Join H&F Giving for a delightful day of duplicate bridge, playing hands across a selection of cafés & restaurants on Lyric Square, which include the wonderful Lyric Theatre. Enjoy lunch and warm hospitality from fellow players and the venues on this small circuit, whilst raising funds for H&F Giving to support the local community in Hammersmith & Fulham – suitable for all levels of players.
Event Dates and details:
For more information or to register, email us at [email protected].
What is Café Bridge?
Café bridge is a duplicate pairs bridge game set up over multiple cafés and restaurants. Pairs move to a new venue after each round, guided by a movement card or roadbook, while board sets remain on their starting tables throughout. The registration fee includes lunch at one of the venues and it is a very sociable way to play bridge, while supporting local charities. It is for all levels of bridge players, from beginners to those who are much more experienced.
Why Participate?
Your involvement will directly support H&F Giving’s efforts to empower our local community in Hammersmith & Fulham. Our projects aid the elderly, support families affected by the cost-of-living crisis, assist refugees, help vulnerable children, and much more. This event is not just about playing bridge; it’s about making a tangible difference.
We would love for you to join us.
Please register today to secure your spot. For more information or to register, email us at [email protected].
Café Bridge is a fun and sociable way to play bridge, with people playing hands across 8 different cafés, bars and restaurants on Parsons Green.
These events can attract over 200 people and create a real buzz around the green. But they are not just about playing bridge; they are also about making a tangible difference in Hammersmith and Fulham. The last 4 events have raised over £16,500 that directly support H&F Giving’s efforts to empower the local community.
The partnership with the fabulous Andrew Robson Bridge Club on Parsons Green has helped the events sell out in record times. Other local bridge clubs, including The Hurlingham Club & Young Chelsea Bridge Club, have also helped create these fantastic social events, that allow bridge communities far and wide to come together and enjoy the game while connecting with each other.
After the play has ended, everyone culminates together at the Andrew Robson Bridge Club for the awards ceremony, drinks reception and raffle. The phenomenal Andrew Robson OBE, an influential charity supporter, England player and Times columnist, giving away some fantastic prizes.
Bridge players old and new, and at every level, have had some amazing days together on Parsons Green. Thank you to Victor at BrAin Bridge and Michael for the amazing work they do in setting up and running the incredible Café Bridge events.
We’d also like to say a huge thank you to the wonderful cafés, bars and restaurants of Parsons Green for hosting Café Bridge: The White Horse, 1910 Cantina, Duke on the Green, Eat Beirut, Hally’s, Megan’s by the Green and Ollie’s House, and to those amazing organisations that have provided some great prizes for the coveted raffle, including the Novotel West London.
We look forward to warmly welcoming back everyone who has joined us before and extend a special welcome to those joining us for the first time.
To join us all for the next Café Bridge event in Parsons Green in July or pre-register, please email [email protected] or click here for more info.
This event has been postponed, new date to follow shortly- please email [email protected] for more information or sign up to our newsletter to be the first to hear about all H&F Giving’s Events including our upcoming Charity Padel Tournament on Tuesday 2nd September – Save the date if it peaks your interest!
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Get ready for an afternoon of friendly competition, team spirit and community impact! H&F Giving’s Summer Sports Day is your chance to relive the classic school sports day games—Tug of War, Egg & Spoon and 3-Legged Race – plus fun skill-based challenges with balls, rackets, hoops and more. Feeling competitive? Join the sprint race – or simply enjoy the fun and cheer on your teammates!
What’s Included?
This is more than just a sports day – it’s a fantastic opportunity for team building, networking, and supporting local charities in Hammersmith & Fulham.
Get Involved & Give Back!
Suggested minimum donation: £80 per person or £400 for a team of 5
Sign up now and make a difference while having a blast!
E-mail us at: [email protected]
How else can we get involved?
Can’t Play or Make the Date? You Can Still Make a Difference! You can also show your support by sponsoring our ‘Community Team’ and making it all possible.
Talk to us about sponsorship options to stand out and really show your support for the local community.
At H&F Giving, we believe that no one should feel alone during the festive season. That’s why on December 25th, with our friends at Hammersmith & Fulham Council, we brought together 382 older and isolated residents of Hammersmith and Fulham for a heart-warming Christmas Day celebration filled with joy, connection and community spirit.
