With fundraising cocktails, staff encouraged to talk freely about mental health and a drive to do whatever they can to support a local charity, a leading Durham hotel wants to make it "easier to start conversations" about what can be a difficult subject.
Hotel Indigo in Durham city centre is working with the mental health charity If U Care Share (IUCS) as part of a new partnership to highlight the support available both to hospitality staff and the wider community, raise money and ensure that as many local people as possible know about the support IUCS provides.
The hotel's general manager Tom Orange explained: "It's an issue that's just not going to go away. Mental health is such a massive thing for us. So many people have been touched by it, including myself and we thought there was no better charity to work with. We are doing a range of activities from supporting staff on a sponsored bike ride - we've already raised £350 - to the cocktails and plenty more.
