingham, slept rough for the night have raised £40,000 to help launch a pioneering new restaurant.
The cash will go towards a new not-for-profit Teesside eaterie that will give job opportunities to the long-term unemployed.
The Victorian Street at Preston Park Museum played host to 59 businessmen and women as part of CEO Sleepout, a national fundraising phenomenon that began on Teesside.
Proceeds from the event will help fund the Fork in the Road, a new high-quality restaurant that will be based on Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough, though the exact location remains a secret.
The eaterie will provide catering jobs for recovering addicts and alcoholics, those who have suffered from homelessness and ex-offenders.
Led by Teesside businessman and charity leader Andy Preston, the CEO Sleepout charity has already raised around £800,000 to fight homelessness and poverty around the country.
Since the first CEO Sleepout at Middlesbrough FC’s Riverside Stadium in 2013, business leaders have slept rough at a range of landmark venues including Wembley Stadium, The Oval, and Cardiff Castle.
Read the full report here:
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/teesside-business-leaders-sleep-rough-11335289
Business leaders including our MD, Alex Ingham, slept rough for the night have raised £40,000 to help launch a pioneering new restaurant.
The cash will go towards a new not-for-profit Teesside eaterie that will give job opportunities to the long-term unemployed.
The Victorian Street at Preston Park Museum played host to 59 businessmen and women as part of CEO Sleepout, a national fundraising phenomenon that began on Teesside.
Proceeds from the event will help fund the Fork in the Road, a new high-quality restaurant that will be based on Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough, though the exact location remains a secret.
The eaterie will provide catering jobs for recovering addicts and alcoholics, those who have suffered from homelessness and ex-offenders.
Led by Teesside businessman and charity leader Andy Preston, the CEO Sleepout charity has already raised around £800,000 to fight homelessness and poverty around the country.
Since the first CEO Sleepout at Middlesbrough FC’s Riverside Stadium in 2013, business leaders have slept rough at a range of landmark venues including Wembley Stadium, The Oval, and Cardiff Castle.
Read the full report here:
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/teesside-business-leaders-sleep-rough-11335289