Our guests, who otherwise would have been on their own, enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch with all the trimmings. Christmas crackers were pulled, bad jokes were told and there was some incredible dancing. All our older neighbours got a gift bag to take home and transport was provided for those that needed it. 90 volunteers gave their time on the day and helped pack the goody bags ensuring a fun filled day for all.
Our guests had a brilliant day, with one resident from Sycamore House, an alms-house run by Hammersmith United Charities (HUC) for low-income older residents, explaining how much H&F’s Big Christmas Day Lunch means to them: “The highlight of my year when the community comes together to give everyone a day to remember and it means so much to me and to so many! I have such huge admiration to the organisers and volunteers who take time out from their Christmas Day to give us folk a day to remember and I thank everyone involved so much for the kindness that you show us each and every year!”
Louise Wilson, Executive Director at H&G Giving, said: “This really is a wonderful event, to see almost 400 of our neighbours laughing, enjoying themselves and truly celebrating Christmas is what it’s all about. I know for a fact that without this event, our guests would spend the day alone and that’s just not Christmas. This is what community is all about – coming together to celebrate the good and the joy. But we couldn’t have done it alone. We are so grateful for all the donations that made this special event happen. We are also incredibly grateful to our sponsors whose generosity made this all possible.”
In total, our community raised over £58,000 together to ensure this incredible event happened. Any excess funds raised will go towards engagement activities for older and vulnerable residents in the borough throughout 2025.
Hundreds of local people contributed to the lunch appeal by making donations via our crowdfunding campaign on our website, via bank transfer and at local events – raising £15,000 together.
Local businesses and foundations made invaluable contributions totalling over £40,000 – an incredible achievement.
A huge thank you to The Hurlingham Club Foundation for being our headline supporter this year. Their support helped drive local generosity and they also hosted a lovely soft-launch of our Christmas Campaign in the summer that welcomed many of our older neighbours to their grounds for a talk from their head gardener.
We would also like to thank the host of other key sponsors, donors and supporters who came together to ensure hundreds of our older neighbours in Hammersmith & Fulham were not alone:
We also want to take this opportunity to thank H&F Giving’s core funders which this year include City Bridge Foundation, NEC Software Solutions and West London Chamber of Commerce, along with our founding partners, DEBK and HUC. Their unrestricted support is integral in enabling us to deliver impactful projects such as our Christmas Campaign.
A huge thank you again to everyone who volunteered or donated to make this event happen, as well as the Events Team at Hammersmith & Fulham Council for all their hard work in making the day such a success. Because of the generosity of our local community, 382 residents weren’t alone this Christmas.
Want to get involved in the Big Christmas Lunch 2025?
If you or your business would like to sponsor or get involved in this year’s event, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you there!
Find all 2024 photos here.
As we can’t thank those that support this incredible event enough, we also asked some of our previous guests to send a special thank you too:
On the 17th July 2024, over 200 bridge players joined the inaugural Café Bridge event in Parsons Green.
The event sold out in record time and there was a real buzz around the green, with people playing their hands across 8 different cafés, bars and restaurants. This was a really fun and sociable way to play bridge while supporting those most in need in the borough.
Everyone was invited to join together at the Andrew Robson Bridge Club for the awards ceremony, drinks reception and raffle, with the phenomenal Andrew Robson OBE, an influential charity supporter, England player and Times columnist, giving away some fantastic prizes. Bridge players old and new, and at every level had an amazing day together on Parsons Green.
The event raised a phenomenal £5,150, that will directly support H&F Giving’s efforts to empower the local community. This event was not just about playing bridge; it was also about making a tangible difference in Hammersmith and Fulham.
We’d like to say a huge Thank you to the wonderful cafés, bars and restaurants of Parsons Green for hosting Café Bridge:
1910 Cantina, Duke on the Green, Eat Beirut, Hally’s, Megan’s by the Green, Ollie’s House, White Horse
Thank you to Victor at BrAin Bridge and Michael for the amazing work they do in setting up and running the incredible Café Bridge events – we look forward to working with everyone again.
Join us all for the next Café Bridge event in Parsons Green on Wednesday, 30 October 2024. For more information or to pre-register, email [email protected] or click here for more info.
Join H&F Giving, in partnership with Andrew Robson Bridge Club, for a delightful day of duplicate bridge, playing hands across a selection of cafés & restaurants. Enjoy lunch and warm hospitality from fellow players and the venues on Parsons Green, whilst raising funds for H&F Giving to support the local community in Hammersmith & Fulham to thrive – suitable for all levels of players.
Event Dates and details:
For more information or to register, email us at [email protected].
