Côte Brasserie has today announced a major new partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity), to raise vital funds to help make every moment matter for seriously ill children this Christmas.
The collaboration forms part of Côte’s commitment to giving back to the community and will see the restaurant group aim to raise £100,000 over the festive period in support of GOSH Charity’s Christmas Appeal.
The money raised through this partnership will help make Christmas feel like Christmas for children at GOSH – whether through tree decorating with the Play team, visits from Santa, or funding free accommodation to help families stay together over Christmas.
Throughout the festive season, Côte Brasserie will launch a series of fundraising initiatives across its 69 restaurants nationwide.
Guests will have the opportunity to add an optional £1 donation to their bill, while Côte will contribute £1 to GOSH Charity for every Pigs in Blanket dish enjoyed in its brasseries.
Côte will also donate £1 for each festive box ordered through Côte at Home, with guests given the option to make an additional contribution at checkout.
As part of the partnership, Côte Brasserie will also be donating festive Côte at Home boxes to the family accommodation units at GOSH, helping families staying close to the hospital this Christmas enjoy a special meal with ease.
Across the country, Côte teams will be rallying their local communities behind this meaningful cause through a series of engaging fundraising activities.
GOSH has been transforming the lives of seriously ill children since opening its doors in 1852 and has always depended on charitable support. GOSH Charity funds vital support services, ground-breaking research and cutting-edge medical equipment. It also funds child-centred medical facilities such as a world-leading new Children’s Cancer Centre, with the Charity in the midst of a £300m fundraising appeal to help build the new facility.
One family who knows firsthand the magic GOSH Charity helps bring to the wards at Christmas is five-year-old Yumna, who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer, when she was two. After undergoing intensive treatment, she was declared cancer-free in 2023. Her family remember Christmas at GOSH as a time filled with joy and kindness – including waking up to find the corner of Yumna’s room filled with presents from Santa.
Liz Colledge, Marketing Director at Côte Brasserie said, “We’re incredibly proud to partner with GOSH Charity and to play a small part in supporting the incredible work they do for children and families. Our teams and guests have always shown huge generosity, and we hope this campaign will help make a real difference to the lives of those who need it most this Christmas.”
Chris Carter, Head of Partnership Development at GOSH Charity, said: “We are so grateful to Côte Brasserie and their guests for their incredible support this Christmas. The funds raised through this fantastic partnership will help make every moment matter for seriously ill children at GOSH – from creating festive memories on the wards to ensuring families can stay together over the Christmas period. Partnerships like these help GOSH Charity to fund vital family support, pioneering research and world-leading facilities – all to ensure seriously ill children get the best chance and childhood possible.”
