Save the Children
We were proud to support Save the Children UK as the sparkling wine sponsor of their inaugural Carol Concert in December 2025, raising over £94,000.
Held at the beautiful St Paul’s Church in Knightsbridge, the evening brought together a wonderful line up of celebrity readers and a stunning performance from the Spirit Young Performers Company.
Following the concert, guests attended a VIP reception at the Mandarin Oriental, where our 2019 Rosé Brut was served.
Young Lives Vs Cancer
Nominated by Chef Chris. Young Lives vs Cancer supports children and young people with cancer, and their families, through expert social workers, financial help, emotional support and practical guidance at every stage. We donated some wines and a voucher to their auction to help raise vital funds.
St Wilfred's Hospice
Nominated by Jake in hospitality. St Wilfred's is a charity very dear to many of our local staff who live around the Eastbourne area. They provide compassionate end-of-life care and support for adults with life-limiting illness and their families across East Sussex. They have a busy calendar of fundraisings events so we donated prizes to their Christmas Gala, Charity Golf Day and 'Opera at the Movies' event.
Nominated by Becky from our accounting team. DISC Dementia Support helps people living with dementia and their carers through specialist advice, practical support, activities and community-based services across East Sussex. We donated a prize towards their Christmas raffle.
WRAS East Sussex
Nominated by Debbie from our accounting team. WRAS has been a huge help to us over the years when we have had to call upon their services to help injured wildlife around the Vineyard. As a result, this charity is very popular with our staff and we donated a voucher towards their Christmas raffle.
Rocking-horse
Nominated by Brand Ambassador Richard & Maxine from the Cellar Door. Our donations contributed to raising £11,600 towards the 'Christmas Star' campaign, supporting children and their families who are in Hospital over Christmas. They deliver gifts to children, put on Christmas parties and festive activities, Santa visits and dogs cuddles in the hospitals. This also includes delivering meals and hampers on Christmas day.
Havens
Nominated by Amy from the marketing team. We donated some Sussex Sparkling prizes to help support vital fundraising efforts for this local food waste rescue mission during the winter period, raising £600! Our talented Executive Chef, Chris Bailey, also made some delicious soups using donated produce to raise money at the Havens Halloween event.
You Raise me up
Nominated by Gill from the reservations team. We worked with this fantastic local charity, based in Hailsham to donate an auction prize which generated enough funds to pay for 22 counselling sessions for bereaved parents who have lost a young person in their lives.
Cycling Without Age
Nominated by Beth from the Vineyard. This fun initiative run by volunteers takes older people and those with mobility difficulties out on ‘trishaw’ cycle rides. The local Seaford base is hoping to raise enough money to build a secure unit to store their trishaws at a permanent site so we donated Rathfinny wine to support their fundraising events.
WOLO
WOLO is an Sussex-based cancer charity, supporting families affected by cancer. Each spring, we host a half marathon and 10k race around the Vineyard in aid of WOLO. Spaces are limited and the race is designed to raise money for a good cause whilst focused on being environmentally friendly. Every aspect is considered to create a zero-waste race, from reusing trail signage and banning plastic cups at refuel stands, to edible energy bar packaging, car sharing, tree planting initiatives and handmade slate medals made from old shoelaces. Plus, so much more! We can’t wait for next year.