What is Café Bridge?
Café bridge is a duplicate pairs bridge game set up over multiple cafés and restaurants. Pairs move to a new venue after each round, guided by a movement card or roadbook, while board sets remain on their starting tables throughout. The registration fee includes lunch at one of the venues and it is a very sociable way to play bridge, while supporting local charities. It is for all levels of bridge players, from beginners to those who are much more experienced.
Why Participate?
Your involvement will directly support H&F Giving’s efforts to empower our local community in Hammersmith & Fulham. Our projects aid the elderly, support families affected by the cost-of-living crisis, assist refugees, help vulnerable children, and much more. This event is not just about playing bridge; it’s about making a tangible difference.
We would love for you to join us.
Please register today to secure your spot. For more information or to register, email us at [email protected].
325 older people enjoyed the Big H&F Christmas Day Lunch 2023 in Hammersmith thanks to donations from local residents and businesses. It was a fantastic day, full of laughter and happiness, just as Christmas should be.
Our older neighbours were even treated to a special drop in from H&F Giving’s patron Hugh Grant saying “Merry Christmas” to all – making it a particularly special one for many in the room.
The energy in the room was fantastic – one resident from Sycamore House, an alms-house run by Hammersmith United Charities (HUC) for low-income older residents, said: “As always, a really amazing day and I especially loved seeing a Hollywood Film Star! Thank you hugely to everyone for organising such a memorable and very special day.”
H&F Giving worked with Hammersmith & Fulham Council to organise and raise funds to treat older, isolated residents of the borough to a lovely two-course lunch at the Novotel London West Hotel in Hammersmith with a gift bag and free transport for those who needed it.
Louise Wilson, Executive Director at H&F Giving said: “I had the absolute pleasure of spending Christmas with hundreds of older residents of Hammersmith and Fulham who would have otherwise spent the day alone. We are hugely thankful to all the local companies, trusts and residents who donated to make this day happen – days like this are only achievable because of your support. A special thanks to all the volunteers who helped make the day so special including H&F Giving’s patron Hugh Grant, who brought some extra special, surprise festive cheer to the day by joining us to help serve lunch to local residents – it really was a Christmas to remember!”
Thank you – you made this happen.
In total, with a generous contribution from Hammersmith & Fulham Council, our community raised over £45,000 together to ensure this incredible event happened. Any excess funds raised will go towards engagement activities for older and vulnerable residents in the borough throughout 2024.
The lunch is only achievable with the support of local giving so we are incredibly grateful to everyone who contributed gift items, money, or their time to make this event happen.
Hundreds of local people contributed to the lunch appeal by making donations via our crowdfunding campaign on our website, via bank transfer and at local events – raising more than £16,000 together. This year, we also saw an increase in local pensioners donating their unneeded Winter Fuel Allowance to ensure their older neighbours didn’t spend the day alone – a lovely gesture in keeping with the spirit of the day.
Local businesses made invaluable contributions totalling over £16,000 as well – a big thank you to our major sponsors.
Dr Edward & Bishop King’s Fulham Charity (DEBK), a local charity which has been working to relieve poverty in Fulham since 1618, supported with an incredible donation of £6,000.
The Earls Court Development Company donated £5,000 to sponsor the event including the costs for items in our goody bags so our older residents had an extra special Christmas present to open this year.
Networking.London donated over £2,300 to the event by holding a Christmas Fundraiser with the local business community in the run up to the event.
Olympia London and Friends of Brook Green both sponsored a table of residents to attend Christmas lunch at £1,000 each, ensuring our older neighbours had the chance to make new connections this Christmas.
Hammersmith BID remained a continued supporter of the event donating £500 again this year.
We also want to take this opportunity to thank H&F Giving’s core funders which this year include City Bridge Foundation, NEC Software Solutions and Raw Tipis, along with our founding partners, DEBK and HUC. Their unrestricted support is integral in enabling us to deliver impactful projects such as our Christmas Campaign – thank you.
Just as Christmas should be
The day was full of good food, friends, laughter and dancing – just as Christmas should be.
A huge thank you again to everyone who volunteered or donated to make this event happen, as well as the events team at Hammersmith & Fulham Council for all their hard work in making the day such a success – you have all made the day for hundreds of our elderly neighbours!
See you next year.
Want to get involved in the Big Christmas Lunch 2024?
If you or your business would like to sponsor or get involved in next year’s event, please reach out to us at [email protected].
Find all photos here.
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