Do you have a Cumbrian charity which is close to your heart? Picture them benefiting from a donation of £5,000 or more by the end of 2024! Lake District Hotels, a well-known group of six family-owned and run hotels in the Lake District, invites the public to nominate their Cumbrian charity of choice for the 2024 Charity of the Year.

Over the past decade, Lake District Hotels has supported various Cumbrian charities and causes from raising vital funds for Amy’s Care in 2016 and Blood Bikes Cumbria in 2017 to raising £35,000 to produce an entire Great British Bake Off style food technology kitchen for Keswick School in 2019 with the aim of encouraging students to take up careers within the hospitality industry. Most recently the hotel group raised over £7,000 for Jigsaw, Cumbria’s Children’s Hospice, who were the group’s Charity of the Year from late 2022 through to the end of 2023.

Dani Hope, Director of Lake District Hotels, expressed joy in renewing their commitment to local charity fundraising, and said: “It was a pleasure to have spent the last year raising vital funds for Jigsaw and we are excited to continue the tradition of supporting local charities. With so many deserving causes in the local area, we find it so hard to choose one to give our full focus to which is why we are seeking the help of the public.”

Each hotel has played its part in hosting fabulous charity events from gala dinners to ladies’ race days, raffles to quiz nights and more, which have all raised vital funds for Jigsaw, Cumbria’s Children’s Hospice. In addition to supporting a dedicated Charity of the Year, Lake District Hotels has also generously donated numerous gift vouchers to various local charitable causes throughout 2023.

The six hotels comprising Lake District Hotels group - Lodore Falls Hotel & Spa, Borrowdale Hotel, Inn on the Square, Skiddaw Hotel and Kings Arms Hotel which are all located in and around Keswick, and the Inn on the Lake which is situated on the shores of Ullswater – are ready to continue their hard work in raising money for a worthy cause.

To nominate a charity, community project or initiative which is based in Cumbria, to become Lake District Hotels Ltd.’s Charity of the Year in 2024, please take a few minutes to complete the form here: www.lakedistricthotels.net/nominate-your-charity