Independent Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse (H&W) has announced a bumper year for its H&W Events team, donating an impressive £253,000 to local charities and community causes following its busiest events season yet. Launched in 2022, H&W Events was created to bring the Badger Beer Experience to outdoor festivals and shows, while deepening the company’s community impact. In 2025, the team operated bars at 21 major events across the south – including new partnerships with Bournemouth Pride and The Tank Museum’s Tiger Day – helping boost donations by 15 per cent on 2024’s total of £220,000.
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‘Our purpose has always been to enrich the communities we serve,’ said Anthony Woodhouse, H&W chairman. ‘Running bars at brilliant events like TANKFEST and Dorset County Show isn’t only great fun – it enables us to reach new audiences and make meaningful donations to incredible causes.’
A standout highlight was H&W’s ongoing headline sponsorship of Teddy Rocks Festival, which supports the fight against children’s cancer. H&W team members volunteered to run bars on site, including a replica pub and self-pour beer machines, and donated nearly £130,000 through profits and sponsorship.
At TANKFEST, held at The Tank Museum in Bovington, H&W raised a record £27,500, with 2025 also marking its debut at the museum’s new spring and autumn Tiger Day events.
The season closed at Dorset County Show, where H&W operated three bars – including one run entirely not-for-profit. Half of all profits from the other bars were donated to the Dorchester Agricultural Society’s own Education Fund, Julia’s House, and The Farming Community Network.
The H&W Events team has now firmly established itself as a key part of the brewer’s ambitious charity target: to raise £1 million annually by the company’s 250th anniversary in 2027. This sits alongside Hall & Woodhouse’s long-running Community Chest fund, Charity Day, and other fundraising efforts across its managed pub estate.
With more partnerships planned for 2026, the bar team looks set to top this year’s total and pour even more back into the communities it serves.
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