• Usbg Bartender Relief
• Usbg Bartender Assistance

We're thrilled to announce the first-ever digital USBG World Class, sponsored by Diageo. This competition is about so much more than winning. It’s a way for people to expand, professionally and personally, while providing them with opportunities to push outside their comfort zone, all in the name of becoming a better bartender.

This year's competition looks a little different from years past, here's what to know.

We're thrilled to announce the first-ever digital USBG World Class, sponsored by Diageo. This competition is about so much more than winning. It’s a way for people to expand, professionally and personally, while providing them with opportunities to push outside their comfort zone, all in the name of becoming a better bartender. The Bartender Emergency Assistance Program defines a “Bartender” as an individual employed in serving beverages or otherwise engaged in the production, promotion or distribution of. Resources for Bars and Bartenders. The USBG Bartender Emergency Assistance Program is offering grants to bartenders affected by the virus. You do not need to be a USBG member to apply. For those in the food service industry, the Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund will offer grants to individual workers affected by the virus and zero-interest loans to. Founded in 1948, the United States Bartenders’ Guild®️ is a non-profit professional society of bartenders and other hospitality professionals uniting the hospitality community to.

The Diageo Bar Academy, also known as DBA, provides a members with wealth of information to raise the bar and better their careers. Membership includes access to bar news, cocktail trends and lots of drinks inspiration as well as insights from a global network of experts and some of the industry's leading influencers and world renowned bartenders. This year's World Class studios are now live on DBA.

Diageo Studios is a series of bartender training sessions, crafted by some of the world’s best bartenders, drink professionals and creatives. Every session is designed to push boundaries, educate and inspire bartenders around the globe. We open up new digital and in-person experiences for all to follow, regardless of location or resources.

USBG PRESENTS WORLD CLASS SPONSORED BY DIAGEO WINNERS

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The USBG - along with amazing support from liquor brands have established the USBG Bartender Emergency Assistance Program

They are already accepting applications (information below)

Link to WEBSITE

Link to APPLICATION

Application

Please read through the Selection Criteria and Eligibility Requirements for the Bartender Emergency Assistance Program and if you believe that you are eligible, please fill out the application making sure to include the required supporting documents.

Usbg Bartender Assistance

You do NOT need to be a USBG member to apply for a philanthropic grant.

If you need assistance or have any question please contact the Foundation Staff at foundation@usbg.org.

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ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

In order to qualify for grant assistance from the Bartender Emergency Assistance Program, the recipient must satisfy all of the following requirements:

1. Be a Bartender or the spouse or child of a Bartender. The Bartender Emergency Assistance Program defines a “Bartender” as an individual employed in serving beverages or otherwise engaged in the production, promotion or distribution of alcoholic beverages. An individual is considered “employed” as a Bartender if, for not less than one year prior to the application, the individual performed services as a Bartender on a regular full- or part-time basis or, if the catastrophic event or emergency hardship giving rise to the application prevents the individual from performing such services, for not less than one year prior to the event or hardship the individual performed services as a Bartender on a regular full- or part-time basis.

2. Experience a catastrophic event or emergency hardship that is:

• Identifiable and described in detail in the application;

• Damaging to the person or property (e.g., loss of life, health, or property);

• Sudden and precipitous rather than gradual or progressive;

• Unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseen, unintended, or unplanned; and

• Unusual and not normally occurring in the ordinary course of day-to-day living.

3. Lack the necessities of life, including financial, physical, mental, or emotional well being as a result of the catastrophic event or emergency hardship.

4. Provide tangible documentation of the catastrophic event or emergency hardship.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Grant recipients will be selected solely on the basis of the eligibility requirements above. Each grant applicant will be pre-screened for compliance with the eligibility and application requirements on an objective and nondiscriminatory basis by USBG National Charity Foundation staff or other persons designated by USBG Foundation’s President. All pre-screened and approved applications will be submitted to USBG National Charity Foundation’s Grants Committee for review. Grants will be awarded by USBG National Charity Foundation’s Grants Committee on an objective and nondiscriminatory basis upon reviewing the application and ascertaining any additional facts and circumstances as necessary.

Grant applications will not be denied solely due to the fact that the Bartender terminated employment after the application was made, regardless of the reason for such termination. Moreover, at the time the grant is awarded, there will be no requirement or condition, express or implied, that the recipient render future employment services as a Bartender.

Grants will be made in the form of lump sum distributions to the recipient, or as determined by the USBG National Charity Foundation's Board of Directors based on the needs of the particular recipient. Each grant recipient will be required to provide USBG National Charity Foundation with documentation that the grant was used in a manner consistent with the terms of the grant. Although the extent and form of documentation required in connection with a particular distribution will depend on the nature and urgency of the underlying catastrophic event or emergency hardship, preferred documentation will include evidence produced by third parties and used for other purposes, such as police reports, fire department reports, medical prescriptions, receipts, eviction notices, condemnation notices, overdue invoices, other third party affirmations and other similar tangible documentation.