Archive for March, 2012

Proto win leisure league

Friday, March 30th, 2012
WINNERS

LEISURE LEAGUE WINNERS 2012

The Proto Restaurant Group football team, made up of members of staff from Proto’s restaurants, have won their local leisure league at Worthing Leisure Centre. The team play their competitive league matches every Thursday evening and they train together on a Sunday. The team have made a special point of noting how much they enjoy being part of the team and how much it boosts morale and increases their teamwork together in the restaurants.

Proto Restaurant Group owner Andy Sparsis has helped the team out by sponsoring them for their kit, and helping out with administrative costs such as pitch hire and match fees. Playing in a classy black and white kit, the team now has an impressive trophy to show-off as well.

The team receive their trophies this week, so look out for more pictures in our April Newsletter – if you aren’t already signed up to receive this, click here and sign up today to receive our monthly newsletter as well as all of our latest offers and promotions.

Proto Supports Staff

Jail Break

Friday, March 16th, 2012
Andy Sparsis during Jail Break Promotion

Andy Sparsis during Jail Break Promotion

Proto Restaurant Group owner Andy Sparsis was arrested on 7th March as a charity promotion for the ‘Love Your Hospitals‘ charity. On arrival at Durrington Police custody suite, his bail was set at £1000 and he was placed in the cells. His task, was to phone everybody he knew from local businessmen/women to suppliers, to ask them to donate money in order to raise the bail money required and allow him to be released.

Andy successfully raised his bail limit and more, raising over £2000 for the ‘Love Your Hospitals‘ charity and the new cardiac unit at our local Worthing Hospital. Proto owner Andy was not the only one to be arrested in similar fashion, and his bail money, combined with that of fellow cell mates Julian Church, Darren Crabb and Lee Noakes, over £6000 was raised for the charity, a fantastic effort all-round.

Everybody at Proto Restaurant Group’s restaurants – Food and The Fish Factory (Worthing & Littlehampton) -  is extremely proud of Andy and all the continued work he is doing for the charity and we are very happy to be associated with such a worthwhile cause. If you want to read more about the Jail Break, pick up a copy of the Worthing Herald this week for a double page feature on the charitable promotion.

Jail Break Promotion

Andy Sparsis, Julian Church, Darren Crabb and Lee Noakes

Food and The Fish Factory ‘GO RED IN FEB’

Friday, March 2nd, 2012
The Fish Factory Littlehampton

The Fish Factory Littlehampton

On the 14th February, the members of staff at all three of Proto Restaurant Group’s restaurants supported the ‘GO RED IN FEB’ campaign by wearing red clothes to work. The campaign, part of the ‘Love Your Hospital’ charity of which Proto owner Andy Sparsis is a patron, was aimed at local businesses and organisations to raise money for the proposed new Cardiac Cath Lab at Worthing Hospital.

With each staff member donning red for the day paying £1 to the charity, Proto Restaurant Group quickly raised a lot of money, and with the addition of diners in the restaurant’s adding to the donations, we were able to raise over £200 for the campaign.

Food Restaurant Staff

Food Restaurant Staff

You can still donate to the campaign, by visiting the ‘Love Your Hospitals’ Just Giving page at http://www.justgiving.com/strichardshospital/Donate and selecting the amount you wish to donate. Remember, every single penny makes a difference to the campaign, and with heart disease one of the more common causes of serious illness in Worthing, the new Cardiac Cath Lab can save and change so many lives, so please donate whatever you can.

If you were involved in the ‘GO RED IN FEB’ campaign, why not email us some details of what you did and some pictures and we may even feature them in our next blog or newsletter! Email us at goredinfeb@protorestaurantgroup.com.

The Fish Factory Worthing

The Fish Factory Worthing


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