The founders of Tipjar, the peer-to-peer tipping and tip-sharing concept, have launched the Hospitality Workers Emergency Fund in partnership with Hospitality Action.
People can request their own town to have its own page or request a donation page to be set up for a specific pub, with Tipjar donating proceeds to pub staff directly.
James Brown, who is also BrewDog retail director, said, “This industry built so many of us we wanted to do what we could to help in return and we had access to the technology to do so. We have partnered with Hospitality Action and built a platform for businesses and communities to donate funds for workers in their city or town.
“If they want to raise money for staff in a specific local pub, they can apply to do so. We hoped the government would announce something better and our project would be a waste of our time but, sadly, I’m not sure we got that.”
Tipjar chairman Alex Moore added, “We are donating 100% of money raised to Hospitality Action. We would love other organisations and industry bodies to work with us to raise as much money as we can and get it to those who need it most. These are our people and we need to do whatever we can to help them now.”