{"id":15881,"date":"2018-02-28T12:01:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T11:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=15881"},"modified":"2018-02-28T12:01:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T11:01:50","slug":"the-merchant-launches-magical-partnership-with-ni-childrens-hospice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2018\/02\/the-merchant-launches-magical-partnership-with-ni-childrens-hospice\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MERCHANT LAUNCHES MAGICAL PARTNERSHIP WITH NI CHILDREN\u2019S HOSPICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of World Book Day (Thursday 1st<\/sup> March), The Merchant Hotel has announced a magical new charity partnership with the Northern Ireland Children\u2019s Hospice, which will kick off with a Harry Potter themed fundraiser later this month.<\/h1>\n
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Ahead of World Book Day (Thursday 1st March), Gavin Carroll, General Manager, The Merchant Hotel, joins Shea Clarke, The Cloth Ear and Jonathan Lamberton from NI Children\u2019s Hospice to launch a magical new charity partnership, which will kick off with a Harry Potter themed fundraiser. Over the course of the next 12 months, The Merchant will host a range of fundraising events in aid of NI Children\u2019s Hospice, starting with a Harry Potter themed pub quiz in The Cloth Ear on 28th March (over 18\u2019s only). To register a team, visit https:\/\/merchant.glistrr.com\/e\/112 or call The Cloth Ear on 028 9026 2719.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The JK Rowling bestseller is the subject of the first in a series of bi-monthly pub quizzes, which will take place in The Cloth Ear to raise much-needed funds for the charity.<\/p>\n

Trivia lovers are being invited to delve into the wonderful world of Harry Potter and put their wizarding knowledge to the test at the special quiz on Wednesday 28th<\/sup> March. There will be prizes for the best dressed witch or wizard and the team with the most creative name, as well as Harry Potter themed drinks on offer (over 18 only).<\/p>\n

Throughout the yearlong partnership, The Merchant will host a range of fundraising events and initiatives, including an ambassador dinner event.<\/p>\n

Gavin Carroll, general manager, The Merchant Hotel said: <\/strong>\u201cWe are proud to partner with NI Children\u2019s Hospice and are looking forward to hosting a range of events over the course of the next year to raise funds for this fantastic local charity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Katie Pollock, Head of Fundraising at NI Hospice said:<\/strong> \u201cEach year, we rely on partnerships and events to raise funds, which in turn enables us to offer specialist paediatric palliative care to children with life limiting and terminal conditions. For families caring for a sick child, Hospice support is invaluable. We are delighted that The Merchant has chosen to support our work this year and look forward to an exciting and action packed partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Harry Potter Quiz is the first in a series of themed pub quizzes that will take place in The Cloth Ear throughout the year. Entry costs \u00a35 per person and a maximum of 6 people are permitted per team. To register, visit https:\/\/merchant.glistrr.com\/e\/112<\/a> or call The Cloth Ear on 028 9026 2719.<\/strong> Entrance is strictly for over 18s. All proceeds from ticket sales will go to NI Children\u2019s Hospice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahead of World Book Day (Thursday 1st March), The Merchant Hotel has announced a magical new charity partnership with the Northern Ireland Children\u2019s Hospice, which will kick off with a Harry Potter themed fundraiser later this month. The JK Rowling bestseller is the subject of the first in a series of bi-monthly pub quizzes, which … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15883,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15881\/revisions\/15883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}