A Tasty Way To Help Support Charity For Youngsters With Learning Disabilities

Published on: 29 May, 2014
Updated on: 29 May, 2014

Guildford restaurant Olivo, in Quarry Street, has teamed up with its neighbour, the halow project to raise money for the charity throughout the rest of the year.

Guildford restaurant Olivo is support the halow project.

The partnership follows the recent launch of Olivo’s new menu, which features dozens of traditional Italian dishes. One of which, is their ever-popular spaghetti bolognaise classic. For every customer ordering this dish, Olivo will donate 50p from the sale to halow.

The charity, which helps support young people with a learning disability to have the same life choices and chances as any other young person, is delighted as fundraiser, Hannah Adair said: “We’ve a long standing relationship with Olivo and are so touched that they should want to formalise something with us in this way.

“Our young people and members of the halow team walk past the restaurant every day and we always get a wave and a smile from the Olivo team – they are so supportive of what we do and we are very grateful.”

Olivo Proprietors Fulvio and Nicky Bertani are happy to get involved as Fulvio said: “We’ve been here on Quarry Street since 1997 and truly feel part of Guildford and the community. halow does a great job in supporting young people with a learning disability and we are proud and delighted to help them in this way. Our customers too have expressed considerable interest and support and we hope that lots of them will be ordering our spaghetti bolognaise.”

The halow project is a charity committed to supporting young people with a learning disability to have the same life choices and chances as any other young person. From its community based social activities and learning programmes, to its 1:1 personalised support via its Buddy service, halow helps young people to gain confidence, skills and be supported to live as independently as possible.

If you would like to make a donation, refer a young person or require further information, visit: www.halowproject.org.uk or call 01483 447960.