Ditchling pub raises £5k for football club’s ‘brilliant charity’

The Bull, in Ditchling, has donated £5,000 to Albion in the Community – the official charity of Brighton & Hove Albion.

It raised the sum through a series of initiatives during the festive period, including a meet and greet with former Albion footballers Guy Butters and Danny Cullip, a carol night with pupils from Downlands Community School, ticket sales from its New Year’s Eve party and a discretionary £2 service charge on food bills during December.

Owner Dominic Worrall said: “Our customers have been incredibly generous throughout the festive period and everyone at The Bull takes an enormous amount of pride in having raised more than £5,000 for such a brilliant charity.

“Albion in the Community does some extraordinary work in the local area and it is fantastic to be able to continue to support it in this way.”

Mr Worrall became the owner of The Bull in 2003. The pub has a focus on supporting the community and has now raised more than £70,000 for charitable and community organisations. It started supporting Albion in the Community in December 2018 and the sum donated takes the total raised for the charity to £10,000.

Albion in the Community’s corporate fundraising executive Lynsay Josephy says she is delighted with the donation.

She said: “Much of our work is only possible as a result of the generosity of our supporters and the dedication of our fundraisers, so to receive £5,000 from The Bull really is a fantastic start to 2020.

“Our thanks go to Dominic and everyone else connected with The Bull.

“The money raised by The Bull since 2018 has had a genuine impact on many of the local people we work with, and this recent donation will be put to similarly good use.”

AITC provides football opportunities to inspire and engage people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds across Sussex to improve health and well-being, education and aspirations.