Community
The pub is at the heart of our community but to us that means more than just location.
We’re pleased to support our local community champions doing their bit to improve people’s lives and also to do what we can ourselves to make a difference to those around us.
These are our current initiatives.
Your Galloping Horse making a difference.
We’re proud to support local charities and to do our bit, however small, to improve lives in our community.
We value your support for our initiatives.
Community Fund
We have a fund set aside for community or charitable purposes and each year we’re able to make contributions to help improve lives in our local community.
Please understand that we have a limit to what we are able to commit and all requests are considered on an individual basis.
If you are aware of a local charity, individual or cause who may benefit from our support, then please complete our funding application form (PDF) or here in Word format and email it finance[at]ospreyinns.co.uk (or email us if you have enquiries about this process) and we will see if we can help.
Maryport ARLC
We’re really pleased to be sponsoring Maryport Amateur Rugby League Club from our Community Fund and wish them a successful season. Here they are resplendent in their new season strip featuring the Galloper logo.
Allerdale Girls FC
We’re delighted to offer funding to Allerdale Girls FC and wish them and all involved every success this season. Here’s last years U10 Jaguars team in their strip featuring our Osprey Management Group logo.
Tramper for Whinlatter
You might remember our plans to donate a “Tramper” vehicle, designed to help the elderly and those with disabilities to get around. Finally this project was completed and the vehicle (named ‘Wuky’, after you know who) donated to Lake District Mobility has been located at Whinlatter Forest Park, so that those not so good on their pins can enjoy the great outdoors via the fantastic network of tracks they have there. In the photo, Osprey Director Craig Lowery with Wuky (and ‘Wuky’ the Tramper) together with Julia from Lake District Mobility and Nathan from Whinlatter Forest Park, at the formal hand-over.
Foodbank Donations
Our team were busy on the first morning of closure because of coronavirus. We delivered food and treats to some people in the local community and donated the majority of our fresh food stock to the wonderful food bank facility at Moorclose Community Centre.
Whitehaven Sea Cadets
Our community fund recently helped out a really worthwhile local cause, the Whitehaven Sea Cadets. Our donation to them funded new signage for their building, to publicise their presence and make them easier to find for prospective new members.
Wishing them continued success!
Seaton Rangers
Another local recipient of support from our charitable fund was Seaton Rangers ARLFC. We’re pleased to support our local sporting groups and wish them success this season.
Healthy Hopes
We are absolutely delighted to announce that as part of our community fund we are able to help another wonderful local cause. Healthy Hopes currently offer a wide range of outstanding support sessions for people throughout the community.
They recently took over some of the sessions previously run by MIND and have naturally experienced increased financial pressure delivering these. We are thrilled to have managed to provide funds of £1000 which should provide cover for the next twelve months’ costs involved in the Workington weekly drop-in session, which helps socially isolated vulnerable people.
We hope this will help to give assurance and stability to those who rely on this service. This is an outstanding cause and we are pleased to be able to pay a small part in supporting this vital community asset.
Workington Junior FC
As part of our ongoing commitment to the help within the local Community where possible, we are delighted to be able to sponsor this great local sports team with their kits and equipment for another season. We wish them every success!
Make a date in your diary for our regular fundraisers.
Look out too on our news and social media for special one-off events.
Help us to make a difference in our community.
Save a Seat for Sunday
As part of Galloping Horse pub’s on-going commitment to our community, we would like to remind our customers about ‘Save A Seat For Sunday’ which is a program for the benefit of folks who either live alone or those who find it difficult to get out as much as maybe they would like, or perhaps you can think of someone who does so much for the local community and they deserve a little treat.
On the last Sunday of each month, a table is reserved for up to eight guests to which we’ll invite groups or individuals to come and have lunch on us and enjoy the banter we always have in the pub on Sunday lunchtime.
This is by invitation only but if you would like to suggest an individual or group of people who would benefit please do let us know by email, Facebook message, ring or drop in and give a message to Colette.
An Osprey Project – Whitehaven Bus Station
We were very excited to hear that our owners Osprey Management Group would be operating a new venue based in Whitehaven’s iconic former bus station; a 100 seater cafe/bar on the ground floor named ‘The Peddler’, with office and startup space on the floor above, operated as a Barclays Eagle Lab. Sellafield Ltd invested £2.6m into the bus station project as part of the North Shore scheme led by BEC, with the help of partners including Copeland Borough Council and Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners.
Now two years in and showcasing fantastic local produce and food innovation at The Peddler, just as exciting is the innovation and drive emerging from the Eagle Lab, a home to tech, digital, media, and creative start-ups, as well as Osprey’s new main office.
We’re delighted that Osprey was selected for this project because of our community credentials; to quote Michael Pemberton, chief executive of BEC; “The development revives neglected places. Craig Lowery and the team at Osprey have taken a similar approach to developments, choosing places that need to be revitalised and returned to the communities that house them, providing leisure spaces for society to thrive and supporting employment opportunities on the coast of Cumbria.” Read more here
Images: the first one courtesy of the Times & Star shows Rob Miller of BEC with Osprey directors Lucinda Brown and Craig Lowery, in front of the site at an early stage in the development. And the completed Bus Station featuring The Peddler’s main entrance, image courtesy of Sellafield Ltd.
About Osprey Management Group
As well as offering management services, the Osprey Management Group’s ambition is to purchase and regenerate local hospitality businesses, relaunching, refurbishing and managing them to a high standard, in order to preserve them as viable businesses with a focus on the communities they serve.
Our aim is to offer not only an excellent service for locals and visitors alike, but also lasting employment for local people and an enduring legacy of community funds.
By providing good value home-cooked food, a range of drinks to suit all tastes and friendly, attentive service in a comfortable environment, at an Osprey property you are “always among friends”.