Local charity support | Red Mist Leisure

We are currently supporting Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, Cherry Trees, Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care, Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity, Help for Heroes, Piggles Trust and the RAF Benevolent Fund.

Networking Events

We host 3 monthly networking events at our pubs, helping to build the local business communities and give insightful and motivating talks from a huge variety of fascinating guest speakers. All of the events are free to register, but we ask for a small donation on arrival to the pub’s local charity.

Find out more about our networking events

Annual Challenge

Each year we get a team of staff, suppliers, friends and customers together for a challenge, raising money for a one or two chosen charities.

In 2015, we had a 20 strong team train over the long winter months to run the Fleet Half Marathon in aid of Red Balloon and Phyllis Tuckwell where we raised £5,500. Then in 2016, 4 teams of 10 completed the Red Mist Ramble; a 26.1 mile walk across the stunning but gruelling Surrey countryside to raise £7,000 for Challengers and Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care.

In 2017, a 16-strong team of not-so-seasoned climbers took on the 3 highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales. We were thrilled to raise nearly £12,500 which was split between the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance and Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity. We would like to thank each and every person who kindly sponsored us. Find out more about this challenge here.

2018 Charity Challenge

In July 2018, we will be facing our toughest challenge to date, in aid of 3 charities we support. A team of 20 of us from Red Mist and 3 other companies we regularly work with, will be walking the entirety of Hadrian’s Wall; 86 miles in just 3 days (that’s right – 3 marathons!). Find out more and how you can support us here.

Red Mist Ale

Since 2014, we have been offering our own recipe Red Mist Ale at all of our pubs and 20p of every pint sold is donated to that pub’s local charity, on average, raising over £400 a month!

CherryFest Music Festival

CherryFest is our annual, fun-filled day of fantastic live music and great food and drink held at The Duke of Cambridge in May. In 2016, the event raised a whopping £7,500 for Cherry Trees charity through ticket sales, face painting, raffle tickets and loads more fundraising events on the day.

Prize Donations

Helping local fundraising events for schools and charities is a big part of our charitable support and we donate many meal vouchers and bottles of bubbles as raffle prizes throughout the year.